tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post1966381940287475188..comments2024-03-05T11:44:26.154-08:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Would the Apostles die before the Second Coming?Father Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-2555230178311257832011-02-20T08:55:58.999-08:002011-02-20T08:55:58.999-08:00Hi all,
Actually, the Bible explicitly gives us ...Hi all, <br /><br />Actually, the Bible explicitly gives us the answer to this question: <br /><br /><b>[16] For we have not by following artificial fables, made known to you the power, and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eyewitnesses of his greatness. [17] For he received from God the Father, honour and glory: this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. [18] And this voice we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2nd Peter 1)</b> <br /><br />Here Peter is speaking of the Transfiguration, and he uses the same language as Jesus did in the Gospels.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-89941826668142867242011-02-18T15:37:33.104-08:002011-02-18T15:37:33.104-08:00The Pope, in "Jesus of Nazareth", says J...The Pope, in "Jesus of Nazareth", says Jesus meant His Transfiguration.<br /><br />I also think this, and I think He even meant, for John at least, His apparition to show him what had happened, was happening, and was to happen, as recorded in the Book of Revelation.Nickhttp://blogsofasoul.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-22286031083018706942011-02-18T11:48:49.262-08:002011-02-18T11:48:49.262-08:00Anonymous,
The opinion you criticize (which is hel...Anonymous,<br />The opinion you criticize (which is held by many liberals today) has indeed been condemned by Gregory the Great as a heresy -- it is called agnoeticism.<br />The agnoetics claimed that Christ did not know the day or hour of his Second Coming -- specifically they claimed that Christ, in his human intellect, was ignorant.<br />The Catholic doctrine has maintained that Christ knew the time of the Parousia not "from" his humanity, but "in" his humanity [for it was infused knowledge given to his soul, rather than knowledge from sense experience].<br /><br />Yes, you are quite correct to reject these modern heretical scholars! And I do agree that the Resurrection is also a fulfillment of this prophecy.Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-26196032047872758982011-02-18T11:29:50.915-08:002011-02-18T11:29:50.915-08:00Many modern Biblical scholars (read liberal) use t...Many modern Biblical scholars (read liberal) use this quote to somehow show Jesus wasn't divine and made mistakes about the Parousia. <br /><br />Thats their problem, not Our<br />Lord's. I believe Christ's prophecy was fulfilled in these words in the Resurection. Christ's defeat of death, and our redemption is the coming of the Kingdom in Power!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com