BreadOfLife
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Gee - and YOU accuse ME of "name-calling".Who said you were replacing God?
No one!
You are Such a DUNCE.
... you make up some absurd comment, then call it nonsense...
Do you really NOT COMPREHEND you are consistently making comments and then disagreeing with your own words?
It's already been acknowledged your are a conversational narcissist....a great deal of people on this forum have disagreement with what you say....and we get it...you also disagree with what you say...
Frankly it is rather boring to listen to you speak and then disagree with yourself.
So try to stick to the facts...
Is this verse in your Catholic Bible?
IF so, what is your understanding of this verse?
Matt 23
[9] And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Glory to God,
Taken
What utter hypocrisy . . .
As for Matt. 23:9 this is one of my FAVORITE hypocritical Protestant arguments.
You ALL have fathers - yet Catholics aren't allowed to use that term.
Exod. 20:12 CLEARLY commands that we Honor our FATHER and mother - but I guess that's only for Protestants.
What cracks me up MOSTLY about this asinine argument is that it is Scripturally-bankrupt to think that Christ forbade calling anybody "Father". In CONTEXT, which I know you resent - He was talking about the Scribes and Pharisees who placed themselves ABOVE our Father in Heaven.
In the verse that precedes this (Matt: 23:8), Jesus tells us not to call people “Teachers”. Is Jesus telling us that we can’t call certain people "fathers" or “teachers” when they may actually be fathers or teachers? Absolutely NOT. He is telling us that no man is to be considered father above our Father in heaven and no person is to be considered teacher above our Teacher in heaven.
Now, pay attention, Einstein, because here is where it gets tricky for your Protestant argument . . .
- Jesus said, “Your FATHER Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.” (John 8:56).
- St. Stephen refers to "our FATHER Abraham," (Acts 7:2).
- St. Paul speaks of "our FATHER Isaac” (Romans 9:10).
- St. Paul says, "For I became your FATHER in Christ Jesus through the gospel" (1 Cor. 4:14–15).
- "For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle . . . a TEACHER of the Gentiles in faith and truth" (1 Tim. 2:7).
- "For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and TEACHER" (2 Tim. 1:11).
- "God has appointed in the church first Apostles, second prophets, third TEACHERS" (1 Cor. 12:28).
You see - taking Scripture OUT of its proper context will only get you into trouble.
Don't just quote Scripture. LEARN what it means . . .