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Jerem\u00edas 17, 5-10<\/p>\n

Esto dice el\u00a0Se\u00f1or<\/span>:<\/span>
\n\u00abMalditos son los que ponen su confianza en simples seres humanos,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>que se apoyan en la fuerza humana<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>y apartan el coraz\u00f3n del\u00a0Se\u00f1or<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>Son como los arbustos raqu\u00edticos del desierto,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>sin esperanza para el futuro.<\/span><\/span>
\nVivir\u00e1n en lugares desolados,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>en tierra despoblada y salada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00bbPero benditos son los que conf\u00edan en el\u00a0Se\u00f1or<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>y han hecho que el\u00a0Se\u00f1or<\/span>\u00a0sea su esperanza y confianza.<\/span><\/span>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>Son como \u00e1rboles plantados junto a la ribera de un r\u00edo<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>con ra\u00edces que se hunden en las aguas.<\/span><\/span>
\nA esos \u00e1rboles no les afecta el calor<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>ni temen los largos meses de sequ\u00eda.<\/span><\/span>
\nSus hojas est\u00e1n siempre verdes<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>y nunca dejan de producir fruto.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00bbEl coraz\u00f3n humano es lo m\u00e1s enga\u00f1oso que hay,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>y extremadamente perverso.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00bfQui\u00e9n realmente sabe qu\u00e9 tan malo es?<\/span><\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>Pero yo, el\u00a0Se\u00f1or<\/span>, investigo todos los corazones<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>y examino las intenciones secretas.<\/span><\/span>
\nA todos les doy la debida recompensa,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>seg\u00fan lo merecen sus acciones\u00bb.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

El Purgatorio<\/h2>\n

El que planta y el que riega son iguales, cada uno recibir\u00e1 su recompensa conforme a su trabajo.\u00a0Porque nosotros s\u00f3lo somos cooperadores de Dios, y vosotros sois arada de Dios, edificaci\u00f3n de Dios.<\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan la gracia de Dios que me fue dada, yo, como sabio arquitecto, puse los cimientos, otro edifica encima. Cada uno mire c\u00f3mo edifica,que cuanto al fundamento, nadie puede poner otro sino el que est\u00e1 puesto, que es Jesucristo.<\/p>\n

Si sobre este fundamento uno edifica con oro, plata, piedras preciosas o maderas, heno, paja, su obra quedar\u00e1 de manifiesto; el d\u00eda, efectivamente, la manifestar\u00e1, ya que ha de manifestarse en el fuego, y es este fuego el que probar\u00e1 cu\u00e1l fue la obra de cada uno.’<\/p>\n

Aquel cuya obra subsista recibir\u00e1 el premio, y aquel cuya obra sea abrasada sufrir\u00e1 el da\u00f1o; \u00e9l, sin embargo, se salvar\u00e1, pero como quien pasa por el fuego.’<\/p>\n

\u00bfNo sab\u00e9is que sois templo de Dios y que el Esp\u00edritu de Dios habita en vosotros? Si alguno destruye el templo de Dios, Dios le destruir\u00e1 a \u00e9l. Porque el templo de Dios es santo, y ese templo sois vosotros.<\/p>\n

1 Corintios 3,8-17<\/p>\n

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Propiedades de Dios<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Dios no necesita nuestro bien.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Job 35:5-8<\/span>\u00a0Dios Habla Hoy (DHH)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \n
    \n

    5\u00a0<\/sup>F\u00edjate en el cielo,<\/span>
    \ny mira qu\u00e9 altas est\u00e1n las nubes sobre ti.<\/span>
    \n6\u00a0<\/sup>Si pecas, eso no afecta a Dios;<\/span>
    \npor muchos pecados que cometas, no le haces nada.<\/span>
    \n7\u00a0<\/sup>Y si act\u00faas bien, nada le das;<\/span>
    \nno le haces ning\u00fan beneficio.<\/span>
    \n8\u00a0<\/sup>Es a los hombres como t\u00fa a quienes afecta tu pecado<\/span>
    \ny a quienes benefician tus buenas acciones.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Hechos 17, 24-25<\/p>\n

    24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00bbEl Dios que hizo el mundo y todas las cosas que hay en \u00e9l, es Se\u00f1or del cielo y de la tierra. No vive en templos hechos por los hombres,<\/span>\u00a025\u00a0<\/sup>ni necesita que nadie haga nada por \u00e9l, pues \u00e9l es quien nos da a todos la vida, el aire y las dem\u00e1s cosas.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      \n
    • Los caminos de Dios son misteriosos.<\/strong> Isa\u00edas 55,8-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Porque mis ideas no son como las de ustedes,<\/span>
      \ny mi manera de actuar no es como la suya.<\/span>
      \nAs\u00ed como el cielo est\u00e1 por encima de la tierra,<\/span>
      \nas\u00ed tambi\u00e9n mis ideas y mi manera de actuar<\/span>
      \nest\u00e1n por encima de las de ustedes.\u00bb<\/span>
      \nEl Se\u00f1or lo afirma.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

      \n

      Vida eterna<\/h2>\n

      Dios hizo el hombre para la inmortalidad<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Sabidur\u00eda 2, 22-24<\/p>\n

      En verdad, Dios cre\u00f3 al hombre para que no muriera,<\/span>
      \ny lo hizo a imagen de su propio ser;<\/span>
      \nsin embargo, por la envidia del diablo<\/span>
      \nentr\u00f3 la muerte en el mundo,<\/span>
      \ny la sufren los que del diablo son.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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      \n
      \n

      Pecado original<\/h2>\n

      Jerem\u00edas 17:9<\/p>\n

      Nada hay tan enga\u00f1oso y perverso<\/span>
      \ncomo el coraz\u00f3n humano.<\/span>
      \n\u00bfQui\u00e9n es capaz de comprenderlo?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      Salmos 51:4<\/p>\n

      En verdad, soy malo desde que nac\u00ed; soy pecador desde el seno de mi madre.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      El diablo como causante del pecado original<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Sabidur\u00eda 2, 22-24<\/p>\n

