Marine0311
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The Roman Catholic Church has made many un-true proclamations about itself and those with a heart for God see through the lies, half truths,and blatant idolatry.
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. That was a pretty impressive feat considering the RCC began in 325 AD. No the RCC never wrote the scripture it was written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit before the RCC began, but a lie told over and over obviously is believed by the brain washed who don’t know scripture in context.The church existed and exercised authority from Christ before the New Testament was written, and the church wrote it!
Ephesians 1:10
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Requirements of the church founded by Christ!
One:
Holy:
Catholic / universal:
Apostolic succession:
The teacher of truth to all men without error:
Visible kingdom with visible unity:
Founded by God in Christ not by any man!
Not a collection of believers but a hierarchical church with jurisdictional authority!
Truth is immutable!
The church is ir-reformable!
Both are from God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever!
Lk 1:32-33 His kingdom shall have no end!
Matt 16:18-19 shall not prevail!
Jn 21:23 same mission, power, and authority as Christ!
The church is built only by Christ on His apostles! Matt 16:18 eph 2:20
The fact that you can easily protest a long list of Protestant scholars as "bad hermeneutics" shows you are a true Protestant.
But it does, as attested by the facts of history; truckloads of early church documents. It is impossible to re-write early church history based on the Bible alone. Sadly, the sola scripturist doesn't have such freedom, which forces them to re-write early church history so it fits an ideology.
That was a pretty impressive feat considering the RCC began in 325 AD. No the RCC never wrote the scripture it was written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit before the RCC began, but a lie told over and over obviously is believed by the brain washed who don’t know scripture in context.
*cough* Prayers to the dead. *cough*
*cough* Queen of Heaven. *cough*
*cough* Purgatory. *cough*
No, not a SINGLE … more like a PLETHORA.
we don’t believe in prayers to the dead Jn 11:25
if the promised land was a type of heaven then the bondage in Egypt was a type of purgatory
Queen to follow
Son of David the king: royalty!
Matt 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matt 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 9:27
And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
Matt 12:23
Matt 15:22
Matt 20:30
Matt 20:31
Matt 21:9-15 etc.
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
House of David the king:
Lk 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Received the kingdom of David:
Lk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Christ is King, Mary must be queen!
Only a queen can bear a king!
A Royal greeting!
Lk 1:28 is the only place in the Bible where such a greeting takes place!
Mary is of the tribe of Judah and the royal house of David the king!
God himself is greeting Mary thru the instrument of the angel Gabriel!
This is a Royal greeting of the queen of heaven and earth! Queen of the angels and saints! Mary is of the house of king David!
In the line of king David the mother of the king is the queen, as Jesus Christ is the king of heaven and earth and the angels and saints so Mary is the queen of the same! Lk 1:32-33 the queen mother sits at His right hand and receives the petitions of the members of the kingdom!
The mother of any king is automatically queen and rules half the kingdom!
The queen mother!
Lk 1:28 And the angel entered to her, and said, Hail, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed be thou among women.
29 And when she had heard, she was troubled in his word, and thought what manner salutation this was.
30 And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.
Mary is mother of mercy and the throne of grace!
heb 4:16
A good tree!
Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
The fruit of the tree of Mary is our salvation! Lk 2:30 Jesus is our salvation!
Lk 1:30 Mary found our salvation!
Queen of heaven
In the line of david’s kingdom the mother of the king is always queen!
Jesus is king Lk 1:32-33
And Jesus is the king of heaven & earth & all the angels & saints, so Mary is queen of heaven & earth & all the angels & saints!
so Mary too is the fruit of the merits, virtues, & graces provided by Christ! Lk 1:47 Mary also saved by God
2 Tim 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
2 Tim 2: 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. How much more Mary who was prepared by God thru the immaculate conception! Lk 1:49
Heb 2:7
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands
Rev12:1 woman clothed with the sun.
Crown of stars = queen Mary
David the king carried the ark to the earthly Jerusalem.
2 Sam 6:15-16
Jesus the new king carried His ark to the heavenly Jerusalem! Rev 12:1
(Assumption of Mary into heaven and crowned with glory!)
Inaugurating the kingdom!
1 kings 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Lk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
ONLY A KING AND A QUEEN SIT ON A THRONE!
Only one, because a parish is not a denomination, a diocese is not a denomination, a rite is not a denomination. All share ONE set of doctrines, so what you SAY is a straw man fallacy.There aren’t.
Name all tens of thousands.
Name one thousand.
The figure comes from a freakish way of counting. If we SAY that every RCC congregation (local assembly) is a distinct denomination, then how many “Catholic” denominations would there be?
Ok.That is the sort of game being played with the Protestant denominations. If you disagree, then prove me wrong and list them.
The fact that you can easily protest a long list of Protestant scholars as "bad hermeneutics" shows you are a true Protestant.
But it does, as attested by the facts of history; truckloads of early church documents. It is impossible to re-write early church history based on the Bible alone. Sadly, the sola scripturist doesn't have such freedom, which forces them to re-write early church history so it fits an ideology.
Only one, because a parish is not a denomination, a diocese is not a denomination, a rite is not a denomination. All share ONE set of doctrines, so what you SAY is a straw man fallacy. Ok.
According to the Dictionary of Christianity in America [Protestant] (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1990): “As of 1980 David B. Barrett identified 20,800 Christian denominations worldwide . . .” (that was 42 years ago)
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The Word of God mandates tradition, so you are forced to turn "tradition" into a dirty word.And of course ALL the FACTS needed that proves who is following The Word of God, and who is not, isn't with men's leaven traditions added, but by those who heed God's Word as written!
That myth has been debunked 1000 times. Luther abhorred the abuse of indulgences, and blamed it on doctrines. Indulgences are NOT a tradition.One of the Catholic traditions that Martin Luther abhorred were Indulgences. For a donation of money, animals, whatever you had, you could get your dead loved ones out of Purgatory! That reveals how backward the leaders in the early Catholic Church were especially.
A good example of making false claims against what the pope actually said.And now they have a pope that says aliens are real???
2 John 1:12
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, andspeak face to face, that our joy may be full.
This is shown to be false by Galatians 2:7-9, "On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised."
Peter, a.k.a. Cephas, was given a specific task: apostle to the circumcised (the Jews). Claiming that Peter was the rock on which the church was built is not scriptural.
It says in the Bible that Jesus expected His disciples to carry on His work. That doesn't mean, by any stretch of the imagination, that this refers to the Roman Catholic denomination! There is no mention of the Catholic denomination in Scripture; it is the invention of men who seek power over others.
Sola scriptura!
That’s a perfect example of a bad, sinful man/men allowing this to happen.A local church let a peedo join them a few years ago even they knew he'd got past convictions for it, but they never warned the parents.
Guess what, he started abusing the daughters of other church members.
Was that a good church or bad church? You tell me..:)
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. That was a pretty impressive feat considering the RCC began in 325 AD. No the RCC never wrote the scripture it was written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit before the RCC began, but a lie told over and over obviously is believed by the brain washed who don’t know scripture in context.