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I think i was in a faith baptist church when I heard that Mary was not the mother of God because she's human, however, she is the mother of Jesus, hmm it's all confusing to me, because He is God and she is His mother, but I see in some sense that He is also the Son of man which interestingly could link son of mary son of God. yess, hmmmm...
I apologize to the OP for this off-topic, but I wanted to have a suspicion cleared up. The western christianity (except for the catholics and the protestants) NO LONGER worship Jesus Christ. This is a real tragedy!!! Not that a catholic woman pray with a rosary or whatever, but that people, unconsciously, don't worship Christ! This is apostasy!
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Dogmas and doctrines are proclaimed on what was always believed. What is made a doctrine at a particular date had been believed since the times of the apostles.
Not sure what this even means? Do you mean infallibility?
The Council of Trent reaffirmed what was already being taught. Keep in mind that for Catholics "Tradition" is the name for what the apostles taught, which was later written down in scripture.
Can you please explain that because that makes absolutely no sense to me?
That doesn't make sense to me. Confession existed from the early Church. Private confession, as opposed to public confession became more common in the 8th Ccentury. Transubstantiation is a metaphysical description for what occurs.
The belief in indulgences long precedes that. The coin in the coffers was created by Tetzel around 1500 and was outside of Catholic teaching.
Celibacy is not a doctrine or a dogma. Celibacy is a practice that is the norm in the western Catholic Church. Eastern Catholics have married priests. Catholics do not believe that celibacy is necessary for priesthood, however, it remains the norm in the west.
That's a rather odd year to pick and I wonder in what way this was proclaimed? Failure to go to Mass was considered a violation of the commandments.
Where and when is this?
Reread what I said and try again. Not "in other words", in my own words, I told you how I worship, through whom I worship, who I believe Jesus is (God), and how I worship and pray. Nothing unbliblical about what I wrote or how I go about worshiping or praying.
You do believe in the Trinity, I'm sure? 3 separate persons in one Godhead correct? You can attempt to twist anything I said, but everything I said is scriptural and aligns perfectly with the Trinity belief.
You do believe in the Trinity, I'm sure? 3 separate persons in one Godhead correct? You can attempt to twist anything I said, but everything I said is scriptural and aligns perfectly with the Trinity belief.
I believe They are separate but one. It's through Jesus that God revealed himself, so it's through Jesus we know God. Jesus is our conduit. This does not make him any less or more. It's through Jesus that the world was created. It's through Jesus the world will be judged. It's through Jesus we will be resurrected. It's through Jesus we pray. Guided by the Holy Spirit, and through Jesus, we know God the Father and have fellowship with GOD (as a whole). If it seemed like I diminished on anything, it was what I wrote being misinterpreted. Each of the 3 have separate functions, all being One absolute being.
This is my best understanding of the Trinity. It's a complicated subject for me, so I just go by what I read and understand, being careful in both directions to make sure I'm not doing something majorly wrong because I don't/can't fully understand it.
This is my best understanding of the Trinity. It's a complicated subject for me, so I just go by what I read and understand, being careful in both directions to make sure I'm not doing something majorly wrong because I don't/can't fully understand it.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
I guess these Saint has gotten caught by the Lamb for trying to run off with our prayers and the harp. Or maybe they were presenting the prayers to Christ. What I'm saying.......where did the Saint had came from since the dead are still dead? A Saint is a soul that had made it through the storm and received their crown and so which means that they were once humans. But I still can't understand why is they are running off with people's prayers? Maybe if I remove this log from my own eyes, then I'll be able to discern what the true meaning of this verse is really saying. And how can dead people buried their own dead. If I had died and be expecting another dead corpse to bury me, then I'll be waiting for eternally for that to happen.
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
I guess these Saint has gotten caught by the Lamb for trying to run off with our prayers and the harp. Or maybe they were presenting the prayers to Christ. What I'm saying.......where did the Saint had came from since the dead are still dead? A Saint is a soul that had made it through the storm and received their crown and so which means that they were once humans. But I still can't understand why is they are running off with people's prayers? Maybe if I remove this log from my own eyes, then I'll be able to discern what the true meaning of this verse is really saying. And how can dead people buried their own dead. If I had died and be expecting another dead corpse to bury me, then I'll be waiting for eternally for that to happen.