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To: Mad Dawg; metmom; Gamecock

That can be done without reliance upon papal traditions, and the alleged teachings of the so-called 'magisterium' etc.

It makes it easier, without all that extraneous 'stuff'. A guy can read, and take it or leave it.

I find its easier to allow the Word of God work more directly upon one's own spirit. He did become the Word, you know?

And He is Risen, lives, and can council with each. In that way and by that way there is much more agreement found within and among scattered, so-called 'protestants' than significant disagreement, or else either or both whom disagree are Christian, in name only.

One needs not accept all 'doctrinal development' which has occurred within the Latin Church in order to trust that God will not abandon us.

In fact, it can make an honest man out of those who are far from the confines of the Latin church and it's religious traditions, by forcing one to come into closer communion with Christ Himself , more directly. It appears to me that some are able to effect that, even while within or associated with Latin church Catholicism, too. Perhaps in both instances, the exceptions prove the rule. Ha. Howya' like them apples?

Or go ahead, most anyone, heal the sick, raise the dead, make the blind to see, and show us just how much whatever words of wisdom you may have should be listened and adhered to more than anyone else. Wanna' be an Apostle? Want to be regarded as one? Do the work of an Apostle.

Just because some, or even many (if but upon occasion) run off into a ditch, does not mean that all the rest cannot a bit more humbly, keep rollin' on, between the ditches...

98 posted on 09/23/2015 10:10:51 PM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: BlueDragon

He did not become the Word, he was (John 1:1-2) the Word in the beginning.

What do you make of the variety of gifts discussed in I Cor and Ephesians and of the distinction of functions. I Cor 12:29 seems to me to say that not all are teachers, and James says not all should even aspire to be teachers.

In any case I wasn’t saying trusting that God would protect the pope from teaching error was the only expression of trust in God’s fidelity. I was saying that trusting the pope as teacher is not trusting in personal attributes of the pope but trusting in God.


99 posted on 09/24/2015 1:45:06 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico.)
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