Jesus on earth infallibility worship? I have been talking to some Baptists and Methodists and Catholics and it almost sounds as if they are giving up on this stuff. I say horay! Sounds like they are all but saying it is a lie!
2007-07-22 02:35:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The authority of the Church rests on three pillars:
Scripture- The Bible is the inerrant word of God and is to be read as the earliest Christians read it: in the light of Tradition and under the guidance of those ordained to teach.
Tradition-the teachings which the Church has preserved and passed down from Christ, His Apostles, and the unanimous teachings of the early Church Fathers .
Magisterium - the teaching authority of the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The Church has 7 Sacraments -- "outward signs of invisible grace" and media of sanctifying grace. The Sacraments were given to us by Christ so that we may receive His grace and become more like Him. The Seven Sacraments are:
Baptism
Confirmation -Sacrament of the Seal
Eucharist
Penance
Holy Matrimony
Holy Orders
Extreme Unction
The Church teaches by looking not only at Sacred Scripture, but into History and by reading what the earliest Christians have written, what those who've sat on the Chair of Peter have spoken consistently with Scripture and Tradition, and what they've solemnly defined.
To believe that the Bible is our only source of Christian Truth is unbiblical and illogical
2007-07-24 11:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sad to say, you are correct.
Scripture speaks about a falling away in the last days and a lawlessness. Read the newspapers or listened to the news lately? Likewise, the love of many will grow cold. It speaks of the elect being deceived, in the last days. It speaks of family turning against each other.
No surprises here. Are you surprised?
Humor me. Perhaps in the future, the atheist will side with the old fashioned Christians in telling people "to think." How is that for a dark thought?
2007-07-22 09:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seriously doubt you've been talking to a devout Baptist/Methodist/Catholic, or even been talking to anyone at all. Giving up on "this" stuff? I doubt your words on that too. Get your facts straight next time and ask/state a real question.
2007-07-22 09:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by civicnitro 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are 162 references to HELL in the New Testament alone, over 70 of those spoken by Jesus Himself.
" He that believes (the gospel) and is baptized SHALL BE SAVED; he that believes not SHALL BE DAMNED ". - Jesus
"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth". - Jesus (Matt. 13:49)
Jesus called it a literal place of REAL torment.
The truth about hell: http://www.av1611.org/hell.html
Scriptures about hell: http://www.rapturealert.com/ishellarealplace.html
" For the wages of sin is death, but the Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Our Lord". - (Romans 6:23)
2007-07-22 09:38:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You've been listening to the devil because our faith is stronger than it has ever been. The Word of God is truth. All denominations can crumble and Christians will stand on the Word of God.
2007-07-22 09:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doctrine is "forever sealed in Heven" and revealed in the Bible the Word of God. It does not change and never will. If a denomination stops preaching it, it still exists.
2007-07-22 09:39:56 · answer #6 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
MANY..... Are NOT... Real Christians.....!
(Matthew 7:20-to-23) Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
(Mat 7:21) Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.
(Mat 7:22) Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works?
(Mat 7:23) And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!
HELL.......?
(Rev 1:18) I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Thanks, RR
2007-07-22 09:41:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