ArchivedWho was the Rock?Aieno Wrote: And we are not Catholics and do not accept Catholic propaganda as truth or historically accurate. You want a good link to show that any Pope did not consider the Bishop of Rome as the successor of Peter? That is difficult to do only because most search engines will not bring up information that denies the Catholic Church’s official position. But can you tell us why Pope Honorus I was declared a heretic? Here you have a Bishop of Rome included in your list of Popes who was later determined to teach heresy. How can this be true if the Pope is the supreme head of the Church of Jesus Christ? [/quote] So you are telling me you cant find a credible site thats supports your claim? There are a number of search egines avalible to you, including some run by Jews. I am sure the Jews dont care to much how the Catholic Church will feel if they speak against it. If you type "anti-Christ" in certain search engines, you can find a few Protestant web sites declaring the Pope is the anti-Christ. So I am sure you can find one to support your claim. Aieno Wrote: Aieno, when God changed someone’s name in the Bible, it is not like when we change our name in court. It meant a change of who the person was. When Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, he was doing two things: asserting that he could do so in the first place (which meant he was God); and asserting that he was establishing on the person of Peter a visible Church. The word rock also has special significance. On one hand, to be called “rock” was a Semitic expression designating the solid foundation upon which a community would be built. For instance, Abraham was considered “rock” because he was the father of the Jewish people (and we too refer to him as our father in faith) and the one with whom the covenant was first made. On the other hand, no one except God was called specifically “rock,” nor was it ever used as a proper name except for God. To give the name “rock” to St. Peter indicates that our Lord entrusted to him a special authority. Most anti-papal Protestants try to play linguistic games with the original Greek gospel text where the masculine gender word petros, meaning a small, moveable rock, refers to St. Peter while the feminine gender word petra, meaning a massive, immovable rock, refers to the foundation of the Church. However, in the Aramaic language, which is what Jesus spoke, the word Kepha, meaning rock, would be used in both places without gender distinction or difference in meaning. Aieno wrote: I havent refused to read anything, I just dont have time. I already told you that in another thread, if you have any questions you want to "pull out" from that article, it would make life easier for me. I also already stated they are not my "experts", as I myself am not a protestant. They are your "experts" that you just disagree with. Aieno Wrote: They are over 30,000 denominations, maybe thats to hard to accept but its true. Roughly two denominations are created every week. I once went on a Protestant site that had a article called "If you could choose a protestant denomination, Which brand would you pick?" Need I say more? :roll: Webmaster Wrote: I am sure if you gave the excellent presentation above to the Protestant scholars I presented in a precious post, they would not even take a second look at it. By the way I followed the Yahoo trail, not google. Webmaster Wrote: Peter didnt need to say so, as Christ said so. IAMFREE Wrote: I say you dont know what you are talking about. The Catholic Church says that we shouldnt use contraception, yet I used/use condoms! Does that make me a bad Catholic? Ifso will then so be it, I think it would be stupid not to use condoms in this day and age. But having said that I do understand why the Catholic church teaches not to use contraception. Peace |
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