On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:45:48 -0800, Robert <
no...@none.com> wrote:
>On Nov 18, 2021, P+Barker wrote
>(in article<
vomcpg921d5nehg4s...@4ax.com>):
>You said nothing. Like a good little boy in catechism you repeated the words
>of the RCC and totally disagreed with your post I read earlier where you
>stated reading in block and understanding the Bible in the whole context of
>what it taught. Way to go, again you made yourself a liar.
Are you totally stupid?
I followed your lead with the greek interpretations.
And I proved you to be in error.
And I still read more than one phrase at a time in the Bible.
You should try it.
>
>Throughout the old and the NT's Jesus is spoken of as The Rock. And not a
>stone. Jesus knew that way better than you will ever know.
Why do you think that is?
Could "Rock" mean something sturdy, dependable, stable, firm..?
Can more than one person be considered a Rock?
What shall I do about Duane Johnson?
Why can't Peter be considered a Rock?
>They, the RCC just pulled the wool over your eyes as the minions of the evil
>one do.
You sound like you have experience with the evil one.
>1Co 10:4 (KJV)
>4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
>spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
"upon this rock I will build my church."
>> "UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BULD MY CHURCH."
>
>Ah yes, the RCC chanter.
What charter do you use?
Upon this calvin I will build my church - but I can deny him also.
>> > > > In fact Paul spoke against the idea of following Peter, Paul, Apollos, or
>> > > > anyone else except Jesus.
>> > >
>> > > Prove it.
>> > > HERE BELOW>>>>
>> >
>> > “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
>> > ye
>> > all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that
>> > ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
>> > For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of
>> > the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say,
>> > that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of
>> > Cephas;
>> > and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye
>> > baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but
>> > Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own
>> > name.” (1Co 1:10-15, KJV)
>>
>> That does NOT say we should not follow Peter.
>> It says we should follow Jesus.
>
>It said you were not to claim adherence to any of them.
I don't adhere to any leader in my church.
Most people do not even know the name of their own bishop.
>
>> Peter is NOT Jesus. He is the bureaucratic head of the church that
>> was left behind by Jesus. No one claims Peter should be followed
>> next.
>
>Then the pope is out, and to be disregarded as to what he directs the RCC to
>do. It stands to reason.
What does he direct the church to do that does not agree with Jesus
Words? C'mon.... be the man.... show me up.
>> > “For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and
>> > strife,
>> > and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am
>> > of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul,
>> > and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave
>> > to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So
>> > then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but
>> > God
>> > that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one:
>> > and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For
>> > we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's
>> > building.” (1Co 3:3-9, KJV)
>>
>> Yup, we are laborers for the Lord.
>> Not for Peter or Paul.
>
>Only if you are Born Again, otherwise it is all a pretense.
<Yawn>
Are you boasting again?
>> > You are supposed to hide the word of God in your soul so that you will not
>> > sin against him.
>>
>> When will you start hiding the word of God in your soul?
>>
>> > et a far better way to to be Born Again, and be a new
>> > creature in Christ Jesus, so that you will live with a new found desire to
>> > please God First.
>>
>> All Catholics are born again when they are Baptised.
>
>Not true. If it were to be true then the RCC should lease a fleet of 747
>water droppers and fly over all the world with "holy water" and baptize all
>the people of the word. Look at all the child molesters in the RCC who were
>baptized.
What hog wash.
1. All Catholics are born again when they are baptised.
2. You rent a 747 - what a wierd thought.
3. Yes, I am positive that some child molestors were baptised.
4. The RCC knows that we are all sinners, as Jesus once said.
That is why we have the Sacrament of Penance.
We do have the opportunity to repent and be brought back into the
fold. Unlike you who may sin, and you don't have to admit it because
you claim you cannot sin.
>> > And you will see that you will even hate to tell a small
>> > white lie, that it would be detestable to you as part of your new nature in
>> > Christ Jesus. You would start finding out that you mo longer want to be a
>> > troll, and that you would find immense displeasure with these day by day
>> > denials of yours regarding of the truth of God.
>>
>> Troll?
>> You call me a troll when I conront you about LIES about the Catholic
>> faith, doctrine and dogma -- in my own Catholic newsgroup?
>
>Yes, because you are extremely gullible
And now you say I am a troll because I am gullible?
Somehow I don't recall that being a characteristic of a troll.
