Bishops & Priests are Given Charge Over the Sacraments
2 Corinthians 5:18-20: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
1 Corinthians 4:1: This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
John 20:21: Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so send I you."
Bishops and priests are the ministers of Christ in our world. They represent him and, in the sacraments, make him actively present. This is a most serious calling. A poor priest does not, in itself, repudiate this high calling. As living signs of contradiction, in the footsteps of the Master, they are mocked and slandered by a world that still does not understand Jesus or the Gospel.
posted by Father Joe Jenkins | 9:15 PM
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2 Corinthians 5:18-20: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Where do you see this gives Roman Catholic Bishops and Priests charge over "sacraments?" You are giving private interpretation again. Paul is addressing CHRISTIANS. All Christians are ambassadors for Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:1: This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."
There are seven mysteries mentioned in the Bible (1 Tim. 3:16; Col. 1:27; Eph. 5:32; Rom. 11:5, 1 Cor. 15:51; 2 Thess. 2:7-8; Rev. 17:5) all of which the Roman Catholic Church doesn't understand, much less be stewards of them.
John 20:21: Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so send I you."
No where in the Bible does God say only Roman Catholic bishops and priests are the ministers of Christ in our world. This is private interpretation all the way!
I also don't need a Roman Catholic Priest to make Christ actively present in my life. His presence is never away from me.
"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is CHRIST IN YOU, the hope of glory:" -Col. 1:27 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." -Gal. 2:20
Reposted for SANDY HOOPER
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