      \n

      En verdad, Dios cre\u00f3 al hombre para que no muriera,<\/span>
      \ny lo hizo a imagen de su propio ser;<\/span>
      \n24\u00a0<\/sup>sin embargo, por la envidia del diablo<\/span>
      \nentr\u00f3 la muerte en el mundo,<\/span>
      \ny la sufren los que del diablo son.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

      \n

      No puede haber interpretaci\u00f3n privada<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • 2 Pedro 1:20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        entendiendo primero esto, que ninguna profec\u00eda de la Escritura es de interpretaci\u00f3n privada,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

          \n
        • 2 Pedro 3:15-16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Y tened entendido que la paciencia de nuestro Se\u00f1or es para salvaci\u00f3n; como tambi\u00e9n nuestro amado hermano Pablo, seg\u00fan la sabidur\u00eda que le ha sido dada, os ha escrito, casi en todas sus ep\u00edstolas, hablando en ellas de estas cosas; entre las cuales hay algunas dif\u00edciles de entender, las cuales los indoctos e inconstantes tuercen, como tambi\u00e9n las otras Escrituras, para su propia perdici\u00f3n.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

          \n

          La Tradici\u00f3n<\/h2>\n

          El que a ustedes escucha, a m\u00ed me escucha\u00bb (Lc.10, 16)<\/p>\n

          \u00abMant\u00e9nganse firmes guardando fielmente las tradiciones que les ense\u00f1amos de palabra y por carta\u00bb (2 Tes. 2,15).<\/p>\n

          \u00abTodo lo que han aprendido, recibido y o\u00eddo de m\u00ed, todo lo que me han visto hacer, h\u00e1ganlo\u00bb (Fil.4,9<\/span>).<\/p>\n

          \u00abLo que aprendiste de m\u00ed, confirmado por muchos testigos, conf\u00edalo a hombres que merezcan confianza, capaces de instruir despu\u00e9s a otros\u00bb (2. Tim. 2,2).<\/p>\n

          \u00abY hay tambi\u00e9n otras muchas cosas que hizo Jes\u00fas, que si se escribieran cada una por s\u00ed, pienso que ni aun el mundo podr\u00e1 contener los libros que se habr\u00edan de escribir\u00bb Juan 21:25<\/p>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

          Los malvados<\/h2>\n

          Si no hay Dios, carpe diem<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Sabidur\u00eda 2, 1-9<\/p>\n

          Les fastidia el justo porque les recuerda su propia maldad<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Sabidur\u00eda 2, 10-20<\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

          \n

          La preferencia por los propios<\/h2>\n

          El Buen Samaritano se encontr\u00f3 con el jud\u00edo, convirti\u00e9ndose en su pr\u00f3ximo (neighbor). A\u00fan as\u00ed, su ayuda fue puntual, no lo llev\u00f3 a su casa.<\/p>\n

          Proverbios 5, 9-10.<\/strong><\/p>\n

          para que no pierdas la riqueza de tus a\u00f1os
          \nen manos de gente extra\u00f1a y cruel;
          \npara que ning\u00fan extra\u00f1o se llene
          \ncon el fruto de tu esfuerzo y tu trabajo.<\/p>\n

          Marcos 7, 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Y El le dec\u00eda: Deja que primero los hijos se sacien, pues no est\u00e1 bien tomar el pan de los hijos y echarlo a los perrillos.<\/p>\n

          2 Tesalonicenses 3:10<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Cuando estuvimos con ustedes, les dimos esta regla: El que no quiera trabajar, que tampoco coma.<\/p>\n

          1 Timoteo 5:8<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Pero si alguno no provee para los suyos, y especialmente para los de su casa, ha negado la fe y es peor que un incr\u00e9dulo.<\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

          Bible Cheat Sheet<\/p>\n

          THE CHURCH
          \nMt 16:18-19 – upon this rock I will build my Church
          \nMt 18:17 – if he refuses to listen even to the Church…
          \nMt 28:18-20 – go baptize and teach all nations
          \nMk 16:15-16 – go to whole world and proclaim gospel
          \nLk 10:16 – whoever hears you, hears me; rejects you, rejects me.
          \nJn 14:16, 26 – Holy Spirit with you always, teach\/remind you of everything
          \nJn 16:13 – Spirit of truth will guide you to all truth.
          \n1Tim 3:15 – Church is the pillar and foundation of truth.<\/p>\n

          The Church is the body of Christ
          \nCol 1:18 – He is the head of the body, the church.
          \n1 Cor 12:20-27 – you are Christ’s body, individually parts of it.
          \nEph 5:30 – we are members of His body.
          \nRom 12:4-5 – though many, we are one body in Christ
          \n1 Cor 6:15 – Don’t you know your bodies are members of Christ?<\/p>\n

          The Church must be one
          \nJn 10:16 – there will be one fold and one shepherd.
          \nEph 4:3-6 – one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
          \nRom 16:17 – I urge that there be no divisions among you
          \n1Cor 1:10 – I urge that there be no divisions among you
          \nPhil 2:2 – be of same mind, united in heart thinking one thing
          \nRom 15:5 – God grant you to think in harmony with one another
          \nJn 17:17-23 – I pray that they may be one, as we are one
          \nJn 17:23 – that they may be brought to perfection as one
          \n1Cor 12:13 – in one spirit we are baptized into one body
          \nRom 12:5 – we, though many, are one body in Christ
          \nEph 4:4 – one body, one Spirit, called to be one hope
          \nCol 3:15 – the peace into which you were called in one body
          \nMt 16:18-19 – upon this rock I will build my Church (singular)
          \nMt 18:17 – tell it to THE Church; if he refuses to listen even to THE Church…
          \n(must be visible)<\/p>\n

          Apostolic Church
          \nJn 15:16 – Jesus chose special men to be his Apostles
          \nJn 20:21 – Jesus gave the Apostles his own mission
          \nLk 22:29-3 – Jesus gave them a kingdom
          \nMt 16:18 – Jesus built Church on Peter, the rock
          \nJn 10:16 – one shepherd to shepherd Christ’s sheep
          \nLk 22:32, Jn 21:17 – Peter appointed to be chief shepherd
          \nEph 4:11 – church leaders are hierarchical
          \n1Tim 3:1, 8; 5:17 – identifies roles of bishops, priests, deacons
          \nTit 1:5 – commission for bishops to ordain priests<\/p>\n

