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Feel free to ask if you have any questions. And feel free to stick around. But if you wish to debate the Tradition received from the Apostles, that needs to be done in some place like General Theology (or St. Justin's if you want to debate Orthodoxy). Again, welcome. :) Got it! Thank you. I...

Got it! Thank you for clarifying for me. My tradition teaches that John 20:23 is about us forgiving one another for trespasses against us not forgiving sins incurred against God. So in other words, if someone steals your wallet, you can and should forgive them, but that has no bearing on...

That's not what that means. In the context it is about forgiving others who sin against us individually. I can forgive you if you wronged me somehow and you can choose to forgive me, but sins against God can only be forgiven by God. When Jesus told them this not all apostles were there (at...

OK, I read the rules, I'm still not completely sure what rule I violated, but I apologize for anything I said that offended anyone. So, this is just about the traditional views of Catholicism? I mean I believe in most of what was developed such as the Nicene creed and various other creeds and...

As I mentioned in my post, Matthew 15:54-56 it does indicate additional children of at least 4 boys and un-numbered girls were born to Mary and Joseph: Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous...

A priest has no authority to forgive sins, period. Therefore, withholding forgiveness is not even a choice. There are zero scriptural references to anyone other than Jesus having the authority to forgive sins. Even the pharisees challenged Jesus' authority thinking he was just a man and only...

There are two phases that have to be taken into account. At some point before, during or at the end of the tribulation, the dead and alive in Christ will be raised and transformed into new bodies. After the tribulation, a new earth will be created, but the survivors of the tribulation will...

I'm with you on the age thing, brother!