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'The Nativity Story' Movie Problematic for Catholics, "Unsuitable" for Young Children
LifeSiteNews.com ^ | 12/4/2006 | John-Henry Westen

Posted on 12/04/2006 7:52:47 PM PST by Pyro7480

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To: kawaii

The facts are: sola scriptura results easily in massive misinterpretation of scripture.
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From my perspective, I think 1600 years of rubber Bible political wind changes within the Roman system evidenced

quite MASSIVE MISINTERPRETATION of Scripture--far more than a lot of Protestants would be very comfortable with!

LOL.


6,321 posted on 01/16/2007 2:34:45 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: kosta50; Dr. Eckleburg; Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper; Blogger; blue-duncan; wmfights; HarleyD

Without going in detail, Kosta, my opinion is that there is nothing in St. Paul's writing that in any way separates him from the other Apostles's writing.

Two groups try to separate him. One is a certain marginal nondenominational movement that looks for "authentic" or "historical" Jesus, and they sometime see in Paul somewhat of an impostor, someone who created organized or judaized religion out of a simple non-dogmatic ethical teaching, best described in the book of Matthew. The less we say of them the better.

The other is some currents of thought in serious Evengelical Christianity. They correctly see in St. Paul a different, more systematic and more theological kind of writer, someone who is convenient for their prooftexting. I have seen, for example, the view expressed (not by any of the posters here, although Blue Duncan seems to come close at times) that the parables of the gospels are something that was not addressed to us, and that the Epistles of St. Paul alone are sufficient to understand Christianity. If you look at St. Paul through such Protestant prism you will begin to separate St. Paul from the rest of the scripture. This is what your post reminds me of.

But I refuse the prism. St. Paul is different because his background is different. However, he teaches the same Orthodox Christianity as anyone else in the Church. In particuler, the notion that he somehow teaches the gospel of faith alone in contradiction to St. James is a myth. I once had a dispute with someone who was doing the familar couple-dosen quotes for Romans to prooftext for me that salvation is by faith alone. All I had to do was ask to read the same letter to Romans to the end. The myth was demolished by St. Paul himself.


6,322 posted on 01/16/2007 2:35:30 PM PST by annalex
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To: P-Marlowe

Indeed.

And then when the shirts are very worn . . . one is doubly holy.


6,323 posted on 01/16/2007 2:35:59 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: kawaii
The answer of course is that protestants are not seeking out the Holy Spirit for discernment but other men's opinions.

False.

And Protestants actually believe they will find Him and not some mystical, amorphous imponderable.

6,324 posted on 01/16/2007 2:37:12 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: blue-duncan

The majority of the authentic books were recognized by the various churches in the late first century, almost 300 years before Constantine declared Rome to be the seat, thus consolidating his political and religious power.
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THIS ONE HISTORICAL FACT

undermines a long list of hogwash.

It's like we are to bow and scrape before tradition and history

EXCEPT where it contradicts the theological/political winds of the ruling moss encrusted edifice.

Sigh.


6,325 posted on 01/16/2007 2:37:35 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: Quix; blue-duncan; xzins
And then when the shirts are very worn . . . one is doubly holy.

I think holiness is exuded when Hawaiian shirts have been starched and pressed.

A wrinkled Hawaiian shirt could be a sign of sloth, whereas a clean and pressed Hawaiian shirt could be seen as a sign of pride.

Oh, what to wear?

6,326 posted on 01/16/2007 2:44:03 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; Blogger; Mad Dawg
Our side does not need or want a pope

Then don't tell me anything in terms of theological absolutes. Stick to "I think that the scripture without the oral tradition or the institution of the Church is sufficient for understanding Christ"; "I think that faith alone is necessary for salvation", "I don't think praying to saints is a good idea", etc.

You become popes when you interpret the scripture personally but claim it to be the universally correct interpretation.

6,327 posted on 01/16/2007 2:47:13 PM PST by annalex
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To: Diamond; kosta50; Dr. Eckleburg; annalex; HarleyD; Blogger; xzins; Gamecock
What do you think the Lamb of God IS, if not a sacrifice?

Of course, Diamond. I think it was clarified later. The objection is to the Father demanding the sacrifice, not to the fact that that is what it is.

6,328 posted on 01/16/2007 2:50:03 PM PST by annalex
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To: kawaii; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
[ I think what Kosta is saying is that the Apostles James and Peter for instance traveled with the Lord personally for a lot of time, where as many of the 70 apostles simply had a vision of or encountered briefly the risen Christ. ]

I know what Kosta is saying and worse implying..

My personal experience with (good, my word) Roman Catholics is they trust in and even have faith in the Roman Catholic Church, rather than Christ himself.. Not all of them, be advised, but almost all of them.. Bad(my word) Roman Catholics don't even go that far..

AND when they say "church" they do not mean "A" CHURCH but "THE" Church.. Leaving me out in the cold.. To me transubstantiation is silly and could be heresy.. or worse blasphemy.. I have learned to stick with "silly".. I am not their judge..

The apostles chose Mattias to replace Judas, but God chose Saul/Paul personally, unless parts of Acts is a lie.... His letter to the Ephesians is probably the deepest thoughts ever penned by man, any man, in the annals of mankind's history.. excepting The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev ch1;1) scribbled down by John..

