16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
BTW there Dreadhead if the RCC is so just & correct in it's biblical basis then why doesn't it allow the bishops to be married as is recommended in the same book & chapter?
3 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
A Christian can be crushed gazing at the picture of Mary standing at the foot of the cross, watching her beloved son suffocate and die. But in that vision, she stands there for hours, patiently enduring her suffering. For two millennia, she has been a role model for Christians, a woman who practiced obedience in the most difficult of human circumstances, with fervent hope for what this sacrifice will offer all mankind as it struggles with sin.
This is why it seems so hard to reflect that vision of patience when black-hearted "artists" practice character assassination on the Blessed Virgin...
Cross swords?\
What an ego! HA!
I have no cause to dispute for your entertainment. You're a reprobate sinner. Anytime I wish I can debate you into the ground. But as I said; you have no dignity and I'm not here to afford you any. Go and trade comic books with other morons who think they're Vikings.
What a nincompoop!
RE: "Cross Swords With Me"?
My response:
Are you serious, AmyDB, Dreadnaught has not only "crossed swords" with you, he has destroyed all of your silly arguments. You are delusional if you do not see this.
You are putting the doctrines of a human constructed religion on the level of the bride of Christ which is not biblical.
........& you call me a heretic.
The reason you won't cross swords with me Dread is because I point out the errors in the RCC versus the N T of the Bible.
Amy, what's your point? Keep it brief; I don't intend to dignify your blather anymore. You believe what you believe; don't bore me and others with your biblical megillah. You have zero authority to expound on spiritual things anywhere;
You are a believer in Nordic heroes who never were deities or worth your worship. They were all born; and after a while died. None of them came back to life. They are dust. To believe they're deities is absurd. YOU are absurd.
Deacons were supposed to be cut of the same cloth.....
3 :8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Bishops & priests were supposed to be married unless they were able to bear the load of chastity.