Despite having faith in Christ

[balshan]

If they waited for the rcc to decide what was scripture, they'd have waited 1500 years! Trent made the dogmatic declaration of the canon, never before.

So glad I wasn't drinking my morning cuppa when I read this.

 

[dingoling.]

You mean like Peter, Paul, and John?
It seems to me that they fared rather well.

Didn't they check out what the apostle's said with scripture?

 

[Theo1689]

Didn't they check out what the apostle's said with scripture?

Are you denying that the NT is Scripture?
They Apocrypha is "Scripture"...
Now the the NT ISN'T Scripture....

Make up your mind, please...

 

[dingoling.]

Are you denying that the NT is Scripture?
They Apocrypha is "Scripture"...
Now the the NT ISN'T Scripture....

Make up your mind, please...

In the early church the NT hadn't been written yet.

 

[balshan]

In the early church the NT hadn't been written yet.

Wrong, it was written very early on. It was within 17 years of Jesus death, and then they had the apostles. They did not have to wait centuries for your institution to work out what was scripture. So the letters of the apostles and gospels were being circulated very quickly among the early believers. No need for your institution.

Once again showing a lack of knowledge of the times.

 

[RiJoRi]

Once again showing a lack of knowledge of the times.

... Or a tremendous faith in the RCC and what it claims!

--Rich

 

[mica]

In the early church the NT hadn't been written yet.

what do you consider to be 'the early church' ?

 

[Theo1689]

In the early church the NT hadn't been written yet.

And who do you think WROTE "the NT"?
And as the other poster said, the NT was written EARLY on in the early church.

 

[balshan]

... Or a tremendous faith in the RCC and what it claims!

--Rich

sad

 

[RayneBeau]

1 John 2:15+

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Amen Balshan! The religion of Jesus Christ is a religion of a personal relationship to God and has nothing to do with possessions. Professional Christianity such as Roman Catholicism is a religion of possessions that are assigned to God. The disciple realizes that his life does not consist in he abundance of things he possesses, because what we possess often possesses us - Roman Catholicism is possessed by possessions.