>and not man enough to verify what
>they cram down your throat, does not mean they are feeding you truth.
The RCC crams the words of Jesus down my throat.
But we don't consider it cramming.
Maybe you do.
>You
>keep saying things like the molesting issue is over and done with as the RCC
>has fixed it, yet up pops the molesters, daily. Yes, you are a troll.
The issue is not over.
It will never be over until all sins are done with.
However, the RCC went through a crisis where they had to confront
their own fallibility, past decisions, improper protocols, and poor
decisions to follow the leadinf shrinks of the time.
We screwed up.
The RCC addressed this "ISSUE" in 2002, and came up with good
corrective actions. These actions will never prevent all future sin.
You are a fool if you think that.
>You never fight for the purity of the RCC and the cleanup of its corruption.
The RCC has never claimed to be pure.
Only fakes (like you) can make that claim.
Let's look at some of the actions taken about child abuse over the
years.
Actions by the Vatican - taken to stop the abuse crisis…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases
Catholic bishops in the 50's and 60's viewed sexual abuse by priests
as "a spiritual problem, one requiring a spiritual solution, i.e.
prayer". However, starting in the sixties, the bishops came to adopt
an emerging view based on the advice of medical personnel who
recommended psychiatric and psychological treatment for those who
sexually abused minors. This view asserted that, with proper
treatment, priests who had molested children could safely be placed
back into ministry. This approach viewed pedophilia as an addiction,
such as alcoholism which many feel cannot be cured but which can be
treated and restrained.
In 1962, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of the Sacred
Congregation of the Holy Office, sent a letter which became known as
the Crimen sollicitationis. In this letter, the Holy Office laid down
procedures to be followed in dealing with cases of clerics (priests or
bishops) of the Roman Catholic Church accused of having used the
sacrament of Penance to make sexual advances to penitents. In
addition, it reiterated the seriousness and gravity of ever breaking
the seal of confession.
In 1983, the Vatican promulgated a revised Code of Canon Law which
included a canon (1395, 2) which explicitly named sex with a minor by
clerics as a canonical crime.
The burgeoning number of scandals evoked deep concern among some
Catholic observers, and in 1985 a confidential report entitled "The
Problem of Sexual Molestation by Roman Catholic Clergy: Meeting the
Problem in a Comprehensive and Responsible Matter" was submitted to
the Catholic hierarchy. The authors included Gauthe's attorney, F. Ray
Mouton, and two clerics [priests], Thomas P. Doyle and Michael
Peterson.... The group warned of the need to take urgent action in the
face of scandals, to react swiftly to complaints, and also to avoid
charges of secretive proceedings or cover-ups. (p. 37) Tragically,
either this advice was not followed, or not followed often enough.
This approach continued to be practiced by the bishops well into the
mid-1980s, a period which characterizes as the "tipping point in the
understanding of the problem within the church and in society".
Pope John Paul II took a number of steps to address the problem of
priestly formation. On March 25, 1992, he completed the apostolic
exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis ("I Shall Give You Shepherds"), one of
the longest papal documents in history. This explored the crisis of
priestly identity, the renewal of priestly life and the reform of
seminaries in detail. Some have attributed the scant number of abuse
allegations from the 1990s as evidence that the late Pope's reform
efforts were fruitful.
In April 2001, Pope John Paul II issued Sacramentorum sanctitatis
tutela (Safeguarding the Sanctity of the Sacraments). This replaced
the Crimen sollicitationis. All priestly sex crimes cases were to be
placed under the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
which, in most cases, would authorize the bishops to conduct trials
themselves. In May 2001, a letter from the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, in line with the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the
1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, was sent to the Catholic
bishops.
Pope John Paul II declared in 2003 that "there is no place in the
priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young".
With the approval of the Vatican, the hierarchy of the church in the
United States instituted reforms to prevent future abuse including
requiring background checks for Church employees and volunteers and,
noting the preponderance of adolescent males (teenage boys) amongst
victims of abuse, warned that a more searching inquiry is necessary
for a homosexually oriented man; and the worldwide Church also
prohibited the ordination of men with "deep-seated homosexual
tendencies."
