Why Sola Scripture is WRONG

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[CCC 108]; Still, the Christian faith is not a “religion of the book.”
Christianity is a religion of the “Word” of God, “not a written and mute word, but incarnate and living.”
If the Scriptures are not to remain a dead letter, Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit, “open [our] minds to understand the Scriptures.”

For our protection God has given us His COMMAND to test our FAITH and to test ALL THINGS (2 Cor.13:5; 1 Thess.5:24).
The way the test MUST BE done is described in Acts 17:11 and in 1 John 2:26-27.
  1. If we do the tests, in 1 John 2:26-27 we have God’s PROMISE:
    We DO NOT NEED anyone to teach us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived.
    Conditions:
    No private interpretation of the Word of God.
    Must accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit!!!
ROBO the First as you see above, the crucial question is:
Who is right?
You are right or those are right who are claiming:
  1. The Holy Spirit PERSONALLY teaches us concerning ALL THINGS.
  2. Every true Christian is able to judge the value of everything and they all have the mind of Christ.
  3. If the Scriptures are not to remain a dead letter, Christ, the eternal Word of the living God, must, through the Holy Spirit, “open [our] minds to understand the Scriptures.
    The same Holy Spirit who first inspired the Bible CONTINUES TO ENLIGHTEN those who now READ the Bible.
  4. If we do the tests, in 1 John 2:26-27 we have God’s PROMISE:
    We DO NOT NEED anyone to teach us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived.
    Conditions:
    No private interpretation of the Word of God.
    Must accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit!!!
ROBO the First if you are right then:
Concerning salvation, in our Catholic Church MUST only ONE SET of official Church teaching.
This is where Apostolic Succession, the Pope, the College of Cardinals and our beloved Priests come in.

THE FACTS: ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING OF SALVATION IN OUR CHURCH:

FIRST SET OF DOCTRINES/TEACHINGS OF SALVATION:
In my opinion: These doctrines are genuine Church doctrines, concerning our salvation, THE FULLNESS OF THE TRUTH!!!
Faith in God’s grace alone, and by Christ’s merit alone. = Salvation.
All our works are done for: The GLORY OF GOD!!!

HOW TO READ THE NEW TESTAMENT By Etienne Charpentier

Nihil obstate: Father Anton Cowan
Imprimatur: Monsignor John Crowley, VG Westminster, 28 May 1985
Quote: “There is ONE CENTRAL QUESTION here: how can we become righteous and be SAVED?

We are NOT justified by what we DO (works, observing law) but by FAITH IN CHRIST.

Salvation is NOT a matter of achieving but RECEIVING IT FREELY from God hands, in faith.” End quote. Emphasize mine.

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE by James Akin
Quote: “In fact, in TRADITIONAL WORKS OF CATHOLIC THEOLOGY, one regularly encounters the statement that FORMED FAITH IS JUSTIFYING FAITH. If one has formed faith, one is justified. Period. End quote. Emphasize mine.

JOINT DECLARATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church

3/17 Justification is SOLELY due to the forgiving and renewing mercy that God imparts as a gift and we RECEIVE IN FAITH, and NEVER CAN MERIT IT ANY WAY.

4/25 We confess together that sinners are JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in the saving action of God in Christ. WHATEVER in the JUSTIFIED PRECEDES or FOLLOWS the free gift of FAITH is NEITHER THE BASIS of justification NOR MERITS it.

4/27.The Catholic understanding also sees FAITH as FUNDAMENTAL in justification. FOR WITHOUT FAITH, NO JUSTIFICATION CAN TAKE PLACE. Thus justifying grace never becomes a human possession. While Catholic teaching emphasizes the RENEWAL OF LIFE by justifying grace, this RENEWAL in FAITH, HOPE, LOVE is always dependent on God’s unfathomable grace and CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO JUSTIFICATION.

