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In 441 Patrick went to Rome to seek special approval of his ministry in Ireland, and the newly-elected Pope Leo the Great personally confirmed Patrick’s full adherence to the Catholic faith. This is significant since some today assert that Patrick was not Catholic. In this country, the challenge is mainly made by Irish Americans who have abandoned the Church for Protestantism and wish to co-opt Patrick and represent him as a non-Catholic figure.This is an impossible task, as Patrick was a Latin-speaking Roman noble, grandson of a Catholic priest, son of a minor official of the Roman empire, who had repeated private revelations, practiced penance, spent two decades as a monk, was ordained a priest and sent to serve on the papal mission to Ireland, was then ordained bishop by a papal representative, and had his fidelity to Catholic teaching specially confirmed by Pope Leo the Great (of whom the fathers of the Council of Chalcedon cried "Peter has spoken through Leo!"). He described himself as a Catholic, and a list of canons he drew up for the Irish church orders that any dispute not resolved on a local level was to be forwarded to Rome for decision. http://www.cin.org/users/james/files/patrick.htm |
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| 1/15/08 9:10 AM |
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SBG: 80% of the Biblical references of the NT are from the Greek Septuagent, not from the Jewish Masoretic Text. Which means that the men who wrote the NT used the version of scripture that contained the so called 'Apocrypha'. So when you reject the Deuterocanonicals (your Apocrypha) you are agreeing not with the men that wrote the NT, but with the Jews that rejected Christ. Furthermore, the original KJV hadd the alleged 'Apocrypha' in it between the OT and the NT. But, just over 100 years ago, you guys in your infinite wisdom, finally dropped them out of the Bible. It would seem to me, that people who claim to honor the Book, would at least want the see the part that they tossed, just to make up their own mind. We Catholics get falsly accused of hating Scripture, but while we had total control (1500 years), at least we protected it from destruction by pagans, and ravaged of time, but when Luther shows up, he tries to eliminate Rev, Hebrews, 1 & 2 Peter, etc. and adds ("alone") words to Romans. Seems to me, the Bible has been in more danger since the Reformation, than all the years before they came along. You may thank us for our excellent stewardship at your convience! |
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