@mfjlewis Hopefully, the objective is truth and not to present political messages.
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Today's General Audience with Pope Leo sounded like Cardinal Pierre's message to the USCCB.
"By exploring the Documents of the Second Vatican Council and rediscovering their prophecy and relevance, we embrace the rich tradition of the Church's life."
vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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@Truth_matters20 All revelation is to be found within the written scriptures. However, not all is to be explicitly derived from the written scriptures alone.
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The Bible "limits" God. We are not to go beyond what is written.
Sola Scriptura.
MrsCasey 🌟💒🌟@MrsCasey6
It's sad to see how much Protestants limit God.
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@Truth_matters20 How do you know? Does the Bible tell you how many books are included?
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@Truth_matters20 Great, please let me know which are those "empty phrases" that you're referring to.
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Why is this controversial? I have never received while kneeling, but why should a bishop try to suppress this traditional sign of reverence toward the Eucharist?
At best, this is someone who is out of touch with a faction of the faithful, not acting in a "synodal way" accounting for the pastoral needs of his flock.
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@TemporalStrife This insistence on receiving while kneeling, which is permitted but goes against the norm, is a very recent development. I saw people I knew who had always received communion in the hand suddenly start kneeling in the middle of COVID. It's like a protest or a virtue signal.
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Charlotte priests submitted dubia to the Vatican in protest of Bishop Martin.
This is stupid.
The purpose of sending dubia to the Vatican is supposed to be to seek clarification, not to take out one's passive aggression against their superior.
pillarcatholic.com/p/charlotte-pr…
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@FeserEdward Did I miss something?
This is officially a police action that occurred to acquire a foreign dignitary in order to execute justice. Why is this illegitimate?
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It is not "totally legitimate" but totally illegitimate according to just war doctrine, as someone who presents himself as faithful to Catholic teaching should know. St. Thomas Aquinas: "As regards princes, the public power is entrusted to them that they may be the guardians of justice: hence it is unlawful for them to use violence or coercion, save within the bounds of justice... To take other people's property violently and against justice, in the exercise of public authority, is to act unlawfully and to be guilty of robbery" (Summa Theologiae II-II.66.8)
Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog
"This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?
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@Truth_matters20 Why would Mary being the ark of the new covenant be considered blasphemy? Is the child Jesus not worthy enough for a holy dwelling place?
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@FeserEdward The US is not taking Greenland by force. Trump did not just show up on the scene, so there is no reason to misinterpret his rhetoric, no matter how inappropriate it may be.
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It is appalling that such a statement is now necessary. Seizing Greenland by military force or the threat of it would be sheer gangsterism, unambiguously contrary to just war criteria. As St. Augustine wrote: “Without justice, what else is the state but a great band of robbers?”
Orla Joelsen@OJoelsen
Statement from the Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱 6:55pm local time: “🇬🇱 We have been a close and loyal friend of the United States for generations. We have stood shoulder to shoulder in difficult times. We have taken responsibility for security in the North Atlantic — and not least for North America. That is what true friends do. Precisely for that reason, the current and repeated rhetoric coming from the United States is entirely unacceptable. When the President of the United States speaks of “needing Greenland” and links us to Venezuela and military intervention, it is not only wrong. It is disrespectful. Our country is not an object in great-power rhetoric. We are a people. A country. A democracy. That must be respected — especially by close and loyal friends. We are part of NATO, and we are fully aware of our country’s strategic location. We also understand that our security depends on good friends and strong alliances. In that context, a respectful and loyal relationship with the United States is very important. That has been the case for decades. But alliances are built on trust. And trust requires respect. Threats, pressure, and talk of annexation have no place between friends. That is not how one speaks to a people who have repeatedly demonstrated responsibility, stability, and loyalty. Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation. We are open to dialogue. We are open to conversations. But they must take place through the proper channels and in full respect of international law. And the proper channels are not random and disrespectful posts on social media. Greenland is our home and our territory. And it will remain so. 🇬🇱”
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Once again false. Please read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is online and it is free.
1) The Church, in a normative sense, one (no matter the age) needs to have the "stain" of original sin in a spiritual sense removed through baptism, being reborn through water and the Spirit (John 3:5).
2) The Bible speaks of two basic categories sin - venial and mortal. While venial sins wound our relationship with God, mortal sins cut us off from His divine grace (1 John 5:16-17).
3) One in a state of mortal sin cannot through good works be justified or in your words "re-justified". Rather, the grace necessary for forgiveness of mortal sins cannot be merited by anything we do.
4) For those in a state of grace and if we are properly disposed, we can receive and benefit by the graces received through the sacraments that may help one live according to God's commandments and avoid mortal sin.
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We are not polytheistic… we worship the one true God that Jesus said to worship, the Father. We have prophets, apostles, ongoing revelation and an open canon… just like the church Christ established. Does your church have any of those? I’d say we are the most Christian. If any first century follower of Jesus time traveled to today, they would recognize The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints… I have a feeling they would have no clue what they were looking at with your “normative” Christianity.
