Message from @BRC
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Anyone who says otherwise is not a Christian and is their own authority
I said, "Is god Perfect?"
He said he doesn't know
He said maybe
God is perfect
Ik
He's not a Christian
When I git em with some verses he tried to REFUTE IT
It is blasphemy to deny God's perfection
And conceded when I brought up Matthew
Damn.... A lot of Christians are well....
Let's just sag
"Confused"
Anyone can interpret the bible, but it does not mean they are right
That is why sola scriptura is untenable
And anyone can interpret the quran. But the most authentic is Tafsir Ibn kathir
And qurtubi
Brb gotta pray
Only the pope can interpret the Bible, because Christ has given him authority to do so.
We are nothing but mere lay people
@Deleted User didn't St. Paul interpret the bible
He as a bishop interpreted the bible according to how all of the other Apostles understood it. There were disagreements, such as on works of the Mosaic Law, but for the most part, all of the Apostles agreed upon their interpretation of scripture. Just as how today the Bishops and the Magisterium agree upon how scripture ought to be understood, and how they should settle the matter.
All of the Apostles? As in, Paul met all of Them?
Ok
I can't remember if it was all of them, but I know that the Apostles convened at the Council of Jerusalem, which can be found in the book of Acts.
Peter and Paul disagreed upon what was required for salvation.
And they preached in Jerusalem right after St. Paul had the Vision?
But, the matter was settled as we read
Ok
It's essence
Read the Athanasian Creed
The diffrence between Orthodox and Catholics is that they make a distinction between essence and energies.
"The parallelism of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit is not unique to Matthew’s Gospel, but appears elsewhere in the New Testament (e.g., 2 Cor. 13:14, Heb. 9:14), as well as in the writings of the earliest Christians, who clearly understood them in the sense that we do today—that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three divine persons who are one divine being (God)."
Yes, they are one being which means they have the same essence!
That's that I mean
Ok then, thanks for specifying. We still recognize the Trinity as one in being, though.
Of course