Yes this is a popular debate within the Christian community. To say we rest in grace and yet we still sin makes some ppl believe that they are clearly within sin they are perfect. But to continue is sin does that mean we never sin again? or does it mean to strive not to sin? I cannot honestly say I am without sin that I never sin can you?
You forget that the saints which had interpreted these passages had the Holy Spirit in them when they had addressed these issues. Jesus said the Holy Spirit will lead you into truth. The Holy Spirit than is the Holy Tradition which you will need to help you interpret the Holy Scriptures and certain doctrines. Without the Holy Spirit the Church will enter into certain heresies. The Holy Spirit will raise certain saints which will help the Church to know what truths there are to help defeat any teachings contrary to it. In the West we see this in the Magesterium of the Church which the Pope presides in and in the East it is more the same as the Patriarchs and the Bishops confirming what the saints has passed on to us. The Church Fathers have given us a wealth of interpretation as do the present apostles and disciples who follow in their footsteps who have the same Holy Spirit in them. To ignore this is to ignore the Holy Spirit.
Not quite. Your scripture states that he who claims he is sinless is lying. The people here can correct me if I’m wrong, but Mary herself never claimed to be sinless; she simply was. The salutation the angel gave her in Luke is one that has never been given to anyone in the course of the Bible, even human history. It wasn’t declared by her or by another mortal human, but an archangel. Her sinlessness was not because of what she did or did not do, but by God himself. How could a sinful woman hold and nurture God in her womb? Sin and God’s nature are like water and oil; they cannot and do not mix.
A question: Why do you test all your beliefs with Scripture? Is that in the Bible somewhere?
Does it really matter if she was sinless or not?? …The point is Jesus loved his mother and we should too…She deserved our reverence and respect just like how we would treat any mother of our friend…
ok, while I may not agree about mary being sinless I respect your beliefs, Ty everyone for discussing this matter with me I learned a lot. btw when you say the Catholic church is the only one that has the authority to teach what did you mean? Like does that mean no one outside of the church should teach? And where does this authority come from?
Yes, acknowledging and accepting authority is key. I accept that the Bible is scripture because I accept that Christ Himself established a Church with authority to teach and therefore declare a canon of scripture.
I’ve never heard that it was required to pray to Our Blessed Mother. Either way, I still do it by praying the rosary and meditating on each mystery. The rosary is such a wonderful prayer where we can meditate on Christ’s life from the moment of his birth up to the moment of his death.
It just means that the Catholic Church has been around for over 2000 years. They have the original interpretation of the bible because it is guided by the Holy Spirit… When Luther broke away from the Catholic Church, he started making his own interpretation which was not guided by the Holy Spirit…This separation called the Protestants eventually separated to more and more division because as we believe each protestants just interprets the bible for their own convenience… An example of interpreting the bible for one’s convenience is the belief Once saved…always saved…Catholics believe that we have To work out our own salvation…Sure Jesus came here to save us By showing us the way…but we still have FREE WILL…are we going to respond to his call?? Are we going to follow Him??
lol i’m not gonna lie that sounds a lot like the issue we Christians have. See we Christians all seem to believe that our view and our interpretation is from the holy spirit, the ironic part is that based on that hundreds of denominations exist each according to the different views and beliefs and understanding of the bible and supposedly each one is holy spirit inspired and the truth while the others aren’t.
This is why Jesus, in His wisdom, gave us not a book, but a Church. The Church, in turn, gave us not only the written Sacred Scriptures, but also a way to interpret them! We have a living Magisterium, through the authority granted to the Apostles, and carried on to this modern day by Apostolic Succession. The reason Protestants have so much trouble interpreting the Scriptures is because they have no infallible authority to guide them and they have lost the protection of the Holy Spirit giving to the Church to ensure correct teachings in faith and morals.
Anyway it is best to focus on unity and not division. We are all God’s Children…Christians, Muslims, Jews…I saw an add just the other day that says:
God blessYou can start learning or praying the Our Father and Glory Be (to the Father) prayers
Oh Father and I talk all the all day every day I have enjoyed our conversations so much and I have learned so much just from talking with him. You know if I could describe the church and the body of believers I would imagine a human body, Jesus is the head and we are the rest of the body each body part is different and does different things much like how we are all different and have different skills and roles in the church and for God’s kingdom.