No, it most certainly does not!
OK then lets deal with the Scriptures. You know that I can match you Scripture for Scripture. But I will warn you that if you try to overwhelm me with a whole bunch at a time I will not bother. I have little time or inclination to waste my time with a whole bunch of passages that have nothing to do with the subject at hand. I will deal with one or two passages at a time.
This is nothing but a hateful, malicious lie without even an attempt to document it!
It is easy to claim hate and maliciousness but proving it is more than you are capable of. I have no hate or malicious intent in my response to you. Your imagination has conjured it. I will defend the truth of God according to the Scriptures but you cast a spurious accusation in order to deflect from the true issue. Starting from such a weak point only undermines your argument.
Even a dog knows another dog when he sees one.
I fail to see the relevance of this statement.
If you were even vaguely familiar with Roman Catholic theology you would know for an incontrovertible fact that your statement is utterly false.
On the contrary I am very familiar with RCC doctrine. That is why I can make the statement. Remember that you are not dealing with a novice.
Men and women who are familiar with Baptist theology know that my theology is Baptist.
And that make what difference? The fact that others may agree with you who call themselves Baptist has nothing to do with whether it is truth or not. I think that the reaction you so very often receive here tells us much of how Baptist you are.
Revelation 21:8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, {Or [the unbelieving]} the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” (NRSV)
Again I fail to see the relevance of this to our discussion.
Did Paul and the other contributors to the New Testament, with the single exception of James, deceive us by leaving out the word ‘alone’ in their description of how we are saved?
No but it is very clearly implied in their writings. They did not intend to deceive but clearly made it plain that salvation is in Christ alone by faith alone. You, on the other hand, do deceive with a subtle twist of words to make it look as though you believe that salvation is by grace alone by faith alone. That is exactly the RCC method of twisting truth to suit its theology and shape its doctrine. It is conceived to appeal to the unthinking and ignorant. It is a deception that snares the natural man easily.
James 2:24. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. (NRSV)
James and Paul are not at odds and you know it. James is simply speaking of those works that are a fruit of faith not an addition to it. Your faith plus works dogma, which is the RCC dogma, is false and twists truth to your own ends.
As I posted above,
The distinguished Jesuit theologian Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine (1542-1621) listed eight earlier authors who used the adverb. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, a contemporary Roman Catholic scholar, in his monumental commentary on the Greek text of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, listed two more, Theodoret and Thomas Aquinas. The doctrine of justification by faith alone was not a spurious doctrine introduced into the Church by Martin Luther—it has been taught throughout the history of the Church.
The Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible (1971) has the following note on Rom. 3:21-31,
The justice of God is his mercy whereby he declares guilty man innocent and makes him so. He does this, not as a result of the law, but apart from it (v 21), not because of any merit of man, but through forgiveness of his sins (v 24) in virtue of the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus for all who believe (22-24f), No man can boast of his own holiness, since it is God’s free gift (27), both to the Jew who practices circumcision out of faith, and to the Gentile who accepts faith without the Old Testament religious culture symbolized by circumcision (29f).
The Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible with the second edition of the New Testament (1986) has the following note on Rom. 3:21-31,
These verses provide a clear statement of Paul’s “gospel,” i.e., the principle of justification by faith in Christ. God has found a means of rescuing humanity from its desperate plight: Paul’s general term for this divine initiative is the righteousness of God (21). Divine mercy declares the guilty innocent and makes them so. God does this not as a result of the law but apart from it (21), and not because of any merit in human beings but through forgiveness of their sins (24), in virtue of the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus for all who believe (22, 24-25). God has manifested his righteousness in the coming of Jesus Christ, whose saving activity inaugurates a new era in human history.
The Saint Joseph Edition of the New American Bible with the second edition of the New Testament (1986) has the following note on Rom. 4:3,
Jas 2, 24 appears to conflict with Paul’s statement. However, James combats the error of extremists who used the doctrine of justification through faith as a screen for moral self-determination. Paul discusses the subject of holiness in greater detail than does James and beginning with ch 6 shows how justification through faith introduces one to the gift of a new life in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Yes, this is a Roman Catholic Bible with Roman Catholic notes published by the Catholic Book Publishing Company in New York with both the
Imprimatur and the
Nihil Obstat.
The problem isn't that it is RCC but that it is in error concerning both the writings of Paul and James. The very first error is in the statement that God doesn't forgive according to the law. That is outrageous and so far from the teaching of the Scriptures that everything built on it is false. God remains righteous and justifies the sinner according to righteousness. Read Rom. 3:20-26
These are nothing but hatefully malicious remarks about men and women you have never even met! How does any man become so full of hatred toward other human being?
I deal in reality not in Eutopian ideals. My comments were made from a personal and observational knowledge of academia in general. True it is not the case with a few but it is the general rule among academics. But being an academic you would deny its truth. No hatred involved at all just plain observation and understanding.
That settles it then. You don't have that username in order to try to impress or intimidate folks. Slaps forehead.
Oh really! Do you need for me to quote a few of your posts to refute you denial? It would be easy to do.
I have never posted my credentials on Christian Forums.
Perhaps not but I do seem to remember that at some point you did. I will have to look it up of course and may do so but until then perhaps these posings of yours will suffice:
From the thread Are Baptists a denomination:
"Since one of my academic pursuits is the study of translation theory, I have more than twenty English language dictionaries in my personal library spanning 187 years, thus allowing me to see how the use of individual English language words has evolved—and more importantly, precisely how they are used today."
From the thread God and Science:
"Before becoming a Christian, I was an agnostic evolutionary biologist. Having become a conservative, evangelical Christian, pastor, and teacher of the Bible, my views of evolutionary biology have changed only in so far as the science itself has changed—which in the grand scheme of things is very little. Today, most Bible scholars agree that the first eleven chapters of Genesis are a collection of heavily redacted epic tales, myths, legends, or sagas—and that references in other parts of the Bible to the stories in those chapters are simply a consequence of subsequent biblical writers using these very well known stories to teach their current message. The supposed conflict between the Bible and science is due to ignorance on the part radicalized Christian fundamentalists."
Are these not your statements?
The Holy Spirit gives to those who yield to Him a love for others—rather than hatred and contempt! He also makes known to us those who love Him—including our brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church. My best friend for more than 30 years is a staunch five-point Calvinist, and we are very close friends because we share the same Holy Sprit and the same love for God and His word. We also share an aversion for the Roman Catholic dogma that separates it from Protestantism.
The Holy Sprit reveals Christ to the believer and make known the things of Christ. John 16:14. I have neither hatred not contempt for you but only sadness and a broken heart that you have been allowed by God to spread your false doctrine to others.
