Who is the Rock?

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SavedByJesus the Bible doesn’t tell us how many books should be included in the Canon. Thus have you not gone outside the Bible? With what authority have you done this?
Exactly, as I asked above. So, what is your answer?
 
Lastly…and excellent study for those not afraid to explore the reality of what they have been falsely led to believe.

raptureforums.com/RomanCatholicism/index.cfm
Raputre - that rings bells already

In the bit on Sola Scriptura they write…

*The Bible gives overwhelming evidence as to why Scripture must be always our sole authority for faith. *

Really. Are they sure? The Bible says to hold onto written AND oral tradtion and that the Church NOT the Bible is pillar and foundation of truth and that if you are having a disagreement don’t tell the Bible but tell the Church.
 
God Bless and good nite. BTW I am not a troll…I am a Christian.

I am also a former Catholic and my love for Catholics calls me to share the good news of his saving grace.

This is what God calls us to do…rebuke false teachings… whether it is accepted or not we can only plant the seed. AMEN
 
Goodnight and God bless you too. Perhaps tomorrow I can have that primary source document I’ve been begging for-for four hours?

David
 
It’s the BIBLE 🙂
WHAT? :eek:Book, chapter and verse that says “ignore the Church, follow Jesus only using the 66 book King James Version only.” I’m DYING to see this.

David

By principle, once I declare POE, I don’t speak to that person again, however, I’m lifting it just for you. I have to see this.
 
It would be simply arrogant to think that God would appoint but a mere man to build his Church and not Jesus Christ himself to oversee it.

Sadly, it is the biggest lie to keep Catholics in bondage to a false religion system that cannot save them.

I was a born and raised Catholic and I thank God he opened my eyes to the simple truth of his salvation years ago.

God’s passion for His own glory is precisely what you find in** Isaiah, chapter 42**. The chapter begins by providing us with the job description of the promised Messiah and, in verse 8, we are given God’s purpose statement, “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.” It is in this verse that we learn that God’s purpose for sending His Son is intimately related to His concern for His glory.

Exodus 20:4-5 says, “You shall not make for yourself an** idol **in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…” Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.

That means no glory or worship to anyone, anything…outside of GOD including Mary, the Pope or any dead saints.

**So do you follow Gods words or the Traditions of man? **

Mark 7 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

I will continue to pray for every Catholic on this board. My heart is so burdened for you.
 
Hello Canto,

Respectfully I need to disagree.

I have heard this argument many times but it doesn’t hold up to scripture. One either beleives the infallible word of God or does not.

If you are denying Christ as the ROCK and instead wish to give this title to Peter than you are putting your faith in the RC church’s** tradition **and of man and he cannot save you.

The** Rock **he speaks of is the fact that he JESUS…is the Messiah…Roman Catholicisn didn’t exist for another 300 years. There is **no connection **between the disciple Peter and the RCC other than the connection invented by the RCC.

This is a subject of the whole disertation from scripture if you read the entire text.
try the early church fathers on this matter
 
It would be simply arrogant to think that God would appoint but a mere man to build his Church and not Jesus Christ himself to oversee it.

Sadly, it is the biggest lie to keep Catholics in bondage to a false religion system that cannot save them.

I was a born and raised Catholic and I thank God he opened my eyes to the simple truth of his salvation years ago.

God’s passion for His own glory is precisely what you find in** Isaiah, chapter 42**. The chapter begins by providing us with the job description of the promised Messiah and, in verse 8, we are given God’s purpose statement, “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.” It is in this verse that we learn that God’s purpose for sending His Son is intimately related to His concern for His glory.

Exodus 20:4-5 says, “You shall not make for yourself an** idol **in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…” Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.

That means no glory or worship to anyone, anything…outside of GOD including Mary, the Pope or any dead saints.

**So do you follow Gods words or the Traditions of man? **

Mark 7 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

I will continue to pray for every Catholic on this board. My heart is so burdened for you.
Jesus built the Church on the rock of Peter and his successors. They oversee the Church on earth.

