Posted on 04/18/2007 11:20:10 AM PDT by Salvation
Any unsaved people in your church of Jesus Christ???
Perhaps you could actually read the question I posed:
To What Degree does the Bible Matter to Catholicism?
Furthermore, I asked if you guys would address it, and not even on this thread necessarily.
What Sandyeggo left out is that out of the first 64 posts, 25 are addressed to me, and I don't recall one of them addressing the relevancy of the BIBLE to CATHOLICS.
Thank you!
As Catholics, we recognize God's revelation of Himself in three ways:
- Scripture (The Bible)
- Tradition (Primarily the Liturgy--Mass--and the Sacraments)
- The Magisterium (The Church's teachings)
Why do we recognize these three? Because Christianity is a religion of the Word, not of a book. The Word is a person--Jesus Christ. Each of the revelations above is mutually illuminating. Nothing in the three contradict each other, they reveal more about the others. Scripture is the God-breathed written revelation. Tradition is the living worship of God. The Magisterium is the means given by Christ to understand it all.
Ephesians 3:8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: 9 And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God who created all things: 10 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Will do.
You are mistaking a partitive genitive (genitive of time) for a possessive genitive.
Great post.
I found the post informative, but not enlightening. What is the basis for Catholicism? One party of the three listed must have the final word, otherwise how does one correct for error? If Rome can declare a new Sabbath in direct contradiction to the Holy Scriptures, and brag about it, what else can it declare?
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Good advice. :) Thanks for this, Salvation!
Thanks.
The burden of proof lies with you that “Rome can declare a new sabbath in direct contradiction to the Holy Scriptures, and brag about it”.
For one thing, the Catholic Church is not “Rome”.
Secondly, show me where it “brags” about declaring a “new sabbath”.
And, for what seems like an endless number of times, posts and threads you have offered to contest it, Catholics still celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord on Sunday and all the sabbatarians in the world won’t change that and won’t prove beyond any doubt that it is “in contradiction to the Holy Scriptures.”
Negative. The burden of proof lies with the body of believers who teach contrary to God's Law. Show me one line of scripture sanctifying any other day of the week in scripture vice the Sabbath.
"You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify." Cardinal Gibbons (for many years head of the Catholic Church in America), The Faith of Our Fathers (92d ed., rev.; Baltimore: John Murphy Company), p.89.
And, for what seems like an endless number of times, posts and threads you have offered to contest it, Catholics still celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord on Sunday and all the sabbatarians in the world won’t change that and won’t prove beyond any doubt that it is “in contradiction to the Holy Scriptures.”
Answer a) Where is the command to do this?
Ansewer b) Why not celebrate it on the actual day is occurred, i.e. 3 Nisan 17?
Answer c) Where is the command to repeal the 4th Commandment?
For one thing, the Catholic Church is not “Rome”.
You got that right.
Thank you too!
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