Posted on 10/31/2022 5:45:07 AM PDT by tanstaafl.72555
Ah yes, the mysterious, unnamed and undocumented Christian persecution by the Roman Church. There isn’t any proof because it is all hidden.
Poppycock.
Luther didn’t rediscover anything. His idea of salvation was not found in any teaching before him.
And for those Protestants honoring “blessed” Luther today I have 2 questions:
1. What was his attitude towards the peasants in their rebellion as opposed to his rebellion?
2. What was the title of the last book he wrote.
Let’s see the plain sense of what he wrote.
How very Roman Catholic, to deny the Inquisition.
One of my favorite hymns!
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
A mighty fortress is our God.
A bulwark never failing
Our helper, He, amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe
His craft and power are great
And armed with cruel hate
On earth is not His equal
And though this world with devils filled
Should threaten to undo us
We will not fear for God has willed
His truth to triumph through us
The prince of darkness grim
We tremble not for him
His rage we can endure
For lo, his doom is sure
One little word shall fell Him
That word above all earthly powers
No thanks to them abideth
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him who with us sideth
Let goods and kindred go
This mortal life also
The body they may kill
God’s truth abideth still
His kingdom is forever!
The Inquisition wasn’t what I was talking about. Please reread.
How Protestant to be ignorant of history.
You should hear it as a processional hymn in a Lutheran Church with a brass choir on Reformation Sunday (if you haven’t already). There’s nothing quite like it
“Ah yes, the mysterious, unnamed and undocumented Christian persecution by the Roman Church. There isn’t any proof because it is all hidden.”
Your pope has admitted to the mass protestant atrocities, so it is real whether you like or not. Then in Revelation the roman church being the great whore mystery Babylon is drunk with the blood of Christians, so yes, it is real.
Why are you romans so hung up on Luther, oh that’s right the Holy Spirit is convicting you because the reformation was the roman church’s last chance to repent and not enter the great tribulation.
Revelation 2
21 And I gave her a time that she might do penance, and she will not repent of her fornication.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from their deeds.
All the church needs to do is REPENT!
HMMMmmm...
22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.
3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the Lord— 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”
8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant: 13 “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”
14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.
15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b] and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’”
So they took her answer back to the king.
NOW you’ve done it!!
Phil was sleeping peacefully and...
When swept up in a great big ol’ cloud
After hearing a trumpet oh so loud.
I can finally say,
“Long awaited this day,
not my works, but His grace, I’m so proud.”
… or get saved
And yet the ‘church’ produced Francis.
...except by that pesky publican!
I re-read it and it sounded like this:
Ah yes, the mysterious, unnamed and undocumented Christian persecution by the Roman Church.
Waking up that dude, was definitely not my intent
Waking him up, is what I was trying to prevent
False doctrine’s not for me
I will not bend the knee.
For all false doctrines, I will simply give up for lent.
Don’t forget me! You’ll see me, too.
“’indulgences’ which was a church practice/teaching that contributions could lead to a better eternal state for your deceased loved ones.”
Indulgences — just another revenue-generating scam. And ... people FELL for it! LOL!
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