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Exposición Breve de la Doctrina de la Nueva Iglesia #2

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2. Doctrinas de la Iglesia Católica Romana con respecto a la Justificación, según el Concilio de Trento.

En la Bula del Papa Pio IV de fecha 13 de noviembre de 1564, están las siguientes palabras: “Abrazo y recibo todas y cada una de las cosas que el excelentísimo Concilio de Trento ha determinado y declarado con respecto al pecado original y la justificación”.

  
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Apocalipsis 21:2

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2 Y yo Juan vi la santa Ciudad, Jerusalén la nueva, que descendía del cielo, aderezada de Dios, como la esposa ataviada para su marido.

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Arcana Coelestia #1297

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1297. 'And let us burn them thoroughly' means the evils that stem from self-love. This is clear from the meaning of 'to burn, a burning, fire, sulphur, and bitumen' in the Word, where they have reference to evil desires, chiefly to those that belong to self-love, as in Isaiah,

Our holy house, and our splendour, where our fathers praised You, has been made into a blaze of fire, and all our pleasant places have been made into a waste. Isaiah 64:11.

In the same prophet,

Conceive chaff, bring forth stubble. Your wind is a fire that will consume you. Thus the peoples will be burnings of lime; [like] thorns cut down they will be burned in the fire. Isaiah 33:11-12.

And there are many other examples besides these. 'Burning' and 'fire' have reference to evil desires because they possess similar characteristics.

  
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