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Dear huzzahjimmydiggs:
Do you say the Spirit proceeds from both the Father AND THE SON? Jesus Christ says the Spirit proceeds from THE FATHER (ALONE) (Cf. John 15:26). THE EOC teaches the same thing that John 15:26 teaches. It was over this one verse, and over the other one verse, Matthew 16:18, that Roman catholicism apostasized (fell away from the Christian faith) over papal jurisdiction (earthly power) and the procession of the Spirit.
What do you say if you're right, if you're a Protestant. You believe in "faith alone", "because Martin Luther says so." When asked why he was adding the word "alone" to St. Paul in Romans 3:28, Martin Luther said, "It is so. And I will have it so. And my will is reason enough. It is so because I, Dr. Martin Luther, say it is so." If you as a Protestant say "faith alone" for salvation, you are depending on the authority of Martin Luther, for Luther was the first one to insist on "faith alone" in the sixteenth century. Perhaps you don't believe in justification "by faith alone". If so, good. I don't want to say whether or not you agree with Luther. But if you're a Protestant, you do, as all Protestants are united in teaching "faith alone".
God bless you.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
Do you say the Spirit proceeds from both the Father AND THE SON? Jesus Christ says the Spirit proceeds from THE FATHER (ALONE) (Cf. John 15:26). THE EOC teaches the same thing that John 15:26 teaches. It was over this one verse, and over the other one verse, Matthew 16:18, that Roman catholicism apostasized (fell away from the Christian faith) over papal jurisdiction (earthly power) and the procession of the Spirit.
What do you say if you're right, if you're a Protestant. You believe in "faith alone", "because Martin Luther says so." When asked why he was adding the word "alone" to St. Paul in Romans 3:28, Martin Luther said, "It is so. And I will have it so. And my will is reason enough. It is so because I, Dr. Martin Luther, say it is so." If you as a Protestant say "faith alone" for salvation, you are depending on the authority of Martin Luther, for Luther was the first one to insist on "faith alone" in the sixteenth century. Perhaps you don't believe in justification "by faith alone". If so, good. I don't want to say whether or not you agree with Luther. But if you're a Protestant, you do, as all Protestants are united in teaching "faith alone".
God bless you.
In Erie PA Scott R. Harrington
Dear filioquescott:
It seems like the only thing you talk about, is the Filioque. Is that how you are at home too?
In Cape Girardeau MO Dustin T. Schlatter