Wise post.
It is not the Catholic Church that will stand before the white throne. It is the INDIVIDUAL that stands before the white throne. Thankfully I won’t be before the white throne.
To be spiritually lazy and let others do your thinking is most unwise.
OK, so here’s a poser for you:
Say your pastor has one way on interpreting scripture(it can be any scripture); then he leaves your church and another pastor takes his place, and he has a different interpretation of the same scripture.
What do you do then?
Matt.7:14
[14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it.
In the 1500’s and early 1600’s, while Catholics and Protestants were slughtering ech other in Europe, ISLAM was extending its tentacles into eastern and southern Europe - and OTHER places. It would appear we haven’t learned anything.
Great Post!
When we go up there we will each tell God what the scripture means, that’s how it was meant, Halleluyah!
Next reason: Because it adds to and takes away from Scripture. Instant disqualification.
**And converting to Roman Catholicism doesn’t solve your worry about individualism because it is still you, the individual, who converts. **
But a person has a guide — the Church for the interpretation of things.
One no longer has to depend on sola scriptura YOPIOS.
YOPIOS — (for the newbies) Your Own Personal Interpretation Of Scripture. LOL!
You are making me sob. What a loss.
Good reason to convert to Catholicism:
Bad reason to convert to Catholicism:
Please note: I don't list the above to be argumentative, but to illustrate that if you don't have the above attitude, then you have no business converting. If you are not fully persuaded, then stay where you're at and continue to pray and study until you are fully persuaded one way or the other. |
-Trinitarian baptism
-True Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament
-Absolution for the penitent in the Sacrament of Confession
-Care for the sick in the Sacrament of Holy Unction, and through all the hospitals administered by the Catholic Church
-Uncompromising stance on the nuptial union that exists under the Sacrament of Marriage
-The graces of the Holy Spirit given in the Sacrament of Confirmation (as well with Baptism)
-Apostolic succession unbroken for 2,000 years and sacrificial ministry under the Sacrament of Holy Orders
Shall I go on?
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Bump for a later read, but it almost seems like the title suggests there is a good reason when there is none.
Bad reason #486: to move up the ranks in the Klan.
“I have nothing against conversion to Roman Catholicism, “
this reminds me of something Rush says of liberal callers to his show; they begin by saying how much they love his show and how great he is etc. etc. but then the BUT comes...