Taufgesinnter
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He has quoted many early Christian martyrs and saints, but you have not proved that they were false teachers. Their only opponents--simply put, the men who disagreed with them--essentially, were unbelieving Jews and men like Marcion and Arius. Should we conclude that you agree instead with these saints' opponents then? No, I believe you disagree with both sides, the early Christian leaders and stalwarts of the faith and the heretics with whom they grappled, because none can be found in the Church's early history to support most modern Baptist distinctives.JGrubbs said:You have posted many more quotes from many more Catholic "heros", but that doesn't prove that they were not false teachers. You can base your faith and religion on the teachings and quotes of men, but if they are not found in the Scriptures or if they contradict the Scriptures then you are following a false religion. The Eucharist is a false teaching from the Catholic church and all your quotes do is show more false teachers from withing the Catholic church.
Looking at your first example:
The Apostle Paul once warned, "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ" (Colossians 2:8).
Sadly any who consider that the philosopher Justin was a true saint and who believe any of the untruths he promulgated have not heeded Paul's warning. Please insure that you heed Paul's warnings and the true teachings from the Bible.
We could start a thread with quotes from the history of the Mormans or the Jehovah's Witnesses, but that wouldn't be proof that they were not false religions.
You and I would probably agree that what is happening today in the modern church is very far from what Christ and the Apostles set up in the first Church, but I don't agree that they had anythnig to do with setting up the false religion of Catholicism.
We can base our faith and religion on the teachings and quotes of the apostles and their disciples, but if they are not found in your own interpretation of the Scriptures or if they contradict your own bulls, encyclicals, edicts and decrees on the Scriptures then we are following a false religion. The Eucharist is, according to you, a false teaching, and since it comes directly from the lips of our Lord Jesus Christ and the pen of the apostle Paul, then what should that say about your opinion of Christ and Paul? Only that you refuse to take them at their word and so, rather than contradict them openly, you interpret them away--"spiritualize" what they said.
You judge the Church of God rather than let her judge you. You stand against those who would have had the rule over you rather than obey them, had you lived at the time of the apostles and disciples. Of course, had you actually lived in that time, you more likely would align yourself with the faith once delivered to the saints rather than modern Western rationalistic and naturalistic innovations inspired by Renaissance humanism (such as baptism and Eucharist being merely symbolic).
Tauf, historian and non-Roman Catholic