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Keep Franky as an avatar. Just some friendly advice.

Actually, I do! I love all my Christian brothers. Even the ones who taunt me.

I taught the Trinity, NOT the document signed with Lutherans. Sorry if I mis-spoke or misunderstood you.

What's wrong with the above!!!! It's all correct... Justification is TOTALLY a work of God, the Father. The Son is distinguished because it's the Son that was on the cross... not the Father. ALL is worked in us through the Holy Spirit. Are you not a Trinitarian? I'm missing something...

BTW, did you shave or something? You look much better today.

Is it you again? Another rough day with Tamasi. Go away!!

Oh. I didn't see the last paragraph. Will read it in a few minutes...

With all due respect to YOU, If I wanted to watch YouTube, I'd be on my couch. I presented what I KNOW... How about correcting me? I'm not watching two videos that total 3 hours for something that doesn't even seem important to me --- unless you could also explain WHY this is so important...

P.S. I did look up John 20:23 and it had this for SINS: the sins. ..ἁμαρτίας... amartias ...266... a sin,... failure... from hamartanó It would seem, to me, to be a sin --- NOT a fault .

My feelings exactly. Confession has nothing to do with salvation. I'd go so far as to say that some that go to confession are doing a WORK and are perhaps not even saved. I know persons like this. But the majority go because they care to serve God the best they know how and this is their way...

I don't believe @Philip James is a calvinist...he just says some things like they do because he's not familiar with their doctrine.

Your first paragraph reminds me of mortal and venial sins...the CC has sin separated into serious and not serious. It also brings to mind willful sinning and non-willful sinning...what you're calling lapses, blunders, unintentional offenses, etc. The problem is that to God EVERYTHING is sin...

Hi JIF I'm not at a computer, but I'll try. 1 John 1:9 doesn't really tell us how to confess, does it? Maybe because John was writing to people that were taught how so he didn't think it was important to repeat it? Just from reading that verse it does seem to mean that we should confess to...

Neither @"ByGrace" nor anyone else on this forum need keep their opinions to themselves. We are all here to post our thoughts, and since we're not theologists, I'd say that even YOU should not act as if you are one. And even if you were,,,I would have no obligation to agree with you...

There's much too much to read. I read the details of what you posted very well. I also know what the CC teaches about the Trinity because I've had to teach it. The only debate is the filoque clause. Did the Holy Spirit proceed from the Father or from the Father and the Son? Other than this...

Wow. Is the hatred out of your system yet? You must certainly not be a disciple of Christ since He said we shall know each other by the love we have for each other. John 13:35 I will remove myself from this thread, but first I'd like to ask you one thing only: Could you explain to me what's...

I almost missed this... Agreed on the ECF. Augustine wasn't one of them. Usually it means those prior to the Nicene Council, 325 AD. I don't hear about this rapture till about 200 years ago, so I do ask myself why this is. Right now I'd have to say it doesn't exist. I usually choose my own...

Enoch, after all this Greek, it seems to me that fault and sin are the same. A fault is a sin. John 20:23 doesn't say to forgive our faults one to the other. Jesus forgave sins. He passed that authority to the apostles and told them who's sins they forgive will be forgiven. The early church...

Totally deterministic. And it goes even beyond that.

Is anybody criticizing you for how you confess your sins? So why do you criticize others??