That is another thing that confuses me about Catholics. Thank God I am Full Gospel.[b said:
Praise God you did not sit idly in your pew. Praise god people still look to their Bibles to clarify what the preacher is preaching is truth.[b said:
The Sacrement of Reconciliaton (Confession) stems from the Idea that Church holds of Apolistic decendancy (Thats not the exact phrase, but its close enough. anyway this refers to th Idea that Peter and the other apostles passed on their athourity through the laying on of hands, the same Athority that was given to them by Christ. This athourity has been passed on down the years to the present day clergy. I know i have read in the bible somewhere where Jesus gave the apostle the athority to forgive sins. It is under this basis that the sacriment exists. The Priest is not Forgiving the penetnt's sins throught any athority of his own,he is using the athority that jesus gave the apostles. The "say 10 hail Mary's" part of it is dissapearing, the last couple of times i have gone the priest gave me bible verses to read, and some advise on how to stear clear of the pitfalls i had fallen into. I will try to find the verse where Jesus gives the apostles that athority.[b said:
The vow of celebacy's primary function is to free up the prienst that he can foucus souly on his family in the church, His parish. I can kinda see the wisdom in this, casue it take alout of foucus to have a succesfull mairage in this world today, its goto put alot of added stress on to the pastor, to focus on family and flock. I like to refer to this as the Choice of Paul. Paul remained celibit so that he could foucus souly on those who he spread the Gosple to. Would i be oposed to priest that were married, no. I am also in suport of the movment to have female priests. I think some of the most dynamic people in the bible have been women.[b said:
First this is a prayer, denoted by the ending Amen. Secondly that first word 'Hail' or 'Ave' means[b said:
An notice that word reverent. When we revere something we are worshiping it. Next we hit the phrase 'Full of Grace' only Christ is full of grace. We receive grace from Him, there is no other source of grace from our punishments. We have some scripture references. And then 'Holy Mary, Mother of God' Mary was not holy. She was a normal woman, who had other children after Christ. The primary definition of holy is[b said:
This is not something that should be applied in reference to a person, except Christ. And finally, we get the 'Pray for us sinners, now and at the time of our deaths.' Does this change anything at all? Assuming the concept of instantly being at Christ's side is correct, do the prayers of others, have any effect on our salvation? most especially does it have any effect on our salvation at the time of our death? No. Salvation must be accepted during life, by the sinner. It cannot be prayed into being for someone post-mortem.[b said:
yes, you believe in consubstantiation[b said:
