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If a baptized believer cannot obey the First Commandment, then can he or she cannot be a true Catholic-Christian. They'll say yes. No wonder the angel that first Christmas declared to the shepherds that “a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord” (Luke 2:11). It is the Triune God that reveals to us, the creation, that which is truly beautiful. Vatican City, Apr 17, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis will offer Mass in a church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II. This verse is a clear reference to the Hypostatic Union of Christ (He was fully God and man). Here's a step-by-step way to answer this typical Jehovah's Witness argument. Surely, no one can stand in judgment of the Pope but God alone. John 1:1-3 says Jesus (the Word) created "all things . Click here to sign up for our newsletter. Colossians 1:15-17 - Jesus is called the "first-born of all creation. He is given the title "first-born" as the title of His preeminence and because He is eternally begotten by the Father. ." They also wouldn’t have accused him of making himself out to be God—if he wasn’t saying that he was God. . 1:7, 17,18; Titus 1:1). God shines because he is perfectly good and perfectly true. Ephesians 5: 13 -- But all things that are reproved [discovered] are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.. He is not simply a teacher of wisdom, he is not an ideal for which we strive while knowing that we are hopelessly distant from it. If the Pope refuses to confirm us, his brothers and sisters in Christ through Baptism in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Faith, then does not the Sacred College of Cardinals have a fiduciary role according to Canon Law to depose such a Pope — electing in his place a suitable replacement as happened in the Acts of the Apostles when the Eleven Disciples who remained faithful to their Lord and Master elected St. Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot, who had betrayed Him? Then ask them to read John 1:1 from their Bible, which changes the passage to read, "the Word was a god" (see below). He converted to Catholicism in 1988. News Briefs Only Jesus God’s Son is God. 1:8? He calls the Father His God because He is His God whom He worships, prays to and needs in His life just as we do.". Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust! 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