http://discoverthefaith.com/2008/06/18/reply-to-an-anti-catholic-apologist/ Discover the Catholic Faith Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://discoverthefaith.com/2008/06/18/reply-to-an-anti-catholic-apologist/#comment-253 Received Response from Anti Catholic Apologist « Discover the Faith Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:22:14 +0000 http://discoverthefaith.wordpress.com/?p=234#comment-253 [...]  ‘May  another take his office.’   The word that is translated as office or bisphoric is ἐπισκοπὴν. This is the greek word episkopēn which means office of bishop. This definition comes from here.(this is not a Catholic source) The Bible clearly states that the Apostles held the office of bishop or overseer as early as Acts 1:20. While public revelation stopped with the death of the Apostle John, the authority of the Bishops continued and was passed down to this day in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The authority of the Bishop of Rome comes from the special authority that was passed down through Peter the Prince of the Apostles. Do you honestly think Jesus would leave his Church without authority? Sola Scriptura as authority has led to anarchy and division in the Church. Where did you get your authority?   If faced with the two options. 1.)Take your fallible interpretation of the Bible or 2.) Take the interpretation of the Catholic Church, whose leaders received their authority from Apostles, passed down through their successors. Logically, whose interpretation should I take?   Since there is a disagreement over this, who should we take it to. The Bible clearly says the Church. Whose Church should we take it to? The Church that was founded by Jesus Christ or some newly established Church?   I know how the Church of the Bible handled the disagreement over circumcision. They did not use Sola Scriptura as the authority. The leaders of the Church led by Peter made a binding decision at the Council of Jerusalem. Many did not like the decision and many(the Judaizers) thought it was unscriptural but nevertheless it was binding.   Once again I ask you the question…Why don’t you use your time to preach to non believers of Christ rather than mess with Catholic Christians? You could use your talents to bring Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist and others to Christ.     Cheers,   Chris —————————————— Here is the original reply sent to the apologist. http://discoverthefaith.com/2008/06/18/reply-to-an-anti-catholic-apologist/ [...] [...]  ‘May  another take his office.’   The word that is translated as office or bisphoric is ἐπισκοπὴν. This is the greek word episkopēn which means office of bishop. This definition comes from here.(this is not a Catholic source) The Bible clearly states that the Apostles held the office of bishop or overseer as early as Acts 1:20. While public revelation stopped with the death of the Apostle John, the authority of the Bishops continued and was passed down to this day in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The authority of the Bishop of Rome comes from the special authority that was passed down through Peter the Prince of the Apostles. Do you honestly think Jesus would leave his Church without authority? Sola Scriptura as authority has led to anarchy and division in the Church. Where did you get your authority?   If faced with the two options. 1.)Take your fallible interpretation of the Bible or 2.) Take the interpretation of the Catholic Church, whose leaders received their authority from Apostles, passed down through their successors. Logically, whose interpretation should I take?   Since there is a disagreement over this, who should we take it to. The Bible clearly says the Church. Whose Church should we take it to? The Church that was founded by Jesus Christ or some newly established Church?   I know how the Church of the Bible handled the disagreement over circumcision. They did not use Sola Scriptura as the authority. The leaders of the Church led by Peter made a binding decision at the Council of Jerusalem. Many did not like the decision and many(the Judaizers) thought it was unscriptural but nevertheless it was binding.   Once again I ask you the question…Why don’t you use your time to preach to non believers of Christ rather than mess with Catholic Christians? You could use your talents to bring Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist and others to Christ.     Cheers,   Chris —————————————— Here is the original reply sent to the apologist. http://discoverthefaith.com/2008/06/18/reply-to-an-anti-catholic-apologist/ [...]

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