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To: MamaB
Every church I have ever been in believes that. I do not think it is a mystery at all. We are baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Where do these ideas come from?

We have two faculties as Christians: Faith and Reason. Not mutually exclusive faculties but Faith begins where Reason ends. One cannot reason their way to God. It requires an Act of Faith. Because Faith extends beyond reason it is by definition a mystery. It cannot be fully explained in any traditional empirical sense. So for one to say there is no mystery (or mysteries) to their faith is in error. That all (including the Dogma of the Blessed Trinity) is accepted literally "as a matter of fact" is to deny Faith.

Which is why it is so disingenuous and hypocritical for someone, especially a self-professed Christian to claim that Catholics hide behind their "mysteries of faith". Protestants accepting of the Trinity because it is "true" is not an act of faith.

2,993 posted on 10/22/2014 9:30:33 AM PDT by JPX2011
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To: JPX2011

You’re getting a C- this semester! Just for rudely interrupting the benediction.


2,997 posted on 10/22/2014 9:34:22 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: JPX2011

I believe it because of my faith in the Word of God. His word is faithful and true. I think some of y’all are grasping at straws.


2,999 posted on 10/22/2014 9:37:54 AM PDT by MamaB
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To: JPX2011; MamaB
>>We have two faculties as Christians: Faith and Reason.<<

The distinct difference is that true followers of Christ put their faith in Him alone and Catholics put their faith in fallible men who even they admit are not infallible.

3,010 posted on 10/22/2014 9:54:50 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: JPX2011
Protestants accepting of the Trinity because it is "true" is not an act of faith.

But we accept that the book you compiled is mainly true.

Is THAT not 'faith'?

3,037 posted on 10/22/2014 10:44:35 AM PDT by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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