Funny my friends and I are the opposite reading the Bible, church history and seeing every Protestant church in the Seattle area become over run with faggotry or be some Evangelical mega church that worships Israel lead us to Catholicism or Orthodoxy.
But yet people are joining in droves. I will never leave the Church Jesus Christ founded. Focus on HIM. The rest is distraction. Leo XIV is not God. He is a fallible frail human being, as we all are. Pray for him.
People just can’t separate doctrine and belief from the Pope. We have had awesome Popes like Pius X and shitty ones. It’s a 2 thousand year old organization, it’s bound to happen. It’s a shame Cardinal Sarah had no shot of getting elected.
TLM parishes like SSPX and FSSP are exploding in popularity though. People don’t want watered down mega church Churches anymore.
We will take back the Church from the Marxists, Freemasons and Zionists who infiltrated it. They cannot keep dancing around the TLM.
Hoping to be confirmed by next year. I am a former Protestant. Raised Presbyterian. Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura just aren’t supported by scripture and the Eucharist is the blood and body of Jesus Christ.
Here’s a hot take that will piss off a lot of people here. I could argue that the Protestant reformation was the most destructive event in Western Civilization and opened the flood gates of sin as the inevitable result of Sola Scriptura is the fake and gay Protestant Churches we see everywhere now. I mean the Church of England for example is a disaster now. Also with the millions of people killed in wars like the 30 years war. Also with the war on beauty that Protestants started. Protestants also started the war on the SACRAMENT of marriage. I capitalized that on purpose cause marriage is a sacrament.
I have gotten a lot of crap from people on here and in real life mostly older people for coming to Catholicism but young people like me are done with Pastor Bob worshipping Israel or woke watered down churches. We want the Eucharist, we want tradition, we want reverence and beauty. That’s why Gen Z and millennials are coming to Catholicism and Orthodoxy in droves.
We look at this world of chaos and start looking for the truth and we find that the decline of beauty, the moral decline, the disaster of secularism etc all traces back to the Protestant Reformation and it’s consequences. By undermining the authority of the Church it broke the unity that European’s had. Which the enemies of Christ and the Church (Zionists, Free masons, Marxists etc.) took advantage of.
Not pissed off, but still think you're mistaken. Even in the most charitable ant-protestant take, the reformation kicked the Catholic church into badly-needed internal reforms that would not have happened without it.
And as for the abandonment of beauty: as much as the Catholics' millennia of accumulated beauty is worth treasuring, they have plenty of blandly hollow and overly commercial junk in their art collection as well. The hymn "Amazing Grace" has probably brought more people into sincere lives of prayer than the Sistine Chapel, as marvelous as the painted work is.
I wish you well as a Catholic, and I sincerely respect Catholic believers and priests, the majority of whom lead exemplary moral lives, but pissing on the legacy of Protestantism as a whole is mistaken. It appears to be a cherry-picking approach that overlooks large swathes of the Roman Catholic legacy that are equally deserving of scorn. Blessings and congratulations on your upcoming confirmation.
Most Protestants have no idea what we believe and that the sacraments and what not are backed by scripture. I have spent two years looking into to Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism. And the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ
Sola Scriptura isn’t even backed by scripture. And when Protestants complain about woke churches sorry but that is the CONSEQUENCE of the reformation.
Excuse me? What part of “Peter, thou art Rock and upon this Rock I will build my Church” don’t you understand? And YES Catholics teach the Bible. I’m a Catechism teacher and the Bible is taught. It sounds as if someone connected to the Catholic Church hurt you. I guess I’ve been blessed to be surrounded by amazing priests and religious and I belong to a phenomenal parish. And for that I am eternally grateful. I’m truly sorry you may not have had a similar experience. Please know I will pray for you to let go of the bitterness you have towards the Church. God bless❤️
First of all I taught Catechism classes also. After being away and really understanding the Bible and reading it the Catholic church does not teach it to its true meaning. I can't tell you in 48 years that no one has ever picked up a Bible and read it while being in the Catholic Church they only take Snippets. When was the last time a church talked about the devil or hell?
