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Brothers and Sisters can you please help me explain 2 Timothy 1:18. I think Paul is praying for the dead here

4peace:
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I used to tell people that Airtel is my best network but now its no more.their customer care is had to get, i sent them watsapp messsenge but i am yet to get a reply n this is the fourth day. their timebased data plans are now replaced with very expensive rates(#300-30m, #500-60m) their night plan is no more working. i am complaing because this is the network i have always used to browse. the management must please do something

In Catholic tradition, the foundation for the office of the pope is indeed found primarily in Matthew 16:13-20. Here, Jesus asked the question, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" The Apostles responded, "Some say John the Baptizer, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." Our Lord then turned to them and point-blank asked them, "And you, who do you say that I am?"
St. Peter, still officially known as Simon, replied, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." Our Lord recognized that this answer was grace-motivated: "No mere man has revealed this to you, but My heavenly Father."
Because of this response, our Lord said to St. Peter, "You are 'Rock,' and on this rock I will build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The name change itself from Simon to Peter indicates the Apostle being called to a special role of leadership; recall how Abram's name was changed to Abraham, or Jacob's to Israel, or Saul's to Paul, when each of them was called to assume a special role of leadership among God's people.
The word "rock" also has special significance. On one hand, to be called "rock" was a Semitic expression designating the solid foundation upon which a community would be built. For instance, Abraham was considered "rock" because he was the father of the Jewish people (and we refer to him as our father in faith) and the one with whom the covenant was first made.
On the other hand, no one except God was called specifically "rock," nor was it ever used as a proper name except for God. To give the name "rock" to St. Peter indicates that our Lord entrusted to him a special authority. Some anti-papal parties try to play linguistic games with the original Greek Gospel text, where the masculine-gender word "petros," meaning a small, moveable rock, refers to St. Peter while the feminine-gender word "petra," meaning a massive, immovable rock, refers to the foundation of the Church. However, in the original Aramaic language, which is what Jesus spoke and which is believed to be the original language of St. Matthew's Gospel, the word "Kepha," meaning rock, would be used in both places without gender distinction or difference in meaning. The gender problem arises when translating from Aramaic to Greek and using the proper form to modify the masculine word "Peter" or feminine word "Church."
"The gates of hell" is also an interesting Semitic expression. The heaviest forces were positioned at gates; so this expression captures the greatest war-making power of a nation. Here this expression refers to the powers opposed to what our Lord is establishing—the Church. (A similar expression is used in reference to our Lord in Acts 2:24: "God freed Him from the bitter pangs of hell, however, and raised Him up again, for it was impossible that death should keep its hold on Him." Jesus associated St. Peter and his office so closely with Himself that He became a visible force protecting the Church and keeping back the power of hell.
Second, Jesus says, "I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven." In the Old Testament, the "number two" person in the Kingdom literally held the keys. In Isaiah 22: 19-22 we find a reference to Eliakim, the master of the palace of King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17ff) and keeper of the keys. As a sign of his position, the one who held the keys represented the king, acted with his authority and had to act in accord with the king's mind. Therefore, St. Peter and each of his successors represent our Lord on this earth as His Vicar and lead the faithful flock of the Church to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Finally, Jesus says, "Whatever you declare bound on earth shall be bound in heaven; whatever you declare loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven." This is rabbinic terminology. A rabbi could bind, declaring an act forbidden or excommunicating a person for serious sin; or a rabbi could loose, declaring an act permissible or reconciling an excommunicated sinner to the community.
Here, Christ entrusted a special authority to St. Peter to preserve, interpret and teach His truth. In all, this understanding of Matthew 16 was unchallenged until the Protestant leaders wanted to legitimize their rejection of papal authority and the office of the pope. Even the Orthodox Churches recognize the pope as the successor of St. Peter; however, they do not honor his binding jurisdiction over the whole Church but grant him a position of "first among equals."
St. Peter's role in the New Testament further substantiates the Catholic belief concerning the papacy and what Jesus said in Matthew 16. St. Peter held a preeminent position among the Apostles. He is always listed first (Mt. 10:14; Mk. 3:16-19; Lk. 6:14-1 5; Acts 1:13) and is sometimes the only one mentioned (Lk. 9:32). He speaks for the Apostles (Mt. 18:21; Mk. 8:28; Lk. 12:41; Jn. 6:69).
When our Lord selects a group of three for some special event, such as the Transfiguration, St. Peter is in the first position. Our Lord chose to teach from St. Peter's boat. At Pentecost St. Peter preached to the crowds and told of the mission of the Church (Acts 2;14-40). He performed the first miraculous healing (Acts 3:6-7). St. Peter also received the revelation that the Gentiles were to be baptized (Acts 10:9-48) and sided with St. Paul against the need for circumcision (Acts 15). At the end of his life, St. Peter was crucified, but in his humility asked to be crucified upside down.
As Catholics, we believe that the authority given to St. Peter did not end with his life but was handed on to his successors. The earliest writings attest to this belief. St. Irenaeus in his <Adversus Haereses> described how the Church at Rome was founded by St. Peter and St. Paul and traced the handing on of the office of St. Peter through Linus, Cletus (also called Anacletus), and so on, through 12 successors to his own present day, Pope Eleutherius. Tertullian in <De Praescriptione Haereticorum> asserted the same point as did Origen in his <Commentaries on John>, St. Cyprian of Carthage in his <The Unity of the Catholic Church> and many others.
Granted, the expression of papal authority becomes magnified after the legalization of Christianity and especially after the fall of the Roman Empire and the ensuing political chaos. Nevertheless, our Church boasts of an unbroken line of legitimate successors of St. Peter who stand in the stead of Christ We must always remember that one of the official titles of the pope, first taken by Pope Gregory the Great is "Servant of the Servants of God."

