Posted on 07/22/2013 2:45:09 PM PDT by NYer
Interesting how people take the bible as Literal word for word...God created the world in 7 days...” he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood shall have eternal life”. ..that one? Well...thats not literal....ok
Mary was a perpetual virgin. Even these men say so!
Essays for Lent: Mary Ever-Virgin
Why is the perpetual virginity of Mary so important to Catholics? [Ecumenical Vanity]
Is the Perpetual Virginity of Mary a Biblical View?
Aeiparthenos (An Anglo-Catholic Priest on Mary's Perpetual Virginity)
The Heõs Hou polemic is over: Radio Debate Matatics VS White & Svendsen on Perpetual Virginity Mary
The Early Church Fathers on Mary’s Perpetual Virginity - Catholic/Orthodox Caucus
The Heõs Hou polemic is over: Radio Debate Matatics VS White & Svendsen on Perpetual Virginity Mary
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
No, that’s what Yeshua said, but the religionists need the confusion.
“This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
“This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
“This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
Who then, is the ignorant one here.
As is too often the case, this Catholic author is full of deception...Paul DID NOT forbid the eating of certain foods...
ct 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Paul forbade the eating of all foods, which were offered as a sacrifice to idols and gods...And Paul forbade the eating of blood...That is it...To claim that Paul forbade certain foods for the Christian believer is deception...
Evidently, St. Paul was writing against what might be termed the founding fathers of the Gnostic movement that split away from the Church in the first century and would last over 1,000 years, forming many different sects and taking many different forms.
That is exactly true...But those Gnostics are still with us in the 2nd Millennium after the Crucifixion...And how do we identify those Gnostics???
Just as Paul warned; those who refuse to let their clergy get married, those who have rules against eating certain foods, and those who serve BLOOD to eat...
Can we identify that religion??? Anyone???
No, of course not only an _______ would think that.
Of course it's literal...But it's spiritual, not physical...
It was a question to you.
There is no Gospel of Mary although, in the second century, She was referred to as Theotokos.
By her own admission, She is “the handmaid of the Lord”. She never asked for any earthly honors.
And on the note of blood, I suppose you've never had blood pudding, blood cake, blood sausage, goose blood soup...
Next.
A born again believer in Jesus Christ does not need one!
The true believer is attacked much more by the devil than the luke warm or nonbeliever, for the simple reason that he pretty much already has the weak and no believers.
The devil pretty much threw everything he had a Jesus.
Matthew 4:1-11
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: " 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Mark 1:12-13
12At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, 13and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
Luke 4:1-13
1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone."
5The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
8Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'"
9The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here. 10For it is written:
" 'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
12Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
The stronger the faith the stronger the attack.
Why do you guys always go for the wisdom of men instead of the Wisdom of God???
You are mistaken as far as the Bible goes. The references to brothers and sisters are there because there was no word for cousins. Please study a little more.
And get as biblically smart as you are??? No thanks...
Luke 1:36 And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren:
The bible ofcourse says you are wrong, again...
Funny that his followers took it literally...”how can we accept this...it is a hard teaching”. So they left...Jesus let them leave, and did not “clarify” his teaching...he merely turned to his apostles and asked...”will you leave me too?”
Deuteronomy 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:
Yes I have read all of the genuflecting of religionists trying to justify what they do. God said not to and also said not to add to what He commanded we do and not do.
Oh, and I do have and study the scriptures and have for all of my 65 years on this earth at least from the time I was old enough to hear my dad read scripture and pray at the table. From my experience it’s the Catholics who are lacking in the knowledge of what scripture actually teaches.
Only by those Gnostics referred to in post #45...
Was Jesus also a literal door? How about a literal lamb?
I, for one, never have and never will. Scripture teaches not to.
No meat on Friday...Who do you think you're fooling???
Depending on what Catholic rite you attend, clergy may be married.
Catholic priests are not allowed to get married...Again, who do you think you're fooling???
Catholics consume the blood of Christ as ordered by Christ Himself.
Jesus was speaking spiritually, not physically...
And on the note of blood, I suppose you've never had blood pudding, blood cake, blood sausage, goose blood soup...
You are exactly right...Goose blood soup??? Why???
Next...
Why do you always resort to personal attacks?
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