Thank you for such wisdom. I’ll bet you have an Angel Face. God bless you.*Dear a priori,
I do appreciate your comments. A a Catholic, I do not like to talk about other Non-Catholic Christian Denominations
because I feel they, too, are Children of God … and God would not appreciate this!
I also have to say there are some Non-Catholic Christians that have told me that I will go to Hell,
because I am Catholic. Another said they would not set foot in a Catholic Church!
I will not judge them, only God can do that … but do I understand the hatred? No.
God Bless,
Angel Face
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BTW, I’ve heard at least as much anti other Protestant teaching as anti Catholic teaching in churches. There’s big discussions about the end times, baptism, speaking in tongues, eternal security. I’m not sure where you guys are getting your info. Notice, some of these things could be reasons why some CC teachings are thought of as wrong (same reason some P’s are against other P’s teaching).I think the reason the Protestants don’t criticize other Protestant denominations is because there are so many out there.They are intertwined with each other’s doctrines, so they risk contradiciting themselves. I am a Cradle Catholic and I left the Catholic Church 29 years ago; I recently returned. I came running back. I have been in many Protestant Churches. I have heard Catholics Called Cults, that we are going to hell, that we worship statues, etc. The thing that guided me back was the inconsistency of the fragemented doctrines that each have. Once I grew in the Lord and read the scripture, the scripture illuminated to me their (Protestant faith’s) lack of authority. I have never been at peace in all my adult years until I returned to the Catholic Church. Oh Thank you Lord!
If you go back to the original post you will see that I was agreeing with you. Most manifiestations of Christianity, if they’ve been around long enough, have some dastardly things done by its adherents. It is unfair to paint others with the proverbial broad brush. Yes, pedophile Priests would be an excellent example of slamming the whole because of the behavior of the few, I think we’re on the same page on this one.Are you wanting to get in a ‘stone throwing’ war? If all Calvnists kill unwed pregnant girls then are all priests pedifiles? I’m not ready to say such a stupid thing.
Maybe you missed my original point: Why did the person say that protestants are afraid of the CC? I was showing how absurd the idea is by saying should we fear another inquisition? OF COURSE NNOOTT.
BTW, I’m not a Calvnist, so I don’t have anything to fear from you.
Hi Jimmy,
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Notice that in my post, I said that “Evangelical Protestants tend to be preoccupied with Catholicism and slam it…” This may be because my entire Evangelical experience (roughly 25 years) was lived in the most heavily Catholic state in the union and that many of my coreligionists were ex-catholics who considered themselves as having been “saved out of catholicism”. I was steeped in dispensationalism and hung out with Dallas Theological Seminary-types. When I drifted to reading Schaeffer (Francis, that is) and became more Reformed (enter Calvin) I was ostracized. This was the beginning of the end of Sola Scriptura for me. The Emperor was, after all, naked. This discovery started me on a journey where all my ecclesiastical, exegetical and hermeneutical presuppositions detonated.
Being against some of the teachings is for a reason, because they are hard, or people do not want to do them, or do not understand them.
crying: because it is too hard for them, they have been hurt(because it is too hard for them) or they dont understand. Thats it.Being against some of the teachings is for a reason, because they are hard, or people do not want to do them, or do not understand them.
crying: because it is too hard for them, they have been hurt(because it is too hard for them) or they dont understand. Thats it.As a Lutheran, I agree with you here. So, if the Eucharist is a mystery, why does the Catholic Church feel compelled to “understand” and explain how the bread and wine become the body and blood? John of Damascus said,
Isn’t Transubstantiation, and Sacramental Union for that matter, attempts to understand what we cannot understand? And if it is, how then can the conscience of the believer be bound to it? It is enough to know that the Eucharist is Christ’s body and blood. All attempts to explain it are at best speculative.
What is meant by Mystery, and transubstantiation, is that we will never truly understand, How God does that, because we are not God.
And His peace also with you.
I would only fear if I weren’t in it.
Theses are Wolves in sheep’s clothing. And the list goes on.
Do you think people like Benny Hinn,John Hagee,Joyce Meyer and Mike Murrock are all ChristiansThank you for such wisdom. I’ll bet you have an Angel Face. God bless you.
What is there to fear??? Why isn’t anyone telling us?I would only fear if I weren’t in it.
