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  1. MoreCoffee

    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    Heh heh heh ... a religious take on "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
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    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    You might speak that way, I will not.
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    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    Yes, some Catholic teaching comes from the books that a 66 book bible lacks. That's no surprise. It's what (in part) led to the protestant revolt; when chaps who didn't like prayers for the dead and the intercession of the saints they just threw away the parts of the bible that taught those...
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    "Lutheran only" or "Catholic only"

    Yes.
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    What must I do to be saved?

    Having read many of your posts and seen what you euphemistically call "discussion" I have no reason to doubt that the "discussions" you have result in anger. It is all part of the unique, singular, assertive, aggressive style of the conversations no doubt.
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    "Lutheran only" or "Catholic only"

    I thought 'condensing' them was a bad idea and I still do.
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    Catholic Only The Faith of Our Fathers ... a link to a very valuable and very readable book

    I take your reply to be an affirmation that you have never read the book and haven't got a clue what it says.
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    Catholic Only Dogmas: There's something about Mary

    Why is it that your comments in quote marks don't seem to square with what the Catholic Church says in its own Catechism's glossary? Grace is the free and undeserved gift that God gives us to respond to our vocation to become his adopted children. As sanctifying grace, God shares his divine...
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    What point would that be?
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    Perhaps my answer was too direct and too long for you to cope with. Here is the short version. Murder and paedophilia are civil crimes to be dealt with by the civil authority. Adultery is a sin that very few denominations will treat as seriously as the Catholic Church does. In all cases it...
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    Ok I am Catholic BUT

    I sit on my doorstep and pray; I have a wonderful book of prayers that always helps to set the tone of my prayers when I am sitting there listening to the wind and the bird song and watching the clouds drift by and the insects scurry around on the ground and some flying by. It's a wonderful way...
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    Catholic Only Dogmas: There's something about Mary

    The Catholic Church defines nothing (absolutely nothing) as a prerequisite for salvation. The Catholic Church teaches that the faithful are saved by grace. Of course if one, having received sanctifying grace, later chooses to deny what the holy scriptures teach then the Church will very likely...
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    Catholic Only Dogmas: There's something about Mary

    Yes, it is an odd thing about history that folk forget about it so quickly. A strictly 66 book bible in printed form did not become common in any language until some time around 1830 AD when (for cost and theological reasons) the British & Foreign Bible Society refused funding to bible societies...
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    Catholic Only Dogmas: There's something about Mary

    My bible has 73 books in it so I am not limited to 66 as you evidently are.
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    Catholic Only The Faith of Our Fathers ... a link to a very valuable and very readable book

    Have you read the book that this thread is about?
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    Can your bible make you into a bigot and a 'jerk'?

    Your chosen examples are rather dramatic. But here is my answerThere is an active adulterer,(Adultery is not a crime under the laws of the land and it is often difficult to detect. Such a person is likely to be in a congregation right now without anybody noticing.) paedophile(Paedophilic acts...
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    Misunderstandings about religion

    Nobody inherits sin; the idea is absurd. But people do inherit mortality and mortality is part of the curse that came upon the creation as a result of sins; specifically the sins of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. People also inherit a propensity to sin. That's explained in Romans chapter...
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    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    My bible has 73 books.
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    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    If I am in a court room where the tradition is to address the judge as "my lord" then I'd call the judge "my lord", if in a synagogue speaking with the rabbi I'd call him rabbi, if in a church with a pastor I'd call him pastor, if talking with my father I'd call him father (or maybe dad) these...
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    Is the Reformation to blame for Mariology abuse?

    Perhaps that's where the problem lies. Choosing the bible - presumably you meant that you choose a 66 book bible that was handed down to you from the traditions of your forefathers in your chosen denomination - so that it contains only the materials from which your tradition builds doctrine is...
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