DatPolySciGuy

@Buzzsaws1990 According to the US Constitution, the magic number is 30k. "shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand,"

I'm considering joining team 'expand the House of Representatives' 1 representative per 75,000 people would expand the house to about 4500 members My county would elect ~7 Reps, and my corner might be the only R district potential downside, small states lose EV clout.

@SDSLLC_USA The canon wasnt invented/edited down later. The Church recognized the books it had already been proclaiming in liturgy/worship as apostolic. Other writings(e.g.1 Clement) werent hidden, they were preserved but not treated as Scripture. The canon reflects reception not suppression

If Biblical scholars hundreds of years after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ can decide which books of the Bible were "just made up" and removed them from the texts so that we can't learn from them, then how do we know that the entire Bible isn't "just made up"? It's a fair and honest question. Insults will not be tolerated, this is a post for discussion.

@JennyWakefiel12 “My burden is light” ≠ “no burden at all.” Jesus replaces the Pharisaical yoke with His own. Discipleship still involves repentance, obedience, and self-denial. Christ removes the burden that crushes, not the obedience that transforms.

Catholics will use lengthy word salads, redefinitions, twist scripture, and split hairs to deny their anti-biblical practices. Jesus’ yoke is easy, and His burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

@churchtalkative @billpostmus Peter being crucified upside down, John being boiled in oil, Luke being hung from a tree, Philip stoned to death, where is any of that in the Bible?

They skinned Matthew alive. They crucified Peter upside down. Boiled John in hot oil. Beheaded James with a sword. Hung Luke from an olive tree. Stoned Philip to death. None of the apostles died for a lie.

@prejoal @Xtopher_Uzo Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James 5:14-15

@Xtopher_Uzo God/Jesus forgives & has forgiven me since I left catholicism. catholic priest CANNOT and HAS NOT forgiven ONE sin of himself or others. This is a SCAM. This practice began somewhere in 6th or 7th century. The Apostles linked forgiveness with repentance and faith in Jesus

Catholics listen up... When Jesus looked at the paralyzed man at Capernaum and said "Friend, your sins are forgiven". Did you know what happened next? The religious leaders, who were present, specifically the Scribes and Pharisees (present day protestants), objected in their hearts, thinking: "Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" Knowing their thoughts, Jesus challenged them by asking which was easier? To say "Your sins are forgiven" or to say "Get up and walk?". Now this is the divine dynamite... To prove He had the authority on earth to forgive sins, he commanded the paralyzed man to stand up, take his mat, and go home - which the man immediately did. Why am I bringing this? That same Jesus Christ who did this, gave authority to the Apostles to FORGIVE and RETAIN sins. As a Catholic, do not listen to what the protestants and pentecostals are saying about the Sacrament of reconciliation via confession. Never you doubt the authority which Christ has given his priests to absolve you of your sins during confession. The priests have the authority to absolve sins, and the Heavens will honor them. Christe eleison!!

@oliverburdick Early mosaics showing Jesus as God are great, but they don’t exist in a vacuum. Another early Christian mosaic honored Peter’s primacy and unique role as "chief and commander of the heavenly apostles". If archaeology matters, it has to be applied consistently.

The earliest "Jesus is God" declaration found on this mosaic from 230 AD.

@JoshuaBarzon The Fathers didnt agree on everything but on key issues they were remarkably unified: baptismal regeneration, infant baptism, the real presence, Eucharistic sacrifice, apostolic succession, a visible Church, prayers for the dead. That consensus isnt found in Protestant theology.

Very good points here. I love and respect many of the early church fathers. But their teachings and writings must always be viewed as below scripture. Not equal with it.

@GuitarmanJoel St. Justin doesn’t just describe readings and a sermon. He says the Eucharist isn’t ordinary bread, only the baptized can receive, it’s offered with thanksgiving, and it’s distributed even to the absent. That’s a sacramental, structured liturgy, not a modern non-denom service.

