Posted on 01/30/2014 2:50:42 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
“The Christian is not a baptized who receives baptism and then goes on his way.”
I think something was lost in translation.
Funny, I don’t remember needing “man” to ensure my salvation.
Sure seems there’s a good chunk of that erroneous assumption going on here.
The translation is in the next text. We don’t go off into the atmosphere with our baptism.
We begin the work of our baptism in the mystical body of Christ, His Church.
That is so understood that many protestants are baptized everytime someone finds a different church.
He doesn’t know a thing about Christ’s true church. For anyone to believe he actually speaks for Christ...well, THAT’s absurd. It’s also very sad.
You would have little use for Noah, for Joseph (Israel), probably the Apostles too. Instruments of salvation have been appointed/annointed, by God, throughout Bible history.
We could complain to Him, I suppose.
The RCC has totally corrupted what the Greek word ekklesia really means. The concept they promote didn’t even exist in the apostles lives.
Frankly, I could do with a little less ekklesia, if it means watering down the Catholic faith and Catholic faith practices, in the West, any more than they already have been. Nearly unrecognizable.
Absolutely dead on the mark. Great post. Tragic, but great post.
Ruh roh. Il Papa might lose a few of his Protestant and atheist groupies over this.
IB4TPWM
I believe we both need to learn to spell, “ecclesiae”, before we assert the Greek meaning of the word. :)
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Yes.. they had no idea of ‘Church.’
If it were today, Paul would be addressing his letters to the “Church on CynicalBear’s Neighborhood.”
And it would be delivered of course.
In my opinion, the [c]hurch hasn’t listened to God very much since Abraham’s covenant. Thank God he has given us the Word, the Word mad flesh and the Holy Spirit. Just add brokeness.
AMEN. God Bless Pope Francis!
Catholics have no need of Noah, just a 'nice story with a good message'. Like a lot of things in the Bible, not required for Catholics.
Catholics have no need of Noah, just a 'nice story with a good message'. Like a lot of things in the Bible, not required for Catholics.
“He doesn’t know a thing about Christ’s true church”
No, he’s only the leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination, which happens to be 2,000 years old. But what would he know. “Who am I to judge”. LOL.
Btw, Jacob was Israel, not Joseph. Striiiiike two.
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