Posted on 12/29/2010 11:41:03 AM PST by markomalley
Isn't that special. /sarc.
When you believe The Gospel you are saved for eternity!
I think being a Born Again Christian is the way to go.
“It’s great to see that I wasn’t the only one who stopped reading ...”
Classic. Just classic.
I think that’s about the best summary of the matter that I’ve seen yet.
And agree 100%.
Actually, he was excommunicated after he wouldn’t agree to remove three of the ninety-five items, not the entire list. That’s why he was excommunicated in something like 1521 and posted stuff in 1517. I could have those years wrong, but it was a four or five year gap and a lot went on and a lot was tried to get him to stay and work to reform the Church. If you don’t know that, though, you don’t want to so I’m sure I must be wrong.
Think what you like, you’re the Pope.
have a nice day
You really don't have any answers, just rote. geez.
You’re not really giving the Orthodox their due, nor the other patriarchal cities.
When many Christians hear “Catholic”, they think “Roman Catholic.”
Since the Gospel is the heart of Christianity I agree very much with what you wrote....and from these threads I think they attest to this difference. I have also found Rome seems to flood it's members with vast amounts of catholic literature. We see them used here to support posters positions...oftentimes another authors take on how the scriptures and various dogma is to be understood rather than the posters opinion or summary.
In flooding it's members, and the threads here, with so much information, and oftentimes using "catholic verbiage", ( allot of catholics don't even understand), the truth is lost in the shuffle, and the topic gets lost along with it.
It was said to me that how catholics see the word.."Church" and how non-catholics see "church" are also different...so communication becomes difficult at best...for the language used differs so much...... An example would be I see the "church" as the body of believers in Christ with Christ as the head. They may see it as so but then 'add' all this other stuff to that.
The only stipulation in historical records to “get him to stay” was to denounce his writings and agree with the RCC.
There are historical writings of this outside the church, it is not a secret.
I have no claim to be the “Pope”, I am just a sinner who believes that Christ “did it all for me and for all”. I may do good works but they are all to glorify the Lord, not to glorify myself in the eye of God.
I agree that more should be expected of the Catholic Church and its clergy. As we are taught in Luke 12:48:
"From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more."
Your holding them to a higher standard than your Protestant Churches and Clergy speaks as much of you as it does of them.
That is so transparent that it’s not even funny.
But it is also so in character.
When is one justified? When is one sanctified?
Having been brought up Catholic and now being a Christian saved by Grace
It almost always is a language problem. Thanks for some of the most concise comparisons I have seen in these threads for some time.
Of course it is..
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