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So, if three atheist decide to invoke the name of Jesus, Christ is amongst them? Can they too bind and loose? Oh, but He does, just as He lives in His Body, the Church. JoeT

Can you quantify the difference between "most" and "highly"? We can identify anyone, in or out of Scripture, besides you self, that is "“completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace.", "perfect, and without spot before the Lord thy God" [Deuteronomy 18:13]. Seeing as she is full of...

Luke 1:28: "Hail, full of grace (most favored), the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women" Kecharitomene is the perfect passive participle (feminine) of charitoo, a late Hellenistic verb. Like other verbs ending in oo (such as thaumatoo, fill with wonder: spodoomai, burn to ashes...

Where does it say that in Scripture? Sure it does, Luke chapter 1. Opinion. And not a good one at that. The Church teaches what we know of truth. He came down from heaven at Christ's transfiguration. Must've been important on earth and heaven. I hate to break it to you that you don't know...

You don't need to explain reality to most people. I said "most favored", "beloved"; you compared her to the "greatness" of St. John the Evangelist; ergo conflation. How would she have ever known sin if she was justified at conception. a singular gift. To bear false witness one must first...

Jesus thinks you do, He is the high priest. High Priests have lower priests else there is no "High Priest" But Christ, being come an high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hand, that is, not of this creation [Hebrews 9:11] If there is a...

The institution I'm a member of, the Catholic Church, is not mine in the sense of ownership, its Gods. "it" being the supposed lie, does not exist. The Catholic Church was commissioned by Jesus Christ who ordained that she should be on earth to the end of time. To desecrate the Holy Church is...

You need to read chapter 12 JoeT

Sure, indulgences can be for the benefit of souls in purgatory. Alms-giving is a one of the ways a person get indulgences. There is a movie that said "every time a bell rings an angle earns his wings". ["Its a Wonderful Life," I think Jimmy Stuart played in it. He gave it to the Church, not to...

Mary is indeed our Spiritual Mother. I can only judge what is seen on the screen. Just like my judgement is that the latter question is hypocrisy in action. The first half of the statement was, "It is likely she is not your spiritual Mother". How could my assumption be wrong when you said...

Mary wasn't the real Mother of God? It is likely she is not your spiritual Mother, but she is mine and all those in the Kingdom of God. I know, you think she was a ditzy blond. right? To your chagrin I'm sure, Mary is the Mother of Christ, hence the Mother of God. Unless you wish to argue...

Your master teaches darkness itself, chaos, and protest, indulge. JoeT

They make sense to me. The reason they make no sense to you is that you have abandoned truth for you own traditions. If we follow through with rationality, we could say God Himself no longer makes sense, as there i Maoest argument, rich men and all? What a Catholic should be concerned with...

Yes, but not rather than. Rather I see the garbage sold to me in protesting. JoeT

I don't think I misspelled it, did I? Mary is our spiritual mother means she nurtures our understanding, our moral, emotional, and cultural life in Christ through her prayers for her spiritual children. ? Why would I do that? then backed up the bus. Don't, shouldn't we admire those who are...

Thank you. I've thought of running for President. Please vote for me! Gabriel said she was "full of Grace". Protestants say no, "kecharitomene" means "most favored". So, which is it? Can we hold you to your answer for about ten minutes? Actually, according to Blass and DeBrunner...

Can you provide a price list? I can, but the list only consists of charity. Of course we know what the protesters of the time said, Tetzel was selling indulgences, simony. Nikolaus Paulus tells us the sales pitch used by Tetzel is different than the propaganda used at the time: Tetzel's...

God alone knows our needs, how is it you know what the poster's needs are? JoeT

My Lord is Jesus Christ through His Mystical Body. The Church did indeed tell me; how should I know unless someone teach me? [Cf. Acts 8: 31] The Mystical Body of Christ does not say they should be sanctified in opinion, rather they should be "Sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth" [Cf...

That's not true, the Church does not now or did it ever 'sell' indulgences. It's true, only the one true Church with Christ's authority can issue indulgences. He does not know, and if he did know then he should confess and seek an indulgence because there are consequences, spiritually and...