Sure he acted on his own, thats why they threw him out of the Church. If he obeyed he would have still been in the Church. IF Luther did not act on his own authority where did his authority come from?
Why could you not just answer the question. It was quite simple. Do you agree that Jesus Christ is God or don’t you? Yes or No would be fine.
Yeah, I know that but it used to be required to fast from meat every Friday of the year and it no longer is. Also, Good Friday is one of the days of fasting during lent when you’re only supposed to eat one normal meal and two small meals. Are you really so dead set in your ideas that no Protestants know anything about Catholicism that when one of them is actually supporting what you’re saying you try to convince them they are wrong?
Very good and which word would you say, by looking up your dictionary definitions, is closer to the meaning publicly proclaim: protest or proclaim?
The question, as I read it, was, if you believe that Jesus is God, then how can someone come to God through God? I explained how I believe that someone can come to God through God in much the same way that someone enters a house through the doorway which is, in fact, part of the house they are entering. This clearly implies, to any rational reader with even a high school command of the English language, that I believe Jesus is God otherwise I would have addressed that portion of your question which is actually the fallacy of composite questions.
God and his congregation of believers. It is public knowledge that Luther wanted to do away with many books of the Bible, yet every Bible translated by him includes all the books. If Luther were acting on his own, and only his own, authority then why do his Bibles contain books he did not think should be there? Remember, he was acting on his own and only his own authority so you need to answer the question without alluding to him accepting reproof from anyone accept himself.
Drawmack why are you doing this. He publicly protested the Catholic Church. Please read up the history of Protestant. Luther is who started the Protestant Church because he did nothing but protest the teachings of the CC.
If you trace back the conversation my assertion stems from the claim that Mormons are Protestants because they protest the Catholic Church. Since the term Protestant does not mean to protest but rather to publicly proclaim that is fallacious logic. I never said that Luther was proclaiming the teachings of the Catholic Church. You are insisting on making logical leaps away from what I said or what my point was. My only point is that Mormons are not Protestant.
I told you he wanted to, but to many people would not accept it, so it moved them to make them appear less important.
Rinnie,
Yes or no would have been a more clear answer.
IT is true. Anyone who protests the teaching of the CC is Protestant.
Where did I ever disagree with you. I just wanted to point out the difference between a discipline and teaching of the Church. Did I ever say Protestatns do not know anything about our faith? If so please show me.
So you admit that he was not acting on his own authority. If he were acting solely on his own authority then he would not have accepted the reproof of those others mentioned above! You tell me to use a little common sense, you should take your own advice.
He was working with the authority of the church – defining church as the congregation of believers. The last time I said this you responded as if I were talking about the Catholic Church, so let’s see if I can make this clear enough for you to get it. IN THIS STATEMENT CHURCH DOES NOT MEAN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
That’s what you believe, I disagree.
My best guess would be that the Catholic Church had strayed from the Truth, but for a definitive answer you’ll have to ask God.
No where in the Bible does it say that God is the Catholic Church. Actually, even making this claim borders on blasphemy. You are saying God is the Catholic Church. That is the same is saying God is the Father, Son, Spirit, and Catholic Church. I’m sorry but I cannot accept that any Church is God.
I never denied that one can both be Catholic and come to Christ. In order for your first two statements to really have anything to do with what I said, I would need to deny that. I do not agree with your last statement. I believe that the Rock which Jesus built his Church on is Jesus. Jesus did not build his Church on the theology or a man he built it on his own theology.
You said that meat is still a required object of fasting by appealing to the disciplines of Lent when every one knows the original objector and myself were talking about Fridays in general and not Fridays during a specific 40 day period of the year which is set aside to be the spiritual tithing of Catholics according to the original institution by Pope Gregory.
Please look up the word Protestant. It is literally one who protests. It is a movement that originated by a Roman Catholic Priest Martin Luther against the Catholic Church.
Then Muslims are Protestant. Then Buddhists are Protestant. See, this just doesn’t make any sense!
Drawback, Please understand what I am Saying OKAY. A discipline can be CHANGED by the POPE. He can say tommorow you can eat meat on Friday during lent. If he wants.
Why not. Do Muslim’s accept Jesus Christ as I AM. Or do they deny Jesus?