"The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Orthodox Church has preserved Sacred Tradition unsullied and intact throughout the age and will continue to do so until the Parousia of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing."
"Bible prophecy absolutely makes sense when approached from this past-fulfillment (preterist) perspective! It puts emphasis on the spiritual nature of God's Kingdom, not on the physical, materialistic, sensual, and sensational. It teaches a realized spiritual salvation in Christ and the Church now, instead of a frustrated hope for a postponed sensually-gratifying paradise way off in the future. It has an optimistic worldview that gets involved, makes a positive difference, and lights a candle, rather than cursing the darkness, longing for a rapture-escape, or retreating from society. It doesn't engage in wild-eyed speculation like futurist views. It's just simple, straight-forward Bible interpretation." Int. Preterist Assoc.
We are not as gullible now as they were when William Miller, Darby, C. T. Russell, Rutherford, Scofield, Walvoord, and Hal Lindsey came along. A constant barrage of false predictions has made us more wary.
I would not be so quick to stand behind the traditions of the RCC. After all, they have many traditions that are in direct conflict with the Scriptures. There history is not something that I would recommend to believing Christians. You talk about cults I would say that the RCC is as cultish as any church I have ever seen.
To claim St. Peter was a prominent figure that gave authority to the RCCs is pure fantasy.
I like to discuss Scripture but it seems that you are giving equal weight to the creeds and traditions of the church. That is where you make a fatal mistake in Christendom.
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