Peewee,
You didn't even begin to try . . . .
All right, so you putting out your touchy-felly side of Baptist-Calvinism to me and you tried to reached out. So what ?
Religion Library, Baptist:
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptista. Overview,
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptistb. Origins, John Smyth
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptist/originsc. History,
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptist/historical-developmentd. Beliefs,
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptist/beliefse. Rituals And Worship,
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptist/ritual-worship-devotion-symbolismf. Ethics And Community,
http://www.patheos.com/library/baptist/ethics-morality-communityAnd you tried to sound so religiously monogamous. Ever heard of wolf's in sheep's clothing's . . . so don't be so naive . . . Peewee.
Really, you have to stop playing your Baptist-Calvinistic religious games on the OPP thread.
Apparently you really don't want a true Christian discussion on our theological differences.
This is your attempt of Baptist-Calvinistic anti-Catholic bigotry.
Yes I said, Calvinistic anti-Catholic bigotry, your not saving anyone, and especially not me.
From your tomfoolery attempt on being religious cordiality.
I'm not playing your belittling guilt game.
So Peewee, Big deal, hasn't gotten you anywhere, so stop playing to the crowd on the OPP forum. e.g. Baptist or reformed Baptist or Southern Baptists.
So far their are thousands of present day division in Protestantism, and It continues. e.g. over 33,000 thousand sects, and growing some say as high as 51,000 world wide.
Within The Baptist community their have been several schisms, divisions, sect's, "denominations" and independence local congregations.
Because Baptist ecclesiology (that is, doctrine of the church) is anchored in the local church.
Their are now 18 sect's, "denominations" and divisions and on going self-interpretation Baptists.
a. Particular Baptists
b. Anabaptist
c. Separatist church or "Dissenters"
d. General Baptists
e. Seventh Day Baptists
f. Sabbatarians Baptists
g. Baptist with Calvinistic beliefs
h. Dutch Anabaptists (Mennonites)
i. Baptist tradition and the emerging "American spirit Baptist."
j. Two distinct Baptist theological traditions -- Arminian and Calvinist -- within the Baptist tradition.
k. Southern Baptists
l. Reformed Baptists
m. African-American Baptists
n. Conservative Baptists
o. Northern Baptists
p. Baptists "fundamentalist/modernist" controversies e.g. inspiration and authority of the Bible
q. Progressive National Baptist
r. Baptist soul competence, or Baptist freedom of conscience, and the self autonomy of Baptist churches and institutions
s. The supreme Baptist authority, religious self-interpretation, the Bible.
And Jesus asked us to remain as one:
Who are you kidding and when will this self-interpretation believers stop . . . .?
John 17:11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you.
Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.
It's called religious self-interpretation of the bible for a reason, and flawed self-interpretation theology.Peewee, So lets get into the heart of the discussion or the cliché: The meat and the potatoes e.g.
What really are your personal religious Baptist vendetta's and anti-catholic undertones against the Catholic Christian Church ?
And why you think your Calvinistic-Baptist Cult and heretical implications of your theology is superior to the Christian Catholic Church? ?
Does that get to the point of your argumentation and retort statements and anti-Catholic opinion's ?
I'll start with a few Religious Subject:
And URL website's that back up my statements on Catholicism the One True Church Founded by Jesus Christ.
1. The Catholic Church
http://www.patheos.com/library/roman-catholicism◦ The Church is the “Pillar of the Truth”
The Magisterium or Teaching Authority of the Church
https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/chura4.htm http://www.cuf.org/2002/11/pillar-and-bulwark-of-the-truth-the-infallibility-magisterium-of-the-catholic-church/ • The Binding Authority of Councils, Led by the Holy Spirit Papal Encyclicals Online, Papal and other official documents of the Catholic Church
Papal Encyclicals
http://www.papalencyclicals.net Church Councils:
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/councils • The Authority of Oral Tradition
Bible, Tradition, Canon, & “Sola Scriptura” (Index Page)
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2006/11/bible-church-tradition-canon-index.html2. Divisions and Denominationalism
◦ Christians Ought to Be One, as Jesus and His Father Are One
• A Multiplicity of Divisions Is a Bad Thing
• Dissensions and Denominationalism Forbidden by St. Paul
3. Bible and Tradition
◦ The Necessity of Authoritative Interpretation
www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2004/04/problem-of-authority-luther-calvin.html • The Binding Authority of Tradition, According to St. Paul
• Oral and Extrabiblical Tradition in the New Testament
4. The Papacy
◦ St. Peter as the Rock and Possessor of the Keys of the Kingdom
5. Justification and Salvation
◦ Faith and Works: Two Sides of One Coin
• The Rich Young Ruler’s Question About Salvation
• God’s Fellow Workers?
• St. Paul’s Plea: “Work Out Your Salvation”
• Obedience Necessary for Salvation
• Disobedience Led to Death, Obedience to Justification
• St. Paul on Falling Away from the Faith and Salvation
• Other Biblical Writers on Apostasy
6. Judgment and Good Works
◦ The Crucial Role of Works (and Absence of Faith) in Judgment Day Accounts
• St. Paul: “Doers of the Law” Will Be Justified
7. Baptism
◦ Baptism of Entire Households (Implying the Baptism of Children) .
• Baptismal Regeneration
8. The Eucharist
◦ The Last Supper: “This Is My Body”
• “He Who Eats My Flesh and Drinks My Blood Has Eternal Life”
• “Participation” in the Body and Blood of Christ
• Profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord
9. Penance
◦ Sharing in Christ’s Sufferings
• Carrying Christ’s Afflictions in Our Bodies
10. The Communion of the Saints
◦ The Imitation of Paul and the Veneration of the Saints
• Saints in Heaven as a “Cloud of Witnesses” Watching Those on Earth
• The Intercession of the Saints and Their Connection with the Earth
11. Relics and Sacramentals
◦ Elisha’s Bones Raise a Man from the Dead
• More Biblical Relics: Elijah’s Mantle, Peter’s Shadow, and Paul’s Handkerchief
12. Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead
◦ A Fairly Explicit Biblical Argument for Purgatory 1
• Baptism for the Dead: the Most “Un-Protestant” Verse in the Bible
• The Case of Onesiphorus: Did St. Paul Pray for a Dead Man?
• Prayers for the Dead When the Dead Are Raised
www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2004/02/new-biblical-argument-re-prayers-for.html 13. The Blessed Virgin Mary
◦ Full of Grace: The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Sinlessness and Immaculate Conception
www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2006/07/luke-128-full-of-grace-immaculate.html 14. Clerical Celibacy
◦ Voluntary Eunuchs for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
• “Each Has His Own Special Gift”; “Undivided Devotion to the Lord”
15. Divorce
◦ Our Lord Jesus’ “Strict” Stance on Divorce
16. Contraception
◦ The Sin of Onan [online excerpt is from the first draft,]
Peewee, Choose your topic and provide scriptural passages.. . .
While your at it, Try answering these questions:
You can't argue with Catholic Apologetic's, its truthfully definitive, and It's Biblically final.
Care to take a stab and counter these "Twenty One Reasons to Reject Sola Scriptura" ? Why Protestantism is not Biblical. . .
http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/sola.htm http://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-119691-1.html [/b]
[quote=Peewee
Well, at least I tried.
Your church means more to you than being a follower of Christ. It's all in your head and not in your heart.[/quote]