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    Salvation

    Catholic teaching is, as previously stated, that baptism is an inextricable component of salvation. Hence: VII. The Grace of Baptism 1262 The different effects of Baptism are signified by the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite. Immersion in water symbolizes not only death and...
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    Salvation

    Baptism is an inextricable component of salvation. Don't Lutherans believe that? I guess they don't since you are a Lutheran and are objecting to baptism being in the discussion about salvation. Catholic teaching is not like Protestant teaching, for Catholic Christians the sacraments and...
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    Salvation

    Nope. The Church teaches that Baptism is the gateway to salvation and life in union & communion with Jesus Christ. It is so very easy to find what the Catholic Church teaches about baptism. All that is needed is to open the CCC and take a look. VII. The Grace of Baptism 1262 The different...
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    Salvation

    I did not ask for your opinion. Your opinion is not relevant. I asked about Catholic Church teaching. What is actually dogmatically taught by the Catholic Church. So once again The Catholic Church does not teach that grace is empowering/enabling. Your claim about what "Catholics hold" is erroneous.
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    Salvation

    What part (or parts) of that web page do you think is Catholic Church teaching and what part or parts (if any) are not?
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    Salvation

    The Catholic Church does not teach that grace is empowering/enabling. Your claim about what "Catholics hold" is erroneous.
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    (No Debate) Letter from Francis.

    Thinking about scandal, what it means, where it goes, and how it affects the Church of God.
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    Salvation

    The grace is in the works. Grace does great things but when it ceases to work it ceases to exist.
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    Leaven or unleavened bread

    I refuse to speculate and suggest instead that the story as told in the Gospels according to saints Matthew, Mark, and Luke, gives emphasis on the supper being associated with the festival of unleavened bread and that the story as told in the Gospel according to saint John gives emphasis to...
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    Simile and Spirit.

    True enough, brother TurtleHare, yet the parables are intended to teach a lesson and not every listener understood the lessons. Matthew 13:3-17 3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed. 4 And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road...
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    A word that can save.

    I wonder if the formula you suggest can be true after I read what the Lord said to the disciples:John 15:1-17 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it...
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    Doing good for bad reasons.

    If the sermon blamed 'traditions' for people not doing the right thing then it missed the mark. The only traditions that the Lord Jesus Christ condemned were the traditions that nullified God's commandments. Things like "corban" by which some religious Jews of Jesus' day would reserve their...
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    Holy is his name.

    "I AM" in Hebrew is similar in spelling (in Hebrew letters) to 'Jehovah" (or Yahweh). People say that Jehovah is God's name. I am not so sure. Names like "Fred" and "John" are good for people but God is of an entirely different sort and calling God "Fred" or "Jehovah" as if it were just a name...
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    (No Debate) Letter from Francis.

    "outcry"? One undocumented and so far unsupported claim made by a disaffected former nuncio is not an outcry.
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    Salvation

    What happened afterwards, after the 'by faith' words, is what made 'faith'.
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    Psalm 103:11-14

    Some Catholic bibles use the older chapter numbering and versification that's common in the LXX and Vulgate. This is the psalm in one of my bibles: Psalms 102:1-22 1 To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do...
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    Salvation

    I see your point but I didn't say nor did I imply that salvation is the ONLY grace of God. Many graces are given and only saving grace can bring salvation.
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    Salvation

    I mean "didn't" oops ;) Typos are way too easy to make. Shall I don sackcloth and ashes? ;)
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    Insight into a man?

    This video clip may be important to anybody who wants some insight into the current SCOTUS nominee
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    Leaven or unleavened bread

    ! ! ! ANATHEMA ! ! ! ! ! ! ANATHEMA ! ! ! ! ! ! ANATHEMA ! ! ! :smirk:
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