Aloysius Posted August 2, 2004 Author Posted August 2, 2004 it's not quantity, necessarily, it's saying that this is directly through History from the God-man Jesus Christ. my faith is TRUE. i believe it to be TRUTH. I believe that what the Catholic Church professes is TRUE. Thus my faith and what i see as TRUTH are not two different entities. that spirituality has been created by religious relativists who couldn't stand the idea that someone has to be believing falsehoods and thus decided that beliefs should be considered seperate from truths, thus everyone can have their own truth subjective to what they believe. This is not the case. God so loves us that He gave us FULL access to HIM and HIS TRUTH. The Holy Spirit was given to the Apostles and their successors so that they would be led into all TRUTH. I see no difference between my Catholic Beliefs and what is true. pax.
Tora-Musume Posted August 2, 2004 Posted August 2, 2004 [quote name='Aloysius' date='Jul 30 2004, 07:47 PM'] God reveals truth through the Catholic Church. This subject relates to a truth about the faith. God will not teach you this truth through prayer, He will teach you by the Church He has sent into the world. [/quote] So you mean to tell me that in order for me to find truth with GOD, I have to go to Church since he sent the Church into the world? I thought man made Church not GOD. I just need an explanation on this. So you mean to say that GOD held a hammer and started building Churches? Man had nothing to do with building Churches?
Aloysius Posted August 2, 2004 Author Posted August 2, 2004 15 Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? 16 Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew Chapter 16 verses 15 to 19 Jesus Christ built this Church. Jesus Christ is God Almighty.
Aloysius Posted August 2, 2004 Author Posted August 2, 2004 God built the Church. not the physical building, but the Holy Apostolic Institution. He sent men out into the world to teach us all that He had commanded them. He sent the Holy Spirit to those men to lead them into all truth. Unless you don't believe the Sacred Scriptures, in which case you have a much bigger problem. It's one thing to reject the Church, if you reject both the Church AND the Scriptures, you are not Christian. well, actually, if you reject the Church you are not even fully Christian. You are to learn from those God has sent to proclaim His Truth to the world. That is His Divine Plan.
Tora-Musume Posted August 3, 2004 Posted August 3, 2004 [quote name='-I---Love' date='Jul 30 2004, 11:00 PM'] how ironic - I was PLEASED w/ ur answer I very much agree w/ all u have said so more props! [/quote] Me too...
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