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3161 | Do any false pretenses allow allumnet? | Matt 19:12 | Emmaus | 56118 | ||
Searcher, Good question. I am not a secular or canon lawyer but I have some real practical working knowledge of both areas and particularly in the area of contract law because it is large part of the insurance claims buisness in which I am employed. Contracts that are entered into fraudulently or without the ability to fulfill the obligations of the contract are never real contracts and therefore null and void. A declaration of nullity is merely the legal statement of the fact that the contract was null and not a legal contract. Regarding marriage, there are a number of such impediments. Most common are impotence, mental incompetence, one party is already married, lack of lawful age to engage in a contract, coercion or lack of free consent, i.e. "shotgun marriages", contracting marriage without the intent or with known inability to have children without the other party being informed. Inability to have children on the part of one party or the other that was unknown and discovered only after the marriage is not a grounds for annulment. Can any true contact be based on false pretenses (a lie or lies)pertaining to the basic elements of the contract? Emmaus |
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3162 | can wife divorce a born eunuch? | Matt 19:12 | Emmaus | 55960 | ||
This is likely a cause for annulment since the marriage contract was entered under false pretenses (if the man concealed his condition from the woman)and the marriage can not be consumated. | ||||||
3163 | Any verses about praying for the dead? | 2 Cor 6:2 | Emmaus | 55808 | ||
Suzy, The answer to your question depends on whose bible your are using. Catholic bibles contain two books of Macabees which were part of the Greek translation of the Old Testament used from the earliest days of the Church. There you find this passage: 2 Macabees 12:38-46 "Judas rallied his army and went to the city of Adullam. As the week was ending, they purified themselves according to custom and kept the sabbath there. On the following day, since the task had now become urgent, Judas and his men went to gather up the bodies of the slain and bury them with their kinsmen in their ancestral tombs. But under the tunic of each of the dead they found amulets sacred to the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. So it was clear to all that this was why these men had been slain. They all therefore praised the ways of the Lord, the just judge who brings to light the things that are hidden. Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin." There is also the question of the unsaved boy. How can anyone but God know if he was saved or unsaved. Prayers for the dead cannot save the souls of the lost or damed. They can strengthen and encourage the souls of the just or saved dead undergoing the final purification from any last vestiges of sin. However, your question dis not involve Purgatory. It can be documented by the early writings of the Church Fathers that prayer for the dead was a common Chritian practice from the early days of the Church. And 2 Macabees shows that it was also a practice of the Jews prior to the coming of Jesus. Emmaus |
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3164 | where do you find permissive will of God | Rom 12:2 | Emmaus | 55714 | ||
teragram123, I hope this will be of help to you. "The Relatioship of Divine Will to Evil a) Physical Evil God does not (per se) allow phyasical evil, for example, suffering, illness, death, that is, not for the sake of the evil or as an aim....However, God wills physical evil, natural evil as well as punitive evil, per accidens, that is, as a means to a higher end of physical order ( for example, for the aquisition of a higher life), or of the moral order (for example, for punishment and for moral enlightenment). b) Moral Evil Moral evil,that is, sin, which according to its nature is a revolt against God, is willed by God neither per se nor per accidens, that is, neither as an end nor as a means to an end.... Psalm 5:5 "Thou art not a God that wills iniquity." God simply permits sin because He has consideration for man's freedom and because He posseses the wisdom and the power to cause good to arise from evil, Gen 50:20."You thought evil against me, but God turned it into good." In the final end, moral evil will serve the supreme aim of the world, the glorification of God, in as much as it reveals his mercy in forgiving and his justice in punishing." from Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott, p 45-46. |
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3165 | isaiah 65:20 ? | Isaiah | Emmaus | 55700 | ||
Dan, This passage of Is starting with Is 63:17 is referenced in Revelation 21:1-4. I think the response by justme is on track. Emmaus |
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3166 | Do you know of any churches setup like t | Eph 2:8 | Emmaus | 55607 | ||
The Bible is Right, May I suggest you investigate the Catholic Church. It is I know a shocking suggestion in this venue, but one I believe worthy of your consideration among any others that may be put forth. You have been asking a series of very basic and very important questions that all come down to authority. To whom and to what did Jesus impart his authority? The answer is not inconsequential. Good bless you in your search for answers to your questions. Emmaus |
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3167 | Spirit of Adoption/ God as Father | Rom 8:15 | Emmaus | 55359 | ||
