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Amen brother or sister
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anon91549587
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A minister from the AOG visited a catholic church ? Or was it revealed to her in her own church ? Im curious to know.
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That statement needs a little clarification. He did not have a problem with statues and pictures of saints being created as pictures like any other picture, so long as they were not used as if they had any supernatural power.
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Keeping in mind that the Evangelical Catholic (Lutheran) reformers complaint about invocation of the saints was the requirement to do or believe said, it is clear that the saints of the Church Triumphant pray for use, and asking God to hear those prayers is perfectly reasonable.TULIPed:
On its face, not sure. Again, there is no command or promise to honor such prayer. Christ’s own example addresses prayer to the Father. Again, though, from what I have seen, this practice which isn’t scriptural is open to abuse and confusion as demonstrated in the actual practices described above. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
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One said, we were putting Mary in the Trinity. I’m still chuckling w that. The Quadrity(?) How does that work grammatically. The Mary focus is in many Protestant churches. Their main focus is:We pray to God directly. Church of God is kinda strong. Realize, every Pastor in any denomination has certain points he holds strong. It depends on life experiences. There are comic books out there that shattered my soul. Drawings of priests & Nuns flagellating themselves. We accept suffering as a reluctant gift, in carrying our crosses. Protestants believe, Jesus took our disease & sins to the cross. HE DID! Redemptive suffering isn’t understood. We accept it. Do we really understand it(?) Honestly, we don’t want it.
Understanding the complexities of God (OT, mainly) & the Simplicity of His message & Love can be overwhelming. Look up St.Ephram’s prayer. Guilty! Sloth & over inquisitiveness. Researching the Complexities, was educational & interesting. SIGH! It takes away from our relationship. IDK? How can we not be researching? Just to learn of the first church. It’s a balance. It all comes down to balance.
One prayer group was praying for misguided friends, who are Catholic. OH MY. They don’t understand the Saints & Mary & the idol thing. Why the Rosary? Apparitions? Communion, a symbol or the real body??? Are we cannibals??
The Bible! Ours is different. We have extra books but John 3:16 is John 3:16. SIGH
That’s most of it.
Some of the Research, I’ve seen here is good& interesting. It can give me a headache. BUT: St.Ephraim prayed for God’s love over questioning. Curious!
In Christ’s Love
Tweedlealice
Understanding the complexities of God (OT, mainly) & the Simplicity of His message & Love can be overwhelming. Look up St.Ephram’s prayer. Guilty! Sloth & over inquisitiveness. Researching the Complexities, was educational & interesting. SIGH! It takes away from our relationship. IDK? How can we not be researching? Just to learn of the first church. It’s a balance. It all comes down to balance.
One prayer group was praying for misguided friends, who are Catholic. OH MY. They don’t understand the Saints & Mary & the idol thing. Why the Rosary? Apparitions? Communion, a symbol or the real body??? Are we cannibals??
The Bible! Ours is different. We have extra books but John 3:16 is John 3:16. SIGH
That’s most of it.
Some of the Research, I’ve seen here is good& interesting. It can give me a headache. BUT: St.Ephraim prayed for God’s love over questioning. Curious!
In Christ’s Love
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I left Catholicism for 4 yrs. I was in the AOG church. I went w foster teens to their churches to worship w them. That’s how I found out about fundamentals. Part of that time, I was still going to Catholic mass but was lovingly encouraging them, in their Spiritual journey. That’s how I saw the anti-Catholic flyers. Did my speaking, w the Pastor, make a difference?? Beats me? I only went once. Other friends from her church picked her up. Good grief. The church secretary had a wild teenage son. I was told he was romantically performing in the back of the church bus, on a way to a Christian concert. I will say, I made friends w all Christian neighbors nearby w kids. We fellowshipped. Spent time together. Kids would play together. DONT TRUST THE KIDS! NEVER TRUST THE KIDS! My daughter had terrible experiences w them. One boy at 12, was caught under my big evergreen tree trying to have sex w my 11 yo. My older daughter stopped it. I was a night nurse. NO ONE TOLD ME! He later came out gay. They had moved. GROAN! One girlfriend was sexually active at 12. They did the, house swap thing. We’re over the X house. Then, they’re over at my house. We’d checked often enough, we trusted. My 11 yo was losing her virginity to the other guys friend! Why? She stopped him. I still don’t understand completely, how insecure my daughter was? Needy(?) I don't-think she knows now. She’s 35. I wasn’t told till she was 25. HUH! I talked to them. GOK! My rules of safety were terrible. I thought I was on top of it. God forgive me for my ignorance. Heal my children from their fiascos. In Jesus name. Amen.Tweedlealice
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anon91549587
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Last night i was reading about Armstrong , church of God , the abundant life gospel , in fact im about to correspond with someone from CoG over the phone in a bit .
And i wanted to buy St.Ephraim’s psalter, this is the 3rd time someone online mentioned him . I prayed to God if i should get it , maybe i should to cry over my sins.
And i wanted to buy St.Ephraim’s psalter, this is the 3rd time someone online mentioned him . I prayed to God if i should get it , maybe i should to cry over my sins.
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