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CONDITIONS THAT OUR WORKS COUNT FOR ANYTHING:

The Catholic Church clearly teaches that one MUST be in a STATE OF GRACE, MUST be a member of the BODY OF CHRIST, MUST be SAVED, MUST be already JUSTIFIED before we do a SINGLE WORK that counts for anything.

Further conditions MUST BE PRESENT to make SUPERNATURAL merit possible:

“The meritorious work must be morally good, that is, in accordance with the moral law in its object, intent, and circumstances.

It MUST be done FREELY, WITHOUT any EXTERNAL COERCION or INTERNAL NECESSITY.

It MUST be SUPERNATURAL, that is, AROUSED and ACCOMPANIED by ACTUAL GRACE, and proceeding from a SUPERNATURAL motive.

Strictly speaking only a person in the STATE OF GRACE can merit, as defined by the Church.” (Denzinger 1576, 1582)

JUSTIFICATION IN CATHOLIC TEACHING by Jimmy Akin

Quote: “The essence of supernatural love is unselfishness—doing something NOT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US SOMEHOW, but because we want to do it out of SHEER LOVE for the other person, whether that person is God or one of our fellow human beings out of the love of God.

This is THE ONLY KIND of love that ultimately pleases God and therefore the ONLY KIND that ultimately gets us a reward IN heaven.” End quote. Emphasize mine.

If we believe: Work is condition of our salvation, then our works can NEVER BE UP TO THE ABOVE STANDARDS because we do it for ourselves to purchase salvation not for love and for the Glory of God, and ALL our work goes up in smoke at the judgment. In reference 1 Cor.3:11-15.

CANNOT BE OVER EMPHASIZE: This is THE KEY to do supernatural merit that God accepts and recognize!!! – There is NO other way to achieve supernatural merit which is the only good works.

KEY POINTS:
“There is ONE CENTRAL QUESTION here: how can we become righteous and be SAVED?”
  1. We are NOT justified by what we DO (works, observing the law) but by FAITH in Christ.
  2. Whatever in the justified PRECEDES or FOLLOWS the free gift of faith is NEITHER THE BASIS of justification NOR MERITS it.
  3. Catholic teaching emphasizes the RENEWAL OF LIFE by justifying grace, this RENEWAL in FAITH, HOPE, LOVE is always dependent on God’s unfathomable grace and CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO JUSTIFICATION.
  4. Justification/salvation ALWAYS remains the UNMERITED gift of grace.
These are above, the ORIGINAL doctrines of the salvation of the Catholic Church, the Church which Christ has founded. These doctrines are still in operation today, and will be in the future until Christ will return.

SECOND SET OF DOCTRINES/TEACHINGS OF SALVATION:

This set of salvation doctrines/teaching is the so called “DO – IT – YOURSELF” salvation or “WORK SALVATION” which is:
Faith in God’s grace, and Christ’s merit + our own merit. = Salvation.
All our works are done for: The purchase of salvation.

CCC [1821] … “In every circumstance, each one of us should hope, with the grace of God, to persevere ‘to the end’ and to obtain the joy of heaven, as God’s ETERNAL REWARD FOR THE GOOD WORKS ACCOMPLISHED with the grace of Christ.”

CCC [2027] “No one can merit the initial grace which is at the origin of conversion. Moved by the Holy Spirit, we CAN MERIT for ourselves and for others ALL THE GRACES NEEDED TO ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE, as well as necessary temporal goods.

Quote: Apologetics and Catholic Doctrines 2001 Edition.
Page 444
“The just man BY GOOD WORKS TRULY MERITS ETERNAL LIFE, an increase of Sanctifying Grace and of glory hereafter.”

KEY POINTS:
  1. Justification is based on what we do, which means “works.”
  2. The just man BY GOOD WORKS TRULY MERITS ETERNAL LIFE.
  3. Apart from the initial grace, we CAN MERIT for ourselves and for others ALL THE GRACES NEEDED TO ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE.
The PARADOX:

a. The MINORITY of the Catholics believe the salvation doctrines of their own Catholic Church. – The first set.

b. The MAJOROTY of the Catholics believe some form of a “do – it – yourself” salvation. – This second set.

c. ALL PROTESTANTS, (Evangelicals, Pentecostals) believe the salvation doctrines of our Catholic Church. – The first set.

