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To: Mach9; Dr. Eckleburg
So let me get this straight. The Roman Catholic Church, which, incidentally, was the sole custodian of both Biblical Testaments for 1500 years, and made no changes in those testaments in the following 500+ years, deliberately established and purveyed a “tradition” which contradicted those texts? I don’t think so.

Pure trash!

Romans 3:
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God.

274 posted on 06/14/2011 2:02:49 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE

If you’re arguing that the RC Church DIDN’T act as sole custodian of BOTH testaments, you’d better check it out, unless you mean that what became the Eastern (Orthodox) branches of Christianity shared some of the original texts for about 1000 years.

But if you’re arguing that the “Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God,” meaning that the Jews either shared or exclusively maintained BOTH testaments, you’ve greatly expanded what Paul said. For one thing, my bible says the Jews “WERE ENTRUSTED . . .” which, it’s fair to say, most Christians believe. The Jews, after all, have never laid claim to protecting the integrity of the New Testament. Secondly, Paul had no way of knowing that the Jewish religion would continue on its own path, without Christ, without the New Testament. He, the apostles, and nearly all their first followers were Jews who accepted Christ as the fulfillment of the (Jewish) Covenant. They had no intention of establishing a *new* religion. Christ, in their eyes, was the Perfection of Judaism, the Embodiment of the original Covenant, not the founder of new religion.


293 posted on 06/14/2011 10:13:32 PM PDT by Mach9
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To: OLD REGGIE
Romans 3:
1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God.

Great Scripture, Old Reggie.

Since Roman Catholics don't read either the Old or New Testaments, it's no surprise they miss this truth.

There's a deep anti-Semitism in Rome and it's centuries old.

"The Popes Against the Jews:
The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism"
by David I. Kertzer

492 posted on 06/16/2011 5:05:48 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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