Zone1 This is Probably Biggest Difference of all Between Catholic and Protestant Bibles

[surada]

Well, that's amazing.. you finally post something I can agree with.. Well, not some of the last sentences because I haven't studied that. But I did know about... what is written in the first 3 paragraphs or so..

Maccabees make the book of Daniel make sense.

 

[Woodznutz]

No, they don't and even when they agree, they disagree, because.. u know.. things like this

You are Catholic

which triggers the "always disagree with Catholics even when they're correct or you can't prove otherwise"

reaction

There's much to disagree with Catholics about.

 

[Meriweather]

There's much to disagree with Catholics about.

Perhaps it is because there is so much Catholics practice that you don't want to be bothered with doing?

 

[Woodznutz]

Perhaps it is because there is so much Catholics practice that you don't want to be bothered with doing?

What would that be specifically?

 

[Blackrook]

"Peace on Earth, good will to men," is a mistranslation.

The passage should read, "Peace on Earth to men of good will."

 

[Meriweather]

What would that be specifically?

Name a few complaints against Catholicism to find a list of what Protestants don't wanna do.

 

[Woodznutz]

Name a few complaints against Catholicism to find a list of what Protestants don't wanna do.

Observations, not complaints. In that regard I also observe what Protestants believe that I don't. I'm "working out my own salvation", which includes being opinionated.

 

[Meriweather]

Observations, not complaints.

Grin. Observations or complaints...the result is the same....not wanting to do something.

 

[Woodznutz]

Grin. Observations or complaints...the result is the same....not wanting to do something.

I'm talking about beliefs, not behaviors. We all behave pretty much the same.

 

[Blackrook]

Protestants have holes in their beliefs.

They teach us to trust the Bible, but teach us to distrust the Catholic Church, which created the Bible.

They don't believe in purgatory because books they removed from the Bible are the source of that belief.

They can't explain "faith alone saves" when Jesus's parables clearly teach the opposite. And also, the Epistle of James.

 

[Blackrook]

Protestants say Jesus didn't really mean it when he taught his disciples to "eat my body and drink my blood."

Protestants allow divorce and remarriage, they didn't used to.

 

[Blackrook]

I heard a Protestant woman talk about "strangers in heaven" -- people who get into heaven but no one knows they're there. C.S. Lewis also used this idea, the dwarves caught in a box that exists only in their imagination.

When faith alone saves, you have to explain how some people get into heaven when they did rotten things their entire life.

 

[Meriweather]

I'm talking about beliefs, not behaviors. We all behave pretty much the same.

Not when it comes to practicing our faith...

 

[Woodznutz]

Not when it comes to practicing our faith...

Well, you don't practice Protestantism, and Protestants don't practice Catholicism. So, it's all good. We all do the best we can.

 

[Meriweather]

Well, you don't practice Protestantism

There is nothing to practice in those denominations...

 

[JustAGuy1]

Protestant Bibles have St Luke 13:3 speaking of repentance. The Catholic Bible uses the term doing penance. In the most reliable version of the Bible, the Douay Rheims, Jesus says

"Unless you do penance, you will all perish [in Hell]"

The Protestant Bibles just says "Unless you repent..."

So we see how it DOES make a big difference whether you are Catholic or Protestant.

Repenting is just the first step toward getting to Heaven. Doing penance means doing things that make up for the bad you've done.. and accepting sufferings as chastisement for sins.. you hit your thumb on a hammer.. you can offer that up to God in expiation of your serious sins. Someone on the internet is rude to you, ditto.. you can offer it to God in atonement for your sins.. (you will have no end of penances there!).. car breaks down.. ditto.

Then once you exhaust (or think you've exhausted) the list of your own sins, you can tackle the sins of others. The Virgin Mary appeared @ Fatima 1917 and told the children (and all of us) to offer sufferings for souls in mortal sin--on their way to Hell-- so that they will repent and not end up there.

Lord what a troll.

 

[Woodznutz]

There is nothing to practice in those denominations...

You know that how?

 

[Meriweather]

You know that how?

I read what is posted here. Besides, there are non-Catholic Christians throughout my family. Can you name one thing non-Catholic Christians do that isn't also being done by Catholics?

My point is that Protestant denominations decided not to include Biblical books being read at the time of Jesus. They decided any Apostolic tradition not in the Bible does not need to be practiced. They decided the seven sacraments included in Jesus' life could also be ignored. They decided salvation was not God's ongoing work, but had been completed and there was no need for followers to participate in this unfolding work. All was done on the cross. How often are Old Testament readings included in Protestant services? How often is Judaism tied to your worship? How often do you follow Jesus' practice of repetitive prayer? Is there belief in the true presence of Jesus in Holy Communion?

Is your response "None (or little) of that is needed?"

 

[forkintheroad7]

Maccabees make the book of Daniel make sense.

I haven't read Daniel in a long time, but think I will read through it again since I now know (or think I know) more about end times matters. I follow the Sedevacantist Brother Peter Dimond, but he seems to think (or maybe I got him wrong?) that JP II was the anti-Christ. I say JP II was only someone who paved the way for the anti-Christ. The bible says "Even now, there are many anti-Christs in the world" so yeh.. JP II was apparently AN anti-Christ but not THE anti-Christ.. You will likely argue vehemently about that!

(not saying I am definite about any of this end times stuff, which was never my forte)

 

[Cougarbear]

Protestant Bibles have St Luke 13:3 speaking of repentance. The Catholic Bible uses the term doing penance. In the most reliable version of the Bible, the Douay Rheims, Jesus says

"Unless you do penance, you will all perish [in Hell]"

The Protestant Bibles just says "Unless you repent..."

So we see how it DOES make a big difference whether you are Catholic or Protestant.

Repenting is just the first step toward getting to Heaven. Doing penance means doing things that make up for the bad you've done.. and accepting sufferings as chastisement for sins.. you hit your thumb on a hammer.. you can offer that up to God in expiation of your serious sins. Someone on the internet is rude to you, ditto.. you can offer it to God in atonement for your sins.. (you will have no end of penances there!).. car breaks down.. ditto.

Then once you exhaust (or think you've exhausted) the list of your own sins, you can tackle the sins of others. The Virgin Mary appeared @ Fatima 1917 and told the children (and all of us) to offer sufferings for souls in mortal sin--on their way to Hell-- so that they will repent and not end up there.

Pentance is an act of the person repenting. That includes making restitution. There is no contradiction here. Just a word that still includes acts of the repenter.