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Plutarchio
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@productdvlop @michaeljknowles @buttonslives Why not the Russian Orthodox Church? Or the Ukrainian Orthodox Church?
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I think I’m going to give church another try. I need help understanding evil. Which kind of church talks about that?
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@michaeljknowles @buttonslives Mr. Knowles is referring to the Greek Orthodox church. Go experience and feel the presence for yourself. Compare with others of course, you'll know.
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@roddreher It’s modernity. Evangelicals receive early inning excitement - and when evangelicals stop going to church for good they are no longer evangelicals.
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That Catholic line is horrific. Trads will blame Vatican II, but there's no way to test that hypothesis. But if not the Council, then what? Asking seriously. Notice that neither the world-changing papacy of JP2 nor the horror of the abuse scandals affected the trajectory.
Ryan Burge 📊@ryanburge
In the 1970s, about 42% of evangelicals reported weekly church attendance. Today? It's 57%. Attendance among Black Protestants has held steady (~38%). Down a little for the mainline (30% --> 27%). Catholic Mass attendance was >50%. Now, it's less than half of that.
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Tim Brando doesn’t hold back words when talking about Lane Kiffin.
“Everything you never want to see in the leader of men.”
Even mentions how Rebel legend Archie Manning wasn’t a fan of him
(Via @3ManFront)
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@roddreher So expensive though unless you have a Green Chartreuse substitute for me.
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What is better to drink after dinner than Chartreuse? Not a damn thing.
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@CatholicPods What about “Consequently, every man must be a member of the Catholic Church in order to save his soul…”. Would V2 agree with this?
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I agree with every word* of this declaration of faith. And it touches on the precise points which the hierarchy in recent decades has allowed to become ambiguous (or worse). It is a shame that the SSPX made it clear they were not actually willing to dialogue with the Vatican on these things (and that the current DDF head is not competent for the purpose), because it could have resulted in much-needed clarifications.
*The only ambiguous part is that the Old Covenant is null and void which could mean multiple things, some of them false.
Diane Montagna@dianemontagna
JUST IN: SSPX Superior General Fr. Davide Pagliarani addresses Declaration of Catholic Faith to Pope Leo XIV. sspx.org/en/news/declar… It comes one day after the Vatican’s doctrinal office formally reiterated that proceeding with episcopal consecrations on July 1 will constitute an “act of schism.” The Declaration reads: Most Holy Father, For more than fifty years, the Society of Saint Pius X has endeavored to set before the Holy See a matter of conscience in the face of the errors that are destroying Catholic faith and morals. Regrettably, all the discussions entered into have remained without result, and none of the concerns expressed have received any truly satisfactory response. For more than fifty years, the only solution truly considered by the Holy See has appeared to be that of canonical sanctions. To our great regret, it seems to us that canon law is thus being used, not to confirm in the Faith, but to lead away from it. In the text that follows, the Society of Saint Pius X is glad to express to You, filially and sincerely, its devotion to the Catholic Faith, concealing nothing, either from Your Holiness or from the Universal Church. The Society places this simple Declaration of Faith in Your hands. It seems to us to correspond to the minimum indispensable to be in communion with the Church, and to truly call ourselves Catholics and, consequently, your sons. We have no other desire than that of living and being confirmed in the Roman Catholic Faith. Read full declaration of the Catholic Faith here: sspx.org/en/news/declar…
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@dianemontagna @Magister_Mondo Perhaps Father Martin was the ghostwriter.
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JUST IN — Fr. James Martin: The “Mastermind” Behind the Two Testimonies in the Vatican’s Synod Report on Homosexuality: dianemontagna.substack.com/p/fr-james-mar…
The “plot” behind Study Group No. 9’s final report comes to light as the author of Testimony 1 is identified.
Read more here: dianemontagna.substack.com/p/fr-james-mar…
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@Michael_J_Matt “In 2008 they weren’t in schism so how can they be now?”
Really?
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If the SSPX is “in schism,” why did the Vatican’s own top official on the SSPX say in 2008 that they were “not really in schism or heresy”?
As Cardinal Fernández warns of “schismatic acts” ahead of July 1, this resurfaced Vatican admission exposes decades of contradiction at the highest levels of the Church.
It's on record, and it spells VINDICATION.
Read and save it before they scrub the evidence (Link in reply)!
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@FeserEdward You should leave X. You are beclowning yourself. You are above this.
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“You’re either Curtis LeMay or you’re Mr. Rogers. There is no third option!”
