Posted on 01/27/2023 2:45:15 AM PST by Cronos
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If they believe in God is the father, why do they call priests father when it explicitly says not to do that
Good question.
Jesus is not forbidding us to call men “fathers” who actually are such—either literally or spiritually. He is warning people against inaccurately attributing fatherhood—or a particular kind or degree of fatherhood—to those who do not have it.
This is seen in how Paul wrote “I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel” (1 Cor. 4:14–15).
Also note that God is The Father. Your own father is well, father.
As seen in the Bible the concept of fatherhood is not restricted to just our earthly fathers and God. It is used to refer to people other than biological or legal fathers, and is used as a sign of respect to those with whom we have a special relationship.
For example, Joseph tells his brothers of a special fatherly relationship God had given him with the king of Egypt: “So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt” (Gen. 45:8).
Job indicates he played a fatherly role with the less fortunate: “I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know” (Job 29:16). And God himself declares that he will give a fatherly role to Eliakim, the steward of the house of David: “In that day I will call my servant Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah . . . and I will clothe him with [a] robe, and will bind [a] girdle on him, and will commit . . . authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah” (Isa. 22:20–21).
This type of fatherhood applies not only to those who are wise counselors (like Joseph) or benefactors (like Job) or both (like Eliakim); it also applies to those who have a fatherly spiritual relationship with one. For example, Elisha cries, “My father, my father!” to Elijah as the latter is carried up to heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kgs. 2:12). Later, Elisha himself is called a father by the king of Israel (2 Kgs. 6:21).
“If they believe in God is the father, why do they call priests father when it explicitly says not to do that”
Just curious, how do you refer to your father? As your “mother’s husband”? If you call him “father” aren’t you being a hypocrite then?
https://www.catholic.com/tract/call-no-man-father
Look! (Matthew 6:26)
I can (2 Corinthians 8:3)
claim (1 Corinthians 9:12)
everything (Ephesians 5:20)
I say (Galatians 1:9)
is based (Romans 10:5)
on (John 19:37)
Scripture (Luke 22:37)
also (Hebrews 2:4)
Matthew 23:8-10 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.
So Catholic's argument is that because a child refers to his dad as a father, that justifies disobeying Jesus?
It never ceases to amaze me the rationalizations Catholics use to justify disobeying this clear, concise unequivocal command of Jesus.
This post of yours is too good, MM!
Under “Liturgy of the Eucharist” there is the following:
“(2 Macc. 14:36) Let your spirit come upon these gifts (water and wine) to make them holy, so that they may become the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Not having 2 Maccabees in my Bible, I looked up 2 Macc. 14:36 on the internet to see what it says. Here is what I found: “Now, holy one, Lord of all holiness, keep your newly purified house free from all defilement forever.”
My question is: Where does this verse (or any scripture for that matter) mention the bread and wine BECOMING the body and blood of our Lord?
Great to know that Romanism grinds up scripture so finely,
then sprinkles it over the pagan practices of their religion
to make them appear Biblical.
Good explanation!
Thaks be to God, it is god to see you posting again!
Good catch! That lie was fabricated to empower the priesthood. In the religion of catholiciism ONLY the priests can cal Jesus down from the throne room to be continually savrificed on Catholiciism’s altars.
Yes, thanks be to Him!
And thanks for praying!!
See you in the clouds, brother. Sooner than folks can even imagine!
+++ “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.”+++
At first I wasn't to sure about it... but now, it seems very natural.
Sure looking likely these days.
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I know you’re not asking me, but... I love the change.
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