For Catholics Who Think Satan Is Now Bound

[Mateo el Feo]

[quote name='Budge' post='1373892' date='Aug 29 2007, 11:27 PM']

You dont like God's Word and hate Bible Prophecy THAT MUCH?[/quote]No, I hate 19th and 20th century man-made doctrines that take people on speculative wild goose chases instead of building their relationship with Our Lord.

[Winchester]

[quote name='Budge' post='1373752' date='Aug 29 2007, 07:12 PM']When God bounds Satan, I do not see Satan being able to still have an "effect" on the world.

Of course Satan's final destination is the lake of fire.[/quote]
So you can draw from what I said to come to what conclusion about what the Church teaches?
If we believe as Catholics that Satan is still active in the world, and we also (supposedly) teach that he is "bound," then our usage of "bound" obviously cannot be the same as yours.

It seems equally obvious to me that Satan's power is somehow different in our times than it was before Jesus's death on the cross. Satan is a broad term. There is certainly a fallen angel (actually a third of all the angels created by God,) but Satan also refers to the war against God, evil in general and Betty Crocker (by my mother, who tries to maintain an acceptable weight.)

[Winchester]

Far all reading this:

The Book of Revelation is in the Catholic Bible.

The Catholic Church holds firm that there are no errors in the Bible.

The Catholic Church teaches the Revelation has happened, is happening and will happen. We believe God is pretty good at inspiration and can insure His words are quite full of meaning. I think if Stephen King can manage to put in symbolism, foreshadowing, irony and self-referencing, then God can probably do at least that.



And I'm still waiting to see where the Catholic Church teaches this thing. Your argument, Budge, is that the Catholic Church teaches "amillenialism." In all my years as a Catholic, I haven't seen this. Perhaps we don't call it that. So are you going to mount an argument or show us you know how to use smilies and ask baiting questions like the "you hate bible, blah blah blah..." bull? To me, that's just a big old white flag waving in the wind while you march out backwards claiming you're advancing.

[kafka]

Budge,

Give us your definition amilenialism so we can better understand your arguments.

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='Budge' post='1373892' date='Aug 29 2007, 08:27 PM']

You dont like God's Word and hate Bible Prophecy THAT MUCH?[/quote]

Wow! Putting words in people's mouths. (If that's what you can call it, I have no idea how a sane person could have got that out of what was said.)