Sounds like a non denominational Bible church…

@sola_chad Jesus doesn’t limit God’s word to what’s written“you have heard it said/but I say to you,” exercising living authority. In Scripture, “word of God” isn’t a synonym for the Bible: it refers to Christ (John 1:1), apostolic preaching (1 Thess 2:13), a message that “grows” (Acts 6:7)

Even Jesus was Sola Scriptura 💯

@ThWawerka @ShaneSchaetzel John 6 and the Last Supper have everything to do with each other. John's Gospel doesn't have the same LS narrative as the synaptic gospels because it was written last, and that aspect of the LS was already widely known. John gives us Christ's introduction to the LS at Capernaum.

@DatPolySciGuy @ShaneSchaetzel According to the synoptic gospels eucharist happened in Jerusalem the evening before his death. Different scene, different context, different gospel.

Show me in the Bible, where it says that the Holy Eucharist (communion bread and wine) is only symbolic, and not literally the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

@sola_chad Clement 32 rejects self-justification and boasting, not obedience. He explicitly says we’re “justified by works, not words” (1 Clem 30:3) and must keep God’s commandments, so he’s not teaching sola fide in the Reformation sense.

Also, from Clement of Rome: “We are not justified by ourselves … or by works … but by that faith through which God has justified all men.” -Clement of Rome (1 Clement 32)

Paul said we do: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” -Ephesians 2:8-9

@sola_chad Ephesians 2:1-10 is about baptism not faith alone. When Paul says we’re saved ‘by grace through faith, not of works,’ he’s not defining a ‘faith-alone’ system. He’s rejecting works that give grounds for boasting, especially works of the Mosaic Law like circumcision (Eph 2:11-15).

@Truth_matters20 Luke 7 shows faith expressed through repentance and love (v.47). “Your faith has saved you” isn’t defining a system of faith alone. It’s describing a faith that acts.

@DatPolySciGuy How about this one? Is this also a rejection of faith alone?

Catholics: "Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven." God's word: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." —Ephesians 2:8-9 📖

@poopybutt2009 @5Solas2 1 Corinthians 1:17 isn’t about what baptism does. It’s about divisions over who baptized you. St. Paul is rebuking factionalism, not denying baptism’s role. He still ties baptism to new life (Rom 6:3–4), and Scripture connects it to salvation (1 Pet 3:21).

@5Solas2 "For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel." (1 Cor. 1:17) The Apostle Paul did not believe baptism was required for salvation.

People are justified by faith before baptism.

@ThWawerka @ShaneSchaetzel Did you happen to notice that Jesus treats His teaching on the Eucharist much differently? He repeats it five times despite push back by His disciples.

@ShaneSchaetzel You‘re welcome! Did you notice, that Jesus in 90% of his symbolic speeches not said, that it‘s symbolic? There is this funny scene in „Life of Brian“ where people listen to the parables and try to take it all literally … ✌️😇

@ThWawerka @ShaneSchaetzel John 6 is about the Eucharist which is precisely why Christ taught it during the Passover (John 6:4).

@ShaneSchaetzel John isn‘t about Eucharist. There is no Eucharist according to John. 1 Kor 10 I see „community with“. 1 Kor 11 is the oldest witness of the Eucharist formula. I see not „vine is blood“, but „cup represents new testament“.

@pzj1801 @UsuryName @EcciusMaximus Nothing prior to justification—neither faith nor works—merits the grace of justification. You don’t earn justification. You don’t “trigger” it by a human act. Your initial faith is itself a gift of grace. Its grace alone. Grace is primary, initiating, and necessary.

@UsuryName @EcciusMaximus How is grace given son?

You don’t get into heaven by Faith Alone. No one early Church ever spoke of this not even one.

@Abrakhadabra93 @roarofthefour That’s imposing a narrative on the text, not drawing from it. There’s a difference between reading Scripture in its historical context and retrofitting it into a later esoteric framework. Genesis/Hebrews don’t describe a hidden global priesthood, they’re being made to serve one.

@DatPolySciGuy @roarofthefour x.com/i/status/17378…

The Eucharistic ritual predates the Catholic Church by millennia, and although it is used in the Catholic Church today, the original ritual comes from the Order of Melchizedek who was the first to do it, according to the Bible itself. (Genesis 14:18-20)

@Truth_matters20 Translation: You won't ever catch me asking anyone anything. I ask God alone. This position is nonsensical because to pray means to ask or petition, not worship.

You won't ever catch me praying to Mary. I pray to God alone. 🙌