We Catholics follow the written and spoken words of God
Traditions of God not of man
Do you, or just the written words? Scripture says to follow both.
How do you know what God’s written words are?
The Bible doesn’t tell us how many books make up the Bible
So how do you know?

In monotheistic religions an idol is an object of worship other than the one true God. We Catholic only worship God alone - Father, Son and Spirit.
 
Again, if we are to look only to the Bible, how do we know what books compose it, where did it come from, and how did it physically get put together, and by whom?
 
It would be simply arrogant to think that God would appoint but a mere man to build his Church and not Jesus Christ himself to oversee it.

Sadly, it is the biggest lie to keep Catholics in bondage to a false religion system that cannot save them.

I was a born and raised Catholic and I thank God he opened my eyes to the simple truth of his salvation years ago.

God’s passion for His own glory is precisely what you find in** Isaiah, chapter 42**. The chapter begins by providing us with the job description of the promised Messiah and, in verse 8, we are given God’s purpose statement, “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven images.” It is in this verse that we learn that God’s purpose for sending His Son is intimately related to His concern for His glory.

Exodus 20:4-5 says, “You shall not make for yourself an** idol **in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…” Notice that God is jealous when someone gives to another something that rightly belongs to Him.

That means no glory or worship to anyone, anything…outside of GOD including Mary, the Pope or any dead saints.

**So do you follow Gods words or the Traditions of man? **

Mark 7 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

I will continue to pray for every Catholic on this board. My heart is so burdened for you.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz-heard it all before.Save us terrible Catholics from our horrible faith.How the heck do you think you got a canon? The Hypostatic union? Trinity? These and many other"Christian " concepts, dogmas ,come the Catholic church both East and West.Do you think these concepts came easily? that they just dropped out of the sky?Immediately evident?No.The were fought over discussed, debated,considered and hammered out my ECF and councils.Keep your litany that I’ve heard over and over -it’s just so trite and boring
 
to all,

It appears that savedbyJesus is yet another one of millions and millions of folks who believe that the Bible and the Christian religion fell from the sky within the last few hundred years.

To savedbyJesus,

You have created an Idol of the bible. The bible is a book, compiled by the Catholic Church in the 4th century so as to have a universal canon within the community as every Church was using a different collection of books, some of them heretical. Nothing more, nothing less. It is on purpose that more specific mentions of the Papacy, Marion devotion (which wouldn’t be there anyways because Mary was STILL ALIVE during most of the New Testament writing period), and Saintly intercession are not found in the Bible…those werent’ supposed to be there, they were already recognized and practiced by the Church Universally. The Bible was meant to compliment the already-existing Traditions of the Church instituted by Jesus and continued by the Apostles and Bishops. This is what is meant by Catholics who say we have both Tradition and the Scripture, they are supposed to compliment one another. If you cannot (or WILL NOT) study and apply history, then we cannot help you. We are here if you have more questions.

David
 
God inspired it and instructed it be written…BELEIVING in it requires not questioning it…the Bible’s (God written word) as the authority. It requires** FAITH**…

If one has to seek proof, they have NO faith at all.

It’s** not **faith + works+ sacraments+ the RCC church that SAVES YOU.

It’s remains faith ALONE in Christ period…in his inspired Word.

If you have to question it where lies your faith?

Jesus sits on the right hand of the father and is not ordered down by ANYONE to be re-sacrificed on any altar like a slain lamb as they did in the old testmament.

The NEW Testament did away with all of that.

For one thing GOD does not obey or take orders from a PRIEST…a mere man…Since when can a priest TRUMP Jesus!!! I think the Vatican has it backwards!!! How pompous to even make such a statement. It’s no wonder they rank the POPE as the Vicar of Christ and have him sitting on a gold throne if the RCC gives their PRIESTS this much power?? Jesus himself was HUMBLE here on earth and even his “disciples” were so as well and did not sit on THRONES calling attention to themselves!! There is NO other religion that claims to be Christian that does this or has a goverment no less.

