Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical<\/a><\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n*****<\/p>\n
Non-Catholic Christians believe that we can pray to no one but God, and ask no one to fulfill an intercessory prayer request but God. But what does the Bible<\/em> teach? <\/span><\/p>\nIn the Old Testament, Lot makes such a request of two angels, who were sent by God to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 19:13):<\/span><\/p>\n\nGenesis 19:20<\/b><\/span> (RSV) \u201c<\/span>Behold, yonder city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there . . . and my life will be saved!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nOne of them grants his \u201cprayer\u201d (19:21): \u201cBehold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.\u201d Someone might say, \u201cbut the angel wasn\u2019t in heaven.\u201d Location makes no difference: the angel still fulfilled an intercessory request. <\/span><\/p>\nAngels can talk to us from heaven. For example: \u201cthe angel of God called to Hagar from heaven\u201d (Gen 21:17). And we know that angels pray to God for us; such as the \u201cangel of the Lord\u201d praying to God for the inhabitants of Jerusalem and other cities of Judah (Zech 1:12), and the angel offering to God at the altar in heaven the \u201cprayers of the saints\u201d (Rev 8:3-4).<\/span><\/p>\nWhen Jacob wrestled with the angel (Gen 32:24-29), he asked him to bless him (32:26), and the angel did so (32:29). Moreover, when Jacob (Israel) blessed his sons Joseph and Manasseh, he not only asked God to bless them, but also an angel (\u201cthe angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads\u201d: Gen 48:16). <\/span><\/p>\nOne common response to arguments like this is to note that the \u201cangel of the Lord\u201d is actually God Himself, or Jesus in a sort of pre-incarnate manifestation or \u201ctheophany\u201d: as suggested by many passages (Gen 22:10-18; 31:11-13; Ex 3:2-6, 14-16 [Moses and the burning bush]; 13:21 cf. 14:19; Jud 2:1; 6:12-14; Josh 5:14-15; Zech 12:8; Acts 8:26, 29). This is a quite respectable harmonization of the scriptural data: held in fact by many Eastern Church fathers.<\/span><\/p>\nYet in other passages he is <\/span>distinguished<\/i><\/span> from God. (Zech 1:12 above, and the following:<\/span><\/p>\n\n2 Samuel 24:16<\/b><\/span> And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented of the evil, and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, \u201cIt is enough; now stay your hand.\u201d And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Arau\u2019nah the Jeb\u2019usite. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThis ambiguity (seeming equation with God in many places, and distinction from Him in others) is explained by St. Augustine, as cited in the 1911 <\/span>Catholic Encyclopedia<\/i><\/span> article on \u201cAngels\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n\nSt. Augustine (Sermo vii, de Scripturis, P.G. V) when treating of the burning bush (Exodus 3) . . . points out: \u201cElsewhere in the Bible when a prophet speaks it is yet said to be the Lord who speaks, not of course because the prophet is the Lord but because the Lord is in the prophet; and so in the same way when the Lord condescends to speak through the mouth of a prophet or an angel, it is the same as when he speaks by a prophet or apostle, and the angel is correctly termed an angel if we consider him himself, but equally correctly is he termed \u2018the Lord\u2019 because God dwells in him. . . . It is the name of the indweller, not of the temple. . . .\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nScripture also clarifies how the angel of the Lord is a unique representative of God:<\/span><\/p>\n\nExodus 23:20-22<\/b><\/span> \u201cBehold,<\/span> I send an angel <\/i><\/span>before you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place which I have prepared.<\/span> [21] Give heed to him and hearken to his voice, do not rebel against him, for <\/span>he will not pardon your transgression<\/i><\/span>; for <\/span>my name is in him<\/i><\/span>. [22] <\/span>But if you hearken attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. <\/span>[23] When <\/span>my angel<\/i><\/span> goes before you, . . .\u201d (cf. 33:14)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe angel being delegated to pardon transgressions is an interesting precursor to priestly absolution and \u201cbinding and loosing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nTherefore, given the above Scripture and analysis we may also, I submit, plausibly interpret the \u201cangel of the Lord\u201d as a created angel who nevertheless profoundly \u201ccarries\u201d God\u2019s name and presence.<\/span><\/p>\nSuch intermediaries between men and God should not surprise us, since even the Law was mediated to men by angels: \u201cdelivered\u201d by them (Acts 7:53), <\/span>\u201cordained by angels through an intermediary\u201d (Gal 3:19), and \u201cdeclared by angels\u201d (Heb 2:2). They even help distribute His grace (Rev 1:4). Thus, as we have already seen above in the Bible: angels can be prayed to and answer prayers, as an additional mediatorial angelic function.<\/span><\/p>\n*****<\/p>\n
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Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. 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