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Soooooo, Justinian was recognizing and reiterating the Authority of the Papacy. This DOESN'T mean that HE is the one who "created" that Authority. Not ONLY do we see Pope Victor in the SECOND century giving a supreme ruling on the Quartodecimen controversy - we have the Pope (Callistus 1)...

Again - for which you have ZERO historical evidence. I can just as easily say that your false prophetess, Ellen White, is an extraterrestrial from Pluto - but that would be just as stupid and unsubstantiated as YOUR claim . . .

WRONG. God Himself foretells how the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent: Gen. 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the WOMAN, and between thy seed and HER SEED; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Study your Bible . . .

God id not the God of "chance". He doesn't deal in "coincidences". He is the God of ORDER - and everything in His plan is ordered to His will. Mary was the mother of Jesus (God) because God CHOSE her to be. She is Kecharitomene (Luke 1:28) because God MADE her that way. Joseph was also chosen...

WOW. Your ignorance and gullibility FAR exceed that of any uneducated rube I've ever come in contact with. For starters - just because you "Googled" something DOESN'T make it true. For your information - according to REAL sources like the Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia Britannica...

That's FALSE. Elizabeth calls Mary the "mother of my Lord" (Luke 1:43) - echoing David's exclamation about the Ark of the Covenant: OT - "Who am I that the Ark of my Lord should come to me?" (2 Sam. 6:9) NT - "Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:43) She in effect...

That's NOT what Jesus said. You have taken what HE said out of its proper context and created your own context. Why are you afraid to leave it in its original context?

And unfortunately, MOST of you don't have a clue as to what Catholicism teaches - so, it's no wonder why you THINK you don't want it. That's the first intelligent ting you've said on this forum . . .

Fulfilling your pattern of running when you can't address the tough issues. Good job . . .

I don't. I simply followed up on my promise to expose your ignorance about the Catholic Church at every turn - every time you make an idiotic comment about it.

Uhhhhhh, aren't YOU the oe who supposedly has me on "IGNORE"?? How can you read what I'm posting?? Seems the obsession is YOURS . . .

Ummmmm, where are you channeling your ignorance of the Catholic Church?

Well, yes, in a sense. Our goal is to be with God in eternity. That is our ultimate goal. HOW we do that is by serving Him - and HOW we serve Him is by serving others (Matt.25:31:46). We cannot serve God if we abandon that responsibility because He is in every person we serve. This is not a...

If I'm understanding your question correctly - the goal is Heaven. Our goal is to spend eternity with God. I think that this is a pretty universally held answer. Why did you ask that? Did I say something to make you believe that this wasn't my goal?

That's NOT what Jesus says. God's LOVE is unconditional. He LOVES ALL people (John 3:16) and wills their salvation (1 Tim. 2:3-4), Salvation, however is IS conditional on our cooperation with His grace (Matt. 25:31-46, Matt. 16:24, Luke 9:23, Matt. 7:21, James 1:22, Mark 16:16, John 14:15...

WRONG - that's not what Jesus says. I explained this to you what the Bible defines as "Belief" in Christ back in post #80 - and you couldn't respond to that, either . . . Jesus says that WE will be judged by wat WE DO or DON'T DO . . . Matt. 25:40-46 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I...

Good grief . . . The 7 churches of Revelation are all the SAME Church - in 7 different locations. What's more - they are ALL in Asia Minor (Turkey). They ALL represent the ONE Catholic Church - they are NOT what you would call "denominations". Today, we refer to them as Dioceses and Parishes...

I was making the point that your claim that Jesus forbade the calling of any man a "spiritual father" is false. For this to be true - you would have to refute some of the verses I presented as evidence to the contrary (1 Cor. 4:14-15). You would ALSO have to explain why He apparently "forbade"...

And you MIGHT have a case - if that's ALL the Bible says. Unfortunately - there is MUCH more to Biblical "belief" than simple "easy-believism" . . . James warns us that even the DEMONS believe in the truths about God and tremble (James 2:19) - but that's NOT enough to save them. This is what...

This is absolutely FALSE. He forbade them calling any man "Father" or "Teacher" - ABOVE their Father and Teacher in Heaven. He was rebuking the Pharisees, who exalted themselves above the rest - even above the Word of God (Mark 7:7-8). - Jesus said, “Your FATHER Abraham rejoiced at the thought...