You have a perfect right to believe that our Lord was teaching cannibalism. You cite 1500 years of history, but I would remind you that men once taught that the earth is flat [in ancient history]. There are “religions” older than Catholicism and we know they are wrong, too.
QC,
Yes, that’s the very same claim that the pagans made against Christianity in the very earliest years. Interesting, isn’t it, that they would have this same misconception that you have? Don’t you think it cold possibly be because the very earliest Christian Church practiced the Eucharist in the same way we Catholics do today? Even our pagan enemies accused us of holding the belief that we were consuming Jesus’ Body and Blood.
That would only be relevant if the ancients had seen creation and made such a claim.
Apologies. I hear this so often in my daily life that I tend to read too much into what many people say. Praying.
The funny thing is that, if you read St. Thomas Aquinas’ writings, the arguments brought today by many protestants are the exact same arguments that he refutes. Our rebuttals, mine at least, can often come verbatim from what that great doctor of the Church taught.
Wouldn’t it be better to say that Catholic teaching is Christ centered? That I would agree with, regardless of the areas of disagreement between us.
Hi Des,
First, you are confusing sola scriptua with hermeneutics.
Rather, Tradition produced scripture - most easily seen in the case of Mark, Luke and Acts, since the authors were not eyewitnesses. They only wrote was was handed on to them orally, which is the very essence of Sacred Tradition. Bible Christians must compare everything on earth to (their own interpretation of) the bible, since they possess no other “authority”. The Catholic Church, in the course of arguing and developing the canon, compared scripture to Tradition to determine its truth. No Tradition was rejected, but plenty of scripture was. Tradition existed before scripture, both in the Old Testament and the New.
Correct, He did not teach cannibalism. He was speaking metaphorically. Verse 63 proves that beyond a reasonable doubt. Which “religion” is right? None of them, Biblical Christianity is right - not a “religion” a relationship! Romans 8:14-17 speaks of this relationship. “Religion” is DO Biblical Christianity is DONE! Think about it!
His point was that Scripture is all protestants final authority yet they will conflict without end. The Orthodox have ‘their own’ final authoirty and we Catholics have ‘our own’ but we don’t divide on major Doctrinal issues the way you guys do. There is no way around it. Sola Scripture is a faulty premise because it cannot work.
Please tell me what doctrine of the Orthodox is at variance with the Latin Church? I ask this because there is such a thing as the Byzantine Catholic Church, otherwise known as the Greek Catholic Church, which has the same foundation as the Greek Orthodox Church right on down to the same liturgy. They are not doctrinally at variance with the Latin Church.
I find this rather curious. So you, like us, look to your chruch for scriptural interpretation. Doesn’t that put you in the position of making Martin Luther your savior, since you are choosing his interpretations over those handed down through the generations by the Catholic Church?
No “religion” is right! Biblical Christianity is not a “religion” it is a relationship. “Religion” always requires YOU to do something to either win your salvation or to retain your salvation once won. “Religion” is DO while Biblical Christianity is DONE. The Lord Jesus Christ did it all! By believing in Him I become compete in Him. His righteousness is accounted to me. And I become a Child of God, a joint heir with the Lord Jesus Christ and as I mentioned, I am now complete in Him. Praise His wonderful name!
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