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To: ADSUM
In Scripture, we see our Lord definitively choosing and sending apostles to act as mediators between God and men (in Christ, of course).

No. There is only ONE mediator between God and man.

1 Timothy 2:5-6 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

15 posted on 08/01/2015 2:01:24 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

The Catholic church agrees, but then accept the rest of the story.

And the priests acting through Christ perform the Sacraments and bring others to Jesus.

The Catholic Church is not saying the apostles are doing this by some magical powers or by their own power. Jesus “breathed on them” and gave them the power of the Holy Spirit to forgive sins. But the fact is the apostles are the revealed instruments of God’s forgiveness. If this is not a priest, then what is a priest?


17 posted on 08/01/2015 2:24:56 PM PDT by ADSUM
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