imallforgod, Mine is a late response to your original post and it may not relate directly to the specific task on which you are working. I thought based on one of your comments you might find this book of interest. It is "Faith of the Fatherless" by Paul Vitz, a professor of Psychology at Boston College. You can find it at Amazon.com. It deals with the effect and consequences of absent or abusive fathers on the ability of their children to relate to God as Father and how it leads many to atheism. One of the chapters is titled "The Psychologies of Unbelief." It is filled with the examples of real historical well know and influential people. Emmaus |
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3168 | Was it complete? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 54405 | ||
Hank, I saw the accusation and its context and thought it so preposterous that it was unworthy of a response, although you immediately dusted him off quite easily. Perhap I was remiss in not responding myself since you have come to my defense on numerous occasions. This forum really does need your wit and humor to balance the other sometimes absurd postings. I have become much more selective about which posts I respond to an even then I often regret taking some of the bait thrown out. I think it might sometimes be better to let much of the nonsense posted sink to the bottom without acknowledgement. However, passive resistance does not seems to be the preferred mode of defense here. So I salute you the Happy Warrior, Joe the Razor of the Reformation, Tim the Titan Moran and all the other defenders of clear thinking on this forum. Though we may on occassion nick one another in the chaos of battle you usually slay with humor. Emmaus |
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3169 | touching Jesus' body post-resurrection | John 20:17 | Emmaus | 54347 | ||
Plinsky, Jesus is discouraging Mary from "clinging" to his physical prescence because He knows He must ascend to the Father and his throne in his glorified state. He is saying do not cling to me with the idea that I am rsien and will be staying here with in this form. "The condition of Christ's risen humanity By means of touch and the sharing of a meal, the risen Jesus establishes direct contact with his disciples. He invites them in this way to recognize that he is not a ghost and above all to verify that the risen body in which he appears to them is the same body that had been tortured and crucified, for it still bears the traces of his Passion.(Lk 24:30, 39-40, 41-43; Jn 20:20, 27;21:9, 13-15) Yet at the same time this authentic, real body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: not limited by space and time but able to be present how and when he wills; for Christ's humanity can no longer be confined to earth, and belongs henceforth only to the Father's divine realm.(Mt 28:9, 16-17; Lk 24:15,36; Jn 20:14, 17, 19,26; 21:4.) For this reason too the risen Jesus enjoys the sovereign freedom of appearing as he wishes: in the guise of a gardener or in other forms familiar to his disciples, precisely to awaken their faith. (Mk 16:12; Jn 20:14-16; 21;4,7) Christ's Resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter: Jairus' daughter, the young man of Naim, Lazarus. These actions were miraculous events, but the persons miraculously raised returned by Jesus' power to ordinary earthly life. At some particular moment they would die again. Christ's Resurrection is essentially different. In his risen body he passes from the state of death to another life beyond time and space. At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".(1 Cor 15:35-50)" The Catechism Emmaus |
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3170 | Money stole from illegal establishment? | Ex 22:9 | Emmaus | 54324 | ||
Ammi, My answer is this. If he intends to make restitution in this case he should do it very carefully and completely anonymously or his life may be in danger. You are not talking about the YMCA here and absolution is not likely to be forthcoming from the criminals to whom he is making restitution. If every there was a time to "be as wise a serpent and as innocent as a dove" this would be one. Just a little practical advice from someone who has worked the mean streets as a cop and who had friends that I grew up with do hard time. Emmaus |
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3171 | Are you asking about a mystical body | Eph 5:25 | Emmaus | 54323 | ||
Andes, I answered your question, but you completely ignored my question requesting a definition of "body." What a waste of time and space. But you did finally succeed in stirring up your hornets nest. Emmaus |
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3172 | Are you asking about a mystical body | Eph 5:25 | Emmaus | 54284 | ||
Andes, "How would you respond to ... Ezek 1:26-28 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking. NKJV Do Angels have a body?" I would say Ezekiel had a vision shared by St. John in Rev. 4:2, 8 and Is. 6:1. I would also say that God in essential nature is pure spirit as are angels. But visons of God are anthropomorphic in nature. I would also say that the person God the Son took on a human nature that was not the essence of his eternal divine nature and that he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven with a glorified body. Angels as demonstrated in scripture in numerous places can also take on human form in order to achieve their mission, but their essential nature is pure spirit. How exactly would you define body in the context of this discussion? Emmaus |
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3173 | Are you asking about a mystical body | Eph 5:25 | Emmaus | 54138 | ||
