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1 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10066 | ||
Each of us has made decisions, which, to an outsider may look as though we made a mistake in judgement. When others fully understand the circumstances by which our decisions were made, the decisions may seem more justifiable. We cannot judge the quality of the decisions made over the past 2,000 years. The Church was living and surviving in a different world than it lives in today. At times, the Church was fighting many battles and different battles, that can't even be imagined today. We must have enough faith in God that God was keeping an eye on things and if He felt things were getting to far out of hand, that He would step in - as He has done in the past. Jesus did warn that the victories of the Pope and the Church would be victories for God and the losses suffered by the Church would also be the losses of heaven. 19 ""I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.'' I think Jesus knew what he was doing when made Peter the first in the line of Popes. |
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2 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | EdB | 10099 | ||
Briang Surely your not going to try to excuse what took place in the Catholic church as decisions that may look bad from our view point but were in fact right. Many Popes used his office to garner wealth, power while they sunk into depravity and debauchery, keeping harlots and maintaining a drunken stupor. Beside at one point in the Catholic church there were two Bishops of equal power one the Bishop of Rome and the other the Bishop of Constantinople. Through some political intrigue the Bishop of Rome declared himself the head of the church at which point the Catholic church split. How do you know the Bishop of Rome was the correct successor and not the Bishop of Constantinople? Shortly after this a pope was appointed by King of Spain who held no other consideration than to strengthen his political position. There is no way you convince a reasonable person the papal succession has been under the guidance of the Lord. Not with the murder, thievery, debauchery that has been involved. |
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3 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | EdB | 10103 | ||
Briang After rereading my responses to your question I realized I came down with both feet. For that I apologize to you and to anyone one else that I might have offended with my responses to your question on the Pope. Not to excuse my action but to explain them I can understand and appreciate much of Catholicism except their stance on the Holiness of the Pope and His infallibility. To me that doctrine contains no logic, can not be Biblically supported, and in the light of recorded history it is repugnant. However I do hold a great love for Catholics (I married one though she has since left the Catholic church) and I expect I will see a few in heaven. :-) Please forgive my outburst, I had no justification to respond as I did. |
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