6,329 posted on 01/16/2007 2:53:51 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: annalex
Annalex. I want to differ here. There is something else at stake here. Or something as well. I see Kolo and the Eo contributers saying that they have a kind of magisterium in the Consensus Patrium (if that's a phrase) and we look to the MAgisterium. We find things in which we rest, and from which our enquiries spring as from a firm base.

But when, as I mentioned earlier, the 16th century Anglicans and their successors say that Councils can err, what the Protestants are left with, and this is not to sneer or disparage, is simply throwing themselves on the Lord and His mercy. No reliable doctrine is between them and Him, and right belief can never be absolutely known or relied on, since if those pious people, met in the Name of the Lord and calling on His spirit, can err, how much more can we err? And how much more can those err who do not trust the Lord to keep them from error?

I think it comes down to an entirely different epistemology and approach to the tenets of the Faith.

Ecclesiology, considering the vaguely gnostic idea of the invisible Church, becomes fundamental in one's approach, if not to Jesus Himself, certainly to thinking about him.

We look to the promise of soundness in the Apostolic fellowship, and trust them to give us the trail markers and guide. If we question it's more, "Do I understand this?" They are asking, "Is this person right on this matter or not?"

Or so I guess.

6,330 posted on 01/16/2007 2:57:17 PM PST by Mad Dawg ('Shut up,' he explained.)
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To: Kolokotronis; D-fendr; kosta50; Diamond; Blogger; Forest Keeper; Mad Dawg; xzins
God neither rejoices nor grows angry, for to rejoice and to be offended are passions

True enough. My only comment is that we approach God on several levels. The Act of Contrition that we say in penance goes, in part, "I detest my sin because it offends you, Lord". My mental picture is that it is Christ being offended by my sin at His passion. However, it is innatural at this point to separate the Son from the Father, and so the penitent begins to think that he offended the Father. This view is perhaps theologically flawed but it nevertheless has a merit of allowing to concentrate on the penance and not on the workings of the Trinity.

I wonder if saying something like "The Father was offended through the Person of the Son" is incorrect.

I will study St. Anselm as soon as this thread dies down a bit.

6,331 posted on 01/16/2007 2:59:43 PM PST by annalex
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To: Kolokotronis; Mad Dawg
Act of Contrition

Ah, I see my question raised by Mad Dawg, and answered.

6,332 posted on 01/16/2007 3:03:32 PM PST by annalex
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To: blue-duncan; Kolokotronis; D-fendr; kosta50; Diamond; Blogger; Forest Keeper; Mad Dawg; xzins
There's Noah and the flood; Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah...

Indeed, but considering the alternatives, which were the horror of every description of sin, where is the harm? Is it better for a child slain by Joshua to be with God or to grow up idolater?

6,333 posted on 01/16/2007 3:09:40 PM PST by annalex
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To: Forest Keeper; Blogger
These are action requests. "Mary, do this for me now", etc. When I ask my friend for prayer I do not say "Steve, give strength to the weak, and I experience your protection of me."

Yes, but the requests are not such that only Christ can give. Most certainly your friend Steve can give you strength, and protect you, and if he does, you will experience it. The point remains that nothing the saints do for us comes from their putative divinity.

6,334 posted on 01/16/2007 3:21:27 PM PST by annalex
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To: Quix

Frankly I'd opine that potestantism is an extension of anything Rome started.


6,335 posted on 01/16/2007 3:26:20 PM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Good works are evidence of our salvation; not a requirement for it.

Tsk tsk. Scripture, please. The generator broke?

A doctor exhorts us to "breath deeply," but does that mean we breath because we choose to breath or that we could hold our breath and still live?

We can choose to breath deeply or shallowly, hence the doctor exhorts us. We cannot choose not to breath, hence the doctor does not exhort people to simply breath. Now, the Gospel exhorts us to do good works, and links it to our judgement, because, just like that patient, we have a choice in the matter and the choice affects the judgement.

6,336 posted on 01/16/2007 3:31:28 PM PST by annalex
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; Alamo-Girl
But the power was of the Holy Spirit through the Gospel and not of the man, Peter.

True, but not the point. The point is, the faithful received it from Christ through Peter in this instance.

6,337 posted on 01/16/2007 3:33:44 PM PST by annalex
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To: P-Marlowe; Blogger; xzins; Dr. Eckleburg; wmfights; blue-duncan; Quix; Alamo-Girl
What business is it of yours whether the guy next to you is kneeling or slouching or clapping his hands in joy?

When I show up on a Protestant thread telling them what their posture means and what is wrong with their faith, remind me.

6,338 posted on 01/16/2007 3:38:04 PM PST by annalex
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; Blogger; wmfights; Diamond; HarleyD
This catholic Church has been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. And particular Churches, which are members thereof, are more or less pure ... The purest Churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error; and some have so degenerated, as to become no Churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan.

Huh? Body of Christ is sometimes more pure, sometimes less, and sometimes of Satan? Scripture, please.

6,339 posted on 01/16/2007 3:41:21 PM PST by annalex
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan
why do you question finding Him in the New Testament, completely and perfectly?

I question it because it is not in the scrupture anywhere. I am like the Bereans, checking...

6,340 posted on 01/16/2007 3:43:03 PM PST by annalex
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