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• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 5:22pm

  In reply to Paulzy.

  I just double checked my Bible to my surprise it says:
  “Call no man father except for God the Father and Paulzy’s Dad”

  No wonder there are 5 new Christian churches formed every day.

  BTW the entire passage says:
  Matthew 23:8-10
  8 But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ.

  That would by rule make sinful to call anyone: teacher, doctor, master, leader…

  Context matters people.
  An English professor wrote these words on a chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly:
  “A woman without her man is nothing”

  All the men in the class punctuated it as: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”

  And the women: “A woman: without her, man is nothing.”

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 4:00pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  Firearm
  If I were not a Catholic and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hates. My reason for doing this would be that if Christ is in any one of the churches of the world today, he must still be hated as he was when he was on earth in the flesh.
  Look for the Church which is accused of being behind the times as our Lord was accused of being ignorant and never having learned.
  Look for the Church which men sneer at as socially inferior as they sneered at our Lord because he came from Nazareth.
  Look for the Church which is accused of having a devil as our Lord was accused of being possessed by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.
  Look for the Church which, in seasons of bigotry, men say must be destroyed in the name of God as men crucified Christ and thought they had done a service to God.
  Look for the Church which the world rejects because it claims it is infallible as Pilate rejected Christ because he called himself the Truth.
  Look for the Church which is rejected by the world as our Lord was rejected by men.

  If the Church is unpopular with the spirit of the world then it is unworldly, and if it is unworldly it is other-worldly. Since it is other-worldly it is infinitely loved and infinitely hated as was Christ himself.
  Bishop Fulton Sheen (now, he had a way with words)

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:42pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  A unique thing about the throne from the line of David is the relationship of the King and Queen…

  The Queen is the Mother. Psalm 45:9, 1 Kings 2:17-20, 2 Chron 15:16, 2 Chron 22:10, Jeremiah 29:2

  But wait there’s more…
  The Old Testament also condemns venerating the false queen of heaven mentioned in Jeremiah, but we should honor the Mother, the True Queen and ask her intercession just as was done in the OT.
  “Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right. Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me and the king said to her, Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you” 1 Kings 2:17-19

  The Queen is not only the Mother, but she is also an advocate of the people. That is why at the wedding feast it was not even Jesus’ hour, but he did not refuse the woman.

  Jesus loves his mother, why don’t you?

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:38pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  God is the one who singled Mary out for the unique role in salvation that she has. She did not seek out such distinction. It is important to remember the high praise Jesus lavished on St. John the Baptist. Yet his mission was not nearly as exalted as Mary’s. Jesus worked his first miracle at her request. All she needed to say was: “They have no wine.” He understood exactly what she wanted. He could have taken care of the matter on his own. But he chose to have his mother’s intercession be a part of the mix. The miracle wasn’t any less significant because of her part in it. On the contrary, she shows us how accessible he is to our needs. To truly appreciate Mary is to appreciate her Son all the more.
  There is one mediator between God and men, True. Mary is not between God and man. She is a beacon that shines the way to her Son, the man Jesus. Your own church teaches Jesus was both God and Man correct? When you ask others to pray for you (friend, family…) you are placing them between you and God.

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:37pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  The Marian doctrine in which various titles are given to her, such as co-redemptrix, mediatrix, obviously have confused you. It will help if you understand what the Church means by such doctrines and what it does not mean. First, the Church recognizes that Jesus in the ultimate sense is our only redeemer—plain and simple. Only God could make up for an offense against his divinity. When Jesus, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, became man, he used the services of several human beings. he used prophets, the last of whom was his cousin, John the Baptist. He used St. Joseph as his foster father to protect him and to be a father to him in his formative years. Most of all, he used Mary as his mother who gave birth to him, nursed him, and nurtured him as a child. All of these people cooperated with him and his mission of salvation. He alone was the redeemer in the ultimate sense, but they cooperated with him in his work of redemption. In varying degrees they all could be called co-redeemers because of such cooperation. But because of her unique role and the degree of her cooperation, Mary is singled out. In all of humanity, God singled her out for a truly sublime role. Nursing Almighty God at her breast is beyond our ability to fully appreciate. Yet thousands of Christians since the Protestant reformation have completely ignored such sublimity.