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CONCERNING THE ABOVE SO CALLED: “DO – IT – YOURSELF” SALVATION, PLEASE MEDITATE ON THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUOTES:

YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE By Peter Kreeft pages 230, 248, 249.
Peter Kreeft is one of the most popular and widely read Catholic authors today.

“Highly recommended to all those who want to deepen their spiritual lives. The beauty of this book is that it literally makes the [Bible] come alive.” – John A. Harden, S.J.

Quote: “The mistakes of the Corinthians were mistakes of addition; the mistakes of the Galatians was subtraction. The Corinthians had polluted the gospel. The Galatians had abandoned it for another religion, “a different gospel.”

No mistake could be more serious. Yet as we shall see, this is the single most common mistake in the Church today.

Galatians, like Romans, is about SALVATION BY FAITH.
The Galatians so missed this CENTRAL POINT that Paul called their heresy of self-salvation “another gospel” that is another religion, NOT Christianity.

MANY RELIGIOUSLY UNEDUCATED CATHOLICS still believe this Galatian heresy today.

Not a small minority but a large majority of the Catholics today not only don’t know the basic doctrines of the Catholic theology anymore, they don’t even know how to get to Heaven!

Until this unbelievable failure is remedied, it is pointless to pray to God for ecumenical peace and reunion between Christian churches.

It is not clear that one who does not even know how to get to Heaven can accurately be called a Christian.

I am not suggesting, as many Protestant Fundamentalists do, that most Catholics are not saved.

But I am suggesting that perhaps most will be saved as good pagans, as “anonymous Christians” rather than as Catholic Christians.” End quote. Emphasize mine.

THE CATHOLIC ENCYLOPEDIA teaches the same thing as Peter Kreeft. Not exactly in the same diplomatic way.

Quote: “Most Catholics are doomed to eternal damnation.” End quote.

Quote: Scripture and Vatican II: A very incomplete journey. by Fr Brendan Byrne SJ

Brendan Byrne, S.J., is professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia.
Pope John Paul II named him a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission in 1990.

Quote: “It has to be said that the task of promoting the kind of biblical literacy asked for at Vatican II has received LITLE help and NO SMALL DEGREE OF HINDRANCE from prevailing tendencies in the Roman Curia.

The 1993 document of the Biblical Commission stands on a lonely eminence in the regard-and even it could have been negative in tone had not SEVERAL of the members of the Commission fought LONG and HARD to exclude gratuitous judgments in many areas.
THE HANDLING OF SCRIPTURE IN THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (1994) IS SIMPLY DISGRACEFUL and in many respects regresses not merely behind Vatican II but Divino Affante Spiritu itself.

When I asked at a session of the Biblical Commission why that Commission was not being employed or at least consulted during the preparation of the Catechism, my question was received in sullen silence: I HAVE VENTURED UPON SOME INTER-CURIAL TURF WAR.

JESUS AGAINST THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES in Matthew 23, in my own Church I find myself unable to do so any longer:
THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES OCCUPY THE CHAIR OF MOSES.

You MUST therefore do what they tell you and listen to what they say; but do not be guided by what they do since they DO NOT practice what they preach.” End quote. Emphasize mine.

St. Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer, Funder of the Opus Dei.
Quote: “As I have not ceased to warn you, the evil comes from within (the church) and from very high up, …” End quote.

We can read the same warnings REPEATEDLY and CONTINUALLY throughout the Bible.

FOR EXAMPLE: Acts 20:29-32; Matt.7:15-16; Matt.24:4, 11, 24; 2 Cor.11:13-15; 1 Tim.4:1-3; 2 Pet.2:1-3; Jude 4.

