If you wish to argue that this call to unity threatens the good of religious freedom, please read what the same pope writes in reply before contacting me.

Or if you think that doctrine itself is what divides Christians, so that to acheive unity we must get rid of or water down doctrine, please consider the consequences first.

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Augustine, Grace, Predestination:
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Or if you think we have not free will, I will ask how you explain how we or God rightly impute guilt to human machines. Calvin asks that we not be glued to our traditions (or even his tradition), and I ask that we not call it a mystery that God cause any evil or judge wrongly.

"Faith alone saves." "Saves": Yes, but from what and for how long? "Alone": Do you mean that Jesus does not "save"? Then more than one thing "saves." If we are ultimately saved from all unhappiness, then we are saved from the unvirtuous life. For obviously, the unvirtuous life is the unhappy life. Please tell me which aspect of the hellish life you refer to when you speak of being "saved." Faith is not every virtue.

Please consider the above if you are writing about the sacraments, and please make sure you have read all tracts of the sacrament(s) in question. It will save us time.

A focus or starting point is set for our discussion. Quoting verses alone would be pointless and thoughtless. Please click here to continue.

Please also grant that the sermons were written in the eighteenth century; it is understood that a few details must be adapted.

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But God is not contained by time but timeless, so his actions and perceptions are not limitted to human methods. So in "pre-destination," the "pre-" refers to we on earth (in time) while the "destining" by God is not in time. This changes things on Calvinism.

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If you are against the seeking of prayers from anybody, I trust that you likewise condemn St. Paul for asking his readers for prayers.

Or if you are neutral on the subject, our discussion should probably be about something else, like the origin and truth of Catholic Tradition.

Or if you allow the seeking of human intercession but are against asking angels or saints, I ask what the difference is. It seems to me that angels and saints are different only in holiness, being holier than the Christians I see around me. We are not, after all, doing seances or something.

If you wish to argue that St. Mary does not have a special place among the saints and angels, we are really discussing the broad issue of the authenticity of Catholic tradition. Please click here.

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