          Authoritative Church
          \nMt 28:18-20 – Jesus delegates all power to Apostles
          \nJn 20:23 – power to forgive sin
          \n1Cor 11:23-24 – power to offer sacrifice (Eucharist)
          \nLk 10:16 – power to speak with Christ’s voice
          \nMt 18:18 – power to legislate
          \nMt 18:17 – power to discipline<\/p>\n

          Infallible Church
          \nJn 16:13 – guided by Holy Spirit into all truth
          \nJn 14:26 – Holy Spirit to teach & remind them of everything
          \nLk 10:16 – speak with Christ’s own voice
          \n1Tim 3:15 – Church called \u00abpillar and foundation of truth\u00bb
          \n1Jn 2:27 – anointing of Holy Spirit remains in you
          \nActs 15:28 – Apostles speak with voice of Holy Spirit
          \nMt 28:20 – I am with you<\/p>\n

          Perpetual Church
          \nIs 9:6-7 – of Christ’s government there will be no end
          \nDan 2:44 – God’s kingdom shall stand forever
          \nDan 7:14 – His kingdom shall not be destroyed
          \nEph 3:21 – to him be glory in the church to all generations for ever and ever.
          \nLk 1:32, 33 – no end to Christ’s kingdom
          \nMt 7:24 – Jesus is like a wise man who built his house on a rock
          \nMt 13:24-30 – let wheat & weeds grow together until harvest
          \nMt 16:18 – gates of hell will never prevail against Christ’s church
          \nJn 14:16 – Holy Spirit will be with you always
          \nMt 28:19-20 – I am with you all days<\/p>\n

          PAPACY & APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
          \nPrimacy of Peter
          \nMt 16:18 – upon this rock (Peter) I will build my church
          \nMt 16:19 – give you keys of the kingdom; power to bind & loose
          \nLk 22:32 – Peter’s faith will strengthen his brethren
          \nJn 21:17 – given Christ’s flock as chief shepherd
          \nMk 16:7 – angel sent to announce Resurrection to Peter
          \nLk 24:34 – risen Jesus first appeared to Peter
          \nActs 1:13-26 – headed meeting which elected Matthias
          \nActs 2:14 – led Apostles in preaching on Pentecost
          \nActs 2:41 – received first converts
          \nActs 3:6-7 – performed first miracle after Pentecost
          \nActs 5:1-11 – inflicted first punishment: Ananias & Saphira
          \nActs 8:21 – excommunicated first heretic, Simon Magnus
          \nActs 10:44-46 – received revelation to admit Gentiles into Church
          \nActs 15:7 – led first council in Jerusalem
          \nActs 15:19 – pronounces first dogmatic decision
          \nGal 1:18 – after conversion, Paul visits chief Apostle
          \n*Gal 2:11-14 – I opposed Cephas to his face for his hypocrisy
          \nPeter’s name always heads list of Apostles: Mt 10:14; Mk 3:16-19;
          \nLk 6:14-16; Acts 1:13
          \n\u00abPeter and his companions\u00bb Lk 9:32; Mk 16:7
          \nSpoke for Apostles – Mt 18:21; Mk 8:29; Lk 8:45; 12:41; Jn 6:69
          \nPeter’s name occurs 195 times, more than all the rest put together<\/p>\n

          Apostolic Succession
          \n2 Chr 19:11 – high priest is over you in everything of Lord’s
          \nMal 2:7 – seek instruction from priest, he is God’s messenger
          \nEph 2:20 – Church built upon foundation of apostles & prophets
          \nEph 4:11 – God gave some as apostles, others as prophets…
          \n1 Cor 12:28-29 – God designated in church: apostles, …
          \nActs 1:20 – let another take his office
          \nActs 1:25-26 – Matthias takes Judas’ apostolic ministry
          \n1 Tim 3:1, 8; 5:17 – qualifications for: bishops, priests, & deacons
          \n1Tim 4:14 – gift conferred with the laying on of hands
          \n1Tim 5:22 – do not lay hands too readily on anyone
          \nActs 14:23 – they appointed presbyters in each church
          \n2Tim 2:2 – what you heard from me entrust to faithful teachers
          \nTitus 1:5 – appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed<\/p>\n

          SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION
          \nBible Alone or Bible Plus Tradition?
          \n1Cor 11:2 – hold fast to traditions I handed on to you
          \n2Thess 2:15 – hold fast to traditions, whether oral or by letter
          \n2Thess 3:6 – shun those acting not according to tradition
          \nJn 21:25 – not everything Jesus said recorded in Scripture
          \nMk 13:31 – heaven & earth shall pass away, but my word won’t
          \nActs 20:35 – Paul records a saying of Jesus not found in gospels
          \n2Tim 1:13 – follow my sound words; guard the truth
          \n2Tim2:2 – what you heard entrust to faithful men
          \n2Pet 1:20 – no prophecy is a matter of private interpretation
          \n2Pet 3:15-16 – Paul’s letters can be difficult to grasp & interpret
          \n1Pet 1:25 – God’s eternal word = word preached to you
          \nRom 10:17 – faith come from what is heard
          \n1Cor 15:1-2 – being saved if you hold fast to the word I preached
          \nMk 16:15 – go to the whole world, proclaim gospel to every creature
          \nMt 23:2-3 – chair of Moses; observe whatever they tell you<\/p>\n

          Tradition Condemned?
          \n*Mt 15:3 – break commandment of God for your tradition
          \n*Mk 7:9 – set aside God’s commandment to uphold tradition
          \n*Col 2:8 – seductive philosophy according to human tradition
          \n1Cor 11:2 – commends them for following Apostolic tradition
          \n2Thess 2:15 – commands them to keep traditions
          \n2Thess 3:6 – shun those acting not according to tradition<\/p>\n

          Deuterocanonicals
          \nHeb 11:35 – ‘Women received their dead by resurrection.
          \nSome were tortured, refusing to accept release,
          \nthat they might rise again to a better life’ refers only to 2nd Macc 7<\/p>\n

