justbyfaith
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Or, how about, simply, "the church"?If I was commissioned by God to name the 1st century church, I would call it
....the Church of Acts.
That has a nice ring to it.
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Or, how about, simply, "the church"?If I was commissioned by God to name the 1st century church, I would call it
....the Church of Acts.
That has a nice ring to it.
You would deny a dictionary definition of "cult" so you make up your own. "salvation belongs only to its members" is another LIE you invented. It's not Catholicism that DEMANDS division and sectarianism.A cult is an organization that not only has false doctrine (as we find in the RCC); but which claims that salvation belongs only to its members. And the latter most definitely applies to the RCC if you take into account some of the statements of some of its adherents.
Show me where in any of your Protestant literature, hymns, bible studies, books, reference manuals,sermons where you refer to her as The Blessed Virgin Mary. You don't. Get real.I do not have an ant--Mary animus. For she said that from henceforth all nations would call her blessed.
You are beating a dead horse. You refuse to get it straight.But we are not to take the blessing of Mary beyond what it was and call her, for example, the "mother of God".
Truly, Jesus was and is God, and Mary was His mother; however, she was not the mother of His Deity but of His humanity. It was only God the Father who begat His Deity; and we need to get that straight.
If I may...You would deny a dictionary definition of "cult" so you make up your own. "salvation belongs only to its members" is another LIE you invented. It's not Catholicism that DEMANDS division and sectarianism.
Show me where in any of your Protestant literature, hymns, bible studies, books, reference manuals,sermons where you refer to her as The Blessed Virgin Mary. You don't. Get real.
You are beating a dead horse. You refuse to get it straight.
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Catholicism has never claimed that Mary is the mother of God the Father, or that she is mother of the Holy Spirit, that is another one of your lies that you keep jamming down everyone's throat.
.You refuse to be reasoned with.
Wrong, Acts 2:38 is how to be saved.Why not just believe God's eternal living Word??
How to be saved (born again) and join the family of God!!
Romans: Chapter 10 verse 9-10-13
God says==That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be Saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto Salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be Saved..........
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Here is an "example prayer" if you have never talked to God..........
Heavenly Father:.........
I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of
my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my
heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have
Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe
that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now
to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and
Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the
day's of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess
with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed
by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus Name, Amen
Catholicism has never claimed that Mary is the mother of God the Father,
More ignorance because you reject the Word of God.Calling someone's statements idiotic is tantamount to calling them an idiot...(which is a sin according to our Lord)
You are guilty, like it or not.
I guess you have to go and confess this sin to a priest now, don't you?
If I had done the same, I can go directly to the Lord...an advantage that can be found in Protestantism.
And that is a boldface lie.I was in catechism in the late 60's and they plopped us in front of a statue of Mary and taught us the "hail Mary full of grace...." prayer.
We were trained to kneel in front of "her" and pray the rosary.
Do they teach it online now?
Your ignorance just blows me away sometimes.Oh, so the just shall NOT live by faith per the RCC?
So, the Pope that excommunicated Luther didn't damn him to eternal hell in the process as a "heretic"?
Yes, not very bright at all.Of course he can't. Truther is a dishonest bs-artist and hate-monger who claims all manner of idiotic, mendacious nonsense about the Catholic Church, but can't substantiate any of it. What a clown.
The actions of the Pope as God’s inerrant word on earth allow him to damn the likes of Luther.Your ignorance just blows me away sometimes.
Heretics aren't "damned to hell" by the Pope. He doesn't have that power - only GOD does.
Excommunication is BIBLICAL, my Scripturally-bankrupt friend. Paul prescribes it for the spiritually unruly in the hope that they return to the fold (1 Cor. 5:1-6, 1 Cor. 5:11-131 Tim. 1:20).
Dude - crack open a Bible from time to time . . .
Are you kidding?And that is a boldface lie.
NOWHERE does the Catechism teach Catholics to "pray" to statues.
Then you can add idolatry to your litany of heresies - along with your denial of the Trinity . . .Are you kidding?
We grew up prostrating ourselves before RCC statues.
Where you been?
No they don't. That's just you being ignorant again.The actions of the Pope as God’s inerrant word on earth allow him to damn the likes of Luther.
If I was commissioned by God to name the 1st century church, I would call it
....the Church of Acts.
That has a nice ring to it.
And the fact is that neither of you has that Authority. Christ's Church was being called "The Catholic Church" towards the ends of the First century.Or, how about, simply, "the church"?
I have seen that in some ex RC just ranting and raving totally obsessed with hatred of the RCC, I have one bloke like this up the road, he wants to kill every RC and blow up the Vatican, if he could he would in a heart beat, he is a totally dictating type, you have to believe everything that he says is correct or he will start barking. you cant have an open conversation with him and he will just put forward cunning attempts in just to try and trap you all the time, because he is not honest. why do such ? all the time ! the problem is that he is so shallow, he has no real depth and the game play is played out and because as due to the shallowness you have to try to come down to his level of understanding and then he can trap you as to a misunderstanding on what he is talking about. you may think that you are on the same page but you are not at all, as his interpretation is something other again.What I would like to see is a forum with a mandatory link in the profile leading to a real, physical church, not an internet community. That way people can be reported to their pastors. Sadly, angry brats never mention the name of that pot of soup they bought with their heritage. They hide behind a wall of anonymity while throwing darts and rocks at Catholics. It often boils down to a traumatic childhood. In the final analysis, venomous anti-Catholicism is rooted in self-hatred.