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  • DancesWithWolves
    The Nuns wear that clothing that is somewhat similar to Women Muslims
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    • DancesWithWolves
      I could be wrong
  • dalcocono
    No, not at all. Islam is more Judaic than it is Christian
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Thanks for your comment :)
  • www.bible-reviews.com
    Technically speaking, "Catholic" is not a religion but - rather -a DENOMINATION of the religion of Christianity. There are only a few Christian denominations (or sects) that have a considerable degree of similarity to Islam, and Catholicism is definitely NOT one of them.
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Thanks for your comment :)
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, Catholicism is a Religion. It designates the faith, doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church, and not by the teachings of the Bible.
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      Jenny: I'm using standard English rather than "words mean whatever I say they mean". Catholicism is BY DEFINITION a denomination of the religion of Christianity...regardless of what you would LIKE to believe.
    • DancesWithWolves
      Thanks, Jenny for your comment :)
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, I'm quoting scriptures from the ESV, the English Standard Version, so what's the problem????????????????????? You keep saying what I would like to believe. I have not said a word by the doctrine of Jenny. It is by the Doctrine of Christ and what He demands to be worthy of being called Christians. If you would rather trust English definitions, you are misguided.
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      "I'm quoting scriptures from the ESV, the English Standard Version" Let's see how true that is: "www.bible-reviews.com, Catholicism is a Religion. It designates the faith, doctrine and practice of the Catholic Church, and not by the teachings of the Bible. " I don't remember reading that in the ESV.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, I don't remember reading the word Catholic, worshipping idols and images, Christians having priests, rosaries, first communions and any other of your superstitious beliefs from ANY Bible version. *Facepalm*
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      Wow. Red herring. OK: clearly, you're too stubborn to admit the fallacy of your own clearly visible words and are over-re-acting - and inappropriately reacting - to my plain and straightforward comments. I'm done.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, red herring? Actually your Catholic friend dalcocono is drawing attention away from the matter being discussed in my answer. At least he or she has the courage to debate me. You have not said anything constructive in this thread, other than yield from my comments. So don't get mad cause the Bible is against most Catholic teachings.
  • Jenny The Great ⭐
    According to the Bible, Catholics are not Christians. One thing is being classified, another thing is to have God's approval. The Bible is against idolatry, priests and any other traditions that enslave people. If comparing clothes is all you care about, a certain dress code is meaningless to compare if you go beyond the scriptures.
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Thank you Jenny well appreciated :)
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      Jenny: the Bible does not teach anything about Catholics in particular. It certainly does not teach that Catholics are not Christians. Me: Fundamentalist Christian.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, in particular? The Bible actually does. It condemns Catholics for idolatry. 1 John 5:21 "Little children, keep yourselves from idols."
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, it condemns Catholics for having priests. Hebrews 4:15 "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, it condemns Catholics for performing first communions, rosaries, practicing ceremonies and all their superstitions. Mark 7:7 "in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      And you call yourself www.bible-reviews.com? You have got to be kidding me.
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      Jenny: look at what I wrote. Look at what you wrote. Obviously - by EITHER measure - my comment was correct and yours are not.
    • dalcocono
      This link takes you to the places in the NT that talks about the Christians priests and bishops. Your citations are describing the Hebrew priests of the OT. https://www.catholic.com/qa/where-in-the-new-testament-are-priests-mentioned
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, what I write is based on the Bible. What you write is based on your opinion. As long as I have Scripture to back up my claims, I am always right.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, having a link to speak for yourself is a weak argument. You believe in the Bible, so why not quote the passages yourself????????????????????? Besides, the link you added does not prove Christians are supposed to have priests, but elders who are nothing more than church owners and deacons assisting members at the door.
    • dalcocono
      It proves that we already had them in the first century. Jesus set the standard when He sent them out in His name and gave them authority to forgive sins. The Christans in Acts were Catholic.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, Hebrews 4:15 as you think is not referring to the Hebrew priests of the Old Testament. It is referring to Jesus who is the only Priest that Christians have, now that Jesus was tempted in all ways, yet He was without sin.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, the disciples of Jesus were not priests, and neither was the Apostle Paul, Timothy or Barnabas.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, gave them authority to forgive sins? No one but God can forgive sins. Mark 2:7 "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
    • www.bible-reviews.com
      Jenny: No point in continuing a discussion with someone too stubborn to admit they are wrong even when that is obvious. God will judge.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      www.bible-reviews.com, too stubborn? I'm not the one who is too stubborn to base my religious beliefs on the Bible. God will judge, and you are being judged according to God's Word.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, John 20:23 is saying that we as human beings are supposed to forgive those who transgress against us. Peter asked Jesus in Matthew 18:21-22, how often are we supposed to forgive our brother, seven times? Jesus said seventy times seven. I forgive you for VIOLATING the Bible, but I cannot forgive you for every other sin you have committed in your life.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, it is God who cleanses us of our sins, NOT man. It is why Mark 2:7 states only God alone can forgive sins. All you have to do is bow down to God and admit you are a sinner and He will forgive you.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, quote: "The apostles became the first bishops, and they ordained the first priests or "presbyters"" You will not find a passage in the New Testament were it says the apostles ordained the first priests. The apostles ordained pastors and deacons.
