Sola Fide debate

Ephesians 1:11

How is two people working in tandem contradictory? The Bible does not refute the idea that man can come to God, it states it explicitly in John 6:45, which explains the operation of the previous line, and in John 3:19:21
You need to explain how two people's will's working in tandem is a contradiction then
Most of us have been trying to show us that that is in fact what you are doing.

With the extraordinary power that the Holy Spirit worked through St. Padre Pio not five minutes from my old parish how could I not? God is alive with his Church, and I truly feel bad that you guys don't get to rejoce in that aspect of the faith. They don't have saints that can converse and recieve prayers directly from Christ like Marie of St. Peter, or who can give sight to a woman and with no pupils like Padre Pio, or read the sins of penitents in the confessional like the Cure of Ars, or be granted foretastes of heaven like St. Teresa of Avila, or get directly commended by Jesus like St. Thomas Aquinas, or cause the sun to dance like Our Lady of Fatima. The Catholic faith is the new home of the Holy Spirit, like Israel was the old. Protestants have tried to regain that through the charismatic movement but they'll never have the signs of that God grant's the Church, nor the comfort the bring.
Purgatory is true and eternal security is false, and if you want to learn why then Padre Pio, the man who bore the wounds of Christ, can tell you. I don't see how any Bible believing Christian can deny that he is a man of God given the countless miracles attributed to him, and he SAW the power of the sacraments firsthand.

We dont

Dare you compare yourself with saints (if they be saints)? Does their example not rather expose your wretched sinfulness?
They are lying wonders, all of them.

Matthew 5:20

And you see, this is exactly why sola scriptura is bad. The Bible itself is obviously contradictory on this. Hence, the only answer is to hold what Christians have always held and still do - salvation =faith + works. So, to argue this from a purely textual basis is absolutely pointless.

That's the purpose of tradition, the Bible is not a Shakespearian text up for analysis in a literature class. I read something Copts say and I really like it - 'Christ did not write a book, he sent His Apostles to preach. Christianity is a faith of tradition and oral teaching'. And we can obviously see that in the Bible, how many times did the Apostles say they prefer to solve matters in person rather than in letter?

So no, I'm sorry, I'm not rolling the dice on salvation because some of a German monk 1500 years after Christ said so.

Do I not mourn my wretched sinfulness every day. Indeed I do, and God come to my aid if I do not.
So why can Gemma Di Giorgio see without pupils?

Do you fear the wrath of God?
I said, lying wonders.

Girl is stunning

Despite the fact that she has no pupils and walks around without a cane?

Side note, isn't misquoting a smug post at 4 in the morning and needing to delete and repost it grand? Guess the embarrassment my punishment for getting smug over the Holy Spirit's works in the first place. Anyways gn and Holy Spirit bless u if anyone's still awake.

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Indeed! Didn't read a single word of OP's post (sorry!), could only stare at her…she's so exotic and has a sort of captivating aura.
Must be my Mediterranean blood, but I'd like a woman like this as my wife.