December 2011
58 posts
UNEQUALLY YOKED [Marriage and Unbelievers] Many...
The Gospel says this! 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. And this: Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
She should pray about that, and if in her heart she thinks her God has brought you two together, she should be willing to endure all that comes.
As a christian, we are strongly advised by the Bible and simply by our faith working within us to not enter a marriage with a non-believer. This however, was never meant to be a religious rule, a divine command of any sort. This is like if you put...
The bible also says ”To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has a wife who is a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified...
Regardless of the level of theological sophistication, we can always be sure the critics “know” one thing: The Bible says that we should not judge one another. Anyone who would do so is clearly being un-Christian. Such obtuse reasoning is employed against Christians who offer a negative commentary on certain cultural trends, behaviors or lifestyles.
images of the Virgin Mary and saints, which Catholics do not consider idolatry. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship…Man commits idolatry whenever he honours and reveres a creature in place of God, whether this be gods or...
