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One_in_Christ_1
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I agree with you. If you want to understand Protestant reactions to these issues, it is a reaction to things like this:
IMO... It's better to be Protestant, but tell me why it's better to be Catholic
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One_in_Christ_1
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In what church do you believe you were born again?
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CWBetts
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This infers that all faiths are equal, which is not true.
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One_in_Christ_1
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I think suffering is promised by Jesus to all Christians. Suffering is the universal Christian experience.
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One_in_Christ_1
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Please see the thread that I started on not having to be Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox to be Christian.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=433964
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phoooiee
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I think it’s hard to find unity in a thread that’s named as this one is.
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CWBetts
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Perhaps. But what is the purpose of suffering, form the Protestant viewpoint? For Catholics, it draws us closer to God. Why do we suffer, if it has no redemptive value? ('We just do." or something to that effect will not be considered a valid answer.)
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One_in_Christ_1
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???, The Christian Faith is one, even though it appears to be many. How many bodies does Christ have but one.
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One_in_Christ_1
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There is only one body of Christ, thus my screen name of “One in Christ”.
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One_in_Christ_1
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Suffering is a means of transforming us into the image of Christ. God allows or causes suffering for His purpose and our good.
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Bill_Pick
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I love being a Cathloic because Our Lord Jesus said I will build My Church He did not say I will build My churchs, He build ONE Church not 32.000
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phoooiee
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Let’s all read over this thread and decide what we have accomplished, and what we are likely to accomplish.
Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
—Psalm 37:3-6
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Elizabeth502
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They may believe or not, but the senses know. I know the difference when I walk into a Protestand church of any denomination, and I know when I walk into a Catholic church and the tabernacle has been emptied. (In the latter case, I know before I’m told. And I have always been right.)
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FidesSpesCarita
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Belief in the real presence does not make it so. There is a requirement of apostolic succession for Christ to be truly present.
The extent that other churches are in the Body of Christ is in direct correlation to the extent of their communion with the Catholic Church
This does not preclude salvation outside the church, see the CCC below and read the following paragraphs for more depth.
Who belongs to the Catholic Church?
836 "All men are called to this catholic unity of the People of God. . . . And to it, in different ways, belong or are ordered: the Catholic faithful, others who believe in Christ, and finally all mankind, called by God’s grace to salvation."320
837 "Fully incorporated into the society of the Church are those who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept all the means of salvation given to the Church together with her entire organization, and who - by the bonds constituted by the profession of faith, the sacraments, ecclesiastical government, and communion - are joined in the visible structure of the Church of Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. Even though incorporated into the Church, one who does not however persevere in charity is not saved. He remains indeed in the bosom of the Church, but ‘in body’ not ‘in heart.’"321
838 "The Church knows that she is joined in many ways to the baptized who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter."322 Those "who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church."323 With the Orthodox Churches, this communion is so profound "that it lacks little to attain the fullness that would permit a common celebration of the Lord’s Eucharist."324
Absolutely! Our priest gave a great homily last sunday about this. The fact that every time you are getting manure dumped on you it is not always punishment. Quite often it is simply God fertilizing our spiritual life through struggle. Testing by fire, so-to-speak.
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pismopal
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google… " 150 reasons why I am a Catholic "
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CWBetts
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Why does Protestantism exist? What is the justification? Why are there so much division, which is condemned? What gives Protestants the right to reject Petrine primacy, which is defined in the Scriptures?
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reteeks21
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Yet you make statements such as:
- It’s better to be Protestant because historic Protestant theology rest in the finished work of Christ for our eternal standing before God, We are justified by the person and work of Jesus Christ who earned our complete forgiveness and reconciliation for us, We are saved from God to God, and for God on the basis of the work of Jesus Christ. Therefore, historic Protestant theology teaches that we have eternal peace with God because of the merit of Jesus Christ
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Carlan
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Yes you are right, Where you fall somewhat short as a Protestant, is that you do not accept the whole Truth of the Apostolic Church, the whole of revelation. Protestants are still separated from the fullness of revelation, until unity is restored we are not all one in Christ. The Catholic Church prays for Christ’s desire for unity of his flock every minute of the day somewhere in the world. God bless , Peace Carlan
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One_in_Christ_1
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This is simply a thread for us to discuss and understand each other… so we can see that we are really “One in Christ”.
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One_in_Christ_1
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What’s your take on the Orthodox churches since they too claim to be the One True Church?
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