Are people really this stupid? Judging from my notifications, yes, a lot of people are really this stupid.
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@FeserEdward It’s not just them using the weapon, it’s them having the weapon and the leverage that brings.
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Yes, the real "panicans" (if one wants to use that stupid expression) are those who think Iran would lob a nuke our way at the cost of complete destruction of their own country. It's as idiotic as the "Lock down indefinitely or Grandma will die!" hysteria, and no less destructive
William M Briggs - Statistician to the Stars!@FamedCelebrity
The last is an under-appreciated point the TWO WEEKS panickers miss. If Iran could launch one or two nukes at the USA, even assuming they'd get here and worked as advertised, Iran must expect massive ruinous "civilization-ending" reprisals. The attack would be, as they cliche has it, worse than useless. The TWO-WEEKers cannot see that: for whatever reason it never even crosses their minds.
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@taleosmith @CatholicSat It’s not worship you Neanderthal. It’s admiration of a miracle of God.
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@CatholicSat So this is normal to y’all? They are worshiping the “blood” of a dead guy! Not blood of god or Jesus! Some random dead man from this planet! Not sure this is what “god” had in mind! - REALLY
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Joy all around this afternoon as His Holiness Pope Leo XIV displays the miraculously liquified blood of San Gennaro (Saint Januarius) in the Cathedral of Naples.
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@roddreher A country that will never have such images of dense solidarity again.
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@StevePriestap @Zigmanfreud @CBSSportsCFB @BCrawford247 It’s really not that important - or really important at all.
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@Zigmanfreud @CBSSportsCFB @BCrawford247 Ridiculous. Every year, that’s the biggest game of the year for me. I get nervous before kickoff. Haven’t missed one in 50 years.
And this will ruin it.
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How the 2025 CFP bracket would have looked as a 24-team playoff 👀
Full breakdown from @BCrawford247 🔗 cbssports.com/college-footba…
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The ESPN X account has as many posts about Mike Vrabel breaking up an August practice fight (1) as it does posts about the Mike Vrabel - Dianna Russini scandal.
The word "Russini" has not been posted by ESPN since this story broke.
Just incredible.
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863
Mark Taylor@Mark___Taylor
A “creedal nation” was so important to America’s founding that it wasn’t mentioned for over 200 years.
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@FischerKing64 So why can’t Congress just psss a law if it so clearly doesn’t make sense?
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The birthright citizenship thing is very simple. It doesn’t make sense in a world of air travel and porous borders where US citizenship is an extraordinarily valuable commodity. Forget the ‘heritage American’ debate or the ‘original meaning’ of anything.
It’s just ridiculous now
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@FeserEdward You are making fun of something like 5% of the population.
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By far the funniest and most brutal H. L. Mencken takedown ever would have been the one he didn’t live to write about Dr. Trump and the preposterous tent-revival gaggle of Kool Aid drinkers who seriously think he’s some kind of world-historical political genius.
Richard@ricwe123
When the illusion finally cracks, you’re left staring at the reality you tried to ignore: the man you trusted wasn’t a savior, just a hollow performance propped up by bluster and ego. The confidence, the promises, the swagger,it all collapses into something far less impressive. Not a mastermind, not a disruptor, just a loud, erratic figure out of his depth, masking incompetence with noise. In the end, what looked like strength reveals itself as pure theatrics,a caricature, a spectacle, a punchline that stopped being funny the moment you realized you were the one who believed all his bullshit......
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Protestants have the Word.
Catholics have the Sacraments.
Lutherans have the Word and the Sacraments.
You need both.
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@FrMatthewLC Is it worth any risk greater than zero that this man becomes free to
mingle wirh the public again? Why are you comfortable with such risks
to children and other innocents?
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The question is not whether he deserves execution (he does), but whether we should execute him (we shouldn't).
In the USA, executing people does not reduce crime, protect people (at least if incarcerated in more protective prisons), or save money compared to long term imprisonment.
Executing people hardens us as a society to others. All systems of capital punishment there are systems to protect the executioner from the deed, showing the recognition of how such acts are bad for them as human beings, even when they agree in principle it's moral.
In the US, the evidence & ethics are against having any executions.
Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog
I am challenging any death penalty opponent — there are millions of them, allegedly — to step up to the plate right now and explain why this guy should not be executed. His guilt is established beyond any doubt whatsoever. His crime is utterly savage and heinous. Tell us why he doesn’t deserve to die. Go ahead.
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