Recent content by Idolater

Nope I didn't change Hoping's post. He really said this. smh

Who said you should do that? That happens at baptism /faith. That's how you become gold, but gold still needs refining.

Your user name is Hoping. Figure it out.

There you go!

The refiner's fire. Only pure gold is fit for Heaven, is all. And I doubt Purgatory will be much different from this life, it'll just take as long as it takes, to purge out all the dross from our personality and soul.

Is it? Or is it just your stupid user name which you yourself don't even recognize when you see it, because it's a mischaracterization of you, even though you chose it. So you do go to church? And invite people to church with you? OK, well that's something. It's not nothing.

Not His doctrine. His sacrifice. I thought you were freed from sin. You equate being Catholic with sin? Yikes.

Hoping you commit sin. Nice. How are you preaching the Gospel? Are you bringing new converts to church? Or does church-going not really figure in to your view of what it means to be a Christian?

Sigh. The scrupulosity's strong with this one. My point stands. You can't accuse Catholics like how you do, without also accusing Jesus Christ Himself. It starts with obeying your Lord. Go to Mass.

Fine. That doesn't distinguish you from Catholicism. Like I said, that might have been what your experience of Catholicism was, but that doesn't mean you weren't mistaken. Shrug.

Plain. What's the difference between you and Catholics then.

Yeah, that is @Hoping isn't it.

Matthew 18:20 "where two or three are gathered together in my name" Acts 2:42 "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread" Hebrews 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is" It's Mass. Stop being...

Red herring. Red herring. Red herring. The institution of the office of a bishop is in the Bible.

The eternal sacrifice of Christ on the cross is the only "constant remedy for sin", not Purgatory. That might have been what happened with you, but it's possible to truly understand Purgatory and not use its existence as an excuse to sin.