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Ummmm, Matt. 5 is about the Sermon on the Mount and teaches about the Beatitudes and on Murder, Divorce and Adultery.

Secondly – Jesus did rebuke the Pharisees for corrupting the Scriptures - but for ADDING their own little laws and rules to the Word and to the Mosaic Law and placing them ABOVE the Word (Marl 7L8).
This is something that i NOT done in the Catholic Church.
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"Ummmm, Matt. 5 is about the Sermon on the Mount and teaches about the Beatitudes and on Murder, Divorce and Adultery.

Secondly – Jesus did rebuke the Pharisees for corrupting the Scriptures - but for ADDING their own little laws and rules to the Word and to the Mosaic Law and placing them ABOVE the Word"

100% TRUTH and the exact same error of RCC along with many protestant denominations
 
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remember, their theology is very anti jew....so it is not odd to see them ignore a jew.. A jew to a catholic is like a gentile was to the jew

Agree. Early Jewish and Gentile Believers were Beginning in new KNOWLEDGE of Unchartered Territory, and progressing .... UNTIL Jesus’ left the Earth and within a hundred years of the Apostles Deaths....a group of men calling themselves Catholics, and “THE” Church, ushered in a WHOLE new DOCTRINE, and lie upon lie in an attempt to MAKE their “new Doctrine” palatable....and it tasted yummy, to men who could neither read or verify what they were being Preached.
Remember the Warning of that devouring lion preying on the weak?
ya, well he is still on this Earth, busy devouring those who are lending their ears, but not verifying if it be so.
 
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Agree. Early Jewish and Gentile Believers were Beginning in new KNOWLEDGE of Unchartered Territory, and progressing .... UNTIL Jesus’ left the Earth and within a hundred years of the Apostles Deaths....a group of men calling themselves Catholics, and “THE” Church, ushered in a WHOLE new DOCTRINE, and lie upon lie in an attempt to MAKE their “new Doctrine” palatable....and it tasted yummy, to men who could neither read or verify what they were being Preached.
Remember the Warning of that devouring lion preying on the weak?
ya, well he is still on this Earth, busy devouring those who are lending their ears, but not verifying if it be so.
well I think constantine made the change.. when due to fearing a riot. He made the church the state religion and mixed pagan idea and ritual into it.. when he made himself at one time, ceasar of rome, and pontifus maximus of the harlot religion
 
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YOU SAID:
"Ummmm, Matt. 5 is about the Sermon on the Mount and teaches about the Beatitudes and on Murder, Divorce and Adultery.
Secondly – Jesus did rebuke the Pharisees for corrupting the Scriptures - but for ADDING their own little laws and rules to the Word and to the Mosaic Law and placing them ABOVE the Word"
100% TRUTH and the exact same error of RCC along with many protestant denominations
Would you care to prove that claim with some actual FACTS??
 

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YOU SAID:
"Ummmm, Matt. 5 is about the Sermon on the Mount and teaches about the Beatitudes and on Murder, Divorce and Adultery.

Secondly – Jesus did rebuke the Pharisees for corrupting the Scriptures - but for ADDING their own little laws and rules to the Word and to the Mosaic Law and placing them ABOVE the Word"

100% TRUTH and the exact same error of RCC along with many protestant denominations

Churches broadly have become .... “tell me what you want to hear”... cuz there are plenty of False Preachers who are willing to “satisfy” your ears....
To FILL the PEWS and collect your dollars.
End of Day...Preacher is lavishly content and the People feel good about themselves.
Whoop, Whoop....almost what Jesus’ taught...lol...not even close!
 

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Would you care to prove that claim with some actual FACTS??
Sure
The 'proof' is found in God's word and we should start from where it ALL began = Genesis ch3

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ”

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

It may seem too simple for you but there is much said here by which we can learn from.
 

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Original Jewish Catholics?....LOL
LOL - true to your on PAR Gaslighting....NONE of Jesus’ appointed Apostles CLAIMED to be “CATHOLIC”! And Peter never claimed to be “POPE” ... another Catholic false teaching.

