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Roman Christian Catholic religion.

 

Pezzotta doesn’t tell his readers that the original Greek of Romans 3:23 renders all as pantes: “pantes gar hEmarton kai husterountai tEs doxEs tou theou.”  The root word of pantes is pas.

 

In Greek, pas does not mean “every single one.” It means “vast majority” and admits of exception. In fact, Romans 5:14 mentions “over them that have not sinned,” hence admitting of exceptions.

 

Pas means “generally,” “vast majority,” “most” or “great amount.” For instance, in Romans 15:14, we read:

 

“And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.”

 

“All” knowledge certainly does not mean every single knowledge because it would make us omniscient like God.

 

“All” in Romans 3:23 as used in the original Greek simply means vast majority. It cannot be absolutely without any exemption. In fact, it does admit of exemptions. Pezzotta is aware of it since he admits that Jesus is an exception citing Hebrews 4:15:

 

“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4:15).

 

Pezzotta insists that the “only exception the Bible makes is Jesus.” Not so. The context of sin in Romans 3:23 is personal sin. Of course, we believe that Jesus is personally sinless. However, the Bible tells us that there are others who are personally sinless as well. Unborn infants have no personal sin as yet because they are incapable of doing any good or evil.

 

Romans 9:11 states:

“For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls” (NKJV).

 

The Bible also tells us that there have been God’s servants, like the prophets, who may have been free from personal sin. Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord and he is not guilty of even idle talk since he “did let none of his words fall to the ground” (1 Sam. 23:19-20).

 

The prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 1:5) and John the Baptist (Lk. 1:15) were sanctified and filled with the Holy Spirit even from their mother’s womb. Moreover, the righteous Job could say: “I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me” (Job 3:39).

 

If we take Pezzotta’s absolutistic interpretation of “all” in Romans 3:23, it would make the Bible contradict itself. What happened to the holy angels? The holy angels of God are of course sinless.

 

Only the fallen angels sinned against God because these are “the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day” (Jude 6).

 

 

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Hi all,

 

My Friend, Vic, tells us:

 

One last word on why the Books of pezzotta was refuted and why he can't be considered an expert on the Roman Christian Catholic religion.

 

Well, to be honest -- Vic does not tell us that.  The writing he has plagiarized tells us that.   AS USUAL, all Vic adds is his PERIOD to prove that his post is not "pregnant writing."

 

But, since Vic wants to claim this as his writing, we must assume that Vic is telling us that Anthony Pezzotta could not "be considered an expert on the Roman Christian Catholic religion."

 

So, let's compare sources: 

 

Anthony Pezzotta earned undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Greek -- and a Master's degree in Theology from the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.

 

Anthony Pezzotta had advanced degrees from Roman Catholic seminaries in Italy, England, Spain, and Germany.

 

Anthony Pezzotta was Director of Schools and Seminaries in the Philippines for ten years.

 

Anthony Pezzotta was Rector of Local Salesian Communities in the Philippines for ten years.

 

Anthony Pezzotta earned a Master's degree from Denver Seminary in Colorado.

 

Anthony Pezzotta was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by Western Seminary in Oregon.

 

Anthony Pezzotta served as a missionary in the Philippines for 23 years.

 

Anthony Pezzotta was Director of Ethnic Ministries for the Conservative Baptist Association of Southern California from 2001 until he became ill about 3 years ago.

 

Those are the qualifications of Anthony Pezzotta and why he had the knowledge, experience, and wisdom to write books such as "Truth Encounter, Catholicism and the Holy Scripture."

 

That said, Vic, my Friend -- WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS to denounce Tony Pezzotta, or anyone else?

 

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

 

Bill

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After all that he went back to catholicism.

No, Jennifer, my Friend,

 

After all that -- HE WENT HOME to be with our Lord.   At this very moment, Tony is in heaven in fellowship with our Lord Jesus Christ.  The moment Tony breathed his last breath in this mortal body -- his next breath was in heaven.  And, all his Christian family and friends will join him there one day -- as we spend eternity in the presence of God.

 

Personally, I can hardly wait for that Reunion.  But, as long as God wants me here -- I will stay here and keep writing on the Religion Forum.

 

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

 

Bill

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