Hello, I Do Rep The Church

[mulls]

I do rep the church. I just don't rep The Catholic Church.


is it possible to get a "I don't rep the Catholic Church but I do rep Christ" type tag, just to be fair and balanced?








i'm banking on this turning into some sort of good debate.......

Edited August 30, 2004 by mulls

[littleflower+JMJ]

well its not up for a debate since its all up to dUSt and not us.

i know you can always reach him by email tho'


pax.

[Aloysius]

the Church as defined by PhatMass is the Catholic Church.

[Ash Wednesday]

[quote name='mulls' date='Aug 29 2004, 11:30 PM'] is it possible to get a "I don't rep the Catholic Church but I do rep Christ" type tag, just to be fair and balanced? [/quote]
You sound like you're giving a plug for Fox News -- "fair and balanced."

:rotfl:

I guess my dad has it on the telly all the time so it came to mind.

[MorphRC]

[quote name='mulls' date='Aug 30 2004, 03:00 PM'] I do rep the church. I just don't rep The Catholic Church.


is it possible to get a "I don't rep the Catholic Church but I do rep Christ" type tag, just to be fair and balanced?








i'm banking on this turning into some sort of good debate....... [/quote]
Which Christ? The one that didnt create the papacy? The one that created 35000 differing protestant denominations? or the one that made a church, that existed, but didnt?

So many Christ's.

Edited August 30, 2004 by MorphRC

[jasJis]

Morph,
That's not very nice and not really true. It IS the same Christ, but mulls (as do all non-Catholic Christians) doesn't share the fullness of understanding Christ that the Catholic Church does.

It is semantics. The Catholic Church recognizes all Christians as brothers and as members of the Church, but they are in imperfect union and are not members of the Catholic Church under normative conditions. Would you like the references to the Catechism.


mulls,
For clear semantics, it's easier for dUSt to refer to the Church in our titles as the Catholic Church. I think it would be great if you utilized your signature or when you get enough posts, change your title to clarify your membership in the Church. The terminology dUSt uses also serves to enlighten the many "lurkers" who visit and read posts and not have them mistakenly believe a poster is Catholic and is representing Catholic terminology.

[IcePrincessKRS]

Thanks jas for the wonderful explanation.

[Hananiah]

"The Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing."

Pius XII, Humani Generis, no. 27

[Anna]

[quote name='mulls' date='Aug 30 2004, 01:30 AM'] is it possible to get a "I don't rep the Catholic Church but I do rep Christ" type tag...?
[/quote]
I'm sorry, mulls, but I just find it absurdly pompous that anyone would claim that they represent Jesus.

I know that we are called to be embassadors for Christ, in that we are to share the Good News, but Christ did establish One Church, and an authority to represent Him here on earth, and I hate to break it to ya...
but...


well...




you know... -_-


It's the Catholic Church, and the Vicar of Christ, the Holy Father, and all the ordained priests in communion with him, who truly act in persona Christi, who've been given the authority by Christ to represent Christ.

Just reading the Bible and interpretting it for yourself and searching for Truth isn't enough (at least I should think on a Catholic forum) to claim that you represent Christ. -_-

In Essence: The Catholic Church represents Christ. If you aren't a part of It, you can't really claim that you represent all that Christ gave to the world.

Pax Christi. <><

[ironmonk]

Sorry bro, but Christ is clear on the matter....


[b]Luke 10:16 [/b]"[color=red]He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me[/color]"


Those who reject the ones sent by Christ cannot represent the Church. There is one faith... One Church... The Pillar and Foundation of Truth 1 Tim 3:15.

If one is Catholic by desire, they still do not represent the Church. To represent the Church one must know and follow the Sacred Traditions and hold to the proper interpretation of Scripture.



God Bless,
ironmonk

[Anna]

Just think, mulls, if someone asks the pope, or a priest, what Jesus' words meant at the Last Supper.
Then, they ask you.
Would the answer be the same?
Would both be God's Truth?

[mulls]

Anna,

i would hope that in each case the reply would be "Jesus gave Himself up for us."


Jas,

thanks the logical answer.



more thoughts from more people please...

thanks for the logical answer

[Brother Adam]

In a certian faucet you do represent the Church, as a seperated Brethren. However, it is simple enough for a person confused to ask what the "tag" means.

[BLAZEr]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='Aug 31 2004, 03:19 PM'] In a certian [b]faucet[/b] you do represent the Church [/quote]
would that be a Moen or a Koln?

lol . . . just kidding . . . :ph34r:

[Theoketos]

^youth minister

[ICTHUS]

Question:

How do you change your title?

[Sojourner]

You have to have 3,150 posts to be able to change it.

[White Knight]

One True Jesus, the right one, the one who told Peter the Gates of Hell shall never prevail against the Church, you can find that in [b]Matthew 16:18[/b]


Theres only one Jesus, one TRUE JESUS, Thats the Jesus who is alive forever more, the one who spilt His Preious Blood on the Cross, died, rose again on the Third Day, ascended on High 40 days after he rose, The One True Jesus that is coming Back someday with all the POWER and GLORY.


Only one, Only ONE!


There are no Labels in Heaven, No Catholics, No Protestants, None of that, theres just those who were saved by the Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God, the Second member of the Holy Trinity, a.k.a IS GOD. It is possible to Respresent Christ and not be apart of the Catholic Church I believe, but if you go into details and incorperating idealogy and go off saying [color=gray]"Jesus is Black or something"[/color], [b]"you sadly Mistaken"[/b], [b]Theres ONLY ONE JESUS,[/b] One, If they dont accept the Jesus of the Bible then they are worshipping a false messiah. Theres One Jesus, and Hes the Jesus who is alive FOREVERMORE the One and Only from the Living Word of God, The Bible.

Edited September 1, 2004 by White Knight

[Aloysius]

to FULLY rep the COMPLETE CHRIST, you gotta rep the Church

pplz like mulls rep part of Christ but since they don't rep his Church or His Mom and all that dope teaching He left the Holy Spirit to lead us into, they ain't fully representin the complete Christ.

[White Knight]

So your saying you have to acknowolege Mary and Jesus to represent Just Jesus?

I thought you just have to acknowolege Jesus as the Son of God, who lived a Sinless life, who died on the cross for our sins, the one who rose again on the third and glorious day, the one that also ascended on high to sit at the Right Hand of God the Father, and the one who is coming back?

I do realize you need to believe in the Virgin birth thats an obvious, but to have Mary mother of Jesus involved in prayer isn't neccessary, just to acknowolege The One, The Only, [b]Jesus Christ, The Son of God, The Second Member of the Holy Trinity.[/b]


I'm not attacking or anything, but I just dont see the need to have Mary in a prayer, when really your only suspost to be praying to the Holy Trinity the One God.


I love Mary for what she bore on this earth 2000 years ago, but I dont pray to her.
I pray to God, directly.