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NASB | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:28 For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]. |
Subject: What separates Evangelicals, Catholics? |
Bible Note: Briang your whole position is based on Matthew 16:18 "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.” That position has been hotly debated throughout history and whether Jesus was establishing Peter as the Head of the church or not is something I don’t want to debate. For the sake of discussion let’s say Peter was installed as head. We then have to look at the facts as they occurred through out history. Succeeding popes have sold any right to that holy position for political or economic gain. The holiness of progression was lost, the line broken. It is no longer theirs to claim. From about 300AD until long after the reformation the Papacy was filled with thieves, cutthroats, and self absorbed egoist. Who extorted, defrauded, profiteered from their position. They wantonly condemned innocence infants to death, burnt, hung, strangled and raped in the name of the church. No clear thinking person can believe Christ had anything to do with that group of people. Or the line of men that have sat in that position were ordained of God. The line might have been established but the foulness of man broke it over 1700 years ago. |