tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post119560882776607592..comments2023-11-14T19:04:57.141-05:00Comments on The Catholic Mom's Corner: Rahab and her Mighty Works of FaithCatholicMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889676714379171157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-8031424479030088912013-03-15T10:07:12.004-04:002013-03-15T10:07:12.004-04:00Wow, I sure wish our work place had something like...Wow, I sure wish our work place had something like this. I would really like to be a part of something like that. (except when the debates start) - I don't like confrontation - LOL Hope you'll post a review on how things went.<br />DeeMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535922017962913995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-2822354424245971902013-02-17T15:53:01.767-05:002013-02-17T15:53:01.767-05:00Ciao!
My name is Paola, I'm Italian and Catho...Ciao! <br />My name is Paola, I'm Italian and Catholic.<br />I was randomly browsing searching for us catholic blogs and I found yours! I really like your adventures and point of you about the Faith.. :)<br />I added your blog in my list of favorite blogs! English is not my mother language but I try to express myself the best way I can! <br />Are you there in the us praying for the Church and the Pope? We do and I hope the Holy Spirit leads us trough this big transition! <br />xoxo<br /><br />PaolaPaola - A room with a viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438801755950822751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-45988756135450568632013-02-15T08:12:51.649-05:002013-02-15T08:12:51.649-05:00Hi Susan, This has been a great discussion and I a...Hi Susan, This has been a great discussion and I am thankful for this dialogue. I am fascinated by this "epistle of straw" comment. To me there is absolutely no contradiction between "faith and works". It is all God's grace...we just choose to cooperate with it, right? (I like your thought you had regarding your son this morning.) <br />And for the "Full of Grace" comment... for some reason, this guy was convinced that he DID have the original text and said he was translating from the original Greek. (A classic "he said" "she said"...) How do you "convince" someone when they already "know" they are right? And you are showing them the same "original text" ? At that point it is a scholarly debate, but you bet I'm going to look further into this. Oh, and I have already started reading my dusty copy of True Devotion to Mary ;-) Have a great day!CatholicMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889676714379171157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-68172409165494458672013-02-15T06:31:23.661-05:002013-02-15T06:31:23.661-05:00Thank yo sooooo much for correcting me!
I found th...Thank yo sooooo much for correcting me!<br />I found this to clarify probably why I made the mistake:<br /><br />The Protestant New Testament contains the same books as the Catholic New Testament. Although Luther showed great hostility to St. James's Epistle because of its doctrine of the necessity of good works and contemptuously called it an "epistle of straw," he clearly saw that he had no more reason for excluding that book than he had for rejecting the other books of the New Testament. The differences between the Protestant and Catholic New Testament arise from changes in specific passages in various books of the New Testament.<br /><br />Also, I had a little thought this morning, if I asked my son to do a chore and he said, "yeh, Mom!" But did not go do it, then his words mean nothing. So too with faith and works.<br /><br />As far as making up the Full of Grace...alls the man has to do is go to the original text and he will see the true meaning. <br /><br />Thanks for your blog! Have a good day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-75130647624733220502013-02-15T00:20:48.307-05:002013-02-15T00:20:48.307-05:00Hi Again, I just looked this up and James *IS* in ...Hi Again, I just looked this up and James *IS* in the King James Version of the Bible. The 7 original "Catholic Books" that appeared in the first bible and were later removed, are from the Old Testament: Sirach, Tobit, Wisdom, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees and Baruch. (As well as longer versions of Esther and Daniel.)CatholicMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889676714379171157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-4088484883951823792013-02-14T21:06:45.182-05:002013-02-14T21:06:45.182-05:00Thank Goodness you told me this. I had no idea Jam...Thank Goodness you told me this. I had no idea James was one of the 7 "Catholic" books. (I have so much to learn.) Woah.. Glad I decided to keep my mouth shut today and just listen. It was hard to be in the room. (Even though the Catholics were 2 to 1.. I was rather quiet.) One gentleman was pretty anti-Catholic and kept saying how we made up "full of Grace" in the Bible, and the KJV is "highly favored" and how Mary is a sinner. I felt very unequipped to rebut him. He was quoting too much Greek, and knew more scripture than I. I am horrible in apologetics. I know with all my heart that The Catholic Church is the fullness of faith and all truth stems from her! I just need to be able to explain it better to a Protestant. He was also going on and on about "sprinkling" baptism, and how that is unscriptural and not a real baptism because it is not full water adult immersion. We kept speaking of tradition, but I know nobody was buying it. I was trying to focus the attention on things we agreed on, biblically, as to not get into an argument. But it was like walking on eggshells. There is a lot of anti-Catholicism out there and I will definitely be reading, praying and doing everything I can to be able to answer these types of questions better in the future. It's intimidating though for sure.CatholicMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889676714379171157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053434170897179634.post-89797764886517099002013-02-14T20:10:25.606-05:002013-02-14T20:10:25.606-05:00Remember Protestant bibles do not have James in it...Remember Protestant bibles do not have James in it. luther took it out for the exact quote you used. Be careful in a group like that. As you now, always speak the truth...with charity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com