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  1. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Peterlag, all you've shown is that your personal interpretation/opinion differs. You've proven nothing either. If everything could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, there would be no room for faith. Faith is believing something we cannot absolutely prove, but true faith is not credulity...
  2. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Well, just a side note, but the original Bible wasn't written in English. I hope you know that. My point, which it seems I failed to make with you (my fault), is that there are two expressions of the Word of God (the Word of God is not a book, but Someone, namely, Jesus Christ). One is...
  3. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    It also doesn't say He's not. The Bible only says what the Bible says. And, again, the Bible says that not everything Jesus did and taught is IN the Bible.
  4. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Again, why would they pray to Mary since she was still alive then? The New Testament presents to us very plain examples of the faithful on earth initiating communication with the saints in heaven. First, we have Hebrews 11-12. Chapter 11 gives us what I call the “hall of faith” wherein the...
  5. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Well, there was no such thing as a PhD in Jesus' day. However, there was education. Jesus eduated the Apostles with the fullness of Divine Revelation that God wanted mankind to know. I get your point, though. But the Apostles were not self-appointed. They were chosen by Jesus. Same with...
  6. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    The Rosary is the prayer of the Gospel. ALL of it is in Scripture. The Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Mysteries (Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, etc.). You really don't know Scripture, or at least what it means, sad to say. I could train a parrot to recite Scripture, but the parrot...
  7. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Your first sentence doesn't make sense. Can you reword it? I cannot give you a Catholic Doctrine that doesn't line up with Scripture.
  8. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    So, how does that not apply to you, since you are claiming to be such an expert?
  9. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Peter, you need to make a slight correction to that list to make it correct: There is a trinity My personal interpretation of Paul.....No The Church founded by Christ..............Yes Dead people are alive My personal interpretation of Paul.....No The Church founded by Christ..............Yes...
  10. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    The Catholic Church has many, many more experts far better educated than you, evidently. I've met many priests with PhD's in theology, Scripture, Church history, etc. None of them agree with you. With regard to your statement about the first use of the word Catholic, etc., you would do well...
  11. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    There was no other Christian Group around 60 or 80 AD. There was one Christian Church. Early on, that same Church began to be called "Catholic" which means, roughly, "universal." It wasn't a separate Church, and no one hijacked it. Similar to when a baby is born, sometimes it isn't given a...
  12. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Since the Catholics existed from the beginning of Chrstianity, and there was no other Church then, from whom did they "hijack" it? LOL The Orthodox splintered off in 1054 A.D. Before that if one was Christian, one was Catholic, since that's all there was.
  13. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    I'm surprised no one has explained this to you yet. 1. Mary may very well have been alive when the New Testament was written. It would have been inappropriate to pray to her before she was united with her Son. (Note: Not all prayer is "worship.") 2. Not everything we are to know and...
  14. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    I'm not surprised. The real difference between us is, you think you have to reinvent the theological wheel yourself. I rely on the 2000 year-old, never changing teachings of Christ given to us through His Apostles and their successors, the bishops. I don't have to invent anything.
  15. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Peter, keep in mind that the Pharisees had an equal amount of certitude that they were right about Jesus being a blasphemer as you do that the Catholic Church is wrong. If nothing, it should give you pause. I suspect your bigotry has blinded you to the truth.
  16. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    You do realize that you are very afar from what the vast majority of Christians believe, yes? Are you a Gnostic, believing in some secret information?
  17. Augustin56

    Christians being excluded as unfit or bigots...

    Wise move, O'Darby. MrNoir has been so indoctrinated to the lies of the left that he can no longer see the truth. He's blinded. All we can is pray for him.
  18. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Matt. 7:1-5 “Stop judging,* that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your...
  19. Augustin56

    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely;