Re: Purgatory?

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:32:54 -0700, "Iconoclast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>> >The ONLY productive attribute in scripture is Faith.
>>
>> Show the Scripture that calls Faith "an attribute." Then show the
>> Scripture that calls it the "ONLY productive attribute."
>
>See Eph 2:1
>Eph 2:8-10

These Scriptures attest to the fact that the Virtue of Faith can only
come from God, and is not given on any basis of merit. It does not
call it an "attribute" here as opposed to a virtue. 

>Name any other attribute given or imbued by God.

I will name six others. Hope, Love a.k.a. Charity, Fortitude, Justice,
Prudence, Temperance.

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>> >I'm not interested in pedantic Catholic semantics.  It is man made and
>> >obscures truth.
>>
>> Assuming you mean to confine truth to that which is explicitly in the
>> Scriptures, I'm waiting to see what you claim is there.
>>
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>The Gospel is sufficient for me.
>The Gospel is sufficient for mankind.
>
>Religion and legalism is a thing apart

The Whole Gospel is what is manifested in the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church is the Creation of Love.