Matt 10:
[5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Uh...Peter and John were OF those twelve!
Yup - they were part of the "ekklesia kata holos" (Catholic Church), spoken of in Acts 9:31.
So were the rest of the Apostles . . .
 

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Fact IS: JESUS rejected men WHO, accounted False Teaching and False Claims AGAINST the Word of God.

Fact IS: MEN as well who ARE WITH Jesus / or ARE IN Christ Jesus ARE TAUGHT to reject (shake the dust off and move one) men WHO, account False teaching and FALSE Claims AGAINST the Word of God.

Fact IS: Men routinely REJECT False Catholic Teaching....so what?
It affects me NONE, that you bow down to Statues or all the other unGodly rituals your Church “FATHER(S)” teach and preach.
You FINALLY said something that actually makes sense.

Now, YOUR problem is in trying to figure out WHICH one of the tens of thousands of disjointed and perpetually-splintering factions is correct.

I'll stick with the
Original Tree . . .
 

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The 'proof' is found in God's word and we should start from where it ALL began = Genesis ch3

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ”

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

It may seem too simple for you but there is much said here by which we can learn from.
Exactly what I thought.
You can’t point to a SINGLE “error” in Catholic teaching – so you beat around the bush instead.

Let me know when you’re UP to the
task . . .
 
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Some people would not see error of it looked them in the face,

when your told to listen to a man, and only him,, and told to reject tryign to interpret yourself. Your bound to be blinded to what is true or what is not because you are relying on the person to be true in all areas.

so when these same people claim you can not show them error. It is just them hardening their own hearts..
 

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The 'proof' is found in God's word and we should start from where it ALL began = Genesis ch3

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ”

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

It may seem too simple for you but there is much said here by which we can learn from.
Remember

Peter was the apostle to the jews.. His letters reflect that as he wrote two epistles to the jews

Paul on the other hand, was the apostle to the gentiles.. Which means he would have been the apostle or the bishop of rome, not peter

in fact. Peter and paul had the same authority. Ie, if anyone was a bishop of the church it was both of them. Not just one

Peter was never called the bishop of rome. Even when he lived there. Also. The Bishop or rome was voted on locally. Each city had its own bishop which was elected..

But do not try to explain that to them. They will not see it. Because they are told to blindly follow their church. And everyone else is wrong.

they also forgot. Their church ran history. They burned and destroyed many documents that would have shown they were not the only church. Because they made their church on slaughtering heretics and burning their books. Sadly. When the protestant movement occured. They acted just like her. And killed many in Gods name..

God did not tell us to go into the world and kill anyone who did not believe, and force people to believe in him

he said go and make disciples..

The catholic history shows how evil they were.. But they can;t see. Because again, they blindly follow them. And are told to fear.. because salvation ony comes through the church (it’s funny, they now say people outside the church can be saved.. they can;t even stick to their own doctrines. )
 

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well I think constantine made the change.. when due to fearing a riot. He made the church the state religion and mixed pagan idea and ritual into it.. when he made himself at one time, ceasar of rome, and pontifus maximus of the harlot religion
Yes, schisms where happening in and amongst men Calling Themselves “Catholics” by Kings, and the People at Large, Long Before A CATHOLIC, who could read, who did read, and who DID challenge the Catholic Church Council .... sound familiar?
Jewish Pharisees on the side lines hearing what Jesus was saying....pfff...no big deal until the Pharisees Noticed the People at Large gathering to HEAR Jesus the Jew, The People Buzzing about Jesus, of things He said....AND FOLLOWING Him...Uh Oh...No doubt the Pharisees felt this second rate fate about to befall them IF this Jesus was to gather a LARGE following.
Oh, oh....posh exalted life-style threatened. Boo hoo.
... sound familiar ?
A CATHOLIC Christian Challenges the Catholic Council...they ignore him, he fosters followers who want the Catholic Council to Hear the man....The Council agrees to Hear the man....The Council Denies the Charges, Calls him names, and boots him out of the congregation.....
.... sound familiar ?

