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    Are you afraid? Thousand Oaks killings.

    Josiah & Mennosota, your replies appear rather fatalistic. Que Sera Sera ...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Sinners are not dead persons. They breathe, walk, talk, and do all sorts of things. Some repent. Pray God that more will repent.
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    Are you afraid? Thousand Oaks killings.

    In California, Ventura county, Thousand Oaks at a bar 12 people were shot and killed by a chap who was 28/9 years old named Ian (pronounced ee-an) David Long who was an ex-marine. Does it make you fearful for your own safety to know that so many shootings are happening. Ian shot (and killed I...
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    Happy Birthday Confessional Lutheran

    Another day, another year older. It all goes so fast. ... happy birthday. :cheer::party2::cheer:
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Implications perceived and constructed from whose perspective. Arsenios didn't construct the things that lamm claims. Lamm did that and Josiah. What Arsenios wrote doesn't say a word against the sufficiency of the Lord's sacrifice nevertheless saint Paul speaks of "what is lacking in the...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    The physical elements are oil for anointing, laying on hands, and audible vocal prayer.
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    Salvation - Part 2

    You say that the Lord, Jesus Christ's, role is diminished when Arsenios says that people do things in the process of their own salvation and I say that he is thereby glorified as just and the justifier of all who love him. Your perspective is not mine. I think it is not Arsenios' either. Can...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    Who is this fringe? In the USA the largest non-Catholic denomination is the Southern Baptists after them is the United Methodists followed by American Baptist Churches (USA), Churches of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ... And by far the largest non-Catholic agglomeration of...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    You will not find any English word in the originals.
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    Yes. Ephesians 1:9 ut notum faceret nobis sacramentum voluntatis suae secundum bonum placitum eius quod proposuit in eo and here Daniel 2:18 ut quaererent misericordiam a facie Dei caeli super sacramento isto et non perirent Danihel et socii eius *** ceteris sapientibus Babylonis Daniel 2:30...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    Every Latin term, word, phase was "made up" by the people who spoke Latin. How else would they have a language of their own. Every word you use is a word "made up" by people from England, France, and other places. That's how languages come into being.
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Amen. You made me chuckle with that remark. :smirk:
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    There are seven sacraments in use in the Catholic Church Baptism Confirmation The Holy Eucharist Marriage Holy Orders Reconciliation Last Rites
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    Yes, I am sure of that too. Others can figure it out. Post #7 comes before post #9. Even a child can figure that out. Post #20 is simply a reminder and a correction of the misleading style and content of post #9.
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    Communion for all, no questions asked?

    The policy in the Catholic Church is that only Catholic Christians who are not in a state of unconfessed and unabsolved mortal sin may partake with a good conscience and those in a state of mortal sin or who are not Catholic Christians ought not partake and will be refused if it is known that...
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    Salvation - Part 2

    Josiah, you're arguing in circles. Grace is a gift from God. Orthodox theology holds to that. Arsenios hasn't claimed that people do anything good that is independent of God's grace. And Arsenios hasn't maintained that people who are convicted of their sins and desire to repent do so independent...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    It was unclear that the last part in your message shown above was a response to my post also shown above rather than a part of one of Resource's posts. Of course your response edited my reply and removed the words though some denominations have neither baptism nor the Lord's supper (the...
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    Racism and bigotry won the day. So sad for USA.

    I'd hazard the guess that the honest answer is "no".
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    Racism and bigotry won the day. So sad for USA.

    Brother Psalms 91 you need a <sarcasm> tag for your post :) I agree with the sentiment you've expressed. But this thread is in the theology section and even though politics in the USA impinges on the answers to the original post the teaching of Christ deals with issues that are wider than USA...
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    The "What" and "Why" of "Sacraments"

    Many denominations have no sacraments; in the place of sacraments those denominations have "ordinances" or something else that more or less corresponds to baptism and the Lord's supper though some denominations have neither baptism nor the Lord's supper (the Salvation Army, for example). One...
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