Catholicism vs Protestantism
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Yes, but does whatever denomination you're talking about approve of it , hide it and then re-assign them ? Does the denomination you're talking about take up money for the poor called '' Peters pence'' then fund and lose millions of dollars making a movie about Elton john with explicit homo scenes .. Does your denomination pay millions in hush money for abused boys and victim who they can no longer get away with calling the victims liars ? Does the bible warn us ''they would forbid marriage'' Do you not know what the qualifications in 1 Tim 3 are in the first place ? and if these good sincere Catholics who hate it refuse to come out from it has Jesus made them free or are they afraid their pervert pope will call them heretic and block them from heaven lol .. I had a preacher who I'd found out he'd been married 3 times I told him when I found out I asked him and he was saying but, but, but, .. It was nothing personal at all but I left .. No wonder he couldn't preach the whole bible .. I even went and personally talked to my sons teachers if they were men to check them out and let them know I kept a close eye guarding on my sons .
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The Catholic Church had the wrong doctrine from their very inception. It started when Constantine decided to Christianize the Roman Empire after his vision "In hoc signo vinces." They have done a lot of bad trying to win the world for Christ.
Other than their well meaning but errant doctrine, they are no more or less evil than the rest of us. We all have a capacity for evil. Whenever Catholics take a stand against the same things I stand against, I am with them. We can view all Christians as brothers and sisters in Christ. Our place is to not judge those outside our own congregations.
That said, I could not worship with Catholics because of their open idolatry. But I can't get along with many Protestant denominations either. We can all love each other and not judge, usually from a distance.
Oh, and you question about the five solas or any other Protestant dogma is that it is all predicated on the Protestant Movement. Instead of breaking away from the RCC, they should have started from scratch.
Other than their well meaning but errant doctrine, they are no more or less evil than the rest of us. We all have a capacity for evil. Whenever Catholics take a stand against the same things I stand against, I am with them. We can view all Christians as brothers and sisters in Christ. Our place is to not judge those outside our own congregations.
That said, I could not worship with Catholics because of their open idolatry. But I can't get along with many Protestant denominations either. We can all love each other and not judge, usually from a distance.
Oh, and you question about the five solas or any other Protestant dogma is that it is all predicated on the Protestant Movement. Instead of breaking away from the RCC, they should have started from scratch.
The Catholic lens is another written authority other than all things written in the law and the prophet .Its always a matter of faith how do we hear God not seen what are the tools he has given us?
A simply comparison of their written law of the fathers (private interpretation or oral tradition) their "lens" . compared to the interpretation of God as his law .His lens. The word of God reveals the idea that they believe they could serve two teaching Master as one DEVINE authority . Unaware of the hidden danger of serving two teaching masters . . . . thie things of God the eternal not seen and those of men the temporal
Thou shall not surely die
The Catholic lens. . . . Catechism of the Catholic Church (book of law) verse #80 "
Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal."
Interestingly in the above order they put the word of God (Sacred Scripture) second and their Sacred Oral Tradition law first . . The pew sitters who must seek the approval of the fathers. The gospel is needed its a very dark place with no light.
Isaiah 8:19-21 King James Version (KJV) And when they shall say unto you, Seek (necromancy patron saints) unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
A simply comparison of their written law of the fathers (private interpretation or oral tradition) their "lens" . compared to the interpretation of God as his law .His lens. The word of God reveals the idea that they believe they could serve two teaching Master as one DEVINE authority . Unaware of the hidden danger of serving two teaching masters . . . . thie things of God the eternal not seen and those of men the temporal
Thou shall not surely die
The Catholic lens. . . . Catechism of the Catholic Church (book of law) verse #80 "
Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal."
Interestingly in the above order they put the word of God (Sacred Scripture) second and their Sacred Oral Tradition law first . . The pew sitters who must seek the approval of the fathers. The gospel is needed its a very dark place with no light.
