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NASB | 1 Corinthians 3:15 If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 3:15 But if any person's work is burned up [by the test], he will suffer the loss [of his reward]; yet he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has barely escaped] through fire. [Job 23:10] |
Subject: Why do they prey for the deads salvation |
Bible Note: Dear Brother Ed, Oh, I see! Yes, I agree. The intent of the Council of Trent was not to "make the Reformers mad" or to spite them. No, it was the means by which the Roman church could legally and definitively deal with Protestantism and Protestants. The very act of describing historic events necessitates the distillation of salient facts and a certain degree of interpretation regarding the intentions of the people involved. When we say, for example, that "Hitler was the cause of World War Two," we are making a true statement, although it may be an oversimplification. Interpreting the intents of the Council of Trent is a much easier in that we have the decrees themselves which state their intent. The Catholic Encyclopedia boils down all the rhetoric with "Its main object was the definitive determination of the doctrines of the Church in answer to the heresies of the Protestants." The decree states that it allowed the Church to "express their detestation of and anathematize all the heresies that have been condemned by the sacred canons and general councils, and especially by this same Synod." It seems to have dealt with every single traditional practice with which the Protestants took issue. So I agree, the intent was not to make anyone angry or insult them in some way. Excuse me for my lack of clarity. In Him, Doc PS I've lost count, but did you know the phrase "let him be anathema" appears about 200 times in the decree itself? http://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent/trentall.html |