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1 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | New Creature | 132529 | ||
Dalcent; you stated; "The Catholic interpretation is cast in stone" and, "This nonsense about the Christian as a man alone, his own pope pontificating on his personal interpretations of Scripture, while claiming to possess divine truth comes not from the apostolic faith. Christianity is not meant to be a multitude of individuals, as numerous as sands of the seashore." My thoughts; Has the Catholic interpretation always been "cast in stone" and infaliable? If so then why, at one time did the Popish church believe in the selling of "indulgences" and the matyrdom of those who desired to have the Bible printed in the common language of the people? Is it not accurate to say that because of such things, that the Popish church is itself responsible for the Reformation that took place, and the lack of trust in the ability of the Popish church to properly interpret Scripture? Wasn't it only when Martin Luther looked into Scripture for himself that he was able to Scripturally determine the errors of Popish teachings. When the church departed from Scriptural truth, such individuals had to part from such teachings. My point is; If the church was not totally reliable in it's interpretation in the past, how can we be so sure that it's interpretation is absolutely correct in our time? New Creature |
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2 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132533 | ||
'When the church departed from Scriptural truth, such individuals HAD to part from such teachings' is completely false. What about reforming, mending and healing from within. You would do this in a marriage wouldn't you? Never walk away! The bankruptcy of Martin Luther's position can be seen in his German Bible translation adding "alone" to the word faith in Romans 3:28. The phrase "faith alone" appears nowhere in the Bible except James 2:24. Would you TRUST a man who infamously mistranslated his Bible. A man who wrote a book called 'On the Jews and their Lies (1542), and who drowned Anabaptists because they 'wanted to be baptised full immersion as adults.' The Church opposed corrupted Protestant versions of the Bible only, i.e. like the above. If you want to read about history in 'comic-land' then that's your business. If you decide to get 'deep in history' as Newman wrote you just might 'cease to be Protestant.' At least you will be informed. There are loads of history books by non-Catholics on the true history of Christianity. I would recommended reading the ultimate collection on Church history by Jaroslav Pelikan (Lutheran later Orthodox) starting with The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (The Christian Tradition : a History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol 1). There are 5 volumes covering 2,000 years of Christian history. The distinguished academic and historian Jack Chick has a catalogue that you could send off for too(only joking). Calling the Catholic Church the Popish church is kindergarden. Luther's legacy is tragic. The national Churches in Europe hold about 2 percent of their populations. The Catholic nations have huge proportions of their people strong in faith and crowding the Churches every Sunday. The Cathedrals of the historic Protestant denominations in Europe are nearly empty: museum pieces. Catholicism has chronic vigour. Lutherism didn't. Regards Dalcent |
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3 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132534 | ||
If you want to talk martyrs maybe you should read about the 350 who were martyred for the Catholic faith, near to where I write. http://www.tyburnconvent.org.uk/martyrs/martyrs_main.html |
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4 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | New Creature | 132540 | ||
Are you attempting to say that the Catholic history of selling indulgences is myth? Why then did Martin Luther and other individuals who were once part of the Cathloic faith themselves, report and personally obsrerve them? Was Luther and other respected men making all that up? Why did Luther risk his life, if that was untrue? Who is historically being lied to? Who has the most to gain or lose by lying? |
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5 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132541 | ||
I don't believe the selling of indulgences proves the Catholic Church needed to be abandoned. Corruption occurs in every Church. It was wrong: it isn't denied; the selling of indulgences is extinct. Luther drowned Anabaptists and that is history too. I'm fairly sure that all would benefit by reading Church history. There is a lot to be learned from 313AD - 1517AD. The pre-Nicene period is a goldmine too. One hefty book by practically any decent historian will broaden minds. I visited an evangelical bookshop this year, I found thousands of lightweight books by Christians, many academic books on Greek, concordances etc. but nothing on Church history. I found the label but there was nothing; this really is ignorance. Dalcent |
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6 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | New Creature | 132544 | ||
Dalcent; The following two web-sites have alot of historical works. http://www.ccel.org/ http://www.torreys.org/bible/ Perhaps you are already familar with them New Creature |
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7 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132546 | ||
Thanks for this. I must admit I do most of my study from books as I get eye strain reading from the screen. However this is a very comprehensive collection! Dalcent |
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