I also paid close attention when I was older and the people in the Catholic Church are not praising God they're praising the priest the Pope the statues that are in the church. They are worshiping the Catholic church and not Christianity. I have been in several Catholic churches my sister taught in the Catholic Church. I had a very wide exposure to the Catholic church.
I did come to realize that we had a priest as a close family friend who was from Poland they came to this country. What I saw the hierarchy and the Catholic Church do was enough for me.
It wasn't till I found a standalone bible-based church that I realize how bad the Catholic Church truly is.
There is nothing anywhere that proves the Catholic church was the first and only church that's only taught to the Catholics.
You draw a lot of conclusions G. Don’t paint everything and everyone with the same brush. So you hate the Catholic Church. You left her. What do you gain by spewing your disdain and hatred for the rest of us who stay because we love the Sacraments and Tradition? If you’re happy with the church you found, more power to you. Satan is very happy to watch Christians tear each other apart. It does no one any good. I love my Catholic Faith. You love yours. Let’s leave it at that. Because nothing you say will ever make me leave mine. Nothing I say will ever make you leave yours. Peace be with you b
And there you have it. Spoken like the brainwashing the Catholics do.
When I first went to the Bible Church and found that 95% there were ex Catholics. Each and every one of them had the same story. They believed they were going to hell because they weren't going every Sunday to a Catholic a Mass. They said it took months for them to realize they were guilted into this mindset.
It is called Catholic guilt.
Where is it written that this church is the only one?
I also and I can't believe this "POPE" is alluding to Pres. Trump NOT SECURING OUT NATION!!!!!!!!! These people who are NOT VETTED pose a risk TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES...
The reason why I know this is due to the fact that I was stationed in Germany from '72-'74s (after Vietnam) and played footsies with Bader-Meihoff, PLO, and Black September (NOTE: WHICH KILLED THE ISRAELI ATHLETES @ THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPICS!!!!!
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OF WHAT HE IS ESPOUSING AND GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR...
Tell the pope to put exact numbers for how many immigrants he wants to see enter the US/year. Make him say exactly what he wants publicly. Show the public.
The Vatican can afford to hire all the immigrants they want by buying US Gold Card immigration work visa's. Not that I care for the idea of that, but commie pope could simply put his money where his mouth is, and buy all the immigrants he wants, if helping immigrants is what he truly wants.
But this is not really about helping immigrants. This is a foreign nation (the Vatican) calling for an invasion of the USA.
“Our Holy Father is very personally concerned about these matters. He expressed his desire that the U.S. Bishops’ Conference would speak strongly on this issue," El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told Reuters. "It means a lot to all of us to know of his personal desire that we continue to speak out."
Leo spoke to a delegation of bishops and social workers from the U.S.-Mexico border who were visiting the Vatican and directed them to "speak strongly" in defense of the migrants and refugees being victimized by the Trump administration.
The Daily Beast reports that Bishop Seitz, who was at the historic meeting, confided that Leo was "visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under the administration’s enforcement policies."
One such letter was shared with Reuters and was sent by a family that is terrified of being deported by Trump's goons—
“I believe the Pope should speak out openly against the raids and the unfair treatment the community is experiencing,” the note read in Spanish.
Additionally, Pope Leo met with 100 American Catholic who are ministering to migrants and thanked them for their work, sending a clear message to the larger Catholic Church about what his priorities are.
Leo has been ramping up his pro-migrant rhetoric in recent months despite a growing MAGA backlash against his papacy. Over the weekend, he stated that migrants cannot be treated with "the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination."
"In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world's South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church," he added.
Last week, he voiced an equally pro-migrant message.
"Someone who says that, ‘I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life," asserted Leo.
Republicans are predictably up in arms over the pope's pro-migrant messaging. These MAGA brutes love to call themselves Christians but erupt in anger when they're confronted with the true teachings of Jesus Christ. They want the self-righteousness that comes with the label "Christian" without assuming any of the moral responsibility, compassion, or kindness.