Early in 2010 Cardinal Claudio Hummes, the head of the Congregation
for Clergy, said that instances of sexual abuse by priests were
"criminal facts" as well as serious sins and required co-operation
with the civil justice system
The Pope took the extraordinary steps of ordering the retirement of
Cardinal Bernard Law Archbishop John Aloysius Ward, the most senior
member of the Roman Catholic Church in Wales, in the wake of a
paedophile scandal which rocked their dioceses to its foundations. The
72-year-old archbishop Ward, who had been under severe criticism from
clergy and congregations following the convictions of two priests for
child sexual abuse offences, was forced to resign despite making clear
his determination to stay in office. He had been accused of repeatedly
ignoring warnings about the two priests' conduct.
Actions by the Vatican - taken to stop the abuse crisis…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases
Catholic bishops in the 50's and 60's viewed sexual abuse by priests
as "a spiritual problem, one requiring a spiritual solution, i.e.
prayer". However, starting in the sixties, the bishops came to adopt
an emerging view based on the advice of medical personnel who
recommended psychiatric and psychological treatment for those who
sexually abused minors. This view asserted that, with proper
treatment, priests who had molested children could safely be placed
back into ministry. This approach viewed pedophilia as an addiction,
such as alcoholism which many feel cannot be cured but which can be
treated and restrained.
In 1962, Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, Secretary of the Sacred
Congregation of the Holy Office, sent a letter which became known as
the Crimen sollicitationis. In this letter, the Holy Office laid down
procedures to be followed in dealing with cases of clerics (priests or
bishops) of the Roman Catholic Church accused of having used the
sacrament of Penance to make sexual advances to penitents. In
addition, it reiterated the seriousness and gravity of ever breaking
the seal of confession.
In 1983, the Vatican promulgated a revised Code of Canon Law which
included a canon (1395, 2) which explicitly named sex with a minor by
clerics as a canonical crime.
The burgeoning number of scandals evoked deep concern among some
Catholic observers, and in 1985 a confidential report entitled "The
Problem of Sexual Molestation by Roman Catholic Clergy: Meeting the
Problem in a Comprehensive and Responsible Matter" was submitted to
the Catholic hierarchy. The authors included Gauthe's attorney, F. Ray
Mouton, and two clerics [priests], Thomas P. Doyle and Michael
Peterson.... The group warned of the need to take urgent action in the
face of scandals, to react swiftly to complaints, and also to avoid
charges of secretive proceedings or cover-ups. (p. 37) Tragically,
either this advice was not followed, or not followed often enough.
This approach continued to be practiced by the bishops well into the
mid-1980s, a period which characterizes as the "tipping point in the
understanding of the problem within the church and in society".
Pope John Paul II took a number of steps to address the problem of
priestly formation. On March 25, 1992, he completed the apostolic
exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis ("I Shall Give You Shepherds"), one of
the longest papal documents in history. This explored the crisis of
priestly identity, the renewal of priestly life and the reform of
seminaries in detail. Some have attributed the scant number of abuse
allegations from the 1990s as evidence that the late Pope's reform
efforts were fruitful.
In April 2001, Pope John Paul II issued Sacramentorum sanctitatis
tutela (Safeguarding the Sanctity of the Sacraments). This replaced
the Crimen sollicitationis. All priestly sex crimes cases were to be
placed under the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
which, in most cases, would authorize the bishops to conduct trials
themselves. In May 2001, a letter from the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, in line with the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the
1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, was sent to the Catholic
bishops.
Pope John Paul II declared in 2003 that "there is no place in the
priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young".
With the approval of the Vatican, the hierarchy of the church in the
United States instituted reforms to prevent future abuse including
requiring background checks for Church employees and volunteers and,
noting the preponderance of adolescent males (teenage boys) amongst
victims of abuse, warned that a more searching inquiry is necessary
for a homosexually oriented man; and the worldwide Church also
prohibited the ordination of men with "deep-seated homosexual
tendencies."
Early in 2010 Cardinal Claudio Hummes, the head of the Congregation
for Clergy, said that instances of sexual abuse by priests were
"criminal facts" as well as serious sins and required co-operation
with the civil justice system
The Pope took the extraordinary steps of ordering the retirement of
Cardinal Bernard Law Archbishop John Aloysius Ward, the most senior
member of the Roman Catholic Church in Wales, in the wake of a
paedophile scandal which rocked their dioceses to its foundations. The
72-year-old archbishop Ward, who had been under severe criticism from
clergy and congregations following the convictions of two priests for
child sexual abuse offences, was forced to resign despite making clear
his determination to stay in office. He had been accused of repeatedly
ignoring warnings about the two priests' conduct.