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To Protestants, it is mainly a classroom. And to Catholics it is the weekly mandatory requirement of refueling with the sacraments.

I like that. And, in truth, I do believe a strong feeling of animosity for the opposite religion really WAS the main force that fueled both Protestants and Catholics up until as late as the early 1960's.

As a matter of keeping us all informed, who coined those "solas" and on what authority did they assume to do that? I mean, those are Latin terms, and none of the Bible was originally written in Latin, was it? They do kind of sound like "doctrines". And I am having some trouble with your...

I fully realize not many of us seem capable of giving any answer in just a few sentences. But, can we try this time, in this one thread, if nowhere else? Can we just point out what we think is the primary thing that distinguishes one as a Protestant? I'll start. I say a Protestant is one who...

We don't necessarily know...… Once on Mount Athos there was a monk who lived in Karyes. He drank and got drunk every day and was the cause of scandal to the pilgrims. Eventually he died and this relieved some of the faithful who went on to tell Elder Paisios that they were delighted that this...

I think that might be what I meant when I said that we need to expect to hear from God.... not just when we are in a jamb... but at all times, anytime. I honestly think that if we were atune to listening for God more, we might have found that there probably were many times when He spoke, but we...

That is actually a takeoff of a quote from St. Augustine of Hippo, or rather a modern version of a quote from Him. Augustine’s exact quote within it’s surrounding context is this: “Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace...

Often we "hear" or "see" or "feel" things that we really don't understand at all. (All, subjective sensations, BTW.) We just know they are from God. And we need to be just as aware of these times as the others when we feel God has issued a thunderous decree that echoes from the mountaintops.

Why try to answer it at all? If he believes that, then he believes it. I am sure he has already either read or heard any of the points any of us could bring up. And he will still believe what he believes.

We were at the church building sitting in a Bible Study one night when some other church members came through the room, looking for a homeless guy who had been there earlier. They went on, and we kind of forgot it. About ten minutes later, I heard "that still small voice", saying "Look in the...

I think we do that by expecting it will happen. Celebration of Discipline is a good book for preparation of that sort of attitude. www.stbarnabasmcminnville.com/PDFs/Celebration_of_Discipline.pdf

Entertaining story.

I have always gotten a kick out of the strict adherence to this "model" prayer so many people insist upon..... Yet, despite the fact that the very first thing Jesus did in this prayer was to "lift His eyes to Heaven", they consider it almost sacrilegious if you do not immediately bow your head...

Don't forget to look here for a whole passel of different "gospel" type books: Early Christian Writings: New Testament, Apocrypha, Gnostics, Church Fathers

The Epistle of Barnabas (translation J.B. Lightfoot)

I could not stay at a church without SOME emotion.

Wow! "A building falling down and a couple of guys scooting out of town?" But, then, I have to remember that you did say you had read none of the historical accounts I mentioned.

(Just some words for information) The rise of Protestantism forced reconsideration of what had, up to that point, been a relatively unproblematic question: "what specific texts does the phrase “the Bible” denote?" At a fairly early stage in its history, the Christian church had to make some...

Where was "The Holy of Holies" located? And, was not that same place not only destroyed, but also every stone plowed into the ground so that there was nothing left to even be seen of it?

This is one of the most sensible explanations I have run across, so I thought I would share it: ************** For Warfield, the unique authority of the Bible lay in the fact that it is inspired. “Inspiration is that extra-ordinary, supernatural influence... exerted by the Holy Ghost on the...