I guess we can start sending them all to Italy now. Im sure he'll accept them all with open arms since he doesnt care about law breakers over staying their welcome. Any catholic church in America caught bringing in more foreigners needs to have 401c3 removed immediately.
Edit: the "daily beast" writing positively about a 'Christian' pope. Theirs your sign...
Indeed! He is also going against doctrine that the Pope can only speak about revealed faith and doctrine, and then only in union with the bishops. Catholics know, this is only one guy, Bishop of Rome, and his actual authority is quite limited.
He is using his BULLY Pulpit to INTIMIDATE Catholics who are ALLOWED to disagree with his personal opinions, unless they are not his opinions but are firmly grounded in revealed truth. WHICH this is NOT. He is trying to intimidate American Catholics to accept their own genocide, AmIRite?
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Follow The Lord, not mans idea of what they think is trying to be said, read The Word, dont just let someone read it to you on Sunday, read it every day, everywhere you can. Spend time with Jesus, not with his earthy mother. Spend time with The Spirit which dwells inside us as believers, dont feel you need to go to another human (dead or alive) thinking they need to intercede in prayer when you have a direct line to all 3 in 1 because 1 sacrificed, put His life down for us, so we can no longer be slaves and be adopted into His kingdom.
Edit: This goes for everyone, if you only go on Sundays and dont really have a personal relationship with God that you then share with others. You are doing something wrong
This "Pope" is a fucking Demon.... And I'm catholic.... 🤬🤬🤬🤬
That's disappointing. I was stoked we finally had an American pope, and one with a maga brother.
Too bad. Would've been a great addition to the Q train to have solidified a non-globalist in another position of power.
Yup I thought maybe he would be a white hat with all the connections with JD Vance, being American and the US allegedly having the Vatican gold.
Agreed, I’m actually convinced he’s a crypto.
Any pope promoting the spread and influence of islam is a heretic and should be treated as such.
When you look into the magnitude of how much Zionists have infiltrated Christianity it’s staggering.
Massive since the templer origin.
Yeah .... I've heard that even their God and his mom were both Jews.....the ZOG infiltration goes way way back
I left the Catholic Church after 48 years.
Find a Bible based church and you will learn how you were deceived by this trash.
This Pope is losing money through Catholic Charities. This is what it is about.
Funny my friends and I are the opposite reading the Bible, church history and seeing every Protestant church in the Seattle area become over run with faggotry or be some Evangelical mega church that worships Israel lead us to Catholicism or Orthodoxy.
You will learn the hard way.
But yet people are joining in droves. I will never leave the Church Jesus Christ founded. Focus on HIM. The rest is distraction. Leo XIV is not God. He is a fallible frail human being, as we all are. Pray for him.
People just can’t separate doctrine and belief from the Pope. We have had awesome Popes like Pius X and shitty ones. It’s a 2 thousand year old organization, it’s bound to happen. It’s a shame Cardinal Sarah had no shot of getting elected.
TLM parishes like SSPX and FSSP are exploding in popularity though. People don’t want watered down mega church Churches anymore.
We will take back the Church from the Marxists, Freemasons and Zionists who infiltrated it. They cannot keep dancing around the TLM.
EXACTLY.
Hoping to be confirmed by next year. I am a former Protestant. Raised Presbyterian. Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura just aren’t supported by scripture and the Eucharist is the blood and body of Jesus Christ.
Here’s a hot take that will piss off a lot of people here. I could argue that the Protestant reformation was the most destructive event in Western Civilization and opened the flood gates of sin as the inevitable result of Sola Scriptura is the fake and gay Protestant Churches we see everywhere now. I mean the Church of England for example is a disaster now. Also with the millions of people killed in wars like the 30 years war. Also with the war on beauty that Protestants started. Protestants also started the war on the SACRAMENT of marriage. I capitalized that on purpose cause marriage is a sacrament.
