Posted on 02/24/2015 3:56:55 PM PST by RnMomof7
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“...argue for or against deities, beliefs, religious authorities, etc. If that style of debate offends you...”
I am not offended. If I ever post to argue a case against a statement it is with the intent of informing those who may be reading the thread, never to argue or debate. to inform the ignorant.
I could never be offended by any of it.
With all due respect, I am not referring to arguments and debates. If you believe that the brand of statements against Catholicism to which I am referring, are arguments and debates rather than uninformed rants, then there is not much for me to say.
A Christian is a person who has been baptized. It is anarchistic to define a “Christian” on the basis of subjective states of mind or emotion.
“Can. 96 By baptism one is incorporated into the Church of Christ and is constituted a person in it with the duties and rights which are proper to Christians in keeping with their condition, insofar as they are in ecclesiastical communion and unless a legitimately issued sanction stands in the way.”
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__PC.HTM
I don’t even know which Marian doctrine is the “fifth.” I’ve never seen them numbered.
Says the poster who compared other posters to mountain gorillas.
You'll note that I have not made this personal about anyone.
I note that you have merely posted boilerplate; you have not denied the accuracy of my description.
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I read what I read. I comment on what I comment on. Sometimes, my comment takes the form of holding up a mirror facing the assembly. Folks may take it as they wish.
Do try not to make it personal ...
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Wow! Excellent post! and the answer is to the question asked in the title of this post...a resounding NO!
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Just holding up a mirror. If you don't like what's reflected, don't post it.
Only Jesus can forgive sins because he is God. A human priest cannot....Jesus is our great high priest who intercedes for us with his Father,... Hebrews 4:14 and 7:25....
Yet catholics say their priesthood was also given to men so that they could ‘continue his earthly work of forgiving sins’. ....which indicates clearly they do not believe His work was completed.....But a priest nor any man other then Jesus Christ was ever given authority to confer or convey the forgiveness of Christ to anyone....the authority the disciples were given was to spread the Gospel which IS Forgiveness through Christ. No Priest can act in the place of Jesus Christ for he is a sinner...he does not qualify to forgive sins for it was not his blood shed, nor could he offer it since he's a sinner...only Jesus fulfilled the requirements of God.
Fifth Marian dogma would officially declare Mary to be coredemtrix,helper, and advocate.
So if a persons not baptized their not saved? And what of the person who doesn’t have the chance to be baptized but believes Christ? Saved or not?
So?
without her consent (”Be it done unto to me according to thy word”), there would have been no Incarnation. So she had an awful lot to do with our redemption.
At the wedding feast in Cana, she interceded or “advocated” for the hosts, and a miracle was worked in response to her advocacy. The disciples “began to believe” because of this miracle, which means that Mary played a role in causing the disciples to have faith.
Mary stood at the foot of the cross, suffering with Jesus. And Jesus gave Mary to John as his mother. (This is proof that Mary did not have other children, because legally, they would have been responsible for Mary.) John’s biological mother was still alive, and she was a different woman, so Jesus was not merely reminding John to take care of his mother.
So Jesus gave Mary to us, the Church, as our Mother, as his earthly life drew to a close.
Those are separate questions. I.e., the answer to those questions is not implied by the fact that a Christian is made a member of the Church by baptism.
People are saved who die in the state of sanctifying grace—i.e., with the supernatural virtue of charity. Baptism is the ordinary way that people receive the supernatural virtues.
so bogus of a claim. If she had said no you really think God would have said, "we'll I tried but Mary said no so that's it."
So by this you're saying baptism isn't necessary for salvation? Just wanting to be clear.
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