[marbren]

Thank you smvoice. I always wondered why many catholics do not like Paul. It is a grace vs works issue. The age of grace is coming to a close. Many Catholics do not have a clue. Now is the time to have a relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ before it is too late. After the rapture you may be dead. No guarantee of second chances once grace is rejected. Rejection of Paul's teaching on the true mystery of God's grace and the need for a broken spirit heartfelt intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ by the catholic religious institution is dangerous to one’s eternal destiny. Anyone with faith in the church and or Mary and not The Lord Jesus Christ ends up in hell.

[Salvation]

A Catholic Preacher’s Daughter Prays for Unity [Ecumenical]
On the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Father Z: Octave For Unity: Day 1 [Catholic Caucus}
Pope says uniting Christianity requires conversion
The Divine Office: He gave his life for the unity of the Church
[Ecumenical] Lent through Eastertide - Divine Mercy Diary Exerpts: Unity with God
Unity in the Church Through Mary(Catholic/Orthodox Caucus)

Christian Unity on Free Republic [Vanity]
Archbishop Hilarion on Christian Unity
Marking Week of Prayer, Benedict XVI Cites Four 'Pillars' for Christian Unity
On Praying for Christian Unity
On the Unity of the Church. [Church Fathers (cont'd)]
On the Unity of The Church [Church Fathers, (cont'd)]
On The Unity of The Church (cont'd)
On the Unity of the Church (Cont'd) [Church Fathers]
On the Unity of the Church. [Church Fathers]
Pontiff Looks for More Fruits in Unity Dialogue [Catholic/Lutheran]

[metmom]

Thank you smvoice. I always wondered why many catholics do not like Paul. It is a grace vs works issue.

If works are not necessary, there's nothing the church can hang over the members heads to keep them in line. If it's by works, it's really a control issue. The organization then has something with which to control its adherents. You have to do THEIR good works, partake in THEIR sacraments, give to THEIR church, do what THEIR leaders say.

If it's by grace, the person is free. Free to do as the good works that God prepared for them to do for the honor and glory of God, free to think for themselves, free to worship somewhere else is they so choose, and free to do what God calls them to do.

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Romans 14:12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.