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1 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | DocTrinsograce | 217155 | ||
By the way, Edd... I noticed that you asked this same question more than five years ago. Perhaps you should do some study of Biblical ecclesiology. Five years ought to have been plenty of time to do some reading, buddy. :-) | ||||||
2 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | Edd | 217258 | ||
Learning and teaching the truth about the gospel of Jesus Christ is a lifetime journey. Therefore, asking the same question 5 years ago barely scratches the surface as it pertains to a 2,000 years old gospel and a lifetime mission for God's saved people. Just working it out,Peace and love to you Doc. | ||||||
3 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | DocTrinsograce | 217259 | ||
Hi, Edd... The question wasn't about the gospel. The question was, "Do Catholic Consider themselves Christian or the Catholic Church?" I believe that the answer from Angel in 2004 was yes. If the RCC changes this position, it is unlikely that we would fail to hear about it. Although five years later, certainly we may still answer yes. Indeed, I think it is safe to assume that that answer will be the same five years hence. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | Edd | 217276 | ||
Oh well Doc: all the Catholics people I had an opportunity to converse with over the past 5 years wanted to be addressed as Catholic not Christian. I once asked a nun in a meeting; are Catholics Christian? She was offended and stated we are Catholic! That was the end of the conversation, but I assumed Catholic were not Protestant. I thought someone out there might have a little more insight than you reading something I wrote 5 years ago and attacking like the accuser of the brethren. By the way, Are you Catholic Doc? |
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5 | Are Catholic members consider Christian? | Heb 12:23 | DocTrinsograce | 217305 | ||
Hi, Edd... Very well. Thank you for shifting back to the original question. I understand what you are saying. May I suggest, that in the future, you might actually tell us that your objective was to resurface in other thoughts from a prior question. The problem is that we get a lot of people who can't seem to do much else than ask the same question over and over. It leaves one to wonder if there is an unstated agenda at work. Posting to Krowland recently I said, "Remember how the Apostles Creed states, 'One holy catholic church?' This speaks to a unity, sanctity, and universality of the called-out ones. This is the Temple made without hands, built upon the teaching of the apostles and the prophets, of which Christ is the cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20-22), of which all individual believers are living stones (1 Peter 2:3-10)." The word catholic simply means "universal" (from the Latin "cahtholicus"). My pastor pointed out recently that he understood this word in the Apostle's Creed to mean that the church was fundamentally missional in nature. As I thought about it, I realized that what he was suggesting made sense. We take the gospel to the world -- all tongues and nations (the ethnoi) -- because we understand that the elect are universally found. When a member of the Roman Catholic Church use the word "catholic" they are speaking of the organization headquartered in the Vatican. They see no distinction between it and the Temple of which I mentioned above. It is the Romanists themselves who have promulgated the notion that Protestant is the opposite of Catholic. You asked, "Are you Catholic Doc?" (sic) In the sense in which you are asking it, the answer would be: No, I am not. In Romanist thinking and by decree I am utterly lost (see post #216596). In the sense in which I speak of the invisible church above, the answer would be: Yes, I am. However, for distinction, we would use the adjective catholic rather than the proper noun Catholic. More specifically, I am an Historic Baptist (see my profile). Thank you for clarifying your questions. I hope that my comments will have proven of some benefit. In Him, Doc |
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