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What evidence or arguments would you use to show that your position is that of the apostolic (c)atholic church?
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What evidence or arguments would you use to show that your position is that of the apostolic (c)atholic church?
Thanks.
Do they use a Bible?
Matthew 7:12
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Luke 6:31
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...
Romans 13:8-10
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matthew 22:39
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
I don't believe in it. The only person I ever saw that made any good points on it is the woman who started the Junia project, talking about the Greco Roman household codes. But overall I think the egalitarian case is extremely weak and based heavily on argumentum ad Misericordia compared to the historical/traditional position which has lots and lots of material supporting it (numerous bible verses, historical examples, Biblical typologies, regulus fidei, and contemporary history showing bad results of those not following it as far as praxis, doctrine etc.)
"The Greek manuscripts used to translate the Bible into English contain neither of these commands.
Ephesians 5:22 is simply an extension of verse 21, which reads, “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (NASB).
Subjection, or submission as the word here is translated in many English Bibles, is not meant to go from wives to husbands only. Rather it is meant to go in two directions; it is an attitude of love and humility that we show one another. Similarly, in Ephesians 5:24, Greek manuscripts of the New Testament frame the submission of wives to husbands not as a command, but as a description.
In the New Testament time period, wives were indeed “subject” to their husbands in all things. This notion was supported by household codes found in the writings of Greek philosophers and Jewish teachers alike. These popular codes, however, never dared to suggest that husbands should also submit to wives. The biblical concept of mutual submission was revolutionary."
Is Male Authority “Implied” in the Bible? | The Junia Project