Comments on: The Early Church Fathers I Never Saw as a Protestant Pastor https://chnetwork.org/2012/04/24/the-early-church-fathers-i-never-saw-by-marcus-grodi/ A network of inquirers, converts, and reverts to the Catholic Church, as well as life-long Catholics, all on a journey of continual conversion to Jesus Christ. Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: thomasjj70 https://chnetwork.org/2012/04/24/the-early-church-fathers-i-never-saw-by-marcus-grodi/#comment-29566 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:03:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=6000#comment-29566 In reply to Bob Pace.

It would be helpful for you to explain and provide supporting evidence as to why you think the Ignatius quote is out of context. Even a cursory attempt would be helpful, as it stands here, you are just stating, they are wrong with zero evidence. God Bless

]]> By: Bob Pace https://chnetwork.org/2012/04/24/the-early-church-fathers-i-never-saw-by-marcus-grodi/#comment-27711 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:11:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=6000#comment-27711 Your quote of Ignatius regards the Bishop of Rome is completely false. You have taken it completely out of context. It is just the opposite. He is saying any bishop, not the Bishop of Rome. But I would expect as much since you guys changed the Nicene Creed through a regional council. What next? Are you going to put forth that one patriarch excomunicated 4 patriarchs? Keep thinking there, Butch.

]]> By: Najib Nasr https://chnetwork.org/2012/04/24/the-early-church-fathers-i-never-saw-by-marcus-grodi/#comment-26934 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:55:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=6000#comment-26934 Brother Marcus, that’s an impressive array of Church Fathers’ sayings. Anyway, what I want to say, and not to you, but, to some others, is that the Holy Spirit is our Teacher, just as He was the Apostles’. He leads us to conversion; a conversion that is a daily lifelong process and I envision it as per these three Pauline verses:
Philippians 1: 6 I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5: 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it.
2 Corinthians 4: 16 Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

What converts one may not have an effect on another. Some of the least expected words, phrases or sentences can surprisingly have a profound impact on certain people. We do not know the fabric of the minds of people. Hence, we can say that the Holy Spirit is the one who converts, not us evangelizers. God bless.

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