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  1. epostle1

    10 FACTS about the Council of Jerusalem

    Paul answered to both Christ and the Church. You make another false Calvinoid dichotomy. The Church is Christ on earth, warts and all. You are completely ignorant of ecclesiology. i retracted ONE statement, and no more. You misrepresent me. You deny the structure of all councils, and think...
  2. epostle1

    10 FACTS about the Council of Jerusalem

    I am to believe Paul went to Antioch empty handed, with no letter? You are not rational. James in charge of the council is nothing more than anti-Catholic 16th century rhetoric, and modern Protestants gobble it up because it fits their anti-authority agenda. You also ignore my posts and my...
  3. epostle1

    10 FACTS about the Council of Jerusalem

    Peter, along with Paul and James, was one of three important leaders of the council, but there is nothing in the text that denies Peter was the highest leader. The point of having a council is to allow multiple individuals to speak and discuss matters before a resolution is achieved. This in no...
  4. epostle1

    10 FACTS about the Council of Jerusalem

    Paul did what the council told him to do. He was always subject to the Church. That is not on your list of facts. Acts 15:25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— Acts 15:30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where...
  5. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    Pope Francis: Read the Bible as often as you check your cellphone Leave the cellphone, take the Bible, Pope Francis said on Sunday. “What would happen if we turned back when we forget it, if we opened it more times a day, if we read the message of God contained in the Bible the way we read...
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    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    Vatican II ended in 1965. That was some 53 years ago when you grew up as a Catholic. You must be old :) You can't compare the worst Catholics with the best Protestants, it just isn't fair. Latin is a universal language. You still see Latin in anatomy, biology, zoology and numerous other...
  7. epostle1

    What is different in Acts 15 and Acts 21?

    The disagreement exists only in your wreckless interpretation. James is not in error. Eph. 2:8-9 – we have been saved by grace through faith, not because of “works,” lest anyone boast. This much-quoted verse by Protestants refers to the “works” of the Mosaic law or any works performed in a...
  8. epostle1

    What is different in Acts 15 and Acts 21?

    Rom. 3:20,28; Gal. 2:16,21; 3:2,5,10; Eph. 2:8-9 – many Protestants err in their understanding of what Paul means by “works of the law” in his teaching on justification. Paul’s teaching that we are not justified by “works of the law” refer to the law of Moses or to any legal system that makes...
  9. epostle1

    graven image?

    You want to trap me into a black/white answer to a multi-dimensional question. I think all art is valuable for those it is intended. You are talking about art in general, I am talking about paleo-Christian art, which has it's own style and it's own peculiar time frame. The early Christians were...
  10. epostle1

    graven image?

    It appears the iconoclasts have run away. Statue of John Calvin, who banned all statues: :rolleyes: Here is a list of scriptures forbidding art, paintings, stained glass or statues or any such devotional aids be used in places of worship:
  11. epostle1

    graven image?

    Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Anti-Catholic version: And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this pebble I will build my temporary church, and the gates of Hades will overcome it sometime...
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    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT continued 119. Catholicism doesn't regard the Bible as obscure, mysterious, and inaccessible, but it is vigilant to protect it from all arbitrary and aberrant exegesis (2 Pet 1:20, 3:16). The best Protestant traditions seek to do the same, but are...
  13. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    You call this dead??? World Youth Day; too bad you missed it
  14. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    Taken, how do you get so many anti-Catholic misrepresentations and lies from a one sentence summary? You must be desperate for a whole belief system to persecute just because it's bigger and older than yours. 115. Sola Scriptura literally couldn't have been true, practically speaking, for most...
  15. epostle1

    10 FACTS about the Council of Jerusalem

    James was bishop of the church of Jerusalem, but there is nothing in scripture to indicate universal jurisdiction. The Catholic claim that Peter was the first pope is not based on sola scriptura, selective use of Scripture, or just a single passage of Scripture. As for Acts 15, a number of...
  16. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    Perhaps you are not aware, murder is wrong. There are pro-life Protestants as well.
  17. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    Well, that's a good thing. Methodist, Episcopal clergy ‘bless’ Cleveland abortion clinic in prayer service Do they sing "hallelulia" when a baby''s parts get sucked through a tube? Or when it's skull gets crushed? “To tamper with the creation of human beings by God - intentionally and by His...
  18. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

    54. Protestantism (mostly its liberal wing) has accepted abortion as a moral option, contrary to universal Christian Tradition until recently (sometime after 1930), and the Bible (e.g., Ex 20:13; Job 31:15; Ps 139:13-16; Isa 44:2; Isa 49:5; Jer 1:5; Jer 2:34; Lk 1:15; Lk 1:41; Rom 13:9-10).
  19. epostle1

    WHY I COULD NEVER CHOOSE TO BE A PROTESTANT. (one stupid thread title is as good as another)

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