naijaboy756:
if you ask me, na who I go ask? They keep saying Peter was the first pope. Who ordained him pope and where was it recorded in the bible? Or any record whatsoever

u see dats y u should be a catholic for u to knoe n dont say wat u dont know. pope is never ordained even till this day

Rich4god:
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thanks

Rich4god:
I just pm(ed)...

i didnt c u in my mail so i sent mine to u

you can as well tell us dd name of d tru church since it exists today

In every generation, Protestants and Penticostals abandon The Only Church Jesus Founded. Vain men invent their own denominations and lead many away from The Only Church Jesus Founded.
When a man believes “The Only Church Jesus Founded is wrong.” he is saying, “Jesus made a mistake to say ‘Verily, verily I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’ “
Every anti-Catholic believes “I think the gates of hell have prevailed against The Church Jesus Founded in Mt. 16: 18-20. Therefore, among all Anti-Catholics: “I know more than Jesus.” is the deadly vanity at the heart of their unbelief.

op i suggest u open a new thread n type everything b4 u start answering questns. so that people dont distract u n spoil ur thread

people are already condeming what they dont know. @valmary, i guess ur catholic, pls just b patient n open minded. i believe u will learn a lot.

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Comment of Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah on the Paradox of the Nigerian society. The Nigerian Educational Systems have suprising outcomes. The smartest students pass with First Class, got admitted to Medical and engineering schools. The second Class students gets MBA, and LIBs to manage d First class students. The Third class students enter Politics and Rules both the First and Second class students. The Failures enter the underworld of crime and control the politicians and businesses. The Best of all, those who didn't attend school at all are now prophets and imams and everyone follows them in whatever they say. What a Paradox of Life. This can only happen in Nigeria where corruption is the order of the day. Can you make a change?

peter1994:
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Dear friends: Here is a photo of the four Missionaries of Charity killed in Aden, Yemen, last week, along with 12 other Christian men and women, which was sent to me today by a friend who works in governance in the Missionaries of Charity.
Just a few days ago these four women--Sister Anselm from India; Sisters Margherite and Reginette from Rwanda, and Sister Judith from Kenya--were at their ministries, caring for the elderly in a nursing home. They did so, like all of the Missionaries of Charity, quietly, humbly and out of the public eye. Now they are, according to Pope Francis, "martyrs of charity," and may one day be blesseds. A photo of two of them after their deaths shows them lying on the ground in their blood-spattered blue-and-white habits, still wearing plaid aprons, a symbol of their "ordinary" lives. Their deaths are a reminder that even in our ordinary lives we can be called to give ourselves to Christ entirely. Most of us will never be called to be martyrs in this way, but we can always give ourselves to Christ in all that we do.
It's also a reminder of the many heroic men and women all over the world who are willing to remain with the poor and marginalized in order to love them, serve them, and live out the Gospel with them.
Holy Martyrs of Yemen, pray for us! —

i applied for it but i hv not bn invited for an interview. i dont know whats wrong .almost everyone i know hv bn invited

mycar:
Fr, Beside Fr. Ede of Elele, You are the only priest I know that had stayed that long in a parish, we once had one Rev. Fr that we so much love in our parish but had to be transferred out when the time came.

fr ede is not a diocesan priest and he is also a father founder. so he transfers his saviourite priests and sisters so he cannot be transfered cos he is not under any bishop. he is only answereable to d pope

Godsonkemz:
If he claims to be an agent of change, then let him accept his transfer, which is part of the changes without grudges trying to arouse unnecessary attention. A missionary work is not to be politicized. Christ was humble to the core, so also the apostles who suffered and were persecuted so as to send the gospel across nations. Why can't Mbaka learn that call to service demands humility.

is he complaining? y not tell d above to the oversabi apc

ourleader:
Is wrong to returned senior pastor to assisting pastor! Absolutely TABOO

hear it ones again, d report is wrong. he was transfered from his parish and he is in another parish as a priest in residence not assistant to anybody. so for now he has no parish. do u understand?

Admiralty616:
If transfer is a routine carried out every 6 years in the catholic church, how come he was left in the same parish for 20 years? It shows it all have to do with a prophesy he made, which came to pass.

the report is not correct. mbaka is not 20 years old a priest so how could he hv bin there upto 20 yrs.

can u fund my nairabet acct

chai i tot pastors are learned

simple thing: did moses die or is he dead? yes! God said so. y prolonging d issue

hmmmm now i understand: when d spirit comes he brings one gift and then comes again another time with another gift. he came first to give mary d gift of a new born child n at penticost he came to make her speak in tongues. unfortunately she is no more with usif not d nxt time d spirit will come with d gift of healing. but when did d spirit come with d gift of prophesy: all generations will call me blessed?

@ vooks


ur hatred will destroy u since u cannot make a sound argument.ur now trying to bring up catholic prayers to shift attention since u know u hv lost. i decided to bring up this topic because i know where u will quote n just d way i expected it just happend. smh

vooks:
None of this changes the fact that it was INVENTED in the fifth century. Why couldn't God save the infants born to Christians for the first 450yrs of Christianity?

It's like you think, 'everyone once did it so it's cool'. God is not a democracy my broda

pls be reasonable in ur arguement. ur repetition of 450yrs is uncalled for when Uben hv shown u d tots on church men who lived around the first century.