2 Pet.2:1-3; “But there WERE also false prophets among the people, even as there WILL BE false teachers AMONG YOU, who will SECRETLY bring in destructive HERESIES, … and MANY will follow their destructive ways.”

Jude 4; “Certain people have SECRETLY INFILTRATED AMONG YOU.”

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Please don’t be deceived by having a false security and to hide under Christ’s promise: “Even the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
The Body of Christ the Universal (Catholic) Church has that promise.

The Catholic Church is only a part of the Body of Christ, the Universal (Catholic) Church. – This is Catholic teaching. [CCC 818]; [CCC 819]; [CCC 1271]

There is NO class system in the Body of Christ, the Church which Christ has founded. The Protestants are absolutely EQUAL with us in the Universal (Catholic) Church.

If we want the safest security, put our faith into the Word of God (John 5:24).

Obey God’s command given to us for our protection in 1 Thess.5:21, in the way as it described in Acts 17:11 and in 1 John 2:26-27 and accept the teaching and the interpretation of the Holy Spirit as it is described in 1 John 2:26-27.

And then AFTER THE TESTS we will know the doctrines of our Catholic Church and the doctrines of our uninvited guests.

The tests PRECEDES to know and to be able to distinguish between Church doctrines and the doctrines of our uninvited guests.

So, don’t make the fatal mistake, that you think you can do the test in the light of the Church doctrines, because the test is to DISTINGUISH between Church doctrines and secretly brought in doctrines of demons PRESENTED as genuine Church doctrines.

THIRD SET OF DOCTRINES/TEACHINGS OF SALVATION:
We could call this teaching of salvation: Universal Salvation.

L’Osservator Romano, Vatican City, Italy, English edition 05/22/1984
Quote: “MASONS ARE SONS OF GOD THE FATHER.”

[CCC 841] “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.”

Crossing the Threshold of Hope, by John Paul II,
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1994
Quote: “BUDDHISM IS A RELIGION OF SALVATION.”

Ratzinger. Declaration Dominus Iesus on the Unicity and Salvific Unuversality of Jesus Christ and the Church, 6 August 2000
Quote: “MANY FALSE RELIGIONS FALL WITHIN THE PLAN OF SALVATION … NON-CHRISTIANS CAN BE SAVED AS SUCH.”

L’Osservator Romano, Vatican City, Italy, English edition 07/06/1980.
Quote: “ALL MEN ARE SAVED.”

Ratzinger. Principles of Catholic Theology Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1987
Quote: “THE GOD KHRISHNA IS A SYMBOL OF CHRIST AND REALITY.”

L’Osservator Romano, Vatican City, Italy, English edition 11/01/1993
Quote: “ALL DECEASED MEN ARE STANDING BEFORE GOD AS SAINTS.”

KEY POINTS:
  1. Buddhism is a religion of salvation. (In fact, ALL religion.)
  2. ALL men are saved.
  3. ALL deceased men are standing before God as saints.
Your fourth statement ROBO the First:

In our Catholic Church there is ONLY ONE OFFICIAL CHURC TEACHING.
This is where Apostolic Succession, the Pope, the College of Cardinals and our beloved Priests come in.

FACTS:
The doctrines/teaching of salvation is THE heart of the Gospel, yet in our Catholic Church there are three different sets of salvation doctrines/teaching are in circulation which are in contradiction with each other.

A quote from your post ROBO the First:

“On any given topic one could surmise, there is ONE official Church teaching.
So again, I ask you, where would we be without that authority to interpret God’s word? No offense…but we would all be Protestants!!”

And what would you protest ROBO the First?
Maybe you would protest our second and third sets of doctrines/teachings of false salvation?

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CONCLUSION:
  1. God has given us the mental ability and the aid of the Holy Spirit to understand His Word.
    We must accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit.
  2. If we don’t want to be mislead: We must obey the COMMAND OF GOD GIVEN TO US FOR OUR PROTECTION described in 2 Cor.13:5; 1 Thess.5:24 + Acts 17:11 + 1 John 2:26-27.
  3. If we do the tests, in 1 John 2:26-27 we have God’s PROMISE:
    We DO NOT NEED that anyone teaches us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived.
As we see above, our situation is MOST CRITICAL we DO NOT have time to lose.