Again Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven…PERIOD…he doesn’t take orders from a man to come down and reside in some wafer as part of a paganistic ritual anytime the priest commands …Read all of Hebrews Chapter 9 and Hebrews Chapter 10 below and fill in the blanks. I think its made very clear. In fact the belief that Jesus is in the host (his whole diety) and the wine was (his actual blood) didn’t happen UNTIL 1215 A.D!! (transubstantiation) The belief of Purguatory was also only elevated in 1438 AD to a dogma. And much more.

Hebrews Chapter 9
biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%209&version=KJV
**Hebrews Chapter 10 **
biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2010&version=KJV

Please pray to the Holy Spirit for discernment…
 
God Bless and good nite. BTW I am not a troll…I am a Christian.

I am also a former Catholic and my love for Catholics calls me to share the good news of his saving grace.

This is what God calls us to do…rebuke false teachings… whether it is accepted or not we can only plant the seed. AMEN
SavedByGrace,
there are many good hearted people who follow after false teachings, so why are you arguing against those who believe the truth? Yes, correct false teaching when you find it. Make sure you are believing the right things first. I am glad you are here.

Pope Benedict shares your desire to share the good news of God’s saving grace. That is why he wrote the encyclical: *Spe Salvi. *

zenit.org/article-21152?l=english

You should read it so you can actually define what it is you think you disagree with in Catholic teaching.
 
also,

how do you explain the Prophecy of the Eucharist in Malachi 1:11

how do you explain Jesus’ initiation of the Eucharist in the four Gospels?

how do you explain Paul explanation/defense of the Eucharist in 1 Corinthians Ch.11?

how do you explain the Didache (60 a.d. to 80 a.d.) describing the events leading up to and immediately after the eucharist?

I’ve never seen someone so naive, obstinate, and incapable of accepting historical FACT. You’re killing me here.

David
 
God inspired it and instructed it be written…BELEIVING in it requires not questioning it…the Bible’s (God written word) as the authority. It requires** FAITH**…

If one has to seek proof, they have NO faith at all.
What a cop out
Where in the Bible does God instruct 27 books to be written and compiled into a New Testament?
How do you know that there should be 66 books in the Bible and not 73?
My faith says 73. Your’s says 66 - who’s right and why do they get to decide?
The Bible does not tell us what books so how do you know?
We’ve asked this a zillion times and you refuse to answer aside from simply saying faith
How do you know for example that 1 Clement should not be there but 1 John should?
It’s** not **faith + works+ sacraments+ the RCC church that SAVES YOU.

It’s remains faith ALONE in Christ period…in his inspired Word.

If you have to question it where lies your faith?
Faith in Christ but never faith alone
St James says not by faith alone
St Paul says faith + love
Part of faith in Christ is being in union with His Church
Jesus sits on the right hand of the father and is not ordered down by ANYONE to be re-sacrificed on any altar like a slain lamb as they did in the old testmament.

The NEW Testament did away with all of that.
There is no re-sacrafice we already told you this
Do this in rememberance of me - well do you do it in rememberance of him?
For one thing GOD does not obey or take orders from a PRIEST…a mere man…Since when can a priest TRUMP Jesus!!! I think the Vatican has it backwards!!! How pompous to even make such a statement. It’s no wonder they rank the POPE as the Vicar of Christ and have him sitting on a gold throne if the RCC gives their PRIESTS this much power?? Jesus himself was HUMBLE here on earth and even his “disciples” were so as well and did not sit on THRONES calling attention to themselves!! There is NO other religion that claims to be Christian that does this or has a goverment no less.
We have never claimed that a priest can trump Jesus
When did the Vatican make such a statement - documentation please
In most churches there is authoirity
In most countries there is authoirty
In most workplaces there is authority
 
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