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1 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Brian.g | 10051 | ||
With regard to Papal infalibilty, Peter was selected by Jesus as the head of His church, which is the Catholic church. Jesus trusted Peter's ability, his faith and his commitment and Jesus understood the magnitude of the task which lay ahead for Peter and his successors, all of whom are only men,and the path which Jesus himself had walked. Like the father of a family, the authority of the father is absolute. His wife and children may discuss and debate with him, but when the final decision of the father is made and that decision is truly made in the best interest of the family, then his decision must be accepted and followed. When the decision is made out of love and commitment to his family, then there will be no wrong decisions made, there will be no decisions which the family cannot accept. When the members of the Church debate, argue and criticize the decisions of the Pope, then the Church Jesus founded will be divided and seperated. We, as members of the Church, must humble ourselves to understand and believe that the man choosen as the successor to Peter is a good and honorable man committed to Gods law and that his decisions are made with the best interest of the Church, her members and in accordance with God's law. I assure you there is plenty of debate before the final decisions are made - which is acceptable. But, once the Pope makes his final decision, as Jesus empowered him to do, then we must humble ourselves to accept that decision, even if we disagree with it. When Jesus appointed Peter, Jesus told Peter that basicly, make your decisions in the best interest of Gods law and the church and right or wrong - God will support you. Mathew 16:18-19 18 ""I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 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.'' |
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2 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Norrie | 10354 | ||
I believe the key to the Kingdom is the revelation that Jesus is Lord. Peter realized that thru revelation knowledge, so do we. As far as papal infallibility, I was raised Catholic, went to Cath school, took religion religiously. :) Anyway, we were taught that the pope was infallible when he spoke from the chair of Peter, that maybe as a man, he might be thinking one thing but whenever he got up to speak in his papal capacity, that the Holy Spirit spoke thru him and that was why he was infallible. When they canonize saints, the pope speaks from the chair of Peter and therefore he's infallible. This about about the time Vatican II was taking place. Then they decided that St. Christopher was not a saint, that he never existed, was just a legend. After that, I got to wondering, some pope supposedly spoke from the chair but he was supposed to be infallible, not they are saying he was wrong, then the pope is not unfallible-they lied! Then I got to wondering what else they lied about. Then when I was in the 9th grade at a Cath Girls high school in religion class, we had a priest tell us that the Bible was just a book written to compete w/mythology, me and him got into it in class, continued it in the hall. I didn't actually ever read the Bible but I knew the Bible stories and he said they were just a fable. Thank God I started going to public school after that, but after a few years, I decided they were all hooey and left the church completely. Somebody said something about Chick being down on Catholics, after I finally got saved after years of complete rebellion, I read his stuff and believed every word he said about them because I was there, I had strict Cath. upbringing and I know what I was taught and Jesus Christ didn't have anything much to do with it. He was made to seem like some harsh guy who wouldn't listen to us mere mortals so you had to ask his mama to talk to him for you. Maybe there are some Cath churches that may actually teach salvation but I had no idea what it was but I knew church doctrine. I know there are some Catholics who are Christian but I believe the majority are not, mainly because they just haven't been told. They are still trying to get in by works and hoping not to die with a mortal sin, the big gamble. I know I tried talking to the old folks and parents in my family, tried to tell them the church is not the way, that Jesus is, but I really don't know if any of them really accepted that or not besides my Mama, the others are all gone and I have no idea whether I'll see any of them again. :( Daddy's first cousin is a priest and Mama had a great uncle in Czechoslavakia that was an archbishop so I'd say I had deep Catholic roots, we were in the church every time it opened, novenas, everything. On the days when we didn't have to go to school, I'd think oh boy, no mass today-Mama would wake us up and we'd go to early mass, this was an every day thing, rosaries at night-we were crammed! They all knew I was going to hell when I quit the church but I had enough, esp when I figured out the lies. |
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3 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Makarios | 10355 | ||
Hello Norrie! Thank you for sharing your testimony! I'm sorry to hear about your family situation. Do they really think that you are going to hell just because you are not a part of the Catholic Church? I can understand why you listened to Chick Publications here, I may have also after being involved in that.. Its great to have you here on the Forum! Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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4 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Norrie | 10361 | ||
Oh yeah, I remember my grandmother constantly praying for me to come back to the church. Never mind that I got saved and was trying to talk her into accepting Jesus as her Savior. None of them would listen, just kept saying I should come back to the church. About 7 yrs ago, I joined a Baptist church here. Mama started going with me, she'd go to her RCC church, then come home in time to leave to go to mine. I think that's when she started seeing the difference. She saw that we preached on Jesus and the Bible, where her church just talked. She said the clincher was that she was in the seniors group and they were always either going to FL to buy lottery tickets or going to Biloxi to the casinos. She said she told father that they shouldn't always be going to gambling places and he said why not, we're gambling on getting to heaven too. She said she thought if you don't know where you're going, why should I stay here and she left, joined my church, got baptized. She was a die-hard Catholic too, the one that forced it all on us. Praise God I know she's saved anyway! My older brother and his family are too but not my sister or younger brother. I'm glad I found this forum, you seem to be a regular source of info here-good job! |
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5 | What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? | Rom 3:28 | Makarios | 10364 | ||
Thanks Norrie! I appreciate the compliment! There are many others also who have done an excellent job in providing information here.. :) Take care, Nolan |
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