Linuxgeek71

I don't know where this version comes from. I have had it for a while. My personal version is a reprint of a pre 1962 and it is different from this one as well. I have read some history of the Little Office and there have been many different versions since the original was created.

I believe you have your facts wrong. He did win the popular vote, but he did not win the electoral vote. If he had, he would be president. You can come up with whatever reasons or conspiracies you like, but the fact remains Bush was elected president by the electoral college. There is no law saying the electoral votes must follow the popular. If you don't like the system, get it changed, but don't change the facts to push your agenda.

"But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you." 1 Pet: 3:15 "But prove all things; hold fast that which is good." 1 Thes 5:21 "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts." Isaias 28:9 "The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps" Prov 14:15 "The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for knowledge" Prov 14:18 "And Paul, according to his custom, went in unto them; and for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the scriptures:" Acts 17:2 There are more, but I feel the point is made. Scripture clearly shows rationality is a good thing. So syllogism is good according to the Bible . When I first answered the question about infallibility I listed the criteria, so your football quote makes little sense. As for the Paul and Peter thing, I did answer your question, but it requires a logical deduction to see that. (Just as an example of how St. Paul showed that St. ...

What is your issue with syllogisms? Do you deny that rationality, a God given gift, is good and useful? Premises have implications, that is a fact. If you accept a premise you must accept its implications. I have given you the criteria by which it is decided if a Pope's statements are infallible or not. When they are met the Pope is infallible, when they are not met he is fallible. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, contradictory about that. You have created a false dichotomy by ignoring the standards the Church established and projecting your own. Yes Jesus is the rock, there is no doubt in that. He did name St. Peter the rock of the Church though. You cannot deny that Simon became Peter (and Peter means rock, just check the original aramaic). So St. Peter is the rock of the Church. That line of the Gospel is clear. Actually Church members did write the originals (at least one of which was in aramaic, not Greek). We claim to be the original Church, per St. Peter being the rock, so all the New Testament writers were Catholic. There is nothing perverted about the Latin translation of the Bible. It actually preserves meaning better than English, which can obscure things at t...

Splitting hairs? I did not split hairs. You said no other use of Church appears and I gave you an example. You misunderstand Papil infallibility. Popes are not at all times infallible. The Church has never held this. There are only very specific moments in time. The Pop must be speaking from the seat of Peter (that is the head of the Church), he must be speaking about doctrine, and it must not contradict anything in the Bible. If all those conditions are not met what the Pope says, while important, is not infallible. So your example is invalid, because you read infallibility into what no one is claiming is infallible. Your quote from Cor 10:4 was speaking about the Jews. While of course Christ is the ultimate foundation of all, throughout the Bible God works through men and bestows blessings and favors upon them. So that statement does not contradict St. Peter being the rock. And if you read the statement from Mathew in the original aramaic, you see that Peter is actually named rock. Peter as we call him comes from petros, meaning rock. Christ literally named him rock. So yes St. Peter was the rock on which the Church was built. Making him its head. We call the head the Pope. ...

"And I say to you: That you are Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Notice 'Church of God' is not in that sentence. Also notice, St. Peter is the rock. It is not built on a foundation of people left to interpret scriptures, without authority, it is built upon St. Peter. St. Peter is the head of only one Church, the Catholic Church. And Christ said the gates of hell would not prevail against it. So the Catholic Church is the true and only Church which Christ founded. You say you don't claim to speak the truth. Then you say you speak by Christ's authority. Thus you are claiming that Christ gave you the authority to spread a message that is not the truth. I assure you Christ, the all good all just all merciful God, did no such thing. I would like to know your response to the Catholic Church compiled the Bible. This is a historical fact. So while you may not claim to follow a religion, a religion put together the book you use. Without the Church, you would not know of Christ as you do now. You owe your life and salvation to Christ (who paid the price for you to have it) and the Church (the medium he chose...

I guess I need some clarification, for you claim Christ founded the Church of God. According to the Church of God website it was founded in 1886, well after Christ ascended into heaven and after the Gospels were compiled by the Catholic Church (yes it is a fact the Catholic Church put together the Bible). So the Church of God could not have been founded by Jesus. Do you mean some other organization? Also you quote scripture as if you have authority. Remember Christ in the desert? Even the devil was able to take scripture out of context and use it for evil. Christ gave authority to Peter as the head of the Church and from there it passed on to the leaders of the Church that would come later. So if you want to quote scripture, provide your authority like the Catholic Church can.

Christ only founded one church, the scriptures make that clear. He also told his apostles to spread the Word unto the ends of the Earth. This directly implies that the one church he founded was to be universal. He also prays that Christians will stay united, again implying a universal church. 'Catholic' means universal. The Catholic Church is the oldest church according to history, thus it must be the church founded by Christ and the only true Church.

Good job spreading the Word. More people need to hear the truth of the Catholic Church, the only Church founded by Jesus.