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  1. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    One last thought about "history" is this wondering , if we fail to learn from the mistakes that we made in the past we will (as they say) be doomed to repeat them (or as one of my teachers also said, about both our successes AND our failures from the past, "the only thing that we ever learn from...
  2. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Wondering, I believe that the RCC would have one or two things to say about that belief of yours 😉 I also agree with most of what the RCC teaches (as I believe all conservative Protestants do). We walk in lockstep with about 90% of their official teachings (but the remaining 10% is...
  3. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Sorry for the slow replies everyone. I've been unable to post here for the last day or so, at first, because the forum seemed to be down, and then, when it was working again, because I was suddenly without sufficient privileges to continue posting on this board. Free helped me get the problem...
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    Faith alone questions

    Hello Wondering :) Church history :thinking I'm not sure what you are referring to by that, as what I posted from the GotQuestions website concerned the Bible, theology and doctrine, not church history, save the following sentence, I suppose: "The Roman Catholic Church claims that a lack of...
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    Faith alone questions

    Jethro Bodine, Randy, wondering, donadams, et al, I've been looking into the topic of apostolic succession again (thanks to this thread 😉), and I came across a short article about it yesterday (at www.gotquestions.org). The article is so well-written that I thought that I'd come back here and...
  6. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    While it is true that they (the 11 + 1) did not reject the RCC doctrine of apostolic succession, neither did they teach it (IOW, there was nothing for them to reject).
  7. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello Don, your not knowing about Mathias in the previous Chapter of Acts didn't make sense to me from the get-go, so I'm back trying to figure out what you were actually trying to convey, and this is where my mind has been wandering since then ;) Is it your belief that the 11, in their...
  8. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Read Acts 1. Actually, here you go. Acts 1 15 Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said, 16 “Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of...
  9. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello Highway54, are those two of the beliefs that are held by Preterists? Thanks! --David
  10. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    "The Apostles continue to the end." What 🧐 They are among the living, of course, but they are living in Heaven with the Lord at this time, not here on Earth, so the idea that they are continuing the Great Commission themselves (if that's what you're actually saying) is not possible :thinking...
  11. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, I'm confused about the comment that you just made (about the CCC). I believe that it was commissioned and published under the direction of JP II (if memory serves), so it is certainly an official publication of the RCC. I have Catholic family members, friends and acquaintances...
  12. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello Don & Highway54, I hope you two don't mind if I jump in here quickly!? The Apostles are in Heaven (I believe that they've been there for quite some time now, in fact 😉). Of course, while they lived (the 11 + 1 following the Ascension, that is) they trained and sent MANY others to lead...
  13. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    One last thing (as a point of interest), I believe that once we are saved, we NEVER stop learning and growing, IOW, that we never stop growing in our knowledge and understanding of God and/or in becoming more and more Christlike, and that throughout the eternity that is before us (not just on...
  14. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, I'm not sure what else "saved" could refer to, other than to "salvation", but to answer your question directly, those who come to true, saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ due to God causing them to be regenerated, justified (declared just) & saved, those who He makes "His...
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    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, actually, σῴζω (the verb translated as "saved" in Ephesians 2:8) is in the Greek "perfect" tense (not the past tense). The perfect tense speaks of a completed action (often times a "just now completed" action) that has present & ongoing consequences (the emphasis of which always...
  16. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, sure, Protestants (I assume that's who you are ultimately referring to by "you") have requirements for salvation. Here is what we are taught. John 3 16 God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have...
  17. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    That is most likely true, of course (of course, Don can clear this up by telling us what he believes and why if he'd care to, and whether or not he is RC too :)). I used "monergistic" in reference to what Don just said about "redemption" (since he indicated that it was a work that God alone...
  18. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hi Don, I agree (about the Lord's redemptive work being necessarily monergistic). Here is an excerpt from a short article about this topic (about the definition and the benefits of His redemptive work in our lives). The word redeem means “to buy out.” The term was used specifically in...
  19. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, thank you for taking time to do that for us :) While this should give us a basis to understand each other better in this thread, I would like to ask you a question or two about what you wrote, and I would also like to point out how I understand/define those words (which is...
  20. st_worm2

    Faith alone questions

    Hello again Don, again, Ezekiel 36:25-27 is about neither faith nor baptism, rather, God Himself tells us (in v25-27) what 'He' does/what He 'alone' must do in our hearts and minds to bring us from (spiritual) death to (spiritual) life, so that we can and will choose (then) to come to saving...
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