Catholic ping!
Thanks for all the quotes from the Bible!!
Protestant bashing is getting pretty old.
Choirs of Angels
"Twelve things to know about angels"
Thinking through “angel time” (the aeon) in an orderly fashion
Catholic Catechism on the Angels
ANGELS: Their Meaning for Our World
Returning Angel [Michael Voris video]
Papal Visit to Portugal: Apparitions of the Angel
St Gemma Galgani and her Guardian Angel [Catholic Caucus]
God Sends His Angels to Watch Over and Guide Us
Angels, Part 3
Angels, Part 2
Angels, Part 1
Angels Among Us Today
God Created the Angels as Individual, Immortal Spirits with Intelligence and Free Will
The Angels in Sacred Scripture
Angels in the History of the Church
Angels - in Heaven, on Earth and in Hell
Catholic Q&A: Angels and Demons (Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer)
GOD AND THE ANGELS
Question: “Are there really such things as guardian angels?”
This goes especially for the Genesis-hating, evolutionist crazies at "Catholic Answers."
Tim Staples, solid as usual.
I was not aware of the following verse as a proof text for Church Authority, but how profound.
-— that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. -—
The Church teaches the angels. How can this be? What does this mean?
Thankfully Tim includes Aquinas’ explication of the passage, which demonstrates why Aquinas is known as the “Angelic Doctor.”
Fabulous. Thanks for posting.
For anyone that’s interested, you can stream audio of Tim’s radio shows at Catholic.com
Easy to remember.
This is the relevant passage from Ephesians.
. 3:8-10:
To me… this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.
“Principalities and powers” is a reference to angels.
Me thinks Tim Staples isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
What imaginings have come out of Rome!
There is ZERO evidence for ANY of these BOASTFUL ideas!
Just about every time the New Testament reveals the radical nature of Christ’s authority, you will find in close proximity Christ then giving a similar authority to the Church.
No! The authority is passed to the apostles. The apostles are not the same as the church. Just look at two of the verses you quoted.
Eph. 2: the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
1 Tim. 3 the household of God, which is the church
So if the household of God is the church and the apostles is synonymous with the church, Eph. 2 would say that the church is built upon the church.
The church is built upon the foundation, the church is not the foundation.
And you've mis-translated 1 Tim. 3. The church is the bulwark of the truth. This has also been translated as buttress. Neither bulwark nor buttress means foundation. Seriously. Finding what you want to find rather than what scripture plainly says.
A few decades ago, Billy Graham wrote a book on the subject. I believe its title is... “Angels” (go figure!). It’s pretty good, actually.