tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post116232140618080288..comments2023-10-16T05:20:27.672-05:00Comments on the Contender: All Hallows EveEJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162923607675355292006-11-07T12:20:00.000-06:002006-11-07T12:20:00.000-06:00I wonder what anti-catholic material I am using? ...I wonder what anti-catholic material I am using? I do not have any books that are anti-catholic and I only have listened to one lecture about the Papacy that would be considered by Catholics as "anti-catholic". <BR/><BR/>Perhaps you're right, though. The most anti-Roman Catholic book that I have (which I try to read a lot) is the Bible. <BR/><BR/>As for Martin Luther in heaven? I do not know for sure. Judging by his confession and what he did, it would seem to me that he is. <BR/><BR/>Don't worry about Luther, Michael. Worry about yourself. Catholicism says that you can never know for sure if you're going to heaven, or that you can lose it. That is not the teaching of the Bible. The bible is written so that you might know how to be saved and to know if you are saved!EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162468102386203262006-11-02T05:48:00.000-06:002006-11-02T05:48:00.000-06:00But where is Luther today EJ? Do you think he is ...But where is Luther today EJ? Do you think he is in heaven?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859506678277376581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162467991089020112006-11-02T05:46:00.000-06:002006-11-02T05:46:00.000-06:00Jeff,EJ is getting his info from his anti-catholic...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>EJ is getting his info from his anti-catholic readings, I am sure his book shelf is full of such books.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859506678277376581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162439393677554622006-11-01T21:49:00.000-06:002006-11-01T21:49:00.000-06:00EJ,The Catholic Church does encourage Bible readin...EJ,<BR/><BR/>The Catholic Church does encourage Bible reading. Most of the important parts of the Bible are read during Mass over a 3-year period. The Catechism itself is full of Scripture references for most of its teachings, and we use Scripture all the time in my RCIA class. So I'm not sure where you're getting your information as far as modern times go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162355487763762452006-10-31T22:31:00.000-06:002006-10-31T22:31:00.000-06:00I didn't waste my time or money on such a movie......I didn't waste my time or money on such a movie... It should be listed on the "Papal Banned books and movie" shelf.<BR/><BR/>St.michaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162344426522343242006-10-31T19:27:00.000-06:002006-10-31T19:27:00.000-06:00I think that it would grieve him (as it does any b...I think that it would grieve him (as it does any believer). But the cost of the masses having bibles and searching the scriptures for themselves was outweighed by the benefits, I think. <BR/><BR/>The cost is that so many false teachings have arisen out of more churches (for prior to that, there was only one real established and large church for false teaching to eminate from). The positive is that the individual believers of all places had full and complete access to the Bible as soon as it could be translated into their own tongue. <BR/><BR/>I believe that Rome's resopnse to what I just said would be something about how they didn't discourage Bible reading ever and still do not but that they encourage it. <BR/><BR/>The concern that I have with this statement is the simple fact that it seems that there are far more missionary minded Protestant organizations that are actively engaged in bringing God's Word to those who have never heard it and having it translated into those peoples' languages than there are Catholic ones doing it.<BR/><BR/>As far as the Luther movie goes, I too do not agree with all of his theology, but as a whole, what he did was the righ thing to do. <BR/><BR/>sola fide.EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885830096757444438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16818808.post-1162343669543802412006-10-31T19:14:00.000-06:002006-10-31T19:14:00.000-06:00EJ,I recommend 'The Reformation' by Diarmaid MacCu...EJ,<BR/><BR/>I recommend 'The Reformation' by Diarmaid MacCulloch to you if you have not already read it. It is a very good historical account of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. MacCulloch is a Protestant, but when writing the book he took great care to take a neutral stance in the text itself.<BR/><BR/>I did enjoy watching the Luther movie (from a pure entertainment standpoint). I don't agree with every one of Luther's actions or theological views, but I think he did what he thought was right at the time. Luther was certainly right to condemn the popular superstitions, the sale of indulgences, and the power-hungry clerics of his day.<BR/><BR/>I do think he would be very disappointed to learn that we have split into so many different churches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com