The unwritten mysteries of the church.

[psalms 91]

I suspect Jesus would approve of all that.... certainly I as a Lutheran affirm every word of it..... and of course, by noting the Creed, you just confirm Visionary's point: NOTHING that REMOTELY suggests that Jesus was an official registered member of a parish owned and operated by the individual RC Denomination or that He docilicly submitted and mindlessly swallowed whole WHATEVER the individual, singular, sole RC Denomination happens to officially say at that moment - and thus was Catholic. Christian ("catholic" as the creed notes) - YES! A Catholic, NO WAY!


Now, I have no idea how your comment confirms the foundational claim of the RCC and LDS Denominations that Jesus (and thus the 13 - 14 Apostles) taught a whole plethora of essential Dogmas which the Holy Spirit in His divine wisdom chose to not disclose in the Holy Scriptures to Christians but SOMEHOW..... centuries later...... the RCC or LDS found out about some or all of them..... and....... perhaps centuries later...... did the opposite of what the Holy Spirit did and sorta, kinda, in part disclosed them.




- Josiah

You have it, to bad they dont understand that

 

[MoreCoffee]

The unwritten mysteries of the Church (the body of Christ) are outlined in the first post in this thread. Not all. of course, but some together with the principle that what was handed down from the apostles even though it was not written in the gospels or letters or in Acts and the Revelation is truth nonetheless and binding on Christians in whatever matters of faith and morals it teaches.

 

[Josiah]

My Greek Orthodox friend....

"The Roman Church cannot shut up but constantly invents all kinds of silly theories and then makes them divisive dogma."

"The Roman Church has lost all concept of mystery, using the word but rejecting what it means."



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[MoreCoffee]

Who is this Greek Orthodox friend that talk so negatively?

 

[Rens]

LOL when I had enough of those atheist questions and comments about God who was evil because of putting a snake with Adam and Eve and: Why did He make people with free will, that's evil etcetera and my googled answers weren't good enough for them, I said:
My catholic friend would say it's a mystery.

 

[MoreCoffee]

LOL when I had enough of those atheist questions and comments about God who was evil because of putting a snake with Adam and Eve and: Why did He make people with free will, that's evil etcetera and my googled answers weren't good enough for them, I said:
My catholic friend would say it's a mystery.

It is a mystery but the word mystery does not mean something incomprehensible. Mystery means a secret revealed by God - a holy secret that is revealed by God to the faithful. Explaining what God reveals is sometimes easy and sometimes too hard for people to manage. The incarnation is a mystery, God revealed it to the faithful, in the case of the incarnation it is very difficult to explain, perhaps more difficult than people can manage.