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1 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | flinkywood | 132309 | ||
Dalcent, "God uses physical matter imbued with spiritual realities as avenues of His grace." Just as His word became flesh? Colin |
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2 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132326 | ||
Of course! and the whole of creation is now exalted to a new glory by this unique event. And to be deliberately controversial I will cite God using (viz. imbuing mere matter with powerful spiritual reality) "relics": Elisha's bones to raise a corpse (2 Kgs 13:20-21) Elijah's mantle to divide water (2 Kgs 2:14) And Paul's clothing healing the sick (Acts 19:11f). |
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3 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | flinkywood | 132342 | ||
Dalcent, thank you. Also, regarding the thief on the cross and Jesus' promise to him, "...Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." (Luk 23:43), since John 20.17 indicates several days elapsed before Christ ascended to the Father, what Paradise is Jesus referring to? What is the Catholic teaching on this verse? Colin |
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4 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132413 | ||
Sorry, I don't know and would be equally interested in finding out! | ||||||
5 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | flinkywood | 132445 | ||
Dalcent, I Googled Catholic sources for Luke 23:43. Here’s what I found. http://www.catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp and, CCC: 1472: “..A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain." The NT indicates a third place, neither heaven nor hell, a place where Jesus went to preach the Gospel after the resurrection (1 Peter 4.6). Also, in the story of Lazarus and the poor man (Luke 16:19-31) Jesus describes “Abraham’s bosom” as a place far more congenial than where the rich man abides in agony. Scripture indicates Abraham’s bosom, not Heaven, as the Paradise where Jesus dined with the thief. Colin |
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6 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132463 | ||
Thanks Colin, I am not sure what I believe about purgatory. If it even exists! Ultimately I am a man with very Eastern Orthodox theology in a Catholic setting. Of course, the Eastern Church Fathers were part of the Catholic Church before the great schism. I'm certainly not a person who claims to know everything nor would I say I've formed my 'mature theology'. Regards Steve |
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7 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | flinkywood | 132485 | ||
Steve, Regarding "mature theology", me neither. Colin |
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