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Well, the church was wrong, in many many ways. What was Luther's 90 odd thesis all about that he nailed to the church door? Have you read them? I agree with that. We just don't agree as to who has that rule. Priests, prelates, bishops, pastors, who do not themselves live according to truth...

You will without any doubt, receive answers. Many of them will contradict the rest, and it will be a rare thing to find two answers saying the same thing. So. Your task, after being inundated with both solicited and unsolicited assistance, will be to discern what to accept and what to reject...

Oh? Like the immaculate conception?

Historically, such choices for the common people was a bit thin on the ground. And what if those leaders taught rubbish? Did Jesus still expect people to listen as if it were Him speaking?

I agree with this as far as the public sinners is concerned. However, a number of recent encyclicals are quite clear that Catholic social policy is that which is promoted as the only direction governments should take into the future. Such policy, the writers of such encyclicals have directed...

That's not exactly true. He did have authority, but it's up to you whether he has authority over you. It's much like an idol having worshippers. If no-one worshipped the carved block of rock, it would cease to be an idol. It's the same with papal authority. The Pope only has authority over those...

Now that sounds excruciatingly familiar. He has developed an entire theology based on what he thinks others are thinking. And as you say, proceeds to offer counsel to the 'others' on the best way to free themselves of the errors of their ways. Probably the easiest world be to quit the conversation.

Yep, she did. See above. Neither did I. What I said is that history suggests they were never allied with Rome. I didn't suggest that either. Not did I suggest you said it. Stop putting words in my mouth.

You must think I'm an absolute fool. Do you seriously believe that I was saying Paul established the church before Christ? Seriously? No. I don't believe you are serious. I think you deliberately looked for an opening to confuse the discussion, create a straw man, and "win" the argument. Follow...

My apologies. Google correction. My question in response to your post... Is, does the church really mirror scripture? For example. Please explain how an individual sinner is saved according to the church. Perhaps some quotes from the catechism?

Who are you referring to when you reference God? The trinity (whatever version thereof you may align with), the Father, or the Son? Can God die?

No, a thousands times no. The Son of God never had any tendency or desire toward evil. Potential yes, desire... that's blasphemous.

You guys are confusing the word propensity with capability. They are very different. By saying Jesus had the propensity to sin you are maligning His true character. I do not deny that He had free will and was capable of sinning. PROPENSITY an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a...

The following prove that the authority the Popes claim as belonging to them, going back over a century, is far wider than applying to just "faith and morals" for Catholics. What "common good' means, is that if the church decides that what you own is too much, they have the right, even the...

I couldn't agree less. What sacrifice was it for a father who could simply create another? What loss? What risk? But scripture says that God so loved the world, He gave us, humanity, His only begotten Son. The Father sent His only Son to live and to die. He sent Him into this world. If scripture...

You need to study the actual meaning of the word propensity. I agree He could have sinned. And if He had, He, and all humanity with Him, would have been eternally lost. There was a huge risk for both the Father and the Son in taking on the burden of redeeming fallen man. Jesus did have within...

Indeed. And not a hint of surrender, unlike Brakelite

It wasn't. The rift was over the subject of this thread. A refusal to recognise the Pope as supreme authority. That will change. The future global religion will include both. The Pope will be recognised as the global ruler over all ecumenical members, as well as all eastern mysticism...

We should pray in the same manner as we would share confidences with our best friend. No need for putting on airs and graces. Prayer is actually very simple. Honest. Real. Sometimes raw and emotional. But never goes unheeded. The following is an excerpt from the preface to a book called...

Do they? Please elucidate how someone is danger according to your church. Using scripture of course. He did. And there were only a little over 100 members. By 70AD, there were thousands. But yes, still united in doctrine and faith. After 70AD, the 'church' which escaped Jerusalem before it was...