From Where Did These Truths Originate?
Show me in Scripture?
1. The word trinity.
2. The definition of the trinity.
3. The word incarnation.
4. The Nicene Creed.
5. The Hypostatic Union.
6. That Jesus Christ is one person with two natures.
7. The Holy Spirit is consubstantial with the Father and the
Son.
8. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
9. The marriage ceremony.
10. The Canon of the Old Testament.
11. The Canon of the New Testament.
12. Your Bible.
What? You can't find the
answers to these twelve examples in Scripture?
But many of the non Catholic ecclesial communities teach these
same doctrines.
How could they do this if the answers are not to be found in
the Bible?
The answer to "From Where Did These Truths Originate?", is
that they all are the product of decisions made by the
Catholic Church. They may not be explicit in Holy Scripture,
but they certainly are implicit. They are perfect examples of
the Holy Spirit teaching all the truth to the Church which
Jesus Christ founded.
"If you love me, you will keep my
commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will
give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it
neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he
dwells with you, and will be in you."
John 14:15-17
Notice that the Spirit of Truth will FOREVER be with the
Church that Jesus founded.
How can anyone who calls themselves Christian say that the
Spirit of Truth left His Church at some undetermined time?
Either they lied or Jesus Christ did in those verses. Who do
YOU believe?
"I have yet many things to
say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit
of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for
he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he
hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things
that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take
what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father
has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is
mine and declare it to you."
John 16:12-15
"And he will declare to you
the things that are to come."
Answers to the 12
items above:
1. The Council of Nicaea I, 325
2. The Council of Nicaea I, 325
3. Fathers of the Catholic Church, fourth century,
Jerome, Ambrose, Hilary, Chrysostom.
4. The Council of Nicaea I, 325
5. The Council of Ephesus, 431
6. The Council of Chalcedon, 451
7. The Council of Constantinople I, 381
8. The Council of Lyons I, 1245
9. The Council of Trent, 1545
10. The Council of Carthage, 397
11. The Council of Carthage, 397
12. Right from the Catholic Church at the Council of Carthage,
397. It is a Catholic book.
Here are some other decisions made by the
same Catholic Church in some of the same councils as listed
above. The difference being that most non-Catholic ecclesial
communities reject these. isn't it strange that, by their
acceptance of those above, these ecclesial communities are
admitting that the Catholic Church made infallible decisions
for the topics listed, but the same Church in the same
councils erred in the ones listed below?
1. The Canon of the Old Testament. Council of Carthage, 397.
2. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of GOD. Council of
Ephesus, 431.
3. The true presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.
Council of Lyons I, 1245.
4. The definition of Purgatory. Council of Florence, 1431
5. A reaffirmation of the Canons of both the Old and New
Testaments. Council of Trent, 1545
These are perfect examples of the pick and choose mentality of
non-Catholic communities.
"I will retain these because they fit with my
teachings or with my feelings, and I will reject those
which do not fit.
I am compelled to remind you that:
Any persons private opinions or their "feelings", have no
bearing whatsoever on doctrinal truth.
©
Written by Bob Stanley, August 3, 2004
Updated April 22, 2014
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