And today, A catholic repeatedly implies his support for the Catholic Church, is largely based on (TENS OF THOUSANDS) Protestant Division... LOL
But Has YET to NAME a mere 100, and the number of congregants, or WHAT exactly Divides them.....LOL

There are Protestant Divisions that DO NOT BELIEVE Women should wear PANTS.....OH NO....women wearing pants are probably damned to Hell....(Laughing)...

There are Protestant Divisions that DO NOT BELIEVE People should DANCE.....OH NO....all those DANCING People are surly damned to Hell...
(Laughing)....

Protestant Divisions ONLY have a consequential Concern where it involves BELIEF in the Lord God.......or NOT! And I highly DOUBT the supposed TENS OF THOUSANDS Protestant DIVISIONS are REJECTING Belief in the Lord God.

A big hullabaloo over ignorant laughable nonsense, all in an effort to Deflect from a Catholics own Doctrine that does not measure equally with Jesus’ Doctrine.
 

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Some people would not see error of it looked them in the face,

when your told to listen to a man, and only him,, and told to reject tryign to interpret yourself. Your bound to be blinded to what is true or what is not because you are relying on the person to be true in all areas.

so when these same people claim you can not show them error. It is just them hardening their own hearts..
And some people couldn't tell the truth if their LIFE depended on it.

Don't know which sect you're referring to - but this is NOIT the case in the Catholic Church. In fact, the BULK of Scripture is not officially interpreted.
Where do you get your information from?
 

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Yes, schisms where happening in and amongst men Calling Themselves “Catholics” by Kings, and the People at Large, Long Before A CATHOLIC, who could read, who did read, and who DID challenge the Catholic Church Council .... sound familiar?
Jewish Pharisees on the side lines hearing what Jesus was saying....pfff...no big deal until the Pharisees Noticed the People at Large gathering to HEAR Jesus the Jew, The People Buzzing about Jesus, of things He said....AND FOLLOWING Him...Uh Oh...No doubt the Pharisees felt this second rate fate about to befall them IF this Jesus was to gather a LARGE following.
Oh, oh....posh exalted life-style threatened. Boo hoo.
... sound familiar ?
A CATHOLIC Christian Challenges the Catholic Council...they ignore him, he fosters followers who want the Catholic Council to Hear the man....The Council agrees to Hear the man....The Council Denies the Charges, Calls him names, and boots him out of the congregation.....
.... sound familiar ?

And today, A catholic repeatedly implies his support for the Catholic Church, is largely based on (TENS OF THOUSANDS) Protestant Division... LOL
But Has YET to NAME a mere 100, and the number of congregants, or WHAT exactly Divides them.....LOL

There are Protestant Divisions that DO NOT BELIEVE Women should wear PANTS.....OH NO....women wearing pants are probably damned to Hell....(Laughing)...

There are Protestant Divisions that DO NOT BELIEVE People should DANCE.....OH NO....all those DANCING People are surly damned to Hell...
(Laughing)....

Protestant Divisions ONLY have a consequential Concern where it involves BELIEF in the Lord God.......or NOT! And I highly DOUBT the supposed TENS OF THOUSANDS Protestant DIVISIONS are REJECTING Belief in the Lord God.

A big hullabaloo over ignorant laughable nonsense, all in an effort to Deflect from a Catholics own Doctrine that does not measure equally with Jesus’ Doctrine.
There are only three gospels.. All three of these gospels fill all denomination thinking (i include catholic and orthodoxy as a denomination)

1. Legalism - the thought salvation is earned, maintained or forfeit due to works that one does (or failed to do)

2. Grace through faith - the thought that mankind is totally bancrupt unable to save themselves and only on faith in the work of Christ and the promises of God is one made right with God (saved)

3. Licentiousness - The belief I can say a sinners prayer because I believe in jesus. But they have failed to repent and have true faith in God..

in all the thousands of different churches.. All of them follow one of the above three categories.
 
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Yup - they were part of the "ekklesia kata holos" (Catholic Church), spoken of in Acts 9:31.
So were the rest of the Apostles . . .

