Posted on 04/27/2016 8:41:02 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
Priest is not a NT office of the Church. This is simply eisogesis from hundreds of years later, read back into Scripture to justify it... like so many other doctrines made up out of whole cloth.
cc: daniel1212
These are always very good.
Thanks for posting Fr. Charles Pope. Some writers are smart but not brave. Some are brave but not smart. He’s both brave and smart, making him a national treasure.
Indeed!
Are you saying you don’t believe St. Luke or St. Paul?
They did not appoint priests as understood by roman catholicism.
I’m saying Arch...Pope reads back into Scripture and perverts what Luke and Paul wrote.
No worship of Mary.
No prayers to Mary.
No sacrifice of Christ over and over and over as found in the catholic Mass.
No penance.
No indulgences
No "infallability of the pope"
No salvation through works.
The list can go on and on.
Would a conservative in Perga be a....
Perga Tory?
Ah the protestors again! Perhaps they only accept the Bad news!
Did everyone accept this as good news? No. Some, indeed many, were offended and sought to convict Christians as “disturbers of the peace.” Some don’t like to have their sin and bondage called out as such. They prefer bondage, sin, and darkness to light, holiness, and freedom.
Question http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/where-in-the-new-testament-are-priests-mentioned
The New Testament mentions three categories of Church leaders: bishops, presbyters, and deacons. So how can the Catholic Church justify its office of “priest”? The New Testament writers seem to understand “bishop” and “presbyter” to be synonymous terms for the same office (Acts 20:17-38).
Answer
The English word “priest” is derived from the Greek word presbuteros, which is commonly rendered into Bible English as “elder” or “presbyter.” The ministry of Catholic priests is that of the presbyters mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 15:6, 23). The Bible says little about the duties of presbyters, but it does reveal they functioned in a priestly capacity.
They were ordained by the laying on of hands (1 Tm 4:14, 5:22), they preached and taught the flock (1 Tm 5:17), and they administered sacraments (Jas 5:13-15). These are the essential functions of the priestly office, so wherever the various forms of presbuteros appear—except, of course, in instances which pertain to the Jewish elders (Mt 21:23, Acts 4:23)—the word may rightly be translated as “priest” instead of “elder” or “presbyter.”
There is more if you care to read it.
Hence, Priest is not "a" NT office of the Church; Priest is "the" NT office of the Church. And who does this priestly action? Jesus Christ Our Lord.
This is all prophesied in Malachi, where He foresees that a pure and perfect sacrifice will be offered from the rising of the sun to its setting, among the gentiles.
I thank God I have seen this prophecy fulfilled.
I’m surprised at you. You know Catholics don’t worship Mary. Pay attention! I may have to ask you to write that 50 times.
For comparison...the people who bent the knee to the idols of Baal...worship or veneration?
I love the Acts and Letters.
I particularly like the part where Paul tells Peter that he was wrong (Galatians 2). Apparently quite an intense argument!
PS - it was just the church or Christians then.
Since Baal was the Canaanites’ god, I’m going to guess it was adoration. They were polytheists, as I understand it.
Officer gets down on one knee to give folded US flag to the son of the deceased at a military funeral. Adoration or veneration?
Suitor drops to one knee to ask his beloved’s hand in marriage. Adoration or veneration?
Abigail prostrates before David the King. Adoration or veneration?
Everybody realizes this,I think, on a daily basis in everyday life, except when discussing other people's religious beliefs.
Come Mrs D....it was worship and you know it. The OT calls it worship in more than one place.
As far as your other examples....I don't see anyone praying to a flag, their beloved, or Abigail before David as the catholic does with Mary.
They do not rely upon Mary for intercession and salvation as does the catholic.
This is a very disingenuous attempt of the catholic to equate kneeling and praying to Mary with every day events in an attempt to excuse the worship of Mary.
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