@farmingandJesus When you say “pray to,” I think you may be thinking “worship.” But worship is a reverent sacrifice to God alone. “Pray” comes from Latin precari: “to ask earnestly.” Asking the Saints to pray for us is not worship—it is asking for intercession. It is both biblical and logical.
@Variety This thread is straight up shocking me. I’ve never been a Bieber fan. The show as a whole was forgettable to me — but Justin came out and actually sang raw vocals with his talented voice that captured the whole room I was in with great lyrics and heart. It was the best part.
@PJW_DocParadox@DavidFischer Catholic Church began 33 AD… and early Church father, Ignatius of Antioch, wrote in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans:
“Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be; just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”
@DavidFischer The one that continues Christ’s own instruction: ‘Do this in memory of Me’ — not merely as a symbol, but preserving the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist as the heart of the New Covenant. The Church Christ founded—built with the Apostles, the Sacraments, and the Eucharist.
@_jonbowlin@ThadCatholic You can’t just redefine what a Bible is. The Bible is the 46-book Jewish Scriptures plus the New Testament, compiled into one canon by the Church in the 4th century. Nobody “in the Bible” had a Bible—“Scriptures” in that context is not the “Bible”—aka foundation of Christianity.
@oliverburdick “Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.”
2 Thessalonians 2:15 — but the New Testament DOES specifically tell us to honor not only the letters in scripture, but sacred tradition too.