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1 | Christians/Catholics same? | Rom 3:28 | brenda_L | 162104 | ||
Catholics believe in God, yes...but they also believe people need to keep the commandments and do good works to 'get to Heaven'. Scripture cleary says that we (those who put their faith in Jesus) are 'justified by faith apart from observing the law'. Romans 3:21 starts off with "21. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify." In the Old Testament the blood of animals was needed...and it was only a temporary solution. They needed to sacrafice constantly. But Jesus Died on the cross, shed HIS BLOOD for our sins...canceling the Old Testament part where animal's blood was needed. And this he only needed to do once...not over and over again. Jesus is THE LAMB of God. |
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2 | Christians/Catholics same? | Rom 3:28 | Emmaus | 162138 | ||
Brenda, "Catholics believe in God, yes...but they also believe people need to keep the commandments and do good works to 'get to Heaven'." I believe Prostestants call this the perseverence of the saints, that is, persevering in good works in Christ (Rom 2:2-8; Gal 5:4-6; Eph 2:8-10) and in the obedience of faith (Romans 1:5; 16:26). "Scripture cleary says that we (those who put their faith in Jesus) are 'justified by faith apart from observing the law'." The Catholic Church teaches in the Council of Trent: "CHAPTER I THE IMPOTENCY OF NATURE AND OF THE LAW TO JUSTIFY MAN "The holy council declares first, that for a correct and clear understanding of the doctrine of justification, it is necessary that each one recognize and confess that since all men had lost innocence in the prevarication of Adam, having become unclean, and, as the Apostle says, by nature children of wrath, as has been set forth in the decree on original sin, they were so far the servants of sin and under the power of the devil and of death, that not only the Gentiles by the force of nature, but not even the Jews by the very letter of the law of Moses, were able to be liberated or to rise therefrom, though free will, weakened as it was in its powers and downward bent, was by no means extinguished in them." and "CHAPTER VIII HOW THE GRATUITOUS JUSTIFICATION OF THE SINNER BY FAITH IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD "But when the Apostle says that man is justified by faith and freely, these words are to be understood in that sense in which the uninterrupted unanimity of the Catholic Church has held and expressed them, namely, that we are therefore said to be justified by faith, because faith is the beginning of human salvation, the foundation and root of all justification, without which it is impossible to please God and to come to the fellowship of His sons; and we are therefore said to be justified gratuitously, because none of those things that precede justification, whether faith or works, merit the grace of justification. "For, if by grace, it is not now by works, otherwise, as the Apostle says, grace is no more grace." http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/TRENT6.HTM "Romans 3:21 starts off with "21. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify." Earlier in Romans 1:5 Paul writes of the filial " obedience of faith" in contrast to the servile "works of the law" and writes of the same "obedience of faith" in wrapping up with Romans 16:26. The difference is in the relationship with God. Are we His free children or His slaves? Paul makes the same distinctions in Galatians 4:21-31. "In the Old Testament the blood of animals was needed...and it was only a temporary solution. They needed to sacrafice constantly. But Jesus Died on the cross, shed HIS BLOOD for our sins...canceling the Old Testament part where animal's blood was needed. And this he only needed to do once...not over and over again." And so the Catholic Church teaches in its Catechism: "1366 The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit: "[Christ], our Lord and God, was once and for all to offer himself to God the Father by his death on the altar of the cross, to accomplish there an everlasting redemption. But because his priesthood was not to end with his death, at the Last Supper "on the night when he was betrayed," [he wanted] to leave to his beloved spouse the Church a visible sacrifice (as the nature of man demands) by which the bloody sacrifice which he was to accomplish once for all on the cross would be re-presented, its memory perpetuated until the end of the world, and its salutary power be applied to the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit." http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a3.htm#V "Jesus is THE LAMB of God." Indeed He is THE LAMB of God as Catholics well know and profess each time they worship when they pray aloud in unison: "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us your peace." Emmaus |
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3 | Christians/Catholics same? | Rom 3:28 | brenda_L | 162141 | ||
Since I was raised Catholic, I am going by how I was brought up. We believed in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We believed Jesus died on the cross for us for our sins. But we were also told if you were a 'good' person you'd get into Heaven, and follow the 10 commandments. ALL those things would 'save you'. I'm just going by what I learned as a Catholic. Sad to say this, but I still have flash-backs of the nuns (it was terrible...the Catholic School). We sat in Church for 30 minutes, once a week...reciting things from a lil hym-type booklet. Never did we read the bible together, at church...or were explained things. Things were just read out to us. It was like a ritual. We sat, we stood, we knelt and stood again...we said Amen...we said the Our Father. And what was I thinking the entire time? I couldn't wait to get out of there and hang out with friends. But I did what was required of me...church once a week. And if we did anything wrong there was always confession, and the priest would forgive you. If it's stated somewhere that Catholics believe in salvation by faith ALONE, apart from works, I've never seen it or heard about it while I was a Catholic ..and it was definately never taught to us. Are you a Catholic? "Indeed He is THE LAMB of God as Catholics well know and profess each time they worship when they pray aloud in unison" I don't ever remember a time saying it and actually understanding it or meaning it. We just said what we were suppose to say, at the right time. |
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4 | Christians/Catholics same? | Rom 3:28 | Tim3:16 | 162173 | ||
No it is not stated anywhere, that they believe in salvation by faith alone. Because Catholics believe in salvation in faith plus works, and sacraments, and baptism. The other doctrines that opposes the beliefs of evangelical Christians is the doctrine of purgatory, praying to Mary, confessing to a priest, and the list goes on. 2Jo 1:9 Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. God Bless you in your faith and worship, Tim |
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