How Christians Will Know They Can Join Hands With Rome

The Cripplegate, New Generation of Non-Conformists ^ | October 29, 2014 | Eric Davis, Pastor since 2008 of Cornerstone Church, Jackson Hole, WY

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With Reformation Day coming up, this is a good time to recall why the Reformers departed from Roman Catholicism. In our day especially, it seems that many Christians have history-amnesia when it comes to the importance of what God did through the Reformers. During the Reformation, great confusion existed regarding what was, and was not, the true church of Christ. Rome had asserted itself as the true church for centuries, and continues to do so today. However, as the Reformers recognized then, Christians must follow in step today by recalling that joining hands with Rome is a departure from Christ.

To be clear, this is not to say that everyone who sits in a Roman Catholic church is not a Christian. What it is saying is that several changes must occur before Roman Catholicism, by the book, can be considered biblical Christianity. And the men and women of the Reformation understood this, hence their necessary break with Rome. In their case, and ours, joining Christ necessitates breaking with Rome and coming under Christ means coming out from under Rome.

Christians will know that it is time to join hands with Rome when it does the following:

1. Renounce the Papacy.

[RnMomof7]

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[RnMomof7]

Try Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary:

LOL...you had to dig deep to find this ...this is the use of the word "sacred" as it would refer to a priest...THIS IS NOT A DEFINITION OF PRIEST.. There is no definition given for priest

[Petrosius]

Therefore the NT equivalent of the zaqenim cannot be the Levitical priests.

No one ever said that it did. The ORIGINAL MEANING of "proest/priest" in English is presbuteros NOT hiereus.

If you want to discuss the role of the presbyter fine, but the English word "priest" meant first presbuteros not hiereus. And despite how offensive it might be to Protestant ears, this is still a valid meaning.

[Petrosius]

LOL...you had to dig deep to find this ...this is the use of the word "sacred" as it would refer to a priest...THIS IS NOT A DEFINITION OF PRIEST.. There is no definition given for priest.

You asked for the definition of sacerd. Here and here is the definition of preost:

preóst es; m.

A priest

1. an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; the bishop and the priest were of the same order, but the bishop's functions were more extensive, and in this respect he was superior to the priest. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20-29

2. in a more general sense a member of the ecclesiastical profession

3. where preóst is in contrast with munuc

4. where preóst is in contrast with sácerd

[O. L. Ger. préstar : O. Frs. préstere : O. H. Ger. priestar, préstar: Icel. prestr. Front Latin presbyter.]

[editor-surveyor]

Sorry, no!

Sacerd is not found in that dictionary. (or any other that I can find.

[Petrosius]

Did you hit the link I provided? Its there.