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==Catholic and Protestant controversy over intercession and mediation==

==Catholic and Protestant controversy over intercession and mediation==

:Controversy over teachings about the prayers of the saints on behalf of the living is primarily rooted in confusing the meanings of "'''[[intercession]]'''" and "'''mediation'''". They are not the same thing.  

:Controversy over teachings about the prayers of the saints on behalf of the living is primarily rooted in confusing the meanings of "'''intercession'''" and "'''[[mediation]]'''". They are not the same thing.  

:To [[intercede]] is to speak on behalf of another, an individual or a [[Collective bargaining|collective]], to defend their cause, and to seek for favor or forgiveness from an estranged or hostile party (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+14&version=RSVCE 2 Samuel 14]). In some situations, the intercessor seeks the decision of a judge to render a favorable decision or verdict.  

:To [[intercede]] is to speak on behalf of another, an individual or a [[Collective bargaining|collective]], to defend their cause, and to seek for favor or forgiveness from an estranged or hostile party (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+14&version=RSVCE 2 Samuel 14]). In some situations, the intercessor seeks the decision of a judge to render a favorable decision or verdict.  

:'''It is a basic fact of human nature''' that if any practice, [[Religion|religious]] or [[secular]], pagan or Christian, Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Fundamentalist, Independent, Non-denominational, [[Humanism|Humanist]], is represented or misrepresented as an [[evil]], then those who believe what they are told about that practice, and who wish to do good, will sincerely avoid that practice as being a sin, a thing harmful to individuals and to society as a whole, and will oppose it, either publicly in speeches, sermons, and public [[media]], or privately.

:'''It is a basic fact of human nature''' that if any practice, [[Religion|religious]] or [[secular]], pagan or Christian, Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Fundamentalist, Independent, Non-denominational, [[Humanism|Humanist]], is represented or misrepresented as an [[evil]], then those who believe what they are told about that practice, and who wish to do good, will sincerely avoid that practice as being a sin, a thing harmful to individuals and to society as a whole, and will oppose it, either publicly in speeches, sermons, and public [[media]], or privately.

:The beliefs of committees of biblical translation and of individual translators have directly affected the translation of particular passages of the scriptures into English, sometimes deliberately slanted to support their doctrinal beliefs. '''2 Peter 1:15''' is only one example.<br>"Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance."

:The beliefs of committees of biblical translation and of individual translators have directly affected the translation of particular passages of the scriptures into English, sometimes deliberately slanted to support their doctrinal beliefs. '''2 Peter 1:15''' is only one example.<br>"Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance."<br>"Moreover after my decease I will endeavor that ye may be able to have these things always in remembrance."<br>The structure of the Greek grammar of 2 Peter 1:15 favors the second reading.<br>See the following:

<br>"Moreover after my decease I will endeavor that ye may be able to have these things always in remembrance."<br>The structure of the Greek grammar of 2 Peter 1:15 favors the second reading.<br>See the following:

:*[http://bibleprobe.com/falsebibles.htm '''False versions of the Bible''' (bibleprobe.com)].

:*[http://bibleprobe.com/falsebibles.htm '''False versions of the Bible''' (bibleprobe.com)].

:*[http://www.bible-researcher.com/kjvdefects.html '''''The Revised New Testament and History of Revision'' (1881) "Defects of the King James Version"''' (bible-researcher.com)] [[Isaac H. Hall]].

:*[http://www.bible-researcher.com/kjvdefects.html '''''The Revised New Testament and History of Revision'' (1881) "Defects of the King James Version"''' (bible-researcher.com)] [[Isaac H. Hall]].