The Protestant position claims that Catholic’s “ARE FACTUALLY Idolaters” …delusional commentary with patrick j miron

 

Protestant Theology & Catholic Doctrines

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responses to the Booklet: “Answers to my Catholic Friends” by Thomas F. Heinze …    Part 5b

A Catholic reply to Protestant “[mis]- Understandings” Part 5b

DEVIDED INTO  3 SEPARATE LESSONS

A friendly word of caution to our non-Catholic friends

2Cor.11:13 to 15 “For such men are false apostles,

 [NOTE: There can logically only be One Truth per precise issue.  

What are the odds that the truth didn’t happen for 1, 500 YEARS after the Bible had been written?] deceitful workmen,

 disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 

 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.

 [Perhaps unknowingly] 

 Their end will correspond to their deeds.”

The Bible never infers that that any saints, living or dead, sympathize with us more than God does. … This is  a irrelevant observation. Paul speaks directly to and about those he understands are doing all that is required to become saints. He praises there example and ask others to emulate them. Catholics do not so much prayer to Saints  

[as THROUGH them to God],

 NOT because they are more sympathetic than God; 

No, we Catholics pray THROUGH them because

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 they STAND IN THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD,

 and then add to our prayers, there own on our behalf.]

The Protestant position claims that Catholic’s “ARE FACTUALLY Idolaters” …

 Is founded on  a serious lack of understanding that Catholics prayers 

 to Mary and the Saints ARE meant for them alone.

 Such is NOT THE TRUTH! Our prayers still ascend to GOD,  

but  through Mary and the Saints as intercessors, which according to the understanding of Thomas makes this practice “idolatry.” 

1Tim.3: 15 “if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, [SINGULAR] which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth“. [All SINGULAR] The Catholic Church. 

Matt.13:9-12 “He who has ears, let him hear." Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" And he answered them, "To you  [My church] it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”  For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. “

 

Eph. 3: 9-10  “And to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in  God who created all things;  that through the church [SINGULAR] the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose which he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

So my friends how are we to respond to this level of misunderstandings?  There can be and there is only one singular truth. God and logic permits only one truth per issue. 

 2 Tim. 1: 16-18 Paul Prays for the dead: 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me-- may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day--and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.”