In general, our view that everything is good in our Catholic Church is an ILLUSION created by Satan’s false apostles.

If the three sets of salvation doctrines/teaching which are in CONTRADICTION with each other are not enough of a wakeup call for us, then the prophecy of the Catholic Encyclopedia might be fulfill and “Most Catholics doomed to eternal damnation.”

To hide our problems and do nothing that is the will of Satan and his false apostles.

Yes it is true:
Christ has promised, “Even the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church.” – The Universal (Catholic) Church has this promise.

The Universal Church/Bride of Christ is protected.
Our Roman Catholic Church is a part of it. – [CCC 818]; [CCC 819]; [CCC 1271].

THE WAYS GOD PROTECTS THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH/BRIDE OF CHRIST:
  1. God has given the Church/Bride of Christ spiritual gifts such as:
    Word of wisdom, word of knowledge, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues, etc. – 1 Cor.12:1-11; 1 Cor.14:1-15.
  2. 1 Cor.2:12-16; (Jerusalem Bible)
    v.13; “We teach, not in the way in which philosophy is taught, but in the way that the SPIRIT TEACHES US: we teach spiritual things spiritually.”
v.14; “An UNSPIRITUAL person is one who does not accept anything from the Spirit of God: he sees it all is nonsense; …”

v.15; “ A SPIRITUAL man, on the other hand, is ABLE TO JUDGE THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING, …”

v.16; Every SPIRITUAL man “has the mind of Christ.”

As we see it above there is only two kind of people in the world:

UNSPIRITUAL.
Does not accept anything from the Spirit of God: he sees it all is nonsense.

SPIRITUAL.
By the TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT he is ABLE TO JUDGE THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING.
  1. We must obey the COMMAND OF GOD GIVEN TO US FOR OUR PROTECTION described in 2 Cor.13:5; 1 Thess.5:24 + Acts 17:11 + 1 John 2:26-27.
  2. If we do the tests, in 1 John 2:26-27 we have God’s PROMISE:
    We DO NOT NEED that anyone teaches us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived, because by the TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT we are ABLE TO JUDGE THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING.
Above, is the way God protects the Universal Church/Bride of Christ. Our Catholic Church is a part of the Universal Church/Bride of Christ. – [CCC 818]; [CCC 819]; [CCC 1271].

IF we obey the above COMMAND of God given to us for our PROTECTION we are protected.

ROBO the First and members of the CAF, if you don’t agree with my conclusions, please correct me with the Word of God (Which is THE Highest Authority in the Universe).

If my conclusion is correct:
There is a lot of hard work in front of us and better to start the hard work right now, tomorrow maybe too late.

THE CHOICE IS OURS:

a. We can choose to make our problems known and work on to correct them.
This work would make us the soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

b. We can choose to hide our problems and do nothing.
This choice would make us the allies of Satan and his false apostles who are among us in sheep’s clothing.

Deuteronomy 30:19;
“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore chose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”

With love in Christ,
LH.
 
Greetings in Christ,

ROBO the First and members of the CAF, I RESPECTFULLY ask again, if you don’t agree with my conclusions, please correct me.

If my conclusion is correct:
There is a lot of hard work in front of us and better to start the hard work right now, tomorrow maybe too late.

THE CHOICE IS OURS:

a. We can choose to make our problems known and work on to correct them.
This work would make us the soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

b. We can choose to hide our problems and do nothing.
This choice would make us the allies of Satan and his false apostles who are among us in sheep’s clothing.

Deuteronomy 30:19;
“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore chose life, that both you and your descendants may live.”

With love in Christ,
LH.
 