Andes, Thank you for your self restraint. Are you perhaps asking if God has a body as in "body of Christ" or the "mystical" body of Christ, rather than a "spiritual body"? That mystical "body of Christ" being the Church and her members who are the instuments of God's presence in the world ministering to one another and the rest of the world. Emmaus |
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3174 | should you pray to god or jesus/ | Rom 10:13 | Emmaus | 54130 | ||
Glad, I presume you mean should we pray to the Father or Jesus, rather than "should we pray to God or Jesus", since Jesus is God. Allow me to offer this article which addresses the question you have pose. "Prayer to the Father 2664 There is no other way of Christian prayer than Christ. Whether our prayer is communal or personal, vocal or interior, it has access to the Father only if we pray "in the name" of Jesus. The sacred humanity of Jesus is therefore the way by which the Holy Spirit teaches us to pray to God our Father. Prayer to Jesus 2665 The prayer of the Church, nourished by the Word of God and the celebration of the liturgy, teaches us to pray to the Lord Jesus. Even though her prayer is addressed above all to the Father, it includes in all the liturgical traditions forms of prayer addressed to Christ. Certain psalms, given their use in the Prayer of the Church, and the New Testament place on our lips and engrave in our hearts prayer to Christ in the form of invocations: Son of God, Word of God, Lord, Savior, Lamb of God, King, Beloved Son, Son of the Virgin, Good Shepherd, our Life, our Light, our Hope, our Resurrection, Friend of mankind.... 2666 But the one name that contains everything is the one that the Son of God received in his incarnation: JESUS. The divine name may not be spoken by human lips, but by assuming our humanity The Word of God hands it over to us and we can invoke it: "Jesus," "YHWH saves."[16] The name "Jesus" contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation. To pray "Jesus" is to invoke him and to call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies. Jesus is the Risen One, and whoever invokes the name of Jesus is welcoming the Son of God who loved him and who gave himself up for him.[17] 2667 This simple invocation of faith developed in the tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the invocation, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners." It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and the blind men begging for light.[18] By it the heart is opened to human wretchedness and the Savior's mercy. 2668 The invocation of the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. When the holy name is repeated often by a humbly attentive heart, the prayer is not lost by heaping up empty phrases,[19] but holds fast to the word and "brings forth fruit with patience."[20] This prayer is possible "at all times" because it is not one occupation among others but the only occupation: that of loving God, which animates and transfigures every action in Christ Jesus. 2669 The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to be pierced by our sins. Christian prayer loves to follow the way of the cross in the Savior's steps. The stations from the Praetorium to Golgotha and the tomb trace the way of Jesus, who by his holy Cross has redeemed the world. "Come, Holy Spirit" 2670 "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except by the Holy Spirit."[21] Every time we begin to pray to Jesus it is the Holy Spirit who draws us on the way of prayer by his prevenient grace. Since he teaches us to pray by recalling Christ, how could we not pray to the Spirit too? That is why the Church invites us to call upon the Holy Spirit every day, especially at the beginning and the end of every important action. If the Spirit should not be worshiped, how can he divinize me through Baptism? If he should be worshiped, should he not be the object of adoration?[22] 2671 The traditional form of petition to the Holy Spirit is to invoke the Father through Christ our Lord to give us the Consoler Spirit.[23] Jesus insists on this petition to be made in his name at the very moment when he promises the gift of the Spirit of Truth.[24] But the simplest and most direct prayer is also traditional, "Come, Holy Spirit," and every liturgical tradition has developed it in antiphons and hymns. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.[25] Heavenly King, Consoler Spirit, Spirit of Truth, present everywhere and filling all things, treasure of all good and source of all life, come dwell in us, cleanse and save us, you who are All Good.[26] 2672 The Holy Spirit, whose anointing permeates our whole being, is the interior Master of Christian prayer. He is the artisan of the living tradition of prayer. To be sure, there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with all. It is in the communion of the Holy Spirit that Christian prayer is prayer in the Church. " The Catechism Emmaus |
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3175 | Does God have a spiritual body? | Eph 5:25 | Emmaus | 54125 | ||
Andes Isn't "spiritual body" an oxymoron? Emmaus |
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3176 | rock foundation | Matt 7:24 | Emmaus | 53860 | ||
