Posted on 04/21/2014 8:51:13 PM PDT by Salvation
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Believe in God and his son that came to Earth to save your soul. He died for your sins. Not sure that it requires any religion but it does require belief...faith.
Show where Christ, asked every soul to follow Peter,the Liar. Show this truth, you proclaim as the Truth.
>>Show where Christ, asked every soul to follow Peter,the Liar. Show this truth, you proclaim as the Truth.<<
Strong assertion, backed by zero evidence.
I left the Church for differences in how we see the Universe. It appears you were hurt by one or more of Her representatives.
Liturgy is crystal clear “(Petros) upon this rock I shall build my church.”
IMHO, you should make peace with your anger and then approach this subject with a cool mind...
Thank you, wonderful being.
Ageed Deagle,
One should be asking themselves: How does one become saved (by God) and have real salvation, not ‘How does one become a member of this or that church (which is useless)’. As an example (and not just in the Catholic Church, because this can happen in any “Church”) there was a transvestite that was on Jimmy Kimmel tonight and stated that He (she) had been to Mass on Easter, for all the real good it did their soul, they sure didn’t receive ‘Christ’ (One wonders if the priest gave this person their communion though..).
“For by Grace you have been saved through faith” and “18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” It is not ritual or religious rites that save a person, it is belief (faith) in what Christ has done, and none of our “work”.
-JS
Abp John Francis Knoll, “Father Smith Instructs Jackson”. Great intro. But I ain’t Catholic. But anyone who may be curious....
Strong assertion, backed by zero evidence. ...
...Liturgy is crystal clear “(Petros) upon this rock I shall build my church.” - 2003!
Your cult's liturgy may think more of Peter than many of us, maybe, but not stated as such in Holy Scripture, FD3. I won't bother to hash that our for the umpteenth time.
But, you ask for evidence, and I found it easily while looking at the Gospels. It can also be stated that Paul has a better calling because he rebuked Peter for trying to turn Gentiles into Jews! Peter didn't display any knowledge behind the power of Christ's sacrifice.
Mark 14: 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him.
“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,” she said.
68 But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.
69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.” 70 Again he denied it.
After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”
71 He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”
72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.” And he broke down and wept. ...
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Galatians 2; 11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 15 “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in[d] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. 17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker. 19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
Welcome home to my fellow members of the 2013-14 Tiber Swim Team! I’m glad to be here. Thanks be to God!
I prayed the prayer when I was in high school. And meant it. I did what I did Saturday night to put an exclamation point on that commitment. And if anything, I meant it even more. I believed it with all my heart and all my soul. I wouldn’t have done it otherwise. And I don’t think my Christian friends, Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox, would have wanted me to do it on any other terms.
Why not tell how to become a Christian instead of a Catholic? Being a Christian is a whole lot more important. Being Catholic does not save you just like being a Baptist, Methodist, etc doesn’t. It seems like y’all are more interested in numbers and not true believers in Jesus.
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Catholics are Christians. We believe in the Holy Trinity and the Resurrected Christ. It is our duty to preach to all nations and we rejoice when our brothers and sisters come home to the Faith. It’s not about numbers. It’s about souls.
Peter was restored:
John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
John 21:16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
John 21:17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
John 21:18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
John 21:19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
I read the Scriptures you posted, but do not see any "restoration". Instead, I see a petty, jealous man, who later found it necessary to try and make Gentiles follow the Jewish customs and could not have been your cult claims as the leader of the church. The head is Christ Jesus, and Peter was only one of 12. The following passage is the completion of your post... and does nothing to reinforce or restore Peter into any role of authority. YMMV, but that is only because of your "traditions of men"!
John 21: ...20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” p>22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?” p>24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
Catholics are also Christians, we share a common baptism.
AMEN!
Thank-you, God Bless, Salvation for this special article.
Congrats, Happy Easter Season to our new Catholic Christian believers!
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