Lion Heart:
ROBO the First and members of the CAF, if you don’t agree with my conclusions, please correct me with the Word of God (Which is THE Highest Authority in the Universe).
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I couldn’t disagree more! You list yourself as a Catholic, but I don’t believe it. Your quote above exposes you as Sola Scriptura Protestant is disguise.

You mistake your “interpretation” of the Scriptures as the Word of God. You are sunk in error and deception. I will guess that you are an EX-Catholic non-denominational Evangelical. There is no “religion” more filled with error than yours. You probably don’t believe in a visible Church, Sacraments, Apostolic Succession, or even fundamentals, like Baptismal regeneration. I shall pray for you. :gopray2:
 
Lion_Heart said:
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ROBO the First and members of the CAF, if you don’t agree with my conclusions, please correct me with the Word of God (Which is THE Highest Authority in the Universe)
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  1. The Holy Spirit PERSONALLY teaches us concerning ALL THINGS. – John 14:17, 21, 26; John 16:13-15; 1 John 2:26-27.
  2. Every true (not just in name) Christian is able to judge the value of everything and they all have the mind of Christ. – 1 Cor.2:15-16.
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ROBO the First and members of the CAF, I RESPECTFULLY ask again, if you don’t agree with my conclusions, please correct me.

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Based on the premises you’ve outlined, how would anyone have any authority to correct you?
 
Lion Heart: I have to agree with Ambrose SJ and also Stewstew03 on their statements concerning your posts as you do not seem or appear to have a handle on what Catholicism teaches or understanding of the CCC what Catholic beliefs are. First of all salvation is from the catholic Church and while God can and does save those outside of the Catholic Church, Christians as well as non Christians, it is still through the Church Jesus founded which is the Catholic Church.

I would like to point out that Buddhism is not an religion nor a religion of salvation but a philosophy started by Buddha himself.
 
AmbroseSJ said:
I couldn’t disagree more! You list yourself as a Catholic, but I don’t believe it. Your quote above exposes you as Sola Scriptura Protestant is disguise.

You mistake your “interpretation” of the Scriptures as the Word of God. You are sunk in error and deception. I will guess that you are an EX-Catholic non-denominational Evangelical. There is no “religion” more filled with error than yours. You probably don’t believe in a visible Church, Sacraments, Apostolic Succession, or even fundamentals, like Baptismal regeneration. I shall pray for you. :gopray2:
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Greetings in Christ AmbroseSJ,

Thank you for your prayer, we all need it, I pray for you too.

You have stated in your post: “I couldn’t disagree more!”
  1. Do you disagree that we have three sets of salvation doctrines/teaching in circulation in our Church which doctrines/teachings are in contradiction with each other?
  2. Do disagree that our church is infiltrated by Satan’s false apostles in sheep’s clothing from the beginning.
  3. Do you disagree that Satan’s false apostles who are among us from the beginning in sheep’s clothing secretly bring in doctrines of demons and they present them to us as genuine Church teaching?
If you disagree, could you please explain: What is the reason that we have three sets of salvation doctrines/teaching in circulation in our Church which doctrines/teachings are in contradiction with each other?
a. The Holy Spirit PERSONALLY teaches us concerning ALL THINGS. – John 14:17, 21, 26; John 16:13-15; 1 John 2:26-27.

b. Every true (not just in name) Christian is able to judge the value of everything and they all have the mind of Christ. – 1 Cor.2:15-16.

Do you disagree: The Holy Spirit PERSONALLY teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and every true (not just in name) Christian is able to judge the value of everything and they all have the mind of Christ?
  1. For our protection God has given us His COMMAND to test our FAITH and to test ALL THINGS (2 Cor.13:5;
    1 Thess.5:24).
    The way the test MUST BE done is described in Acts 17:11 and in 1 John 2:26-27.
Do you disagree that God protects us as described above?
  1. If we do the tests, in 1 John 2:26-27; John 16:13 we have God’s PROMISE:
    We DO NOT NEED anyone to teach us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived.
    Conditions:
    No private interpretation of the Word of God.
    Must accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit!!!
Do you disagree: If we do the tests concerning between true and false doctrines/teachings, (and accept the interpretation of the Holy Spirit) in 1 John 2:26-27; John 16:13 we have God’s PROMISE:
We DO NOT NEED anyone to teach us because the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning ALL THINGS and we will never be deceived?

