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Can Requiem Masses be said for the souls of the unbaptized?
According to Catholic teaching, can Requiem Masses be said for the souls of the deceased unbaptized?
According to Catholic teaching, can Requiem Masses be said for the souls of the deceased unbaptized?
Geremia (42439 rep)
Jul 10, 2023, 01:53 AM • Last activity: Dec 27, 2023, 02:23 AM
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Why is it not enough for Jesus to be human to be the perfect sacrifice, why must he be God?
Regardless of whether Jesus is God or not, why do some stridently hold to, 'Jesus can only cover sin by His own death as God'? Until Jesus' perfect sacrifice/offering, the law required an animal to remedy the debt of sin each person/Israelite had before God. An animal was killed, blood was spilt to...
Regardless of whether Jesus is God or not, why do some stridently hold to, 'Jesus can only cover sin by His own death as God'? Until Jesus' perfect sacrifice/offering, the law required an animal to remedy the debt of sin each person/Israelite had before God. An animal was killed, blood was spilt to cover the sinner's guilt so they be 'cleansed' and made right with God again. >Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. Ex 12:5 Paul explains a lot about Christ's sacrifice being sufficient to cover all sin - by him faithful believers are made free from the debt of sin - past present and future. Naturally, all mankind is covered by this sacrifice except the few that may fall outside for some reason or their own choosing. >For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified Heb 10:14 >But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Heb 9:26 >we have confidence to enter the holy place *by the blood of Jesus*, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, *through His flesh* 10:19-20 >He *learned obedience* from the things which He suffered. 9 And *having been perfected*, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him Heb 5:8 **Jesus is holy and without sin why would this *human only* sacrifice not be enough?** EDIT: I thought it would be assumed that Jesus is holy and sinless *because* his Father is God (as scripture provides). Thus he has no inherited sin, and is not a just a 'good' man. Clearly any man apart from Jesus would not suffice.
steveowen (3055 rep)
May 19, 2020, 02:27 AM • Last activity: May 12, 2021, 02:28 AM
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How did Swedenborg interpret 1 John 2:2: "He is the propitiation for our sins"?
Many Christians believe that Jesus died to appease the anger of God. One reason for this is 1 John 2:2, which says: >And he is the **propitiation** for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. > >καὶ αὐτὸς [**ἱλασμός**][1] ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡ...
Many Christians believe that Jesus died to appease the anger of God. One reason for this is 1 John 2:2, which says: >And he is the **propitiation** for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. > >καὶ αὐτὸς **ἱλασμός** ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου. Propitiation basically means to appease the wrath of a god through an offering. How did Swedenborg translate ἱλασμός and interpret 1 John 2:2?
Cannabijoy (2510 rep)
Jan 31, 2017, 01:35 PM • Last activity: Mar 24, 2017, 05:19 PM
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How do Calvinists interpret 1 John 2:2 in light of Limited Atonement?
1 John 2:2 (ESV) > He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Understanding the "ours" as referring to the universal church of believers, it would seem that John is saying that Christ "propitiated" for everyone's sins. Calvinism, through the...
1 John 2:2 (ESV) > He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. Understanding the "ours" as referring to the universal church of believers, it would seem that John is saying that Christ "propitiated" for everyone's sins. Calvinism, through the doctrine of limited, or definite, or particular, atonement, says that Christ died only for the elect. How would a five-point Calvinist understand this passage?
Joshua (2144 rep)
Mar 13, 2016, 02:39 PM • Last activity: Mar 22, 2016, 04:41 PM
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If God cannot change, then why does His wrath need to be appeased?
More or less I am asking for a defense of the propitiatory view of atonement in which God changes from being angry to being happy with us rather than sinners being the ones who need to change. Perhaps I misunderstand this model.
More or less I am asking for a defense of the propitiatory view of atonement in which God changes from being angry to being happy with us rather than sinners being the ones who need to change. Perhaps I misunderstand this model.
user3797
Jan 18, 2013, 08:01 PM • Last activity: Dec 1, 2015, 01:16 AM
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