Posted on 03/03/2015 8:04:25 PM PST by NKP_Vet
“The authority of Christianity is centered on Christ and the written word of God.”
Which written word are you referring to?
What exactly do you mean, and who exactly, are you speaking for ?
Eternal God, Creator of all things, remember that Thou alone didst create the souls of infidels, framing them to Thy Own image and likeness; behold, O Lord! how, to Thy dishonor, Hell is daily replenished with them. Remember, O Lord! Thy Only Son, Jesus Christ, Who suffered for them, most bountifully shedding His Precious Blood: suffer not, O Lord Thy Son and our Lord to be any longer despised by infidels; but rather, being appeased by the entreaties and prayers of the elect, the Saints, and of the Church, the most blessed spouse of Thy Son, vouchsafe to be mindful of Thy mercy, and forgetting their idolatry and infidelity, cause them also to know Him Whom Thou didst send, Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord, Who is our health, life, and resurrection, through Whom we are freed and saved, to Whom be all glory forever. Amen.
~ ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
It’s possible, that at the time of Paul’s epistle, Peter had not yet gone to Rome.
Oddly, the Catholic religion teaches that Peter spent 25 years in Rome, while at the same time Peter spent a great deal of time in Antioch...
How does Rome reconcile Galatians 2 with this article?
Galatians 2:7-9 (KJV)
7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Three times in that passage alone, Peter is mentioned as called to minister to the Jewish believers, while Paul was to go to the Gentiles. This is reinforced by Peter’s letter to the Jews in the dispersion, and the dispute over Jewish traditions at the end of this chapter.
Did Peter suddenly ignore his calling and run off to Rome?
What's the difference? You think non-Catholics are going to hell forever and ever and ever, right?
So what's worse, someone's who ignores Catholicism who you believe is still damned, or someone who has a reason for not being Catholic and who chooses not to be Catholic for those reasons? Both are damned according to you, but the latter, if they speak out, would be "anti-Catholic," right?
So who are those people? Well, everyone belonging to a different faith. Because they have specific reasons they are not Catholic. So, they are, literally, "anti-Catholic." All the other religions and all their members in the whole world.
Those are the people you "firmly believe (have) a mental illness grounded in hatred and bigotry." and by my estimate, that's about five billion people.
And they're all against you - insane with hatred and bigotry, every one.
You must have a lot of locks on your door. LOL!
Not the point I am making. Thanks for glossing over it.
The article you posted is not the level of Scripture. It is a hit piece on other denominations, masquerading as an explanatory piece.
“What’s the difference?”
You don’t know?
“You think non-Catholics are going to hell forever and ever and ever, right?”
No, not necessarily. Do you even have a clue as to what you’re talking about?
Really? So you don't believe Catholicism is necessary for salvation? Do please explain.
“Really? So you don’t believe Catholicism is necessary for salvation? Do please explain.”
Let me get this straight: You’ve been attacking Catholics, the Catholic Church, the Catholic Faith for years at this website and you know NOTHING about the Catholic Faith?
Read the Catechism. Learn something.
Let me get this straight: You’ve been attacking Catholics, the Catholic Church, the Catholic Faith for years at this website and you know NOTHING about the Catholic Faith?
Read the Catechism. Learn something.
LOL, you are truly shameless. First you declare all "anti-Catholics" as having a mental illness based on bigotry and hatred. Then when I point out that that's the rest of the human race, you claim it isn't. Then when I ask how it isn't, you say it is possible for non-Catholics to be saved. Then when I ask how that is possible, you tell me I know nothing and should study Catechism!
And that's just the meat, stripped of all your personal insults against me, calling me basically an ignorant, bigoted hater.
In other words, you have nothing, and you stand for nothing, and you can't even defend your own insulting, inflammatory words. But then, I already knew that.
Despite your many slanderous accusations I have always had a deep respect for true Catholics. But they have nothing to do with how you act. What you do is nothing but the actions of an abusive intellectual punk, and there's nothing in Catholicism that supports that behaviour. If anything, real Catholicism is the exact opposite, dedicated to humility and learning and deep insight.
You're just surprised that someone is actually calling you out on your abuse. But then, abusers always are always so very surprised when that happens.
Go to confession - and bring a list.
“First you declare all “anti-Catholics” as having a mental illness based on bigotry and hatred.”
Clearly you’re not proving me wrong on that score.
“Then when I point out that that’s the rest of the human race, you claim it isn’t.”
So you’re claiming that the rest of the human race is anti-Catholic? Clearly that is not the case.
“Then when I ask how it isn’t, you say it is possible for non-Catholics to be saved.”
No, that is absolutely NOT what happened. You asked not about how “the rest of the human race” is anti-Catholic but about how “You think non-Catholics are going to hell forever and ever and ever, right?” (see post 67)
Anti-Catholics.
Non-Catholics.
Do you know the difference between “Anti-” and “Non-”?
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