The books of the Bible were not just in one book... they were all on separate scrolls and some scrolls were thought to be inspired (The Shepherd of Hermas) and...
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wdw0468
Apr 3, 2006 6:25 pm
i am looking for about five prayers dealing with penance thank you and GOD BLESS...
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wayne wellington
wdw0468
Apr 3, 2006 6:24 pm
ted i agree with alot of your comments so here is a question for you not hard but can you give me about five prayers used for penance and do you know a good...
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cblackrun
Apr 3, 2006 6:24 pm
Abel, I've actually been going through this with another very bright person on another site. He does not like the doctrine of the Trinity at all. He believes...
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abel marquez
marquee_male_ph
Apr 3, 2006 6:23 pm
DID I SAY THAT the bible consist of "Book of Isaiah only"???? or you are just maliciously imputing that to me???? Please don't put words i did not say on my...
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PAUL LIMA
perezpr30
Apr 3, 2006 6:22 pm
Christian fundamentalist are selling religion to the highest political bidder. Julia <encarnacionjulia@...> wrote: What does this have to do with...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 6:00 pm
My Protestant senior pastor named his daughter Mary Kate. Mary for the Blessed Ever-Virgin. Whit...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 2:36 pm
... interpretation ... way. Very true! Whit...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 2:35 pm
The Jews indeed interpret a different way. The Jews before Christ didn't have the NT, but they did see that a Messiah was coming. The Jews during and after...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 3, 2006 9:46 am
A Christian reading of the Old Testament does not exhaust interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, yet the Christian is bound to embrace the Old Testament if he or...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 3, 2006 9:42 am
That seems an appropriate take on Catholic reading of Scripture. As long as one realizes that Jews read the same texts in a different way, I accept this....
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 3, 2006 9:40 am
Yes, that recalls the lovely grasp Charles Williams had of the work of the Spirit in the formation of the Church, thoug the notion of biblical infalliblity...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 2:43 am
The root of the Bible's infalliblity is the Spirit, the Guide to All Truth. Without the Spirit, nothing is infallible or inspired. The Spirit directly...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 2:25 am
I was reading the Catholic Encyclodpedia this morning, and I like it decribes Scripture and how the 2 Testaments fit: "... In one respect, therefore, the Bible...
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covie1646
Apr 3, 2006 2:17 am
... absurdity in ... absurd ... Very good. Whit...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 6:19 pm
That response of mine is probably a tad excessive. I try to grasp to some extent how other people read scripture. The Hebrew Bible is the lexicon of the New...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 4:43 pm
We would not strain the reading of the Hebrew Bible with retrospective Christian interpretations....
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 4:39 pm
You do not want to deny those who are not Christian to read the Hebrew Bible for its meaning without Christian overtones—right? ... You do not want to deny...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 4:38 pm
The relentless obsession with many theologians to insist on absurdity in theology hurts Christian faith. To believe because something is absurd is...
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covie1646
Apr 2, 2006 2:14 pm
"A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance...
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covie1646
Apr 2, 2006 2:09 pm
That's the thing. We are not Jews but Christians. Hence, if we were Jews, we would miss the Messianic prophecies. Whit ... Jesus as ... reading ... should ...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 4:32 am
Jewish reading of the Hebrew Bible does not find prediction of Jesus as Messiah. It does find deep meaning of the scripture....
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 2, 2006 4:30 am
1. something absurd or contradictory: a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true...
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covie1646
Apr 2, 2006 4:08 am
... of the ... I've no clue what you are saying there. I am saying that we should read both the OT and NT, not just one or the other. Whit ... reading ... ...
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covie1646
Apr 2, 2006 4:07 am
Are you denying or affirming the Bible's infallibility? A paradox is not necessarily nor necessarily includes contradiction. Whit ... paradox ... PUBLICATIONS ...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 1, 2006 9:33 pm
A Christian reading of the Old Testament is not the only reading of the Hebrew Bible....
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 1, 2006 9:30 pm
Who says the Bible is infallible? Why would it be infallible? A paradox involves contradiction--by definition....
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covie1646
Apr 1, 2006 4:11 pm
Why eat half of an excellent dinner? I too read the NT primiarily because it was easier to understand. Then, I ventured into reading the OT. The OT...
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covie1646
Apr 1, 2006 3:51 pm
If the Bible is infallible, then Bible cannot contradict itself. Hence, there are no contradictions in the Bible. The "contradictions" are rather paradoxes,...
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Ted Michael Morgan
ted14_us
Apr 1, 2006 10:46 am
Remember that the Church defined the canon. If some scholars are on target, the Church refined scripture to conform to orthodoxy. It is hard to believe that...
