The Catholic Controversy<\/i><\/a>, 61-62)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI added the additional scriptural proofs in brackets and blue color, to bolster what St. Francis assumed as self-evident. Likewise, Isaiah states: \u201call our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment . . . There is no one that calls upon thy name,\u201d (Is 64:6-7), yet makes frequent reference to the righteous, just as in the Psalms (1:17; 3:10; 26:7; 33:15; 38:3; 51:7; 56:1; 57:1-2, 12; 64:5). Isaiah 64:6-7 is typical Hebrew hyperbole. But Protestants, and especially Calvinists with their unbiblical notion of total depravity (not understanding the literary genre) interpret it and similar passages literally. In context, clearly it is not<\/i> intended to be so. In the passage immediately before (Is 64:5), the prophet states: \u201cThou meetest him that joyfully works righteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a0+\u00a0Biblical Evidence for\u00a0the Indefectibility of the Church (from the Psalms) Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), statue de l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Germain de Paris, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, Dordogne, France. Photo by\u00a0P\u00e8re Igor (9-19-10) [Wikimedia Commons \/\u00a0\u00a0Creative Commons\u00a0Attribution-Share Alike\u00a01.0 Generic\u00a0license] (11-24-11) *** Psalm 14:2-3 (RSV) The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":5632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312,131,50],"tags":[1914,163,968,972,890,181,971],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calvinism-general-protestantism","category-church-ecclesiology","category-salvation-justification","tag-concupiscence","tag-ecclesiology","tag-fall-of-man","tag-human-nature","tag-indefectibility-of-the-church","tag-original-sin","tag-total-depravity"],"yoast_head":"\n
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