I have gotten a lot of crap from people on here and in real life mostly older people for coming to Catholicism but young people like me are done with Pastor Bob worshipping Israel or woke watered down churches. We want the Eucharist, we want tradition, we want reverence and beauty. That’s why Gen Z and millennials are coming to Catholicism and Orthodoxy in droves.
We look at this world of chaos and start looking for the truth and we find that the decline of beauty, the moral decline, the disaster of secularism etc all traces back to the Protestant Reformation and it’s consequences. By undermining the authority of the Church it broke the unity that European’s had. Which the enemies of Christ and the Church (Zionists, Free masons, Marxists etc.) took advantage of.
Not pissed off, but still think you're mistaken. Even in the most charitable ant-protestant take, the reformation kicked the Catholic church into badly-needed internal reforms that would not have happened without it.
And as for the abandonment of beauty: as much as the Catholics' millennia of accumulated beauty is worth treasuring, they have plenty of blandly hollow and overly commercial junk in their art collection as well. The hymn "Amazing Grace" has probably brought more people into sincere lives of prayer than the Sistine Chapel, as marvelous as the painted work is.
I wish you well as a Catholic, and I sincerely respect Catholic believers and priests, the majority of whom lead exemplary moral lives, but pissing on the legacy of Protestantism as a whole is mistaken. It appears to be a cherry-picking approach that overlooks large swathes of the Roman Catholic legacy that are equally deserving of scorn. Blessings and congratulations on your upcoming confirmation.
THANK YOU!!
Most Protestants have no idea what we believe and that the sacraments and what not are backed by scripture. I have spent two years looking into to Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism. And the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ
Sola Scriptura isn’t even backed by scripture. And when Protestants complain about woke churches sorry but that is the CONSEQUENCE of the reformation.
The Catholics are the ones that tell you that that is the church that Jesus found.
They don't teach the Bible and you would find out that's not true.
Excuse me? What part of “Peter, thou art Rock and upon this Rock I will build my Church” don’t you understand? And YES Catholics teach the Bible. I’m a Catechism teacher and the Bible is taught. It sounds as if someone connected to the Catholic Church hurt you. I guess I’ve been blessed to be surrounded by amazing priests and religious and I belong to a phenomenal parish. And for that I am eternally grateful. I’m truly sorry you may not have had a similar experience. Please know I will pray for you to let go of the bitterness you have towards the Church. God bless❤️
First of all I taught Catechism classes also. After being away and really understanding the Bible and reading it the Catholic church does not teach it to its true meaning. I can't tell you in 48 years that no one has ever picked up a Bible and read it while being in the Catholic Church they only take Snippets. When was the last time a church talked about the devil or hell?
I also paid close attention when I was older and the people in the Catholic Church are not praising God they're praising the priest the Pope the statues that are in the church. They are worshiping the Catholic church and not Christianity. I have been in several Catholic churches my sister taught in the Catholic Church. I had a very wide exposure to the Catholic church.
I did come to realize that we had a priest as a close family friend who was from Poland they came to this country. What I saw the hierarchy and the Catholic Church do was enough for me.
It wasn't till I found a standalone bible-based church that I realize how bad the Catholic Church truly is.
There is nothing anywhere that proves the Catholic church was the first and only church that's only taught to the Catholics.
You draw a lot of conclusions G. Don’t paint everything and everyone with the same brush. So you hate the Catholic Church. You left her. What do you gain by spewing your disdain and hatred for the rest of us who stay because we love the Sacraments and Tradition? If you’re happy with the church you found, more power to you. Satan is very happy to watch Christians tear each other apart. It does no one any good. I love my Catholic Faith. You love yours. Let’s leave it at that. Because nothing you say will ever make me leave mine. Nothing I say will ever make you leave yours. Peace be with you b
And there you have it. Spoken like the brainwashing the Catholics do.
When I first went to the Bible Church and found that 95% there were ex Catholics. Each and every one of them had the same story. They believed they were going to hell because they weren't going every Sunday to a Catholic a Mass. They said it took months for them to realize they were guilted into this mindset.
It is called Catholic guilt.
Where is it written that this church is the only one?
