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MORE Protestant scholarship on Epignosis . . . Richard Chenevix Trench notes, “In comparing epignosis with gnosis, the “epi” must be regarded as an intensive use of a preposition that gives the compound word a greater strength than the simple word alone possesses” (Synonyms of the New...

Not at ALL. It is BECAUSE of Christ that I can do works that are pleasing to God - which HE prepared for me to do (Eph. 2:10).

Not ME. I believe in what the Bible teaches (Matt. 7:21, James 2:14-26) - that TRUE Faith = Belief + Obedience (works). Belief alone doesn't save you - and neither do works alone.

NONSENSE. Until you can address the verses I presented earlier - you have NO CASE. "Epignosis" is Kryptonite to your case . . . Romans 11:22 “See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness to you, provided you REMAIN in his kindness; otherwise...

No - your charges are nothing but bogus manure unless you can substantiate the. You and others here have cowardly refused to substantiate your moronic accusations by telling ME to do an internet search. If YOU can't bring the evidence to the table - then you have NONE. Didn't ANYBODY ever...

Then PLEASE point me to some of the "evidence" so we can have a discussion.

Faith = Belief + OBEDIENCE (works). Romans 11:22 “See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness to you, provided you REMAIN in his kindness; otherwise you to will be cut off.” Paul is warning the faithful to REMAIN in God’s favor or they will...

Great verses - but He DOESN'T keep us faithful against our will. He AIDS us to remain faithful in CONCERT with our will. 1 Tim. 2:3-4 states explicitly that God WILLS the salvation of ALL people and that ALL come to a knowledge of the truth. Will ALL be saved?? Absolutely NOT. This means that...

Remaining faithful is an essential component of being saved.

???? I can produce further documentation that speaks of the specific verses I presented. I just thought these would be enough for you. I don't think those will change your mind either. Spiritual pride is an ugly thing . . .

Cherry-picking Scripture to arrive at your twisted doctrine is NOT the answer. I can cherry-pick verses out of context that say there is NO God – but that doesn’t make it true. Again – you cherry-pick Scripture – you don’t understand it in CONTEXT. Rom. 10:13 says that all those who “call...

No, he'll have to provide PROOF. Something that YOU were never able to do.

Soooooo, you wanna be able to level bogus charges against the Church, then RUN when asked to substantiate them?? Exposing cowardly lies like this is PRECISELY why I'm here . . .

In post #80 – YOU made the idiotic charge that the Catholic Church had Pagan roots. In post #82 – I asked you to provide a doctrine-by-doctrine comparison to prove this. In post #84 – YOU dodged this challenge by posting an asinine remark about unity in the Catholic Church. Was my challenge to...

TRANSLATION: "I'm not equipped to prove that the Catholic Church has Pagan origins. I was just shooting my mouth off irresponsibly." That's what I thought . . .

I’m NOT trying to “change” your mind. YOU are the one who responded to ME regarding the complete absence of the idea of “Faith Alone” I Scripture. YOU brought up OSAS – not me. The fact remains that Sole Fide is a completely UN-Biblical doctrine – as is OSAS. The following passages attest to...

Now, you’re nitpicking because your cherry-picking didn’t work. Okay – here is your revered KJV which conveys the SAME message . . . Heb. 3:5-10 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6 But Christ as a son...

Amen to what God has promised to those who REMAIN faithful. NOT sure what it has to do with what we were talking about, though . . .

I already told you that it doesn’t matter WHO Nick Sayers He could be a high school drop-out. The linguistic evidence he presents is what matters. As for “St.” Bede – he’s not a canonized saint at all. Regardless of that – he’s entitled to his own opinions – as long as they are not DOCTRINAL...

Then, ANY time you wanna do that, by ALL means, do it. Please give us a doctrine by doctrine comparison. I can't wait to see this . . . . . .