          SALVATION, FAITH AND WORKS
          \nFaith Alone or Faith plus Works?
          \nJam 2:24 – a man is justified by works and not by faith alone
          \nJam 2:26 – faith without works is dead
          \nGal 5:6 – only thing that counts is faith working in love
          \n1 Cor 13:2 – faith without love is nothing
          \nJn 14:15 – if you love me, keep my commandments
          \nMt 19:16-17 – if you wish to enter into life, keep commandments
          \n1Tim 5:8 he who doesn’t provide for family worse than unbeliever.<\/p>\n

          Have You Been Saved?<\/p>\n

          Past Event (I have been saved)
          \nRom 8:24 – for in hope we were saved
          \nEph 2:5, 8 – by grace you have been saved through faith
          \n2Tim 1:9 – He saved us, called us according to his grace
          \nTit 3:5 – He saved us through bath of rebirth, renewal by Holy Spirit<\/p>\n

          Present Process (I am being saved)
          \nPhil 2:12 – work out your salvation with fear and trembling
          \n1Pet 1:9 – as you attain the goal of your faith, salvation<\/p>\n

          Future Event (I will be saved)
          \nMt 10:22 – he who endures to the end will be saved
          \nMt 24:1 – he who perseveres to the end will be saved
          \nMk 8:35 – whoever loses his life for my sake will save it
          \nActs 15:11 – we shall be saved through the grace of Jesus
          \nRom 5:9-10 – since we are justified, we shall be saved
          \nRom 13:11 – salvation is nearer now than first believed
          \nCor 3:15 – he shall be saved, but only as through fire
          \n1Cor 5:5 – deliver man to Satan so his spirit may be saved
          \nHeb 9:28 – Jesus will appear second time, to bring salvation<\/p>\n

          Good Works
          \nMt 7:21 – not Lord, Lord but he who does the will of father
          \nMt 19:16-17 – to have life, keep my commandments
          \nJn 14:21 – he who keeps my commandments loves me
          \nRom 2:2-8 – eternal life by perseverance in good works
          \nGal 5:4-6 – nothing counts but faith working through love
          \nEph 2:8-10 – we are created in Christ Jesus for good works
          \nPhil 2:12-13 – work out salvation with fear and trembling
          \nJam 2:14-24 – a man is justified by works & not faith alone<\/p>\n

          Judged According to Deeds
          \nRom 2:2-8 – eternal life by perseverance in good works
          \n2Cor 5:10 – recompense accord to what did in body
          \n2Cor 11:15 – their end will correspond to their deeds
          \n1Pet 1:17 – God judges impartially according to one’s works
          \nRev 20:12-13 – dead judged according to their deeds
          \nCol 3:24-25 – will receive due payment for whatever you do<\/p>\n

          Assurance of Salvation?
          \nMt 7:21 – not everyone saying \u00abLord, Lord\u00bb will inherit
          \nMt 24:13 – those who persevere to the end will be saved
          \nRom 11:22 – remain in his kindness or you will be cut off
          \nPhil 2:12 – work out your salvation in fear and trembling
          \n1Cor 9:27 – drive body for fear of being disqualified
          \n1Cor 10:11-12 – those thinking they are secure may fall
          \nGal 5:4 – separated from Christ, you’ve fallen from grace
          \n2Tim 2:11-13 – must hold out to the end to reign with Christ
          \nHb 6:4-6 – describes sharers in Holy Spirit who then fall away
          \nHeb 10:26-27 – if sin after receiving truth, judgment remains<\/p>\n

          Regenerative Baptism
          \nJn 3:5, 22 – born of water & Spirit; Apostles begin baptizing
          \nTit 3:5 – saved us through bath of rebirth & renewal by Holy Spirit
          \nActs 2:37-38 – repent, be baptized, receive gift of Holy Spirit
          \nActs 22:16 – get selves baptized and sins washed away
          \n1Cor 6:11 – you were washed, sanctified, justified
          \nRom 6:4 – baptized into death; live in newness of life
          \n1Pet 3:21 – baptism…now saves you
          \nHeb 10:22 – heart sprinkled, bodies washed in pure water
          \n(also see The Sacraments)<\/p>\n

          Health and Wealth Gospel
          \nMk 10:28 – no \u00abtake cross and follow me\u00bb = not worthy of me
          \nRom 8:16-17 – heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him
          \nRom 8:18 – present suffering nothing compared w\/future glory
          \nPhil 1:28-29 – granted to believe, also to suffer for him
          \nCol 1:24 – filling up what is lacking in Christ sufferings
          \nHeb 12:5-7 – whom God loves, he disciplines as sons
          \nHeb 12:11 discipline seems painful, but brings righteousness
          \n1Pet 1:6 – for a while you must suffer various trials
          \n1Pet 2:19-21 – suffering = grace; Jesus suffered as our example<\/p>\n

          BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
          \nMary
          \nLk 1:28, 30 – angel: \u00abfull of grace, found favor with God
          \nLk 1:42 – Elizabeth: \u00abmost blessed among women\u00bb
          \nLk 1:48 – Mary: \u00aball generations will call me blessed\u00bb<\/p>\n

          Mother of God
          \nLk 1:43 – Elizabeth calls her \u00abmother of my Lord\u00bb = God
          \nMt 1:23 – virgin bear a son, Emmanuel = \u00abGod is with us\u00bb
          \nLk 1:35 – child born will be called holy, the Son of God
          \nGal 4:4 – God sent his Son, born of a woman<\/p>\n

          The Assumption
          \nGn 5:24 (Hb 11:5) – Enoch taken to heaven without dying
          \n2Kg 2:11 – Elijah assumed into heaven in fiery chariot
          \nMt 27:52 – many saints who had fallen asleep were raised
          \n1Thess 4:17 – caught up to meet the Lord in the air
          \n1Cor 15:52 – we shall be instantly changed at the last trumpet
          \nRom 6:23 – for the wages of sin is death
          \nRev 11:19-21 – ark in heaven = woman clothed in sun
          \nPs 132:8 – Arise, O Lord & go to thy resting place,
          \nthou & the ark of thy might.<\/p>\n

