Nice segue.
We proclaim that gospel too.
Let me see if I am reading you correctly.
Do you call your priest
father?
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Nice segue.
We proclaim that gospel too.
I didn't convert to Catholicism because of what people might think of me.
Let me see if I am reading you correctly.
Do you call your priest
father?
Jesus called Abraham "father", Paul called himself a "father" and addressed other men (fathers, actually) as "father.
Let me see if I am reading you correctly.
Do you call your priest
father?
For this reason I am sending you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord; he will remind you of my ways in Christ (Jesus), just as I teach them everywhere in every church. (1 Corinthians 4:17)
to Timothy, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1 Timothy 1:2)
to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2 Timothy 1:2)
My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, (Galatians 4:19)
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the FatherJesus Christ, the Righteous One.(1 John 2:1)
I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. (1 John 2:12)
write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.(1 John 2:14)
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.(1 John 2:18)
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. (1 John 2:28)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:18)
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4)
Do you care that you disobey one of the commandments of Jesus?
Do you ever think of what they might think of your preists that are getting in trouble with the law?
Absolutely.
What kind of figure would refer to his readers as 'son' or 'dear children'?
I'm a dear child.
I'm just repeating the Gospel as proclaimed by the Catholic Church.
And I was just repeating the Gospel as proclaimed by Jesus Christ.
Which one do you think carries more POWER?
I think we should all learn about this, as this is so important. It is our main reason for living a Christian life. I have been listening and watching many DVD's by Fr. David on this issue and most everything we Orthodox believe. I think the explanation from the start of creation through the Fall is so fascinating and really something I would like to share with you all so that you may see this other perspective that has been held by the Church since the beginning. I hope it brings you spiritual nourishment, and that through this, God reveals what He wants us to know about Him...the true understanding of Him.
I will begin with the details when I return from dropping off my children at school and some errands.
Can we please have peace for a change? I would really like to know more of what Dorothea has to say about her topic in her thread. Besides, Dorothea is not Catholic but Orthodox so I do see the point of some of the responses here.
Peace,
Nancy
I agree Brendan and find it unfortunate that this has been lost to many of the laity. We are to become perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect. Speaking of God is not the same as knowing God, and it is through knowing God that we become more and more like Him. The hope of the Christian is to be in total communion with Him.
Peace and all good,
Nancy