Do you think that the differences between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals can be set aside?
RayneBeau said:
Do you think that the differences between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals can be set aside?
Mike McK said:
The theological differences? No.
The theological differences between Christians and Catholics
are so profound as to be insurmountable. It's why we had the Reformation.
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And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
after upbraiding these Pharisees
he says
Luke 16
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,
who shall give you that which is your own?
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There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs
which fell from the rich man's table:
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said,
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,
and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said,
Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,
and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26
And beside all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said,
I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him,
They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said,
Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31
And he said unto him,
If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.
And beside all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed:
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Mike says
The theological differences? No. The
theological differences between Christians and Catholics are
so profound as to be insurmountable. It's why we had the Reformation.
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