McGracer, Sorry to so slow in my response. I was working today and then after composing a response it was lost before being saved when a thunderstorm came up and shut down my computer with a power outage. In hindsight it is apparent that my use of "Bull!" was imprudent and inflamatory and for this I apologize to Andes and the other members of the forum. Would you believe I chose that word after discarding several other words that I felt too harsh. I should have searched longer and used my Thesaurus. I obviously have not yet attained the literary heights of Hank who is able to express stong opinions with gentle words. However, I stand by my stated opinion, that the Gospels have primacy over all other parts of scripture, which I believe you have misunderstood. If ignorance is the strongest charge brought against me when I stand before my Maker I will feel truly blessed. Another member of the forum whom I highly esteem has in a heated moment accused me of much worse and our online forum relationship has survived. Allow me to re-state my position, hopefully with more temperance amd clarity. To say that the Gospels have primacy over all other scripture is not to deny that other scripture is the inspired word of God. On the contrary the very phrasing implies and acknowledges the other portions of scripture as part of God's inspired revelation. It does, however, say that the Gospels are preeminent and all others scripture is fully understood only in relation to the Gospels. Therefore, I think it folly to suggest that "The Letters Rom-Jud are what we should be studying the most", their larger relative amount of print notwithstanding. Without the Gospels St. Paul and the other Apostles have nothing to build or elaborate upon and the inspired writings of the prophets are not fulfilled. The Gospels are the keystone at the top and center of the arch of scripture which holds all other scripture in its proper place.Without the Gospels the arch collapses (I realize this is an imperfect analogy)because it looses it center of focus and unity. How often have I heard the question: "Where should I start reading the bible?" and heard the answer, "with the Gospel of John." Never have I heard the answer, "Romans" or any other Epistle, which can be fully understood only in the context of the Gospel. The Christian in order to become ever more like Christ must be saturated in the Gospels until they ooze from the very pores of our body mind and spirit. It is in relation to the Gospels that all other inspired scripture is fully understood and illuminated. Thank you to everyone who has had a kind word to say on my behalf, especially Cyclist and Hank. Emmaus |
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3177 | rock foundation | Matt 7:24 | Emmaus | 53761 | ||
Andes, You said: "The Gospels are important, BUT The Letters Rom-Jud are what we should be studying the most. THEY TEACH US HOW TO DO THE SAYINGS OF JESUS UNDER OUR COVENANT" Bull! The Gospels have primacy over all other scripture for the Christian. If we had nothing but them they would be enough. God could raise up a thousand apostles, but there is only one Jesus Christ. Emmaus |
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3178 | Why have kids when... | Gen 1:22 | Emmaus | 53759 | ||
Andes, Let's review for a moment: Andes: "asked a Calvinist one time... "Do you have Kids?" He said "3". I said "Why would you have kids if God might choose one of them to go to hell?" Do you think a true calvinist would ever have kids, because what if God chose one of them for eternal damnation? Emmaus: "You may as well ask an Armenianist why they would have children if one of them might by free will choose etrnal damnation." Andes: "I believe that if you obey the word, and train up a child in the way he should go he will not depart from it. See what Paul told Timothy in 2 Tim 3:14-15." You seem to have gone beyond Calvin himself in your train of thought Andes, by extending the concept of Assurance of Salvation or "once saved, always saved" to a multi-generational assurance of "once saved, always saved and children once trained up always saved", thereby denying the very idea of free will for properly trained up children that you find lacking in the Calvinist. It does seem rather unlikely you can have your cake and eat it too in this line of reasoning. Emmaus |
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3179 | True church of God | John 14:6 | Emmaus | 53682 | ||
Faith, There is only one church which historically from the beginning claims to be the true church of God. That is the Catholic Church and its claim, though nuanced, is anathema to others. I would not presume to discuss such a question in this forum. Your question is as much historical as theological and might best be pursued along that line until you come to a conclusion on your own. Emmaus |
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3180 | Can one who commits suicide be saved? | Ex 20:13 | Emmaus | 53677 | ||
Andes, Some who commit suicide are mentally ill, not necessarily all. You are correct that God does not send a person to hell because they are sick. The particular circumstances may diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide. The ancient Catholic custom of refusing Christian burial to those who committed suicide was not a judgement on whether or not they were saved or sane. It was a judgement on the sin of despair and the teaching that we do not give ourselves life nor are we allowed to take our own life. We commanded to love God and love our neighbor as ourself. Suicide may also involve the sin of giving scandal. The refusal of Christian burial also has a practical purpose, which is to deter people from committing suicide. It is often if not always an effective deterent. Studies indicate that clinically depressed people with suicidal ideation who have been taught that suicide is a mortal sin which leads to damnation often do not follow through on their thoughts for that very reason. As for the deminished resposibility of the menatlly ill: it is for this reason some are now granted a Christian burial. And that does not even touch on the current issues of assisted suicide and the ever more popular "mercy killing -suicide" and murder-suicide. Emmaus |
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