Posted on 07/27/2013 1:35:20 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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Your opinion and your opinon only.
Is that allowed on FR? ;oP
I do wonder why, in your opinion, Jesus actually changed Simon Bar-Jonah's name. ("Thou art Peter, but nevermind, it makes no difference, thou art NOT the Rock..." ?)
You may be making a good point, but as I said before, I am not sure what it is.
Thanks for posting.
Try History....
Oh wait -- you'd prefer the "Follow the Yellowbrick Road to OZ" version, right?
Turns out the Vatican was...hijacked. Despite the effort if some well-meaning folks. Power soon trumped Spreading the Gospel. No need to review the entire awful history, is there?
In whose Name did the authors pen the word of God or "Bible"? Was it FOR the "Catholic Church"? "Emperors?" "Popes?" OR for posterity and God's Children?
The present-day form of Rabbinical Judaism dates from the 3rd to 5th centuries with the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli) with the Sura Academy and the Pumbeditha -- both close to modern day Baghdad and Fallujah
This is the mainstream as opposed to Karaite Judaism or Samaritanism
Did the Injil Moroni tell you that?
Do read your history. your statement is doubly wrong. "tyrannical persecution" is itself a misnomer as the Inquisition only judged those who were Catholics. It had no jurisdiction over Jews or Muslims. Jews and Muslims were removed in the 1500s due to the Spanish fear of a fifth column supporting the Moors to re-take al-Andalus.
Secondly, the inquisition was about the same time as the PR
you do know that John 4:22 can be interpreted different ways as either being “from the Jews” signifying Jesus Christ or other ways.
Not completely. The Italians were pretty independently minded right from the 12th century onwards. Granted, the majority of history was written by clerics, but that was not all
“technically the Jews aren’t “. Still straining at gnats and swallowing elephants?
Note of course that the concept of Rabbinical Judaism dates from really after the destruction of the second template in 70 AD, and more specifically to 136 AD with the vast Jewish revolt (many non-Jews etc. were killed in cyprus etc. and the roman reprisal was harsh, banning jews outright from Jerusalem)
Note also that Pontifex Maximus translates as head priest so can be construed as you say Head rabbi. Also, pontifex maximus technically is not a title of the Pope
Also, Vicar derives from Latin Vicarius signifying deputy as in deputy to Christ
Finally "holding dominion over an Empire" -- what are you referring to?
the latter statement is utterly wrong
The former is not completely correct. What are the origins of the Inquisition? it dates to the 8th century and the Moslem conquest of Spain. It took the Spanish 700 years to boot the Moslem rulers out. But even after that, there were moslems still in Spain.
the converts were also suspected of being closet Moslems and that removal was the aim of the Inquisition.
Uuh, that would be the Empire established by Constantine as well as for centuries of rule by the Holy Roman Empire whose allegiance was demanded NOT of and for Jesus Christ, but of and for the Pope/Emperor.
Btw, technical semantics aside, history notes that the "Vicar of Christ" has been anything but in most cases.
With respect to dispelling Islam from Europe, the Papal Decree was undoubtedly in the right.
Then you are quite wrong
The Byzantine Empire soon enough forgot about Rome and it was influenced more by the Alexandrian, Antiochian and above all the Constantinople Patriarchs
as well as for centuries of rule by the Holy Roman Empire
Again wrong -- you have heard of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, right? That presence in Italy is enough to tell you that the Popes didn't "hold Dominion over the HRE" -- some may have tried, but beyond the ability to crown the HRE, they didn't have any pull to "hold dominion"
whose allegiance was for the Pope/Emperor -- again, completely wrong -- please do read some history -- the oath went ""I swear, by God and the Holy Bible, to righteously serve my Kaiser, Holy Roman Emperor and King of all Germans, until the day I die. I will defend the Holy Roman Empire and the people of it, with my life if necessary. I will also uphold and follow the laws of the Empire and serve the Reichstag with honour and dignity. May God send his divine punishment if I ever break my oaths to the rightful Kaiser and the Holy Roman Empire.""-- to the Emperor, not the Pope
So this disproves your earlier statement cmpletely
Nope, I don’t have your habits
Stop reading things part-way. That leads to errors in Bible reading as well as history etc.
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