No I don't. I saw up close and personal.
I also and I can't believe this "POPE" is alluding to Pres. Trump NOT SECURING OUT NATION!!!!!!!!! These people who are NOT VETTED pose a risk TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES...
The reason why I know this is due to the fact that I was stationed in Germany from '72-'74s (after Vietnam) and played footsies with Bader-Meihoff, PLO, and Black September (NOTE: WHICH KILLED THE ISRAELI ATHLETES @ THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPICS!!!!!
THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OF WHAT HE IS ESPOUSING AND GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR...
NOTE: I am also Catholic!!!!!!
Same. And I thought the last pope was also a demon. This guy takes evil to a whole new level.
Why isn't the "pope" speaking out against the massacring of Christians by Islamists and the destruction of Christian churches?
Exactly....
And abortion.
Tell the pope to put exact numbers for how many immigrants he wants to see enter the US/year. Make him say exactly what he wants publicly. Show the public.
Then extrapolate the numbers to find out how many Vatican City can accommodate. I'm sure popey boy wants to make it just and equitable.
The Pope Song
The Vatican can afford to hire all the immigrants they want by buying US Gold Card immigration work visa's. Not that I care for the idea of that, but commie pope could simply put his money where his mouth is, and buy all the immigrants he wants, if helping immigrants is what he truly wants.
But this is not really about helping immigrants. This is a foreign nation (the Vatican) calling for an invasion of the USA.
“Our Holy Father is very personally concerned about these matters. He expressed his desire that the U.S. Bishops’ Conference would speak strongly on this issue," El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told Reuters. "It means a lot to all of us to know of his personal desire that we continue to speak out."
Leo spoke to a delegation of bishops and social workers from the U.S.-Mexico border who were visiting the Vatican and directed them to "speak strongly" in defense of the migrants and refugees being victimized by the Trump administration.
The Daily Beast reports that Bishop Seitz, who was at the historic meeting, confided that Leo was "visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under the administration’s enforcement policies."
One such letter was shared with Reuters and was sent by a family that is terrified of being deported by Trump's goons—
“I believe the Pope should speak out openly against the raids and the unfair treatment the community is experiencing,” the note read in Spanish.
Additionally, Pope Leo met with 100 American Catholic who are ministering to migrants and thanked them for their work, sending a clear message to the larger Catholic Church about what his priorities are.
Leo has been ramping up his pro-migrant rhetoric in recent months despite a growing MAGA backlash against his papacy. Over the weekend, he stated that migrants cannot be treated with "the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination."
"In the communities of ancient Christian tradition, such as those of the West, the presence of many brothers and sisters from the world's South should be welcomed as an opportunity, through an exchange that renews the face of the Church," he added.
Last week, he voiced an equally pro-migrant message.
"Someone who says that, ‘I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life," asserted Leo.
Republicans are predictably up in arms over the pope's pro-migrant messaging. These MAGA brutes love to call themselves Christians but erupt in anger when they're confronted with the true teachings of Jesus Christ. They want the self-righteousness that comes with the label "Christian" without assuming any of the moral responsibility, compassion, or kindness.
I guess we can start sending them all to Italy now. Im sure he'll accept them all with open arms since he doesnt care about law breakers over staying their welcome. Any catholic church in America caught bringing in more foreigners needs to have 401c3 removed immediately.
Edit: the "daily beast" writing positively about a 'Christian' pope. Theirs your sign...
Could this be the match that burns away the corruption in the church?
He can be "personally concerned" but as Pope he has no authority even for Catholics, about something that reasonable people can differ.
He’s actually going against Catholic doctrine. Catholic doctrine actually teaches nations can have borders.
Indeed! He is also going against doctrine that the Pope can only speak about revealed faith and doctrine, and then only in union with the bishops. Catholics know, this is only one guy, Bishop of Rome, and his actual authority is quite limited.
