PBS report--Protestant Mary

[onel0126]

I don't even want to point out that Protestants celebrate Easter every year when the RCC says so....you could always break away and start your own church...oh wait, 30k beat you to it.

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by onel0126

I don't even want to point out that Protestants celebrate Easter every year when the RCC says so....you could always break away and start your own church...oh wait, 30k beat you to it.

Okay, Merry Christmas onel.

[b23hqb]

Originally Posted by Starman3000m

Depends what you mean about "celebrating". We do not exchange personal gifts. We do partake of the salutations of wishing Merry Christmas. We do send cards to friends and family in return.

We do not accept invitations to drinking parties and celebratory dinners where people get snockered as part of their "Christmas joy".

That still does not change the fact that the RCC chose a pagan date to assign as being Christ's Birthday.

Things/celebrations/rememberances that happened historically over a period of time became traditions. As time passed, these traditions became customs in various societis.

Whether we like them or not, they are what they are, including the naming.

Constantine made himself the first "pope", essentially began the RCC, and at that time, they wrote the rules, and took the Christian church away from Biblical teachings, and molded them into their own image.

Declaring the dates of Easter by Constantine was an attempt to simplify and coordinate the date for both the western and eastern churches, but we know that never really happened. Overall, the calculation is based on the Jewish lunar calander, but that would not always allow for Easter to be on a Sunday, so the "pope" decreed it would be on the nearest Sunday, which is often times one to two days different than the actual lunar tables.

It is what it is. Luther brought to light and straightened out the most glaring inconsistencies of the RCC out by nailing his 95 Theses on the door of that church in Wittenburg in 1517

The dates of celebrating Christmas or Easter is really irrelevant in the big picture of observing and following proper, canonized Biblical doctrine and theology.

Merry Christmas, everyone, and Happy Resurrection Day whenever it rolls around!

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by b23hqb

Things/celebrations/rememberances that happened historically over a period of time became traditions. As time passed, these traditions became customs in various societis.

Whether we like them or not, they are what they are, including the naming.

Constantine made himself the first "pope", essentially began the RCC, and at that time, they wrote the rules, and took the Christian church away from Biblical teachings, and molded them into their own image.

Declaring the dates of Easter by Constantine was an attempt to simplify and coordinate the date for both the western and eastern churches, but we know that never really happened. Overall, the calculation is based on the Jewish lunar calander, but that would not always allow for Easter to be on a Sunday, so the "pope" decreed it would be on the nearest Sunday, which is often times one to two days different than the actual lunar tables.

It is what it is. Luther brought to light and straightened out the most glaring inconsistencies of the RCC out by nailing his 95 Theses on the door of that church in Wittenburg in 1517

The dates of celebrating Christmas or Easter is really irrelevant in the big picture of observing and following proper, canonized Biblical doctrine and theology.
Merry Christmas, everyone, and Happy Resurrection Day whenever it rolls around!

Agreed. Good explanation and commentary. Thanks b23hqb and Merry Christmas to you as well.

[Radiant1]

Jesus made Peter pope long before Constantine, nor was Constantine ever considered a pope even in his day. In addition, biblical "teaching" IS the magisterium of the Church. And, there is no "RCC", there is only the Catholic Church with various rites within it. Seriously people, if you're going to crap on it at least get it right.

Protestant knee-jerk propaganda is 500 years too old.

[Starman3000m]

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Originally Posted by Radiant1

Jesus made Peter pope long before Constantine, nor was Constantine ever considered a pope even in his day. In addition, EXTRA-biblical "teaching" IS the magisterium of the Church. And, there is no "RCC", there is only the Catholic Church with various rites within it. Seriously people, if you're going to crap on it at least get it right.

Protestant knee-jerk propaganda is 500 years too old.

Okay. Got it right this time.

[Radiant1]

Originally Posted by Starman3000m

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Okay. Got it right this time.

Try again.

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by Radiant1

Try again.

What? You want me to repeat it?

Okay.

Extra-biblical "teaching"...

The RCC teaches another gospel, another "Jesus" AND another "Mary" than what is taught in the Holy Bible.

[Radiant1]

Originally Posted by Starman3000m

What? You want me to repeat it?

Okay.

Extra-biblical "teaching"...

The RCC teaches another gospel, another "Jesus" AND another "Mary" than what is taught in the Holy Bible according to me, Starman, who has no authority to interpret scripture whatsoever and is a well-known hypocrite who contradicts himself.

Like I said, if you're going to crap on it at least get it right.

I've made a request for the Tuscan friars to pray for you.

[Starman3000m]

Originally Posted by Radiant1

Like I said, if you're going to crap on it at least get it right.

I've made a request for the Tuscan friars to pray for you.

Thanks for your thoughts but may their prayers be redirected to you tenfold.