LOL....Catholic Peter, Paul and John and all the other Apostles... :Laughingoutloud:

Maybe after you are DEAD and BURIED People will Preach in Mosques, you and all the other Catholics were Muslims. Pfff

Making up LIES is easy for Carnal Minded thinkers....and so easy for a born again spirit to spot!
 
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There are only three gospels.. All three of these gospels fill all denomination thinking (i include catholic and orthodoxy as a denomination)

1. Legalism - the thought salvation is earned, maintained or forfeit due to works that one does (or failed to do)

2. Grace through faith - the thought that mankind is totally bancrupt unable to save themselves and only on faith in the work of Christ and the promises of God is one made right with God (saved)

3. Licentiousness - The belief I can say a sinners prayer because I believe in jesus. But they have failed to repent and have true faith in God..

in all the thousands of different churches.. All of them follow one of the above three categories.
You have no idea of... denomination thinking
There was a time I thougt I knew... You are a spitural child... just being born
 

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op: the one true church?:

Eph_1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who​
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:​
Eph_2:6 "And hath raised us up together, and Made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:"​

I am Concerned this thread of Protesters and Romanists "biting and devouring one another"
will soon go the way of the Prohibited "trinity" threads... But:

I am So Thankful For The Precious BLOOD Of The LORD Jesus Christ, Who Is:

"...The Head of The Body, The Church..." (Col 1:18), Seated Above, And Also God's Great:

Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ, And In His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided (+ I and II)
!

Amen.
 

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Remember

Peter was the apostle to the jews.. His letters reflect that as he wrote two epistles to the jews

Paul on the other hand, was the apostle to the gentiles.. Which means he would have been the apostle or the bishop of rome, not peter

in fact. Peter and paul had the same authority. Ie, if anyone was a bishop of the church it was both of them. Not just one

Peter was never called the bishop of rome. Even when he lived there. Also. The Bishop or rome was voted on locally. Each city had its own bishop which was elected..

But do not try to explain that to them. They will not see it. Because they are told to blindly follow their church. And everyone else is wrong.

they also forgot. Their church ran history. They burned and destroyed many documents that would have shown they were not the only church. Because they made their church on slaughtering heretics and burning their books. Sadly. When the protestant movement occured. They acted just like her. And killed many in Gods name..

God did not tell us to go into the world and kill anyone who did not believe, and force people to believe in him

he said go and make disciples..

The catholic history shows how evil they were.. But they can;t see. Because again, they blindly follow them. And are told to fear.. because salvation ony comes through the church (it’s funny, they now say people outside the church can be saved.. they can;t even stick to their own doctrines. )
WRONG on just about everything you just said.

The Early Bishops of the Church were APPOINTED by the Apostles, who were the FIRST Bishops. Even Judas was a Bishop. We see this is Acts 1:20, when Peter says to the rest, “Let another take his office.”
The Greek worjk used here for “office” is “Episkoiay” or BISHOPRIC.

Peter was indeed Bishop of Rome after appointing Ignatius his successor as Bishop of Antioch.
In the document, Against Heresies in the 2nd century - Irenaeus lists ALL of the Bishops of Rome from his own time all the way back to Peter.

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Popes by eminent PROTESTANT historian J.N.D. Kelly, Peter is listed as the FIRST Bishop of Rome.

You accuse Catholics of “forgetting our Church history” – yet it is YOU who have forgotten YOURS.
Everything you accuse the Church if doing – killing those who didn’t agree – was done by YOUR Protestant Fathers as well.
There is PLENTY of blood on everybody’s hands because human beings tend to screw up the things of God before seeing the error of their ways.

As for “destroying many documents” to cover their tracks – I need for YOU to provide proof for that claim. It’s easy to make wild accusations – but it’s quite another thing to PROVE them..
 

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I SHOWED YOU THE TRUTH... NOW YOU WILL ... Take your Lot...
 

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You have no idea of... denomination thinking
There was a time I thougt I knew... You are a spitural child... just being born
I know a lot of denominational thinking

Most denominations differ in how they worship. Or some according to different doctrines they follow

but the fact is there is only three gospels that every denomination teaches..

the rest of the differences are inconsequential

if they got the right gospel. They are a true church of God

if not. They are to be anathema
 
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