He is using his BULLY Pulpit to INTIMIDATE Catholics who are ALLOWED to disagree with his personal opinions, unless they are not his opinions but are firmly grounded in revealed truth. WHICH this is NOT. He is trying to intimidate American Catholics to accept their own genocide, AmIRite?
Hmmmmmm....inst he from Chicago...?
The Catholic Church is the original Mega Church.
Naw....give all your money to Andrew Torba.....he's the truest of all the truly true Christians...or so I've heard
But, but , but Leo, What about Scripture
Romans 13:1-5 ESV / 586 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
Titus 3:1 ESV / 539 helpful votes
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Romans 2:13 ESV / 491 helpful votes
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV / 377 helpful votes
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Romans 3:31 ESV / 326 helpful votes
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Acts 5:29 ESV / 315 helpful votes
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Romans 13:1 ESV / 234 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
John 14:21 ESV / 232 helpful votes
Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
1 John 2:4 ESV / 222 helpful votes
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 216 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
Galatians 3:11 ESV / 205 helpful votes
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Luke 20:25 ESV / 205 helpful votes
He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 201 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 178 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
John 14:15 ESV / 166 helpful votes
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Galatians 5:14 ESV / 155 helpful votes
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 154 helpful votes
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Galatians 3:21 ESV / 150 helpful votes
Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Matthew 22:21 ESV / 149 helpful votes
They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
2 John 1:6 ESV / 146 helpful votes
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
Joshua 1:8 ESV / 140 helpful votes
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Matthew 5:17-19 ESV / 139 helpful votes
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Peter 2:13 ESV / 138 helpful votes
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
Luke 11:28 ESV / 132 helpful votes
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
Acts 5:32 ESV / 130 helpful votes
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
1 Peter 2:13-14 ESV / 128 helpful votes
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.
Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 127 helpful votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Romans 13:1-2 ESV / 123 helpful votes
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.
James 1:25 ESV / 122 helpful votes
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 121 helpful votes
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
1 Samuel 15:22 ESV / 118 helpful votes
And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
Romans 3:20 ESV / 117 helpful votes
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
1 John 3:4 ESV / 115 helpful votes
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Galatians 5:4 ESV / 115 helpful votes
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 113 helpful votes
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
1 Peter 1:14 ESV / 112 helpful votes
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
Romans 1:5 ESV / 112 helpful votes
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
Acts 5:27-29 ESV / 111 helpful votes
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
1 John 3:21-22 ESV / 106 helpful votes
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
Romans 13:7 ESV / 104 helpful votes
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Romans 13:4 ESV / 100 helpful votes
For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Acts 5:1-42 ESV / 99 helpful votes
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. ...
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 98 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 95 helpful votes
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...
John 3:16 ESV / 93 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
1 Peter 1:2 ESV / 92 helpful votes
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplie
FAKE AS WAS FRANCIS BEFORE HIM
I heard he was close with Francis. So I knew he wouldn't be some conservative icon.
Clean up the Vatican.
Hateful policies?? Bro, you haven't seen hateful yet.
Can we demand that the Vatican accept an arbitrary number of illegals and they they must tear down the Vatican walls?
Hypothetically behaving like hypocrites
Didn't someone say... "It's going to be Biblical"?
Sounds like the popes money is drying up.
Luther et. al was correct…
ANother globalist demon. I do attend catholic mass on Sundays, this guy is a mouth piece for the UN.
Jesus doesn't need him and neither do Jesus' followers.
The Wope ladies and gentlemen.
Follow The Lord, not mans idea of what they think is trying to be said, read The Word, dont just let someone read it to you on Sunday, read it every day, everywhere you can. Spend time with Jesus, not with his earthy mother. Spend time with The Spirit which dwells inside us as believers, dont feel you need to go to another human (dead or alive) thinking they need to intercede in prayer when you have a direct line to all 3 in 1 because 1 sacrificed, put His life down for us, so we can no longer be slaves and be adopted into His kingdom.
Edit: This goes for everyone, if you only go on Sundays and dont really have a personal relationship with God that you then share with others. You are doing something wrong
Ass wipe.
How many divisions does the pope command?