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:16pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  1st Timothy 4:1, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.”

  40,000+ “Christian Churches” in the world today, an average of 5 new ones each day.

  You claim the church was taken over in 538, then you are calling Jesus a liar.

  Matthew 16:18 “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:07pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  St. Ignatius, the second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of the beloved Disciple John was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. A holy man who was deeply loved by the Christian faithful, he always made it his special care to defend “orthodoxy” (right teaching) and “orthopraxy” (right practice) among the early Christians.
  In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced to death because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. He was taken under guard to Rome where he was to be brutally devoured by wild beasts in a public spectacle. During his journey, his travels took him through Asia Minor and Greece. He made good use of the time by writing seven letters of encouragement, instruction and inspiration to the Christians in those communities. We still have these letters as a great treasure of the Church today.
  It was Bishop Ignatius who first used the term “catholic” to describe the whole Church. His letters connect us to the early Church and the unbroken, clear teaching of the Apostles which was given to them directly by Jesus Christ.
  AD 538 and the Justinian decree are you serious? Go back to your SDA church and learn more lies.
  “The Roman Church worships Mary”…Lie
  “Mary was the mother of Jesus, she is not the mother of God”…Lie
  “Roman Church denies the Bible and Jesus Christ when they think tradition is better”…Lie
  Read the truth about her,

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 2:07pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  AlwysReady
  You are the one being deceived.
  Jesus chose 12 men to be his Apostles.
  For approximately 3 years he taught and groomed these men.
  He taught them in more detail than when He spoke to the public.
  Not everything Jesus told them was recorded.
  He told Peter he wanted to build a church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it.
  He gave Peter the “keys to the Kingdom”.
  He gave Peter and the remaining Apostles the power to bind and to loose.
  After His death and resurrection, Jesus appeared to hundreds of people but mostly to the Apostles.
  The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, opened their minds and gave them courage.
  As Jesus had instructed them, they went out and preached.
  He said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
  The Catholic Church is the only Christian Church in existence today that can trace an unbroken lineage to these men and the Church Jesus promised.
  1 Christian church from 1st century to 431 (first schism – Assyrian Church), 451 (Oriental Orthodox)
  Then nothing for 600 years. 11th Century saw the Eastern Orthodoxy split
  From year 1 of Christianity and the following 1,500 years you had 4 Christian Churches in the world.
  In the 500 or so years since the “reformation” you now have 40,000 + Christian Churches.

• Here’s What Pope Francis Did When Pilgrims Gave Him Doves in Front of a Live Audience

  May 15, 2013 at 12:06pm

  In reply to Christian-Vanguard.

  AlwysReady
  You couldn’t be more misinformed. Your ignorance of Catholic teaching and Revelations is staggering.
  Your heart is consumed with judgmental hate.
  There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church—which is, of course, quite a different thing. … As a matter of fact, if we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which were said against the Church, we probably would hate the Church a thousand times more than they do.

  Ashes
  You know nothing about the Catholic Church.
  Your stance on 911 being an inside job is laughable. (Al-Kida was an invention of the US Government. Bin-Laden couldn’t be rich, look how he dressed, police can’t get a promotion unless they say they hate George Washington, We take our shoes off at the airport, because they are teaching us to bow to the king)
  Just like your stance on the Catholic Church – All accusation, no proof.

  Christian-Vanguard
  Try reading a book not written by Chick Publication.
  It’s better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you’re stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

• Is a Religious Revival on the Horizon in England?

  May 13, 2013 at 4:29pm

  In reply to Jezreel.

  Rapture

  Do yourself a favor. Talk to anyone from outside the United States about the “Rapture”
  unless you think the rapture is not a world wide event.

  For a teaching to be the truth, should if be a universal truth?