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According to your post: You guess I am:
  1. An EX-Catholic.
  2. A non-denominational Evangelical.
  3. You probably don’t believe in a visible Church.
  4. Sacraments.
  5. Apostolic Succession.
  6. Even fundamentals, like Baptismal regeneration.
MY ANSWERS:
  1. I am a Catholic in the Roman Catholic Church.
  2. I have to admit: Your guess made me curious what the non-denominational Evangelicals believe.
  3. How could I not believe in the visible Church? We are the Church and we see each other.
  4. I believe the sacraments.
  5. I don’t say there is no Apostolic Succession.
    As far as I concern: If the doctrine of the Apostolic Succession is correct. Then:
The Popes and the Magisterium should PROTECT the members of the Church from error.
I don’t see the Popes and the Mgisterium protects the laity from false doctrines/teachings.

PROOF:

a. The doctrines/teaching of salvation is THE heart of the Gospel.
Yet in our Church there are three sets of salvation doctrines/teachings are in circulation which are in total contradiction with each other.

b. The following quote is only a sample. I could use other quotes as well which describes the same thing.

YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE By Peter Kreeft pages 230, 248, 249.
Peter Kreeft is one of the most popular and widely read Catholic authors today.

“Highly recommended to all those who want to deepen their spiritual lives. The beauty of this book is that it literally makes the [Bible] come alive.” – John A. Harden, S.J.

Quote: “The mistakes of the Corinthians were mistakes of addition; the mistakes of the Galatians was subtraction. The Corinthians had polluted the gospel. The Galatians had abandoned it for another religion, “a different gospel.”

No mistake could be more serious. Yet as we shall see, this is the single most common mistake in the Church today.

Galatians, like Romans, is about SALVATION BY FAITH.
The Galatians so missed this CENTRAL POINT that Paul called their heresy of self-salvation “another gospel” that is another religion, NOT Christianity.

MANY RELIGIOUSLY UNEDUCATED CATHOLICS still believe this Galatian heresy today.

Not a small minority but a large majority of the Catholics today not only don’t know the basic doctrines of the Catholic theology anymore, they don’t even know how to get to Heaven!

Until this unbelievable failure is remedied, it is pointless to pray to God for ecumenical peace and reunion between Christian churches.

It is not clear that one who does not even know how to get to Heaven can accurately be called a Christian.

I am not suggesting, as many Protestant Fundamentalists do, that most Catholics are not saved.

But I am suggesting that perhaps most will be saved as good pagans, as “anonymous Christians” rather than as Catholic Christians.” End quote. Emphasize mine.

As we see above: Our situation in the Church is MOST CRITICAL.
“No mistake could be more serious. Yet as we shall see, this is the single most common mistake in the Church today.

MANY RELIGIOUSLY UNEDUCATED CATHOLICS still believe this Galatian heresy today."

AmbroseSJ, What the above FACTS say about the Apostolic Succession and the Magisterium protection of the laity? - I hope we will see your answer.
  1. According to your guess AmbroseSJ: I don’t believe Baptismal regeneration.
If you would read my other posts you would know: I believe Baptismal regeneration.

With love in Christ,
LH.
 
Lion Heart: Maybe you could explain how your posts relate to the topic of this thread. Based on your posts, it would seem that you believe in Sola Scriptura.

I’m sorry I had you grouped erroneously with non-denominational Evangelicals, but your posts would certainly meet with their complete approbation. They might have to take you to task on your wrong-headed interpretation of a few things, like baptismal regeneration, sacraments and a visible church, but you are very near to rejecting those things now, whether you realize it or not. 😦
 
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