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This is why the major Christian denominations take Latter-day Saints very seriously even tho they say we’re a joke:
Smart, educated, truth seeking, spiritual people can visit 100 dif churches and decide LDS is the true one DESPITE all the negative press about it
Scripture Central@scripturecentrl
David Boice, who has a Youtube channel called 52 churches in 52 weeks, spent years visiting and documenting his experience at many different churches around the US. He was recently baptized into the Church, and we got to sit down and chat with him about his unique faith journey.
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It’s not about assumptions, but rather it is based on revelation that the Holy Spirit guides the Church not through the of the first century, but until the end of the world (Matt 28:20).
The Bible is clear that the continuity of the Church is guaranteed and not up for discussion.
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Infant baptism is one of the greatest heresies of all, a sure sign of apostasy.
In the Bible, faith and repentance always preceded baptism.
There is zero information about infant baptisms prior to A.D. 200.
It was an opinion of men, a perversion of the ordinance of Christ.
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It is true that the LDS does not profess the doctrine of the Trinity, but it is a core Christian teaching.
Jesus, according to Christian theology, has two natures, both human and divine. His divine nature is eternal and of the same substance of the Father and the Spirit.
From scripture, it states in different places Jesus' humanity as well as his divinity. We also see the Trinity acting in concert with one another. Not only our we baptized in the Trinity (Matt 28:19), but we also see that Jesus himself was raised from the dead by the Trinity (Rom 6:4, Rom 8:11, John 10:17).
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The Trinity is not a Christian belief.
It is not taught or supported by the Bible.
Jesus Christ is a distinct being.
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Not sure why you picked Irenaeus, as he pointed to apostolic tradition, kept their successors (i.e., bishops), to discern the true faith.
This included the scriptures, but it is also important to understand that different local churches did to have the same set of New Testament writings prior to the canon being formalized. It was a decision by the Church based on Sacred Tradition (i.e., Apostolic Tradition) and not Sacred Scripture that determined the cannon.
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The "Canon conundrum" is the most ridiculous argument against Protestantism
"You can't know which books are in the Bible without an infallible canon list"
Ok then how was Irenaeus able to quote Scripture authoritatively before any final decision was made about the canon?
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I am sure Pope Francis and those counseling him had their reasons at the time for not responding to the Cardinals’ Dubia in 2016.
What I think gets missed regarding this issue and others like this is Rome is no longer simply responding a Cardinal or even a group of Cardinals in private, but now with the advent of the internet, Rome is responding or failing to respond to Catholics at large.
It was a missed opportunity, in my view, not to reaffirm doctrine and put the focus squarely on the issue at hand. That is changing sacramental discipline, taking into account one’s personal culpability vs muddying the water with questions about intrinsic evils and the role of the conscience. Rome's failure in this regard, in my view, caused harm to many of the faithful.
I realize Pope Leo will not address the Dubia directly, but I still hope in various ways he will reaffirm those teachings associated with the Dubia.
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@CatholicTrth @Where_Peter_is These are the responses to the 2023 dubia.
vatican.va/roman_curia/co…
The Vatican did not respond to the second set, nor should they have. And I think they anticipated the same sort of reaction in 2016, which is why they didn't respond.
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In this video, Steubenville professor Mike Sirilla uses a ridiculous strawman argument against my view of the papacy.
But he sheds light on the schismatic movement that he helped lead. Post-Francis confessions of internal corruption are fascinating.
youtu.be/TfeYOQGFHCY?si…
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@katiakitty1234 @TrevorSheatz We see that the good works of the believer do indeed have merit (1 Cor 3:13-15). If not, then why would those who are saved that have good works be rewarded and those that do not be punished?
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@CatholicTrth @TrevorSheatz God said that in His sight, even our "good works" are as filthy rags.
Galatians tells us that if we are relying on anything in addition to Christ for salvation, then Christ's sacrifice is of no affect for us.
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It doesn't matter how many "good works" you do when it comes to getting to Heaven.
You cannot pay off an infinite sin debt with community service.
Only the perfect sacrifice of Jesus can satisfy the justice of God.
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@TeeplesCY There is no ambiguity regarding this question. In the very same gospel, Thomas explicitly declares that Jesus is God (John 20:28).
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Many people point to John 1:1 as proof the Trinity is biblical.
One biblical scholar flags a major problem with that claim.
When John was written, the idea that three deities could share one divine being didn’t exist.
Reading the Trinity into John 1:1 is anachronistic.
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I appreciate you digging out this information. When I first read Amoris Laetitia, specifically chapter 8, I was perplexed by the following statement on conscience.
In 303, it says regarding our conscience in terms of marriage “It can also recognize with sincerity and honesty what for now is the most generous response which can be given to God, and come to see with a certain moral security that it is what God himself is asking amid the concrete complexity of one’s limits.”
Apart from questioning the wisdom of providing access to the sacraments based on a discernment of one’s culpability, I would hope Pope Leo addresses the Dubia related to Amoris Laetitia, even if indirectly, as I believe that is a necessary step for unity and to help all move forward.
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@CatholicTrth @christeesee @Where_Peter_is And then the Buenos Aries directives made it all the more explicit.
The problem is (I have spoken with many of them about this) that they will not accept any interpretation in which the end result changes the sacramental discipline.
cruxnow.com/global-church/…
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