          The Immaculate Conception
          \nLk 1:28 – hail full of grace[highly favored] Lord is with you
          \nLk 1:30 – you have found favor with God
          \nLk 1:37 – for with God nothing shall be impossible
          \nGn 3:15 – complete enmity between woman & Satan, sin
          \nEx 25:11-21 – ark made of purest gold for God’s word
          \n*Rom 3:23 – all have sinned & are deprived of God’s glory
          \n*Lk 1:47 – my spirit rejoices in God my Savior<\/p>\n

          Perpetual Virginity
          \nLk 1:34 – how can this be, since I do not know man
          \nLk 2:41-51 – age 12, Jesus evidently only son of Mary
          \nMk 6:3 – \u00abthe son of Mary\u00bb not \u00aba son of Mary\u00bb
          \n*Mt 13:55-56 – brothers James, Joseph, Simon & Jude
          \nMt 27:56 – Mary the mother of James & Joseph also
          \nJn 19:25 – Mary the wife of Clopas
          \nJn 19:26 – entrusted Mary to John, not a younger sibling
          \nJn 7:3-4 – brothers advise like elders: \u00abgo to Judea, manifest self\u00bb
          \nunthinkable for younger siblings (see next verse)
          \nMk 3:21 – set out to seize him, \u00abhe is out of his mind\u00bb
          \n*Mt 1:25 – Joseph knew her not until she bore first-born
          \nMt 28:20 – I am with you always, UNTIL the end of the age
          \n1Tim 4:13 – UNTIL I arrive, attend to reading, teaching…
          \n1Cor 15:25 – he must reign UNTIL has enemies underfoot
          \nLk 1:80 – John in desert UNTIL day of his manifestation
          \nEx 13:2; Nb 3:12 – consecrate first -born that opens womb
          \nEx 34:20 – first-born among your sons you shall redeem<\/p>\n

          THE PRIESTHOOD
          \nCall No Man Father
          \nActs 7:2 – St. Stephen calls Jewish leaders \u00abfathers\u00bb
          \nActs 21:40, 22:1 – St. Paul calls Jerusalem Jews \u00abfathers\u00bb
          \nRom 4:16-17 – Abraham called the father of us all\u00bb
          \n1Cor 4:14-15 – I became your father in Christ through gospel
          \n1Tim 1:2 – my true child in our common faith
          \nHeb 12:7-9 – we have earthly fathers to discipline us
          \nLk 14:26 – if anyone comes to me without hating his father…
          \n1Thess 2:11 – we treated you as a father treats his children
          \nPhilem 10 – whose father I became in my imprisonment
          \n1Jn 2:13, 14 – I write to you, fathers, because you know him<\/p>\n

          Celibacy
          \n*1Tim 4:1-3 – forbidding marriage is a doctrine of demons
          \n*1Tim 3:2 – bishop must be married only once
          \nEph 5:21-33 – marriage is good: holy symbol of Christ & church
          \nMt 19:12 – celibacy praised by Jesus, who was chaste
          \nJer 16:1-4 – Jeremiah told not to take wife & have children
          \n1Cor 7:8 – St. Paul was celibate
          \n1Cor 7:32-35 – celibacy recommended for full-time ministers
          \n2Tim 2:3-4 – no soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits
          \n1Tim 5:9-12 – pledge of celibacy taken by older widows<\/p>\n

          (also see Apostolic Succession and the sacrament of Holy Orders)<\/p>\n

          PURGATORY, HELL, & SIN
          \nPurgatory
          \nMt 5:48 – be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect
          \nHeb 12:14 – strive for that holiness without which cannot see God
          \nJam 3:2 – we all fall short in many respects
          \nRev 21:27 – nothing unclean shall enter heaven
          \nJam 1:14-15 – when sin reaches maturity gives birth to death
          \n2Sam 12:13-14 – David, though forgiven, still punished for his sin
          \nMt 5:26 – you will not be released until paid last penny
          \nMt 12:32 – sin against Holy Spirit unforgiven in this age or next
          \nMt 12:36 – account for every idle word on judgment day
          \n2Macc 12:44-46 – atoned for dead to free them from sin
          \n1Cor 3:15 – suffer loss, but saved as through fire
          \n1Pet 3:18-20; 4:6 – Jesus preached to spirits in prison
          \n2Tim 1:16-18 – Paul prays for dead friend Onesiphorus
          \n1Cor 15:29-30 – Paul mentions people baptizing for the dead<\/p>\n

          Hell
          \nIs 33:11, 14 – who of us can live with the everlasting flames
          \nMt 25:41 – depart, you accursed, into the eternal fire
          \nMt 25:46 – these will go off to eternal punishment
          \nLk 3:16-17 – the chaff will burn in unquenchable fire
          \n2Thess 1:6-9 – these will pay the penalty of eternal ruin<\/p>\n

          Original Sin
          \nGn 2:16-17 – the day you eat of that tree, you shall die
          \nGn 3:11-19 – God’s punishment for eating of the tree
          \nRom 5:12-19 – many became sinners through one man’s sin
          \n1Cor 15:21-23 – by a man came death; in Adam all die
          \nEph 2:1-3 – we all once lived in the passions of our flesh<\/p>\n

          THE SACRAMENTS
          \nInfant Baptism
          \nJn 3:5; Mk 16:16 – baptism required for entering heaven
          \n1Cor 15:21-22 – in Adam all die, in Christ all made alive
          \nMk 10:14 – let children come; to such belongs the kingdom
          \nLk 18:15 – people were bringing even infants to him…
          \nCol 2:11-12 – baptism has replaced circumcision
          \nJos 24:15 – as for me and my house, we will serve Lord
          \nMt 8:5ff. – daughter healed because of centurion’s faith
          \nMt 15:21ff. – daughter healed because of Canaanite woman’s faith
          \nLk 7:1ff. – just say the word, and let my servant be healed
          \nActs 16:31 – believe in Lord Jesus you & house will be saved
          \nActs 16:15 – she was baptized, with all her household
          \nActs 16:33 – he and all his family were baptized at once
          \n1Cor 1:16 – I baptized the household of Stephanas<\/p>\n

          Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
          \nJn 6:35-71 – Eucharist promised
          \nMt 26:26ff (Mk 14:22ff., Lk 22:17ff.) – Eucharist instituted
          \n1Cor 10:16 – Eucharist = participation in Christ’s body & blood
          \n1 Cor 11:23-29 – receiving unworthily his body & blood
          \nEx 12:8, 46 – Paschal lamb had to be eaten
          \nJn 1:29 – Jesus called \u00abLamb of God\u00bb
          \n1 Cor 5:7 – Jesus called \u00abpaschal lamb who has been sacrificed
          \nJn 4:31-34; Mt 16:5-12 – Jesus talking symbolically about food
          \n1Cor 2:14-3:4 – explains what \u00abthe flesh\u00bb means in Jn 6:63
          \nPs 14:4; Is 9:18-20; Is 49:26; Mic 3:3; 2Sm 23:15-17; Rv 17:6, 16 –
          \nto symbolically eat & drink one’s body & blood = assault<\/p>\n

          Confirmation
          \nActs 19:5-6 – Paul imposed hands on baptized, received Holy Spirit
          \nActs 8:14-17 – laid hands upon them, they received Holy Spirit
          \n2Cor 1:21-22 – put seal on us and given Holy Spirit in our hearts
          \nEph 1:13 – you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit
          \nHeb 6:2 – instruction about baptism & laying on of hands<\/p>\n

          Confession
          \nMt 9:2-8 Son of Man has authority to forgive sins
          \nJn 20:23 – whose sins you forgive\/retain are forgiven\/retained
          \nJn 20:22 – breathed on them, \u00abreceive Holy Spirit\u00bb [recall Gn 2:7]
          \n2Cor 5:17-20 – given us the ministry of reconciliation
          \nJam 5:13-15 – confess your sins to one another
          \nMt 18:18 – whatever you bind & loose on earth, so it is in heaven<\/p>\n

          Anointing the Sick
          \nMk 6:12-13 – anointed with oil many sick, cured them
          \nJam 5:14-15 – presbyters pray over sick, anoint, sins forgiven<\/p>\n

          Holy Orders
          \nActs 20:28 – Holy Sprit appointed you overseers, to tend Church
          \nLk 22:19 – do this in memory of me
          \nJn 20:22 – As Father sent me, I send you…receive Holy Spirit
          \nActs 6:6 – the apostles prayed and laid hands on them
          \nActs 13:3 – they laid hands on them & sent them off
          \nActs 14:22 – they appointed presbyters in each church
          \n1Tim 4:14 – gift received through laying on of hands of presbyterate
          \n2Tim 1:6 – gift of God you have through imposition of hands
          \nTit 1:5 – appoint presbyters in every town as I directed you
          \n(also see The Priesthood)<\/p>\n

          Matrimony
          \nMt 19:5-6 – leave father & mother, join wife, 2 become 1 flesh
          \nMk 10:7-12 – what God joined together, no man separate
          \nEph 5:22-32 – union of man & wife image of Christ & Church
          \nHeb 13:4 – let marriage be honored among all<\/p>\n

          SOCIAL TEACHINGS
          \nDivorce and Remarriage
          \nMal 2:14-16 – for I hate divorce, says the Lord
          \nMt 5:32-33 – to divorce or marry divorced wife is adultery
          \nMt 19:4-6, 9 – to divorce wife and remarry = adultery
          \nLk 16:18 – to divorce & remarry or marry divorced = adultery
          \nRom 7:2-3 – wife consorts = adulteress if living, but not if dead
          \n1Cor 7:10-11 – if wife separated, stay single or reconcile<\/p>\n

          Contraception
          \nGn 38:9-10 God killed Onan for spilling seed [see next]
          \nDt 25:5-10 – penalty for defying Levirate law: not death
          \nGn 1:27-28 (Gn 9:1, 35:11) – be fruitful and multiply
          \nPs 127:3-5 – children gift from God, blessed is a full quiver
          \n1Chr 25:5 – God gave 14 sons & 3 daughters to exalt him
          \n1Chr 26:4-5 – God indeed blessed Obededom with 8 sons
          \nHos 9:10-17 – Israel is punished with childlessness
          \nEx 23:25-26 – blessings promised: no miscarrying, barrenness
          \nLv 21:17-20 – crushed testicles is called a defect & blemish
          \nDt 23:1 – no one castrated shall enter the assembly
          \nDt 25:11-12 – punishment for potential damage to genitals
          \nRom 1:25-27 – natural function of women = childbearing
          \n1Tim 2:11-15 – women saved through the bearing of children
          \nActs 5:1-11 – Ananias\/Saphira slain – withholding part of gift
          \nGal 6:7 – God is not mocked-accepting pleasure, denying fruit
          \nMt 21:19, Mk 11:14 – Jesus cursed fruitless fig tree
          \nGal 5:20, Rv 9:21, 21:8 – Greek pharmakeia = abortifacient potions
          \n1Cor 6:19-20 – body temple of the Holy Spirit, glorify God with body<\/p>\n

          Homosexuality
          \nGn 1:27 – complementarity of sexes reflects God’s inner unity
          \nGn 2:21-24 – transmission of life through total self-donation – one flesh
          \nGn 19 – original sin deteriorates to Sodom’s sin, destroyed
          \nLv18:22 – called abomination, cut off from people (v.29)
          \nLv 20:13 – both shall be put to death for abominable deed
          \nRom 1:27 – called unnatural, shameful, and a perversity
          \n1Cor 6:9 – active homosexuals won’t inherit kingdom of God
          \n1Tim 1:9-10 – those who engage in such acts called sinners<\/p>\n

          Drinking Wine
          \nGn 27:25 – Isaac brought Jacob wine, and he drank
          \nDt 14:23-26 – spend money on sheep, wine, & strong drink
          \nProv 20:1 – wine is a mocker, unwise to be led astray by it
          \nEccl 9:7 – drink your wine with merry heart – God approves
          \nIs 25:6 – God will provide feast of rich foods & choice wines
          \nIs 5:11 – woe to those who rise early & run after strong drink
          \nIs 5:22 – woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine
          \nLuke 7:33-34 – son of man eats & drinks: behold glutton & drunk
          \nJn 2:2-10 – miracle at Cana: water turned into good wine
          \nEph 5:18 – do not get drunk with wine, that is debauchery
          \n1Tim 5:23 – drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach<\/p>\n

