John B 🇺🇸🇻🇦✝️ ☦️

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Now this is amazing skill!

@NewAntiquarian_ @Aaronaeus early Church holding such a view as yours, the typology of Mary as the New Ark of the Covenant for bearing such a divine Son is quite old & would have been quickly seen by them? 🤦‍♂️ 2/

The degree to which early Protestant leaders accepted the perpetual virginity of Mary doesn’t really matter. Luther did accept it, Calvin was at most agnostic. There was still quite a bit of Catholic inertia, especially in Luther. It doesn’t represent a higher view of Mary either, as the perpetual virginity of Mary diminishes and denigrates a holy married woman by claiming she closed her marriage to life and wasn’t eager to give fully to her husband. For a married woman to be anything other than great in bed is a character defect, and is inconsistent with holiness. The idea also pushes a point of view attractive to foolish women and pious but homosexual men. So what changed? Protestant leadership is rarely celibate and less likely to be homosexual.

Luther & Calvin both upheld Mary as Theotokos and affirmed her perpetual virginity. Luther even spoke of her sinlessness. If the Reformers held a higher Marian view than many Protestants today… what changed… and why?

@NewAntiquarian_ @Aaronaeus So your “logic” is that Joseph, a 1st century Jew visited by an angel and who wouldn’t have dreamed of waltzing into the Holy of Holies in the Temple, had a desire to enter carnally the woman who had just miraculously bore the Son of God? You realize that besides nobody in the 1/

@cawsey_emery @RaithRoguestar @Protestia Wrong. See 1 Jn 5:16–17 for starters.

@RaithRoguestar @Protestia To be fair to your question , biblically there are no ‘mortal’ sins it’s a letter invention of Catholic dogma

The fact that the Catholic Church recently confirmed Candace Owens, someone living in mortal sin, is a damning indictment against them. There's no one who has taken greater steps to devour widow's houses than she has, and whoever confirmed her doesn't even care.

@mvenuti1980 @Protestia @RaithRoguestar True, but we don’t know what has transpired between her & her confessor keeping CCC 1310 in mind. This is a matter between her & her bishop, just like pro-abortionists Biden & Pelosi. I hope they’re all properly disposed for the sake of their souls, but it’s not my call.

I'm going to side with Mr. Protestant here. It's a common rule among Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox that notorious public sinners are not to approach the altar lest they damn themselves. Publicly crucifying a widow with your words, money, and power is a textbook example of notorious and public sin. Further, someone in a state of mortal sin does not receive the grace of the sacrament, even if they receive the externals.

@ilikegoodmedia @JhnAdmz @Protestia There’s nothing explicit in Canon Law I’m aware of, but there is CCC 1310: “To receive Confirmation one must be in a state of grace. One should receive the sacrament of Penance in order to be cleansed for the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

@JhnAdmz @Protestia I’m sure thats pretty standard. Its probably better to do it that way. I was just pointing out its not actually required

@deep69thoughts_ @Sachinettiyil Who stated it in what official video?

@JohnMB69 @Sachinettiyil They stated it in their official video. Look it up! Plus, this was in Libya and if you followed the news around 2015 you would know that lots of christians lived under their rule and had safety. Ps: I myself also consider ISIS extremely violent and by far the biggest terrorists.

The 21 Coptic Maryrs of Libya Video: Coptic Orthodox Answers

Dads are simply the best! 😂

@SgrA17h45m40s @Sachinettiyil @Legacy_Icons You’re most welcome. It was one of the best icons I got from them and I venerate it everyday!

@JohnMB69 @Sachinettiyil @Legacy_Icons That is a wonderful icon, thank you for sharing :)

@Brosephos Interesting sacrilege. I do hope he’s prepared to explain it on Judgment Day. To paraphrase St. Thomas More, echoing Scripture, in A Man for All Seasons: “Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. But to be based?” 🙄

Evangelicals are atheists. They argue like them. They mock Christians like them. They behave like them.

@SgrA17h45m40s @Sachinettiyil @Legacy_Icons has a beautiful icon for these holy martyrs for the home prayer corner! legacyicons.com/21-new-martyrs…

@Sachinettiyil St Matthew, St. Issam and all of the beloved 21 Coptic martyrs, pray for us!

Hearing what sounds like an Evangelical song on this video, it sickens me that there are enough of them that would dismiss these holy martyrs as unsaved idolaters. I hear this crap from them on X frequently. Kudos to this poster though.

@deep69thoughts_ @Sachinettiyil Prove it. Sounds like ISIS propaganda, or bull excrement. 🙄

@Sachinettiyil The Coptic church imprisoned 2 women that reverted to Islam from christianity in the desert so ISIS opened a negotiation talk to exchange those 21 men for those 2 women but the church refused and EXECUTED them so ISIS did the same. 🇪🇬 x 🏴

@Lex_Ludendi @arthur_ber84872 I was thinking the same, but in Frank McCourt’s voice! 😂

@arthur_ber84872 Bro has the CONSUMPTION

I have tuberculosis.

@Lex_Ludendi @lessofJonathan

@lessofJonathan They’re kinda the worst.

No, I blocked her because I dislike women.

Just came from confession at my “new” parish, St. William of York. Ain’t the altar rails grand? 😎

@Brosephos @Lex_Ludendi @6_percenter Sometimes VERY special. 🤨

@JohnMB69 @Lex_Ludendi @6_percenter Very true

@Lex_Ludendi Just 3 lil shots if I remember Stargate lore correctly…

@JohnMB69 I can’t be stopped.

I should start streaming like this.

@Brosephos @Lex_Ludendi @6_percenter I work with 6 graders everyday. 🤨

@Lex_Ludendi @JohnMB69 @6_percenter Not 6 7?

@Lex_Ludendi @6_percenter @Brosephos Me too! That explains our humor…

@JohnMB69 @6_percenter @Brosephos 6-8