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Eph 2:19 - 22, Where have I suggested that Jesus is not the foundation of the Church? What I object to is this bending over backwards trying to prove that the Apostles and prophets are not the foundation of the Church as well, contrary to the plain meaning of scripture. They are not equal to...

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER DAY, EVERYBODY!

So what. Peter was the first Pope by virtue of his function, not by virtue of a term that came later. Throwing in the ancient Culdee or Glatonbury doesn't disprove the papacy. Sorry vet, all you have is an assertion. The line of succession is well documented. The writings of the Early...

What may be throwing your for a loop is verse 19. Permit me to give you a (C-word) perspective. Compare Luke 16:19-31 with Luke 23:43. In Luke 16, Jesus speaks of the poor man Lazarus being taken up to the "Bosom of Abraham." However, despite what is commonly presumed, this cannot be Heaven...

We go to church, and spend time with our families or have fun that is not self-destructive.

good job, SW. wish I found this one yesterday: (ignore the annoying commercial at the beginning) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPS8sa-bRQ&feature=g-vrec

The First Great Awakening began in the 1730s and lasted to about 1740's. Ministers from various evangelical Protestant denominations supported the Great Awakening.[1] This is the one Newbie is talking about. The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that occurred in the United States...

1 Cor. 3:11 - Jesus is called the only foundation of the Church, and yet in Eph. 2:20, the apostles are called the foundation of the Church. Similarly, in 1 Peter 2:25, Jesus is called the Shepherd of the flock, but in Acts 20:28, the apostles are called the shepherds of the flock. These verses...

Your right. Anyone who diminishes Matthew 25 to a corporate checklist has no truth in them and discussion is pointless. Matthew 10:14

The words of Jesus are not "Holy Spirit" enough. Axehead knows better. ALL HAIL HOLY AXEHEAD!!! FOURTH PERSON OF THE TRINITY!!!

Acknowledged. If you want to have a better perspective on the Word of God, look at it through the eyes of those who wrote and preserved it. Agreed The Works of Mercy THE CORPORAL ACTS To feed the hungry: "For I was hungry and you gave me to eat." Mt. 25:35 To give drink to the...

The Internet is run amuck with "histories".A source would help, and you didn't give one. Tacitus died in 117 AD , the year of Sixtus, the 7th Pope. Christians being taken captive by pagan Romans in Britian doesn't prove Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia were apart from the Church. They were taught...

Axehead, I didn't see your posts because I have you on ignore. Sometimes I'll "view it anyway", just to see if your red-hot hatred has cooled. My purpose for being here is not a secret. It's under my avatar in plain sight. This forum invites everyone from all backgrounds. If you think...

Again, the topic is "The importance of works." If my posts make your bible-cult-of-one feel inferior, it's because it is. And I never assert superiority. If anything, I assert fulness of faith, because it's true. And I have only done so once, if I recall correctly. Are you suggesting that...

The topic is "The importance of works." It is not "The importance of bashing kepha31" All my comments refer directly to the quote. All my posts are on topic. The 7 sacraments are never discussed unless Catholics are baited or goaded by ignorant self-proclaimed authorities. A thread title on...

That would be true if you confuse "works of the law" with "good works". Your premise is common. 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 God our debtor. They do not refer to good works done in grace with faith...

What a strange statement. Define "outward Church". Do you mean the outward Church defined by Hebert W. Armstrong? Or the outward Church declared by King Henry VIII who made himself "pope"" by British parliament? Or when St. Augustine went to Britain in 597, sent by Pope Gregory? Was your...

Salvation is a free gift, not a free ticket...but that's off topic. I would like to set the record straight on something that really annoys me. CATHOLICISM DOES NOT TEACH SALVATION BY WORKS APART FROM THE GRACE OF CHRIST. Sadly, the myth of "works salvation" against Catholics is perpetuated...

By "worldly Church", do you mean churches that ordain women, or endorse abortion/euthanasia, or ordain openly gay bishops, or are silent on contraception that destroys marriages? Or the worldly Church that says each individual bible reader is their own pope?

The reason you have no need of titles like "bishop", "priest", or "deacon" is because you have no church. I doubt you can find 2 Christians of any flavor that would agree with your 2 verse salvation theology, unless you are the leader of some bizarre cult.