Possible contradiction?

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Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own. Deuteronomy 24:16

How can Christ be sacrificed for our sins then?
 
Christ wasn’t put to death for the sins of his parents (God is perfect and Mary was preserved from ever sinning), and he didn’t have any children whose sins he could have been put to death for.

But aside from that, I think you’re looking to closely at the ‘letter of the law’ and not the ‘spirit of the law’.
 
ivebeenshown said:
Christ wasn’t put to death for the sins of his parents (God is perfect and Mary was preserved from ever sinning), and he didn’t have any children whose sins he could have been put to death for.

But aside from that, I think you’re looking to closely at the ‘letter of the law’ and not the ‘spirit of the law’.
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Hahaha, what a simple solution. It’s amazing how things can be reconciled so easily sometimes.

If you’re referring to my other threads, sorry. I’ve had a recent large attack on my faith and I am trying to reconcile all of these things.
 
Also, not to mention, ‘put to death’ in the context means as judicial punishment, whereas Christ’s was judicially punished for proclaiming himself as Israel’s king.
 
ivebeenshown said:
Also, not to mention, ‘put to death’ in the context means as judicial punishment, whereas Christ’s was judicially punished for proclaiming himself as Israel’s king.
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Good point. The Old Testament prevented a person for being judicially punished for the sins of another (e.g., your parents were thieves, so you go to prison), but they simultaneously embraced animal sacrifice as appeasement for the debt owed to God.

Christ is the fulfillment of this sacrificial system as the Lamb of God.

To the OP, what are you converting to Catholicism from? I’d urge you to avoid anyone or anything that’ll cause you to doubt while you’re in the embryonic stages of your Catholic faith, until you have deeper roots. Above all, pray always!
 
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Good point. The Old Testament prevented a person for being judicially punished for the sins of another (e.g., your parents were thieves, so you go to prison), but they simultaneously embraced animal sacrifice as appeasement for the debt owed to God.

Christ is the fulfillment of this sacrificial system as the Lamb of God.

To the OP, what are you converting to Catholicism from? I’d urge you to avoid anyone or anything that’ll cause you to doubt while you’re in the embryonic stages of your Catholic faith, until you have deeper roots. Above all, pray always!
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Converting from protestantism. However, Jewish Apologetics are giving me a real run for my money. Please pray for my faith and that I don’t become deceived.
 
Oh well you have a good understanding on Christianity and the Bible I assume, so I pray you don’t be deceived.😃
 
TheInquisitor said:
Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own. Deuteronomy 24:16

How can Christ be sacrificed for our sins then?
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ivebeenshown said:
Christ wasn’t put to death for the sins of his parents (God is perfect and Mary was preserved from ever sinning), and he didn’t have any children whose sins he could have been put to death for.

But aside from that, I think you’re looking to closely at the ‘letter of the law’ and not the ‘spirit of the law’.
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Wow - putting these statements together in a single argument may work favorably on the perennial Immaculate Conception/sinlessness of Mary threads. 😃
 
In John 20:50-52 you have:

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.*

So it is a combination of Jewish AND Christian answer, since Caiaphas was Jewish high priest and we are talking about Christ’s redeeming action.
 
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