One of the ‘Great Mysteries of The Christian Faith’: Protestant Ministers.
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Question 1: “Why are Protestant Ministers one of the ‘Great Mysteries’ of The Christian Faith’?”
Answer: “St. Paul teaches us about the two kinds of Protestant Ministers who argued with him in Philippians 1:15-18:
- Of course, some preach Christ from envy and rivalry, others from good will. (Paul identifies two motivations driving the earliest Protestant Ministers.)
- The latter act out of love, aware that I am here for the defense of The Gospel; (The best Protestant Ministers ‘preach from good will’.)
- the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not from pure motives, thinking that they will cause me trouble in my imprisonment. (The ‘envious rivals’ are acting out of ‘selfish ambition’, causing Paul ‘trouble in his imprisonment’ within The Words and Teachings of Jesus.)
- What difference does it make, as long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I rejoice.'”
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Question 2: “Is That Amazing Teaching the first time in The Bible that Protestant Ministers are specifically said to provide a helpful perspective that should lead Catholics to ‘rejoice’?”
Answer: “Paul has given us An Important Insight. Catholics should know all Protestant Ministers are proclaiming at least some good aspects of He Whom they know Fulfilled The Prophecies.”
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Question 3: “Do Protestant Ministers lead many to be Catholic?”
Answer: “Everyone who used to be Protestant is grateful to Protestant Ministers for opening our minds to Jesus.
Protestant Ministers helped many of us see The Power of Jesus to have His Church-Creating Word to His First Catholic Pope take form in The Only Organization on Earth that has not ‘re-formed’ its Teachings in 2,000 years of growing closer to God!
‘And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.’”
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Question 4: “When the souls of Protestant Ministers go to Judgment, do they get ‘Heaven Credits’ for every person their faith inspired to be Catholic and get the actual ‘keys to The Kingdom of Heaven’ provided by The Seven Catholic Sacraments?”
Answer: “Their love of Jesus inspires many to read The Bible and strive to ‘Love God and their neighbors as themselves.’ Those led to be Catholic formalize their love and respect for God with gratitude for The Foundation of Catholic Faith learned from every Protestant Minister with, or without, this ‘good will’:
‘Life must be protected from conception until natural death.'”
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Today’s Rhyme: “May God bless all who helped us understand / That we must be as Catholic as we can!”
