While Luther disagreed with some things the Catholic church was teaching when he left it he still carried over some of their traditions.

Amen.
Peace be with you.

Wouldn't such a condition make us under the law?

From Matthew 19:

As I read it, that parable suggest you can't serve two Gods. Money being that other "god" of the rich young man's heart.

Yes, it says that, but it also explicitly says to keep the commandments as a condition for eternal life, does it not?

Yes it does but Jesus was speaking to a Jewish fellow who was under the law. Under the law ,keeping the commandments would have been necessary for righteousness. Under the new covenant the blood of Jesus is sufficient for righteousness.

I don't buy it. Jesus didn't say to keep the entire Law of Moses; he explicitly said to keep the commandments, and then specifically listed them. Indeed, earlier in this same chapter, Jesus expressed strong disagreement with the Law of Moses regarding divorce. Jesus didn't qualify any of this by saying it only applies to Jews.

Precisely.

What's up with Sheepdog starting this post and then running off, anyways? LOL

Well don't we all believe we have to maintain faith to stay in a state of grace? That's not law, but living by the spirit.

Angela, I'm a Catholic convert. The very first words I said to Stephanie ( my wife ) was, " I'm gonna pick this apart. "
That was ten years ago. Theres no holes in it. It's all there. It's complete. Katholokos in Greek. I couldn't find a flaw in it.

Flaws in how the Church conducted business. Sure. But the dogma is sound. I'm not leaving it.
In the words of Andrew Wouters , " Fornicator I was,heretic never. " That was just before he was hung among the Martyrs .
I'm not a member of The Church because of the Vatican, or a pope. Because its all there. Everything you need to gain is literally right there.
My friend, I've survived suicide attempts ( those defied logic) , a stroke that nobody can explain how I'm functional today , and a gut sepsis requiring a colostomy leaving me with nothing more than some really cool scars.
I pray my Rosary , I request prayers from my unseen friends ( the saints) , and confess my sins in accordance to scripture.
And I'm still learning.
Its hard to talk someone like Sheepdog. My Dad is a retired Baptist pastor. We don't talk theology. Dad's just glad I'm no longer faith apathetic.

Precisely my brother.

Well, Aaron, all I know is 90% of the atheists I know were raised Catholic. Hard to believe that's a coincidence.

I have learned something of Catholics from this thread, I didn't know Catholics believed in the ability to lose salvation.

Martin Luther ,also,didn't believe in 'Once Saved,Always Saved'.

I didnt run off, just sitting back until such time as I can begin answering questions with scriptures, within context. plus I dont have a signal sitting in a hospital with my 88 year old Dad. Given time I will respond, with scripture, in context of the entirety.

Its not a coincidence, Catholicism is a false religion based on false theology. You would have to be a devout village idiot to believe that Mary, the woman who gave birth to Jesus Christ would even remotely be ok with folks praying to her instead of Jesus CHrist. Peter was one of the first called by Christ as an apostle. He was hanged on a cross upside down. Do you even remotely think that he would acquiesce to him being the firtst" BS Pope of Catholiscism" yall are delusional at best. he walked with Jesus for 3.5 years. That is the most asinine thing one could ever conjure up.

Mormons, Jehovahs witnesses, scientology, christian science, islam, budhism and hindu BS are all religions Satan has twisted the scripture and some of our population has drank the coolaid. I know for a fact that the catholic church does not want you to read the bible on your own because they want you to listen to the dude or homosexual woman telling you what to believe. The very same for the current methodist bunch. Plenty of other protestant non churches. Yall can cry all you want but when the great white throne of Judgement comes to you and you get herded to the left with the goats. You have have no excuse. I am saying all of this to get you to read YOUR BIBLE and see for yourself. The true Gospel is what was taught by those with Christ on his time on this earth. Paul, He saw Jesus on the road to Damascus and everything he taught came from that encounter because up to that he was killing Christians.

What other sect of supposed Christianity is being killed at alarming rates at this writing, It isnt any of those mentioned above. If you are Catholic, read your bible and figure it out. your eternity depends on this. I dont dislike you. I am warning you about your eternal life

Brother,there's so much disinformation in that ,that'll take me quite a bit to unpack. Unbelievably so.
That said , hate hearing your Dad has been hospitalized and I'm praying for you and your Dad for recovery.

But by being your own Bishop , enlighten us.

By that same logic , 90% of the protestants I've known would've better off being agnostic. People hate accountability. Why hold true to a faith that demands it ?

Incidentally, Catholic and Orthodox church numbers are growing worldwide. The people want to be fed.