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Indeed. A heresy that the Church dealt with and repudiated a long long tome ago.. Docetism - Wikipedia But with the complete breakdown in authority, that is the fruit of the reformation, all kinds of heresies long since dealt with are rearing their ugly heads... Peace!

Hello John, That led me to this gem: “The Lord is loving unto man, and swift to pardon, but slow to punish. Let no man therefore despair of his own salvation.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem Despair is the enemy. Our Father will never forsake us, the ressurection is proof of His fidelity. Peace be...

Compare with 1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number. Peace be with you!

I think the last one is prob correct for how the 'common' people would have viewed shephards... I wouldnt be surprised at all if this : "One passage describes them as “incompetent”; another says no one should ever feel obligated to rescue a shepherd who has fallen into a pit." Was the attitude...

And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd...

One cannot claim these men as their fathers in the faith and heretics at the same time. Your position is untenable. At least our friend @bbyrd009 is honest in his positon on the ECF's. To reject the catholic and orthodox faith is to reject them as your fathers. Here's some more from Ignatius...

Hello Ernest, Are you sure about that? Unrepentaant sinners perhaps, but does not heaven rejoice over a repentant sinner? Consider: But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'...

Hello. Enoch, Do you have an example of this? Going back to my post quoting Justin describing the divine liturgy, here is an even older document peaking of it.. The Didache has no author ascribed to it, but is considered part of the patrimony of the fathers. Written while some of the...

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. Have a blessed day beloved.

Sure, That this gift: be given to our children.. We ask, in Faith, that Holy Spirit and the supernatural Faith that comes with Him be given to our children. God is good! Peace!

;) Indeed. And the gift the Holy Spirit, opened their eyes to see the whole divine plan for the redemption of man written there. Miracles and wonders still occur. Truly, I have a son who as an infant was not expected to live. He will be 16 soon... His miraculous healing by God was brought...

Hello Truth, Yes. The Church began before one letter of the NT was written, and proclaimed and lived the Truth for many years before the bible as you know it was canonized. Scripture certainly helps one to know the Lord, but the simplist, illiterate and uneducated can come to know the Lord...

Hello Taken, And do you think God would refuse this gift to the children of His children when they ask for it in Faith? Our Father hears the prayers of His children, and will not leave our children in darkness.. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off...

That's beautiful. It's important to remember that those given authority over us can make mistaken judgements for all the right intentions.. All the more important that we aid them with our prayers and our obedience. Peace be with you!

Do you have an example? This, for instance, is clearly a description of the divine liturgy written about 150 AD by Justin Martyr: And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the...

How Should We Read the Church Fathers? As elders of the Church. Hello David, And yet, if you read the fathers, you will find the orthodox and catholic Faith. You too! Are welcome to come to the wedding feast of the Lamb of God! Peace be with you!

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

This is your demonstration of a Christian? Do you think God is pleased by this? Or that it brings Him glory? While I admit that threatining my family has made it difficult to do so, yet will I choose to love you all the more.. May the Holy One of Israel shine His light upon you always! p.s...

Hello amadeus, Sadly predictible outcome from the fundamental principle of the reformation that ones private judgement is superior to the mind of the Church. And with all due respect to those holy hermits that are called to walk alone and given the strength tp do so, the path out of the land...

Ah, you are a precious flower aren't you.. I'm sorry if i was tardy in giving you the attention you desire, but I do have other obligations.. Let's see.. Where were we.. Ah yes, you had absurdly asserted that I and my brethren are not Christians and I had asked: I eagerly await your answers...