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The full and actual wording of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification can be read here: https://lutheranworld.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/joint_declaration_2019_en.pdf

It appears to me that you are confusing the Protestant Reformation in Europe that led to the creation of Protestantism and the English Reformation in England that led to the creation of The Church of England. The Reformed doctrine of Justification by faith alone was birthed by the Protestant...

As has been correctly stated several or more times in this thread, The Council of Trent was convened to deal with the brand new, man made theological beliefs being birthed during the Reformation. Of special concern to the Bishops participating in the council of Trent was the new, unbiblical...

The BDAG, on pages 780-781, defines the Greek word παρουσία (parousia): “Arrival as the first stage in presence, coming, advent” and when used of Christ nearly always “of his Messianic advent in glory to judge the world at the end of this age.” For the benefit of those persons who are likely...

The Roman Catholic Church believes in and teaches the Biblical doctrine of justification through faith alone as do the very large majority of Protestant churches, but they strongly disbelieve in the Reformed doctrine of Justification by faith alone—as do the very large majority of Protestant...

The Roman Catholic doctrine of Justification does not differ rather widely from the Protestant understandings of the doctrine that differ rather widely from each other. Indeed, the Roman Catholic doctrine of Justification is nearly identical to the Lutheran doctrine. However, the Roman Catholic...

The Roman Catholic Church teaches justification by faith alone, as do many Protestant churches. As I have already posted, The late Monsignor Patrick Boylan, M.A., D.D., D. LITT., Consultor of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, Professor of Eastern Languages, University College, Dublin...

Merriam-Webster bases all of it definitions upon their own massive database of actual word usage. That database clearly shows that in the English-speaking world, the word Parousia does not express the concept “presence” but rather it expresses the concept: in Christian theology : the time when...

Two points. (1) I was not addressing you in the second part of my post, but rather whatever preterists might read my post. That is why I began the second part of my post with the words, “My note to preterists:” (2) The Council of Trent was convened to address the new teachings coming from the...

How do you reconcile the contrast between the Roman Catholic Church as of December 4, 1563 and the current teaching of the Roman Catholic Church as evidenced by the direct, verbatim quotes that I posted? My note to preterists: The Roman Catholic church does not teach a preterist view of the...

Should we toss out as heresy the doctrine of justification by faith alone simply because Roman Catholics have taught it throughout the history of their church, and staunchly and unreservedly teach it today? The Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible (1971) has the following note on Rom...

The Scriptures expressly tell us that God is capable of feeling both grief and joy: Psalm 78: 40. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! Isaiah 63: 10. But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit; therefore he became their enemy; Mark 3:5. He...

Who are you to tell God that He has to know everything when the Bible explicitly teaches that God has the ability to learn, that He has learned, and that He has at times changed His mind upon learning what He hitherto did not know. Even cockroaches have the ability to learn. What do you believe...

As I have posted over and over again, the Bible clearly tells us that God is a sentient being. No amount of silly philosophy will ever change what the Bible says.

Those verses are from the Bible and they are clear, explicit, unambiguous statements that prove that your repeated and repeated claim that “God can’t change His mind” is a willful, deliberate lie! And not just a lie, but a lie about God, His essence, and His nature. Is it even possible to tell a...

God, being just and holy, changes His mind when the circumstances require that He do so. Changing His mind does not make God a liar. You, on the other hand, appear in your posts to be a habitual liar just for the fun of it! Jonah 3:10. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil...

The answer to this question depends upon whether one believes clear, unambiguous, and clear statements in the Bible or on the contrary—his own foolishness. 1 Sam. 15:10. The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11. “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me, and has...

Our God is immutable! His essence and His very nature are not capable of or susceptible to being changed, but God has a mind of His own. And because God’s mind is His alone, He is perfectly free to change His mind so long as His essence and His nature are not changed—and of course, they cannot...

Malachi 3:6. For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished. 7. Ever since the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “How shall we...

Gen. 6:55. The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. 6. And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7. So the Lord said, “I will...