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    Salvation

    Please, restrain yourself. Many people read these posts and this kind of post is harmful to the reputation of Christianity Haven as well as to your own reputation. Take some time before clicking that Submit Reply button.
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    Fair and Reciprocal Tariff bill

    One cannot help but have a wry smile at the acronym for the Fair and Reciprocal Tariff bill. Makes a chap wonder if there's a smutty comedian in charge of naming legislation somewhere in the White House :disgonbegood:
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    Election

    I don't think it is about that. It is about Christ who is the elect of God. The gospel is about Christ. It is about being in Christ but it is not about people who are not in him, though the message is addressed to all the promises are received by those in Christ because the promise was made to...
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    Election

    I don't understand the reference to holy days, would you explain please?
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    Competing ideals and philosophies

    Nice books Arsenios. The three volume Liturgy of the Hours is about 7,000 pages all up (in the USA they publish it in 4 volumes) But it is really meant for priests and the religious in orders that are obligated to say the prayers of the liturgy daily. I have a copy because I like to read and...
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    Election

    Isn't election about being in Christ. One is elect by being in Christ and not by any eternal decree about individuals apart from Christ.
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    Grace

    If they are eternal then they exist outside of time. But that is not really something I can recall being taught in Church nor in holy scripture. But I may be wrong, it is not a topic I have researched recently.
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    This generation ...

    Not in the Apocalypse.
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    This generation ...

    In the Apocalypse of saint John the theologian the temple is in heaven and there are no animal sacrifices just the lamb of God who was slain which is, of course, a reference to the lord Jesus Christ. There's no temple in Earthly Jerusalem. There isn't even a temple in the new Jerusalem that...
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    This generation ...

    Do you really expect a temple the size mentioned in that passage? Ezekiel40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, fourteen years after Jerusalem had been taken, the hand of Yahweh was upon me. 2 In a divine vision he took me...
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    This generation ...

    Matthew 24:1-28 speaks for itself and no one can make it say other than what is said. Yet there is no temple now nor has there been for 1,948 years. Matthew 24:15 When you see what the prophet Daniel spoke about, the idol of the invader, set up in the temple (let the reader understand!), 16...
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    Grace

    Angels are creatures so they very likely were created in time. Though it is possible that they are creatures of eternity. The Silmarillion suggests that they are creatures of eternity but that is a work of fiction.
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    How do you intepret these verses?

    That is true, the lack of "faith alone" is a clue. Saint Augustine wrote Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. As the disciple said to Jesus, I believe, Lord, help my unbelief. so there is always a risk in faith of turning away and there...
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    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    “Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.”...
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    SPIRITUAL MORSELS from the Ancient Fathers

    “Teach us to give and not count the cost.” -St. Ignatius de Loyola
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    How do you intepret these verses?

    What is the church politic, I have never seen that expression before. I have seen "the body politic" as a reference to a nation's government or even to all forms of worldly government but that is worldly.
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    Salvation

    It will be interesting to see what answers your questions receive.
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    This generation ...

    It reads like verses 1 to 28 are about the apostle's life times. Verses 29 to 37 appears to be set later. The generation mentioned in verse 34 may be in the later period, but that is not absolutely clear from the passage alone. So it seems that Matthew 24 is about both the period immediately...
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    Competing ideals and philosophies

    I cannot help but think that there may be a deep philosophical and theological divide between the individual's devotional and the devotional produced by the Church. Of course if the individual's work is centered upon the Church's devotionals then the divide will likely disappear. The liturgy of...
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    How do you intepret these verses?

    I think that we see the holy scriptures quite differently from our Protestant brethren. For us the Church is central and her sacraments are like lighted cities atop hills by which the traveler may navigate in the dim light of the moon and stars. These things may not be so for many who are...
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