Catholic Birder 🦉

+ In the name of the Father, who created me in His image and for heaven; and of the Son, who has redeemed me by His Blood, with so much love; and of the Holy Ghost, who has sanctified me, and adopted me as a child of God. Amen.

Da paper is submitted

@de_la_paz_owo Same

I like brutalist architecture

@CathRoser @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist Possibly, but like I said I think this is a matter of opinion that the Church allows theologians to differ on. We don't need total uniformity in non-essential matters the Church hasn't authoritatively settled.

@catholicbirder @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist But it’s also the underlying principle with the damnation of infants too

Tfw the man in your pfp is "insane." "Here Christ begins to set forth the reasons for His exhortation. He gives them in order, five in number. The first is that many will be excluded while few will enter; therefore we ought to fear lest we ourselves belong to the many....Concerning the first reason He says: 'because many are called, but few are chosen,' that is, many who indeed confess the faith [NOTE: Explains it later for unformed faith], but deny it by their deeds. As Ecclesiastes 1:15 says: 'The number of fools is infinite.' Likewise Matthew 7:13: 'Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter by it.'...They will seek, imagining that they will find refreshment, but they will not find it...few find this way, fewer make progress upon it, and very few complete it by persevering." (St. Albert the Great, Commentary in Lk. 13:24-25)

@CathRoser @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist Np I don't particularly have a strong opinion on that one but lean towards the number of elect being smaller just on a plain reading of Scripture and the general consensus among theologians

@catholicbirder @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist Sorry I was talking about the original discussion on the number of the elect relative to the reprobate specifically

Also I'm not dropping $350+ on the 4-volume LOTH v2 tbqh

He's lowkenuinely correct imo. This is why I prefer things like LOBVM, DW:DO, Benedictine Daily Prayer, Christian Prayer, or, dare I say, the Book of Common Prayer. Also, we as Catholics are terrible about actually praying the Hours together beyond monastic walls.

@CathRoser @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist Does the Church authoritatively bind us in believing that unbaptized infants suffer hellfire? Is that an "essential" matter?

@catholicbirder @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist This is not doubtful and the theologians call them Benignists for a reason

Remember folks, "In essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity."

@CathRoser @ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist I understand where you are going here but I don't think this line of reasoning holds up. Also, I would caution people not to bind others when the Church doesn't require it. "In essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity."

@ClassicalTheis @WalmartThomist Your judgement of “irrationality” very obviously stems more from a weak sentiment than a strong faith which cries out with St. Paul: “O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!“

@Bunnyyy112 Of course it's Turkish people doing it

Gayer than gay sex

@_MCMXXV_ I work for the Church so...I hope so!

@catholicbirder Was the juice worth the squeeze

The ball crushin factory has been crushin pretty hard today

Trying to decide which time-sensitive urgent task to complete first is NOT FUN

Lucien-Victor Guirand De Scévola

The worst AI videos and pitches are the ones that are like "aww r u a wittle baby who cant speak to people or form a thought or remember anything or maintain a relationship or do ur job? dont worry i will do it all for u so u can be a lazy fat fuck that doesnt live life fully"

Gm friends

Being in the zone writing is simply one of the best feelings for me, I've been writing non-stop for two hours. Paper is 28 pages rn, probably the final length.

im a selfish bunny i carrot stop thinking about u

completely in awe by the EBBO GOSPELS. it looks like something william blake would have made, but it’s from the 9th century (816-35 ad). never seen medieval christian art like this before, it’s so distinct and rare for its time period