@BillArnoldTeach @Truth_matters20 The “you” are the Apostles to whom He was speaking.
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Christopher Fontenot
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@Truth_matters20 Then explain this:
Jesus didn’t say “announce forgiveness.”
He said:
“you forgive… you retain” (John 20:23)
Who is the “you”?
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Roman Catholics don't seem to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.
𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 ♱🇻🇦@BillArnoldTeach
Where do non-Catholics think they are getting absolution from their sins? 🤷♂️
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@BillArnoldTeach Did that Church have a pope? Nuns? Priests? Cardinals? Asking for a friend…
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@Christopherf6K Pentecost began the Church.
It did not begin thousands of competing interpretations.
The same Church born at Pentecost still has bishops, sacraments, and apostolic succession.
That is Catholicism.
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You called Catholicism “man-made tradition” until you realized your church started last Tuesday.
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@BillArnoldTeach If you read what I wrote, I didn’t exclude oral tradition. With only 3 other epistles in existence at that time, NT Scriptures was scarce. But that church was receiving both written and oral false teachings so Paul was exhorting them to stick with what the Apostles were teaching
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@Christopherf6K Paul did not say traditions written only.
He said traditions delivered by word or letter.
2 Thessalonians 2:15.
That excludes your theory.
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“Bible alone” isn’t in the Bible.
But “hold to traditions” is.
Strange doctrine for people who claim to follow Scripture.
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@CatholicDrip___ Peter walked on water at that time of the early Church during the Apostolic age. Paul & Peter raised the dead. Paul was bitten by a serpent and didn’t die. Peter and John healed the lame. Why don’t we see these as normative in the RCC? Not to mention Phillip’s vanishing.
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Relics aren’t superstition. They’re Scripture
Acts 19:12 handkerchiefs that touched Paul healed the sick
2 Kings 13:21 a man revived at Elisha’s bones
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@Vitus_osst I stand against all false teachings and the men who practice it. Their title has no weight in heaven nor on earth.
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@Catholic_bro Ever notice that the head of “Mary” is always above that of the depiction of Jesus? In Isaiah 6, the seraphim fly above the throne of God crying out the Holy, Holy, Holy…same as in this depiction of “Mary.” So to say Catholics don’t worship Mary is self delusion.
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Mary doesn’t replace Christ
she magnifies Him.
Lizzie Marbach@LizzieMarbach
This is just as blasphemous as the picture Trump posted. They put Mary in the place of Christ and give glory to her which is only due to Christ, just like Trump tried to do. They placed HER on the throne, and show HER crushing the serpent, despite Jesus being the one reigning and ruling, and crushing the serpents head. If you had a problem with Trumps meme(which I did) but are okay with this, then you need to reevaluate your beliefs.
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@BillArnoldTeach Also understand the context of the writing. The two epistles to the Church in Thessalonica were only the third newest writing of the NT.
James and Galatians were the only other NT Scriptures around so oral tradition of the Apostles was being passed on as was the few epistles.
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The same Bible Protestants quote
tells them to follow oral tradition.
So why don’t they?
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@BillArnoldTeach So who is the “us” in the verse to which you refer?
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@BillArnoldTeach “As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.”
1 John 2:27
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Protestantism:
“Just read the Bible.”
Reality:
Someone still decides what it means.
Who gave them that authority?
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@BillArnoldTeach This is what happens when someone is born again. God gives them a new heart of flesh to replace the heart of stone. That new heart has new desires to pursue holiness and to hate sin. The love & keeping of God’s Word is a mark of a true Christian. 1John 2:5-6
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@BillArnoldTeach 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1Corinthians 2:9-16
The Holy Spirit guides us in the truth.
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@BillArnoldTeach For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him?
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@BillArnoldTeach When the Gospel is preached, there are only two responses…belief or unbelief. When someone rejects the truth of the Gospel, we can say with confidence that their sins are not forgiven. If they believe, their sins are forgiven. Same with church discipline in Matt 18
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@Christopherf6K Correct.
God forgives sins.
So why did Christ give that authority to His apostles?
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Where do non-Catholics think they are getting absolution from their sins? 🤷♂️
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