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Its your church teaching!!! Put it back into context and tell me where you find it in the Bible.</font>[/QUOTE]Does your church require you to wear shoes to Sunday service? But that's not in the Bible!
Its your church teaching!!! Put it back into context and tell me where you find it in the Bible.</font>[/QUOTE]Does your church require you to wear shoes to Sunday service? But that's not in the Bible!
Frankly, I don't expect anyone to. Neither does the Roman Catholic Church. I grew up in the RCC (no longer a member) and haven't kissed a statue's feet. I like the way you throw in "bow down" as if you're insinuating some likd of worship of inanimate objects, which, as it's been stated, is against the teachings of the RCC.
Its your church teaching!!! Put it back into context and tell me where you find it in the Bible.</font>[/QUOTE]Well, since I'm a Baptist and not a practicing Catholic, I can't say it's my church's teaching. But I consider such a statement a compliment.
I never said I didn't like catholics. You said that. Don't put words in my mouth. I think they are being lied to, and seeing a Baptist defend the
Coffee and donuts doesn’t sound like a New Testament service to me. In the New Testament they were breaking the bread and drinking the cup of blessing which they blessed. Jesus called His Father’s house a house of prayer. By the way, Jesus taught respect for His Father's house with a whip. Expressing reverence and various degree of solemnity is taught in Holy Scripture. Jesus told us to eat His body and drink His blood in remembrance of Him.
"Candles," blessed on the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin (see Butler's Lives of the Saints, Feb. 2, Feast of the Purification). The Church blesses whatever it uses. Some say beautifully that the wax of the candle gathered by the bees from sweet flowers reminds us of Our Lord's pure, human body, and that the flame reminds us of His divinity. Again, candles about the altar remind us of the angels, those bright spirits ever about God's throne; they remind us, too, of the persecution of the Christians in the first ages of the Church, when they had to hear Mass and receive the Sacraments in dark places, where lights were necessary that priests and people might see. Again, lights are a beautiful ornament for the altar, and in keeping with holy things. Lights are a sign of joy: hence the very old custom of lighting bonfires to express joy. So we have lights to express our joy at the celebration of the Holy Mass. Again, if we wish to honor any great person in the Church or State. we illuminate the city for his reception. So, too, we illuminate our altars and churches for the reception of Our Lord, that we may honor Him when He comes in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and is present at Benediction.
or light A candle etc.
"Candles," blessed on the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin (see Butler's Lives of the Saints, Feb. 2, Feast of the Purification). The Church blesses whatever it uses. Some say beautifully that the wax of the candle gathered by the bees from sweet flowers reminds us of Our Lord's pure, human body, and that the flame reminds us of His divinity. Again, candles about the altar remind us of the angels, those bright spirits ever about God's throne; they remind us, too, of the persecution of the Christians in the first ages of the Church, when they had to hear Mass and receive the Sacraments in dark places, where lights were necessary that priests and people might see. Again, lights are a beautiful ornament for the altar, and in keeping with holy things. Lights are a sign of joy: hence the very old custom of lighting bonfires to express joy. So we have lights to express our joy at the celebration of the Holy Mass. Again, if we wish to honor any great person in the Church or State. we illuminate the city for his reception. So, too, we illuminate our altars and churches for the reception of Our Lord, that we may honor Him when He comes in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and is present at Benediction.
That's your opinion.</font>[/QUOTE]You need to come up with examples. Till then, I will wait & see.
Ok..you got me curious now. Bro. Curtis is one of the few on the board who I feel deals in a respectable manner at all times. Had you chosen another to vent on, you might be able to make a case, but I don't feel Bro. Curtis was out of line in very many of his posts.
I go to Baptist Church but can tell all that Jesus said AC.1:5"For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence"Ac 11:16"Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost." So long as we need a quote.