Comments on the Shameless Popery blog,
Craig Truglia says:
April 29, 2015 at 2:11 am
I’m not making myself an authority on anything.
April 29, 2015 at 2:11 am
I’m not making myself an authority on anything.
Yes, Craig, you are.
Let me explain, from Scripture.
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Do you deny that Scripture is teaching, in this verse, that the Church is the Teacher of God’s word?
2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Do you deny that in this verse, Scripture is teaching that Christ speaks through His Church?
See, Craig, you are asking us to set Christ aside and listen to you. Because Christ speaks through His Church. Therefore, if you want us to set the Church aside and listen to you, you are asking us to set Christ aside.
The fact you cannot actually respond to what is written but instead lament that because I am not the Catholic Church, I am by default wrong, reflects a circular logic.
It is circular logic to you because you would never dream of NOT leaning upon your own understanding. But we obey Scripture:
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
The truth is that, unless Protestants think they understand a doctrine, they won’t believe it. They, you, wouldn’t dream of accepting a doctrine unless you can quantify it in your own mind.
But we believe the Church whether we understand the Doctrine or not, because we believe Jesus Christ is speaking through the Church.
You can verify that whether I am apostate or you are, because verification means nothing to you.
On the contrary, we have verified that you contradict the Catholic Church and that means that you contradict Jesus Christ who speaks through His Church.
The sole authority is the Catholic Church, regardless of what earlier Catholics have written, what the Scripture says, or the internal logical consistency of present-day Catholic teachings (here prayers for the dead.)
The sole authority is God who established the Catholic Church and speaks through Her. It is she who wrote the New Testament based upon the Traditions passed down by Jesus Christ.
Decrying that I am not Catholic and therefore my opinion is invalid does not prove anything and it is an argument that only impresses the ignorant.
We don’t decry that you aren’t Catholic. We decry that you put yourself in authority over the Word of God. We decry that you put yourself above Jesus Christ.
We aren’t Protestants with whom you can quibble about the meaning of this and that word in Scripture. We aren’t Protestants with whom you can discover the meaning of the Scripture. We aren’t Protestants with whom you can invent new meanings to the Word of God.
We are Catholics. The true sons of Abraham. Who believe the Doctrines of Jesus Christ which have been passed down by the Catholic Church for 2000 years.
I hope you’re not insulted.
Great defense De Maria!
ReplyDeleteA lot of Protestants get offended when we don't listen after they come to us and begin to make authoritative proclamations.
DeleteBut really, why would we trade in Jesus Christ and replace His Teachings with theirs?
Very true. What is also very perplexing is their criticism of the "Pope" and his role. Yet they are the ones who act like a "pope" but deny that Christ established someone to lead us down here on earth....go figure.
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