btoks: Good to know that you believe the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ after consecration as opposed to differing beliefs among protestants. Although, taking the eucharist is not a mere recommendation but central to our Christianity - John 6:51-58 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
You really think the Catholic church doesn't believe that Jesus is the way, the truth and life?!! The fact is we also profess the communion of saints, as stated in the Apostles’ Creed. This isn’t something that takes away from Christ’s role as the one mediator. Rather, it highlights how we are all united in Him (living and dead) because God is the God of the living. The early Church clearly believed in this spiritual unity and we see the saints in heaven offering prayers before God (Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4). The pope is the head of the catholic church on earth just as any organisation would require a head.
Christianity was never set up as a personal relationship thing, it’s always been communal. Acts 2:42-47 ,1 Cor 12:12-27 show the Church as a united Body. Jesus didn’t come to start millions of individual relationships, He came to build His Church a living, spiritual family where we grow together in Him.
Your arguments have been debunked many centuries ago and are nothing new.
I didn't say the religion, I mean the Man Christ, do you have a personal relationship with him, like he did with his Father while on earth?
Jer 33:3 says call upon me and I will answer and show thee great and mighty things which you don't know (about his purpose, your life, his will). This is a call for personal relationship I was referring to. my experience will be quite different from another but we all bound together in sonship and coheirs with Christ.
I'm not talking about going to church with congregation and clapping hands and sing and taking communion(that is a different matter).
Funflipper: This is not jealousy but the bitter truth. From e money to obi cubanna, cubana chief priest and their circle of business partners are all drug dealers and money launderers with one or two unprofitable business as a smoke screen. Oh yes, i said it!
btoks: Where does it state that you need to have personal relationships with Jesus Christ? Presumably, you practice sola scriptura. In any case, how more personal does a catholic need to get than eating the actual body and drinking the blood of Jesus Christ. Do you eat the body and drink the blood of Christ?
yes I eat the body and drink His blood as recommended by Him.
it is written "I am the way, the truth and the life, NO ONE comes to the Father except by me. John 14:6.....do you know this verse in the bible if you have read one?
TimeManager: Every indices are getting worse both human development index, security index and human right index. It's all about media window dressing for him just like a certain candidate in Nigeria who loves moving around with cameras.
-Kiss the truth!
Why are you yorubas obsessed with the young officer? Is your country any better than his? Remove the log in your eyes first.
fabolouz1: This is depriving them of their fundamental human rights of free movement. Make the health sector competitive and add certain incentives , no one will leave.
the government is reluctant to change things. they know the solution but wont do it.
RandDigital: The Mayor of the Buffalo City Metro, Princess Faku, made a bold statement on Sunday, saying that the self-proclaimed prophet Timothy Omotoso was not welcome in her city.
Omotoso who was recently acquitted of more than 30 charges of human trafficking, rape and sexual abuse after a trial lasting eight years, is hosting a crusade in East London running from the 4th-11th of May at the Orient Theatre in the city.
Mayor Faku took to social media on Sunday, saying that Omotoso would not be allowed to use any venue in the city, even if he paid for it.
Metro Spokesperson Bongani Fuzile said BCM decided to cancel the booking at the Orient Theatre, making it clear that all bookings made at municipal venues towards this event would be cancelled, including venues in eQonce and Komani, which form part of the greater Metro.
He says this decision was made to combat Gender-Based violence in the city.
Fuzile said the municipality is encouraged by the urgent call to revisit the court decision that acquitted Omotoso who was charged with multiple counts of rape of young girls in his church.
He said allowing his church crusade would pose a risk to the safety of young women in the metro.
Fuzile said the municipality remains committed to building a society where women and children feel safe.
The televangelist and his two co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho, were acquitted by Gqeberha High Court judge Irma Schoeman, who found that the state had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt after a trial lasting nearly eight years.
Earlier this week, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it had appointed a senior counsel to bolster its internal team of sexual offences prosecutors who will assess and advise on the prospects of appealing the judgment in the Omotoso matter.
NPA spokesperson, advocate Mthunzi Mhaga, said this decision was “informed by the importance and the complexity of the matter, and the fact that the state can only appeal an acquittal judgment, in terms of Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Act.”
DesChyko: So that you know, Bread now consumes up to 15% of the average family's monthly food budget. Let's not even talk about yam; that one is now a luxury food item, just like coleslaw.
"Egg is for the rich".
I will never forget this comment by one notorious clown on this app