          SAINTS, RELICS, AND STATUES
          \nCommunion of Saints
          \nEph 1:22-23 – he is head of the Church, which is His body
          \nEph 5:21-32 – Christ is the head of the Church, Savior of the body
          \nCol 1:18, 24 – He is head of the body, the Church
          \n1Cor 12:12-27 – if I suffer, all suffer; if I am honored, all rejoice
          \nRom 12:5 – we are one body in Christ, individual parts of one another
          \nEph 4:4 – one body, one Spirit, called to one hope
          \nCol 3:15 – you were called in one body
          \nRom 8:35-39 – death cannot separate us from Christ
          \nRom 12:10 – love one another with mutual affection
          \n1Thess 5:11 – encourage, build up one another
          \nGal 6:2 – bear one another’s burdens
          \nGal 6:10 – let us do good to all, especially those in family of faith<\/p>\n

          Intercessory Prayer of Saints
          \nRom 15:30 – join me by your prayers to God on my behalf
          \nCol 4:3, 1Thess 5:25 – pray for us
          \n2Thess 1:11 – we always pray for you
          \n2Thess 3:1 – finally, brothers, pray for us
          \nEph 6:18-19 – making supplication for all the saints & for me
          \nTob 12:12 – angel presents Tobit & Sarah’s prayer to God
          \nPs 148 – David calls upon angels
          \nZech 1:12 – angel intercedes for Jerusalem
          \nMk 12:25, Mt 22:30 – men in heaven are as the angels
          \nRev 5:8 – those in heaven offer prayers of the holy ones to God
          \n*Saints dead, prayer is necromancy (Dt 18:10-11)
          \nMk 12:26-27 – he is God of the living, not of the dead
          \nMk 9:4 – Jesus seen conversing with Elijah & Moses
          \nLk 9:31 – Elijah & Moses aware of earthly events
          \nRev 6:9-11 – martyrs under altar want earthly vindication
          \nHeb 12:1 – we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses
          \nLk 16:19-30 – departed rich man intercedes for brothers
          \nRev 20:4 – saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
          \nWis 3:1-6 – the souls of the just are in the hand of God
          \n2Macc 15:7-16 – the departed Onias & Jeremiah pray for the Jews
          \nJas 5:16 Prayers of righteous man
          \n1 Cor. 13:12 – I shall understand fully
          \n1 John 4: 20-21 – whoever loves God must love his brother
          \n1 Cor 12:21 – parts of Christ’s Body cannot say to other parts,
          \n\u00abI do not need you\u00bb.<\/p>\n

          *1Tim 2:5 – \u00abOne mediator between God and man\u00bb
          \n1Tim 2:1-7 – offer prayers, petitions for all men
          \n1Pet 2:5 – be a holy priesthood to offer sacrifices through Christ
          \nMk 10:18 – only God is good
          \nMt 25:23 – well done my good and faithful servant
          \nJn 10:11-16 – I am good shepherd; one flock I shepherd
          \nJn 21:15-16 – feed my lambs, tend my sheep
          \nEph 4:11 – He gave some as apostles\u2026others as pastors
          \nHeb 3:1, 7:24, 9:12-13 – Jesus eternal high priest; one sacrifice
          \nRev 1:6, 5:10 – He made us a kingdom of priests for God<\/p>\n

          Veneration of Saints
          \nJos 5:14 – Joshua fell prostrate in worship before angel
          \nDan 8:17 – Daniel fell prostrate in terror before Gabriel
          \nTob 12:16 – Tobiah & Tobit fall to ground before Raphael
          \nMt 18:10 – angels in heaven always behold face of God (we venerate
          \nangels because of their great dignity,
          \nwhich comes form their union with God.
          \nSaints also are united with God)
          \n1Jn 3:2 – we shall be like him, we shall see him as he is
          \n1Thess 1:5-8 – you become an example to all the believers
          \nHeb 13:7 – remember leaders, consider\/imitate their faith & life<\/p>\n

          Relics
          \n2Kgs 13:20-21 – contact with Elisha’s bones restored life
          \nActs 5:15-116 – cures performed through Peter’s shadow
          \nActs 19:11-12 – cures through face cloths that touched Paul<\/p>\n

          Statues
          \n*Ex 20:4-5 – do not make and worship any graven images
          \nEx 25:18-19 – make two cherubim of beaten gold
          \nNum 21:8-9 – Moses made bronze serpent & put on pole
          \n1Kgs 6:23-29 – temple had engraved cherubim, trees, flowers
          \n1Kgs 7:25-45 – temple had bronze oxen, lions, pomegranates<\/p>\n

          (also see The Blessed Virgin Mary)<\/p>\n

          MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS<\/p>\n

          Scandals in the Church
          \nJer 32:32-35 – OT leaders & priests offered child sacrifices
          \n2 Kgs 23:7 – OT cult prostitutes in the temple of the Lord
          \nJn 4:22 – in spite of their infidelity, salvation is from Jews
          \nMk 14:43-46 – Judas betrayed Jesus
          \nMk 14:66-72 Peter denied him
          \nJn 20:24-25 Thomas refused to believe his resurrection
          \nMk 14:50 – they all left him and fled in garden of Gethsemane
          \nRom 3:3-4 – will their infidelity nullify fidelity of God? No!
          \n2 Tim 2 :13 – if we are unfaithful, God remains faithful
          \nMt 13:24-30 – Parable of the weeds among the wheat
          \nMt 13:47-48 – parable of net that collects good and bad<\/p>\n

          Fasting
          \n*1Tim 4:3 – condemns anti-flesh heretics
          \nMk 7:19 – Christ declared all food clean
          \n1Tim 4:4-5 – everything created by God is good
          \nDan 10:3 – Daniel refused to eat choice foods for 3 weeks
          \nMt 9:15 – Christ’s followers will fast once he is gone
          \nMt 6:16-18 – Jesus gave regulations concerning how to fast<\/p>\n

