Joe O'Leary @ 8
Thank you Joe for you comment
“Paul also gives as an illustration “Thou shalt not covet”---------------
Sin anything you covet in preference to the love/will of God,
“You m
"I define under the law as manmade law (Circumcision etc) not the inviolate Word (Will) of God"
But Paul also gives as an illustration of what he means by Law the commandment "Thou shalt not covet".
Joe O'Leary @5
Paul presented his argument “that justification comes to people by faith in Jesus Christ, not by their works under the Law”.
I define under the law as manmade law (Circumcision et
Very refreshing to read '....[priesthood] a gift we are always being called to, called by God, our Ordinary, our peers and formation staff, but above all we are being called by the people."
I would
"Entering a church that was very badly wounded..." This use of language suggests the writer still believes that the ordained folk are "the church". Other folk are "in the pews" presumably. Pardon
Joe @ 27 I agree wholeheartedly. Kids today see a problem and can figure out a solution by connecting the shortest distance between actions to provide the correct workaround. They are the experts in
The main reason to get rid of "celibacy" is that it is a fetish and obsession that gets in the way of a meaningful church. Ministry in other churches is not saddled with the mystification of this deca
Lloyd @ 25 I simply mean that it must be soul destroying to take a vow and to willingly break it. That's what I meant by 'simple.' Of course it is more complicated than that and I have always been i
"Rory Connor highlights the choice:- choose your church and what it teaches or go elsewhere. The tide of radical individualism and anti-clericalism shows itself in an increase in disorder. Drug crime,
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May 30 2017Joe O'Leary @ 8 Thank you Joe for you comment “Paul also gives as an illustration “Thou shalt not covet”--------------- Sin anything you covet in preference to the love/will of God, “You m
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May 30 2017Augustine, De spiritu et littera. It reads much better in the original Latin. But Luther gets closer to the pith of Paul's Gospel.
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May 30 2017"I define under the law as manmade law (Circumcision etc) not the inviolate Word (Will) of God" But Paul also gives as an illustration of what he means by Law the commandment "Thou shalt not covet".
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