    • dalcocono
      The English word “priest” is derived from the Greek word presbuteros, which is commonly rendered into Bible English as “elder” or “presbyter.” The ministry of Catholic priests is that of the presbyters mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 15:6, 23). The Bible says little about the duties of presbyters, but it does reveal they functioned in a priestly capacity.
    • dalcocono
      They were ordained by the laying on of hands (1 Tm 4:14, 5:22), they preached and taught the flock (1 Tm 5:17), and they administered sacraments (Jas 5:13-15). These are the essential functions of the priestly office, so wherever the various forms of presbuteros appear–except, of course, in instances which pertain to the Jewish elders (Mt 21:23, Acts 4:23)–the word may rightly be translated as “priest” instead of “elder” or “presbyter.”
    • dalcocono
      In John’s Gospel, following his Resurrection, Jesus makes plain he’s assigning the ministry to forgive sins to particular Church leaders, specifically his apostles and those they designate in succeeding them (John 20:20-23). The apostles and their successors are given not only the unique ministry to forgive sins in Jesus’ name, but also the power to “retain” sins if a minister judges someone has not genuinely repented of their wrongdoing.
    • dalcocono
      Where did we get the bible from, and how long have we had it to refer to?
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, quote: "The English word “priest” is derived from the Greek word presbuteros," Incorrect. The Greek word for priest is "hiereus." https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g2409/kjv/tr/0-1/
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, Acts 15:6, 23 does not speak of priests. It refers to pastors being the church leaders. In Judaism, the Rabbis are the elders, yet they cannot cleanse man of their sins as only God can. Quote: "The Bible says little about the duties of presbyters," But it says a lot of about pastors. Ephesians 4:11 "Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers."
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, in 1 Timothy 5:17 and James 5:13-15, again, the New Testament is against priests by the letter of Paul, stating in Hebrews 4:15, that Jesus is the only Priest Christians have. An elder who holds the title of a pastor is the leader of a Christian congregation. A pastor gives advice and counsel to people from the congregation or community.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, when we read Matthew 21:23, Caiaphas was a high priest of the Mosaic law. DID YOU READ THAT CLOSELY? That's the Mosaic law which instructed the Israelites to have priests, causing Peter in Acts 4:23 to go back to their own people the Jews who were under the Mosaic law and preach to them the Good News.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, John 20:20-23 is the same ideology of Christians forgiving their neighbor seventy times seven. That's between man forgiving man for the sake of peace. And just like I forgive you again for getting the scriptures twisted, God forgiving you for adding and taking away from the Bible is up to Him. Revelation 22:18-19 "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the Holy city, which are described in this book."
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, oh, we got the Bible as an instructions manual. It serves for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness, so that the man or woman of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
    • dalcocono
      In the New Testament, a presbyter (Greek ???????????: "elder") is a leader of a local Christian congregation. The word derives from the Greek presbyteros, which means elder or senior. Although many understand presbyteros to refer to the bishop functioning as overseer, [1] [2] in modern Catholic and Orthodox usage, presbyter is distinct from bishop and synonymous with priest . [3]
    • dalcocono
      In Acts 20:17-38 the same men are called presbyteroi (v. 17) and episcopoi (v. 28). Presbuteroi is used in a technical sense to identify their office of ordained leadership. Episcopoi is used in a non-technical sense to describe the type of ministry they exercised. This is how the Revised Standard Version renders the verses: “And from Miletus he [Paul] . . . called for the elders [presbuteroi]of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them . . . ‘Take heed to yourselves and all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you guardians [episcopoi], to feed the church of the Lord.'”
    • dalcocono
      You still didn't tell me where we got the bible from, and when. Do you even know?
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, quote: "The word derives from the Greek presbyteros," Yet again, you will not find one verse in the New Testament that proves Christians have priests. The Greek word "hiereus" is supported in the authorized King James Version. The word "presbyter" by definition means both elder and minister to define a church pastor, just as Ephesians 4:11 proclaims, that God approves of pastors throughout the New Testament.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, priests are mentioned numerous times in the Old Testament, since the Mosaic law was about having priests. Both covenants are totally different. The Old Testament is about laws, the New Testament is about faith in Christ. Acts 20:17-38 and verse 28 once again refers to pastors who are leaders of church congregations.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, since you don't know what a pastor is, now that you are too concerned with priests, a pastor by biblical standards is a shepherd.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, quote: "You still didn't tell me where we got the bible from, and when. Do you even know?" Actually if you could read well, I told you where we got the Bible from with a biblical passage. Whether you believe it came from the Council of Nicaea, the Catholic church, the ecumenical Council of Trent and etc, none can surpass my answer.
    • dalcocono
      Well, your comments and answers prove you really aren't brilliant, and your understanding and interpretations of scripture are similar to chick tracts. I'm done.
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      dalcocono, typical insults when people cannot hold an argument. Understand that there is only one mediator between God and man - Jesus Christ. (1 Timothy 2:5)
  • Creamcrackered
    Nuns marry God. Muslim women marry their husbands.
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Thank you for your kindness and comments
    • Creamcrackered
      You're welcome, you make an excellent input :)
  • Jenny The Great ⭐
    Duplicate answer. :D
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Yes thanks for your comment :)
    • Jenny The Great ⭐
      Thank you for your kind words.
  • Murzy
    maybe in the cover-up clothes only
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    • DancesWithWolves
      Thanks for your comment

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