          Divinity of Jesus
          \nJn 1:1 – the Word was God
          \nJn 1:14-15 – glory of Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth
          \nJn 8:19 – if you knew me, you would know my Father
          \nJn 8:58-59 – I assure you, before Abraham was, I AM
          \nJn 10:30-33 – the Father and I are one (see Ex 3:14, 20:7;
          \nLev 19:12, 24:14-16)
          \nJn 10:38 – the Father is in me and I am in the Father
          \nJn 12:45 – whosoever sees me sees the one who sent me
          \nJn 14:8-12 – whoever had seen has seen the Father
          \nJn 20:28 – Jesus accepts Thomas’s \u00abmy Lord and my God\u00bb
          \nCol 2:9 – in him dwells whole fullness of deity bodily
          \nActs 20:28 – church of God he acquired with his blood
          \nEph 1:7 – in him we have redemption by his blood
          \n1Jn 1:7 – blood of his Son Jesus cleanses from all sin
          \nTit 2:13 – glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

          Time of Second Coming Unknown
          \nMt 24:44 – be prepared, Jesus coming at unexpected hour
          \nMt 25:13 – stay awake, you know neither the day nor hour
          \nMk 13:35-37 – watch, unknown when lord of house coming
          \nLk 12:46 – master will come like a thief in night
          \n1thess 5:2-3 – day of Lord will come like a thief in night
          \n2Pet 3:9-10 – day of lord will come like a thief
          \nRev 3:3 – if not watchful, will come like a thief
          \nMt 24:36 – no one but Father alone knows day and hour<\/p>\n

          Holy Spirit a Person, Not a Force
          \nJn 14:26 – \u00abhe will teach you all things\u00bb
          \nActs 8:29 – \u00aband the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go up…\u00bb
          \nActs 13:2 – \u00abHoly Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me…'\u00bb
          \nRom 8:27 – \u00abSpirit intercedes for the saints…\u00bb
          \n1Cor 2:11 – no one understands the thoughts of God, but Spirit
          \n1Cor 12:11 – Spirit apportions to each as he wills
          \nEph 4:30 – \u00abdo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God\u00bb<\/p>\n

          Repetitious Prayer
          \n*Mt 6:7 – do not babble like pagans with their many words
          \n1Kgs 18:25-29 – example of vain repetition: call Baal for hours
          \nMt 26:44 – Jesus prayed a third time, saying the same thing again
          \nLk 18:13 – collector kept beating breast & praying: be merciful
          \nRev 4:8 – repeat day & night, \u00abHoly, holy, holy is the Lord\u00bb
          \n1Thess 5:17 – pray without ceasing
          \nPs 136 (26X ‘his steadfast love endures forever’)
          \nMt 6:9-13 Our Father<\/p>\n

          Primac\u00eda de Roma<\/h1>\n

          \u201cThe church of God which sojourns at Rome to the church of God which sojourns at Corinth \u2026\u00a0But if any disobey the words spoken by him through us, let them know that they will involve themselves in transgression and in no small danger<\/strong>.\u201d
          \nPope St. Clement of Rome, 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, 1,59:1 (A.D. 96).<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u201cSince, however, it would be very tedious, in such a volume as this, to reckon up the successions of all the Churches, we do put to confusion all those who, in whatever manner, whether by an evil self-pleasing, by vainglory, or by blindness and perverse opinion, assemble in unauthorized meetings; [we do this, I say,] by indicating that tradition derived from the apostles, of the very great, the very ancient, and universally known Church founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul; as also [by pointing out] the faith preached to men, which comes down to our time by means of the successions of the bishops.\u00a0For it is a matter of necessity that every Church should agree with this Church, on account of its pre- eminent authority<\/strong>, that is, the faithful everywhere, inasmuch as the apostolical tradition has been preserved continuously by those [faithful men] who exist everywhere.\u201d
          \n-St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3:3:2 (A.D. 180).<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u201c\u2026the Church which presides in the place of the region of the Romans, and\u00a0which is worthy of God, worthy of honour, worthy of the highest happiness, worthy of praise, worthy of credit, worthy of being deemed holy, and which presides over love\u2026<\/strong>\u201d
          \n-St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Romans, Prologue (A.D. 110).<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u201c\u2026thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church\u2019 \u2026 It is on him that he builds the Church, and to him that he entrusts the sheep to feed. And although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded\u00a0a single Chair<\/strong>, thus\u00a0establishing by his own authority<\/strong>\u00a0the source and hallmark of the (Church\u2019s) oneness\u2026If a man does not fast to this oneness of Peter, does he still imagine that he still holds the faith. If he deserts the Chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, has he still confidence that he is in the Church<\/strong>?\u201d
          \n-St. Cyprian, De Unitate Ecclesiae , 4 (A.D. 251).<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \u201c\u2026Peter, that strongest and greatest of all the apostles, and the one who on account of his virtue was the\u00a0speaker for all the others<\/strong>\u2026\u201d
          \nEusebius, Ecclesiastical History, 2:14 (A.D. 325)<\/strong><\/p>\n

          The only time the keys are used in the OT, or in the Gospels, they have to do with dynastic succession and authority of office. Jesus purposely used the language of Isa 22:22 when demonstrating this purpose in Mt 16:19.<\/p>\n

          In the Old Davidic kingdom, the king had a prime minister on whose shoulder was placed the keys of the kingdom. Similarly, the new kingdom of Christ also has a prime minister (Peter and his successors) who is given the keys of the kingdom. The keys not only represent the authority the prime minister has to rule over God\u2019s people in the king\u2019s absence, but also the means of effecting dynastic succession to the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

          In that verse(Isa 22:22), the keys are passed on from Shebna to Eliacim as prime minister\/steward of the Kings house. So too is Peter the steward in Christs house in his absence. Christ did not give this authority to everyone. He gave it to Simon and renamed him Cephas just as Abram became Abraham and Jacob became Israel. When God chooses a new vocation for you, He gives you a new name.<\/p>\n

          Mt 16:19<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 \u2018And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven<\/em>.\u2019
          \n          Isa 22:22<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 \u2018And I will lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder: and he shall open, and none shall shut: and he shall shut, and none shall open<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n

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