Isaiah 8:19-21 King James Version (KJV) And when they shall say unto you, Seek (necromancy patron saints) unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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Did you read the article? Of course the Catholic Church does not delete the prohibition, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image" from the Catholic Bible versions or the major catechisms. *But the prohibition of image worship is left out, and effectively hidden, in the abbreviated lists of the 10 commandments commonly used to teach children. Many of them, including myself, grow up without ever been told that such a prohibition is part of God’s law. - http://www.justforcatholics.org/a83.htm
I attended Catholic school from 4th grade - 8th grade and had the same experience. I had a set of the 10 Commandments given to me (hand held size) while attending Catholic school and it read as the set on the right.
I attended Catholic school from 4th grade - 8th grade and had the same experience. I had a set of the 10 Commandments given to me (hand held size) while attending Catholic school and it read as the set on the right.
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There is nothing wrong with reading the Bible. It is an excellent thing to do.
But what you are suggesting is that everyone invents their own religion from the Bible. That is why you get 30,000 different Protestant denominations and one pastor churches teaching wildly conflicting doctrines.
Neither Jesus, nor the apostles handed out Bibles and said read that and work it all out from that. Jesus told the apostles “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation" (Mk 16:15). They preached the truths that had been handed down to them.
But what you are suggesting is that everyone invents their own religion from the Bible. That is why you get 30,000 different Protestant denominations and one pastor churches teaching wildly conflicting doctrines.
Neither Jesus, nor the apostles handed out Bibles and said read that and work it all out from that. Jesus told the apostles “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation" (Mk 16:15). They preached the truths that had been handed down to them.
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The gospel that is to be preached is the gospel that has Christ at its center. The gospel the catholic church preaches has the church at the center. One is a gospel of grace and the other a gospel of works. One leads to eternal life the other to eternal condemnation.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
For the cause of Christ
Roger
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Makes for a good sales pitch with Catholics, but is inaccurate.
30,000 Protestant Denominations? - http://www.justforcatholics.org/a86.htm
30,000 Protestant Denominations? - http://www.justforcatholics.org/a86.htm
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Did you read the article? Of course the Catholic Church does not delete the prohibition, "You shall not make for yourself a carved image" from the Catholic Bible versions or the major catechisms. *But the prohibition of image worship is left out, and effectively hidden, in the abbreviated lists of the 10 commandments commonly used to teach children. Many of them, including myself, grow up without ever been told that such a prohibition is part of God’s law. - http://www.justforcatholics.org/a83.htm
I attended Catholic school from 4th grade - 8th grade and had the same experience. I had a set of the 10 Commandments given to me (hand held size) while attending Catholic school and it read as the set on the right.
I attended Catholic school from 4th grade - 8th grade and had the same experience. I had a set of the 10 Commandments given to me (hand held size) while attending Catholic school and it read as the set on the right.
The left hand side is also a catechetical summary.
Does it list everything in Ex 20:1-17? No it doesn't.
Does it tell you not to covet your neighbors wife? No it doesn't.
When I was at school ( long time ago) every child was given what was known as the "penny catechism". I have a reprint (lost the original) and it contains the full text of Ex 20:4-5. The Catholic Church has hidden nothing.
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What I am suggesting is that reading the Bible directly is far superior to reading someone's opinion of it. The disciples read the Bible (the OT). The Bereans were commended for checking Paul's "preached" message against the Bible. Does the Catholic Church have the humility and godly confidence to subject all its teaching to the confirmation of Scripture?
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Don't believe justforcatholics. It tells lies and half truths.
Note I didn't claim there were 30,000 protestant denominations - I said denominations and one pastor churches.
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The World Christian Encyclopedia estimates there are 33,000 protestant denominations.
And the Center for Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, estimates there are currently 47,000 denominations.
Note I didn't claim there were 30,000 protestant denominations - I said denominations and one pastor churches.
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The World Christian Encyclopedia estimates there are 33,000 protestant denominations.
And the Center for Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, estimates there are currently 47,000 denominations.
The Catholic Church was responsible for giving me the hand held size set of the 10 Commandments (which felt like they were made of stone) I received while in Catholic school and the hand held size set I was given takes away the 2nd commandment (against making images unto ourselves) and makes the 10th commandment into two commandments. You can try and justify that all you want, but I'm not buying it.
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