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To: fishtank
So, in your own way, you are predicting when Jesus will return, and are you telling Him He can only return when you MOST expect Him?

Nope. I make no predictions at all because He didn't give us a date and He told us plainly, "No man knows that day and hour."

Why trust the Vatican to interpret Revelation and 1&2 Thessalonians

"The Vatican" has no official interpretation of Revelation or any other book of the Bible. What interpretations we do have have been passed down from the early Church Fathers who immediately followed the Apostles and wrote extensively on the Sacred Scriptures.

when it FAILED to heed Romans, Galatians and Hebrews

That is only your opinion based your fallible personal interpretation of the Bible.

17 posted on 04/01/2024 7:50:01 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: fidelis; fishtank
"The Vatican" has no official interpretation of Revelation or any other book of the Bible. What interpretations we do have have been passed down from the early Church Fathers who immediately followed the Apostles and wrote extensively on the Sacred Scriptures.

Then that leaves you with nothing more than YOUR own fallible personal interpretation of the Bible.

Alleged word of mouth teaching allegedly passed down faithfully for 2,000 years that are allegedly from the early church fathers, who allegedly got them from the apostles, means nothing.

Your whole Bible interpretation house of cards is built on speculation and hearsay.

20 posted on 04/01/2024 8:11:19 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: fidelis

You have various and often contradictory opinions from various ECFs. Ya know, for a group that claims an existence of 2000 yrs you’d think they’d been able to dogmatically define more than a very small number of texts.


29 posted on 04/02/2024 7:36:57 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: fidelis

https://blog.tms.edu/sola-scriptura-and-the-church-fathers

The ECF taught sola scriptura.


31 posted on 04/02/2024 8:21:45 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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