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  1. Albion

    USA When are they going to de-throne our illegitimate usurping president?

    Maybe, but free elections may be a thing of the past by then.
  2. Albion

    Prayers for Uvalde

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  3. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    Indeed it is. It's true that the LCMS officially believes that every last item of doctrine must be affirmed. The smaller ones are supposed to be judged against Scripture just as the bigger ones are. So, when the days of creation as described in Genesis are addressed, this is what happens. It's...
  4. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    Hi. I was so unprepared for that answer that I had to think on it for awhile before deciding on my reaction! :) I'm thinking you might benefit from and also be more at ease with some of the issues we've been discussing if you were to have it as a goal to become knowledgeable concerning the...
  5. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    Yes, I know. And that's understandable. It kind of sounds as though Catholic would be your more natural choice of churches. I'm wondering, therefore, what the appeal for you is of Lutheran belief and practice as distinguished from the Catholic alternative (?) That may be a question that's too...
  6. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    The whole idea is miraculous--God becoming physically present in bread and wine (or replacing it) on thousands of altars all around the globe, often at once. That being the case, it isn't much of a leap to think that he makes himself present as he wills and only under those circumstances, the...
  7. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    No, the church doesn't believe that. The "Eucharist" is the service with distribution of the elements. The elements themselves, separated from the consecration, do not constitute the Eucharist. My personal "take" on the matter aside, I don't think I said that it isn't any longer Christ's body...
  8. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    I don't follow the idea that prayer, in order to be meaningful, has to be joined to the Eucharist...and of course also, adoration of the reserved host isn't participating in the Eucharist. Still, I can appreciate how a "prayer chapel" actually is often just some tiny, leftover space with hardly...
  9. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    I tend to agree with the others here, but I wonder what it is that you think is missing. In general terms, that is. The Bible speaks of going into one's closet to pray, and also that God is waiting to hear from us, so the idea that God isn't receptive under those conditions seems doubtful. The...
  10. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    Yes. Aside from there not being any theological basis for such a superstition, there wouldn't seem to be anything to justify this devotional. IF the host was consecrated earlier, either for Holy Communion (but not used) or for this adoration in particular, and, in either case, it was thought...
  11. Albion

    When did we recieve the Holy Spirit?

    That's the impression I had after reading that post. However, the Holy Ghost does come to most Christians at the time of their baptism. When I say "most" I'm thinking of the conventional, historic, and majority view within Christendom, whether it's Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or...
  12. Albion

    Was Elijah taken up into heaven?

    It's quite a misunderstanding to think that Elijah was taken to where the lost souls were or that Jesus went there after the Crucifixion to address the souls of the damned.
  13. Albion

    Who is "him that justifieth the ungodly"?

    There is in fact no doubt whatsoever that it's God who is referred to in Romans 4:5. Moreover, it remains the same even if we compare the various Bible translations.
  14. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    You were talking about a Prayer Chapel. We know the appeal of Solemn Benediction and adoration of the reserved host for those people who doubt that their prayers will be received favorably by God unless there's more than just their prayers. The intervention of some saint, perhaps, the use of a...
  15. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    A Bible, a candle, privacy, quiet, and kneelers? What else would a Prayer Chapel need in order to function as a Prayer Chapel?? 😕
  16. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    We do know that the millions of "pieces of the true cross" that have been sold or given away in many countries over the course of centuries would construct hundreds of crosses if it were possible to reassemble them all. 😏
  17. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    I'm not aware of any of those, so to me they're just claims. I have, however, been told of such things or seen and heard people who have insisted that they were instantly healed, etc. I don't count those as miracles of the sort we've been discussing...and certainly not because of any "gifts"...
  18. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    I appreciate the point, but the miracles you are referring to seem to me to be the kind that attribute good outcomes to the intervention of God. For example, if a believer prays for a good job and he gets it even though he wasn't well qualified, he says it was a miracle. Well, there's no way of...
  19. Albion

    Did Jesus descend into Hell when he died on the cross?

    It is normally believed by both Catholic and Protestant churches that the great personalities of the Old Testament and servants of God, such as Noah, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, and etc., were not sent straightway to eternal torment with the most evil people in history, no. But of course, the...
  20. Albion

    Catholic Eucharistic Miracles

    "Fake"...as if deliberately staged in order to deceive the people? I doubt it. In the main, more of them appear to be like "urban myths," i. e. stories that got around and are altered as they are retold. But some have the benefit of church authorities being more than willing to have church...
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