While describing some of the aspects of the pope’s recent encyclical, John Allen Jr. with the National Catholic Reporter offered the following on what constitutes the current divide among Roman Catholics is America:
“…Statements of principle, however, often fail to account for the gap between what we say and what we do. In that sense, Caritas in Veritate amounts to a direct challenge to the sociology of American Catholicism.
"Both at the grass roots and among the chattering classes, the American church is often described as split between its pro-lifers and its peace-and-justice contingent. More accurately, it's divided between those who see Catholic teaching as a useful tool to support their partisan preferences, whatever they may be, and those for whom the faith comes first and secular politics second.
…. (As a footnote, if I had the authority to decree a reading assignment for every Catholic in America, it would be Bill Bishop's 2008 book The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart. His observations about broad trends in American society can be applied almost point-for-point to the internal life of the church.)
"Thus the question implicitly posed by Benedict's encyclical: Can the church in this country develop a new way of "breathing with both lungs," bringing its pro-life and peace-and-justice energies into greater alignment? Or are we fated to continue the present pattern of "Big Sort Catholicism"? ...
(Blogmaster's note:) We are headed for :"Big Sort Catholicism" that Allen didn't come near touching by identifying "pro-lifers vs. peace and justice contingent." The National Catholic Reporter, which clearly represents the so-called "peace and justice contingent," (cafeteria Catholics--pick and choose your doctrine) pulled out all the stops for Obama to insist that people can be proabortion and remain Roman Catholic. What baloney.
They don't want to know what the Bible says about abortion either. I side with the prolifers on this one (although I am no longer a Roman Catholic myself) and I know why the traditonal and sedevacanists Catholics are growing and will continue to grow. They realize that once you concede that murder is permissible at any level of life, it is permissible at all levels of life from infants to the elderly. Aside from belief in the true Gospel that Christ fully won (secured) the salvation of all who believe in him (which most Roman Catholics refuse to believe)...there is no issue more important than respect for life at all levels.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
From today's first reading
I will appoint shepherds for them who will shepherd them so that they need no longer fear and tremble; and none shall be missing, says the LORD. Jeremiah 23:6
Friday, July 17, 2009
Arminianism gospel defined by B.B. Warfield
(Arminiansm teaches:) "God saves no one--He only makes salvation possible for men. Whether (salvation) becomes actual or not depends absolutely on their (men's) act. It is only by their act that it is made possible for God to save them." --Warfield -- Reformed leader
A Christian is more than a person minus sins
"A sinner minus his sins would not be a Christian; for salvation is more than subtraction, it is addition. 'I give them eternal life.'" --Lewis Chafer - dispensationalist leader
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Is Catholicism really good enough, mom?
My mom, a Roman Catholic modern church worshipper, still says if it was good enough for her mom and dad it is good enough for her. Really? How sad.
The following is what was good enough for our ancestors…is it really good enough for us in the eyes of the Christ we say we worship? Surely not for people who have read and believe his word--the Bible.
Yet Roman Catholics are taught that each time they receive the body and blood of our Lord at Holy Communion they are giving their ascent and approval to all the teachings of the Church’s Magisterium. That means they agree to go along with all the following formal teachings of that same Magisterium (which is the pope and those bishops in union with him). In fact, they are told that not to do so is heresy, which is defined as...
Heresy consists in a pertinacious denial of doubt of a Catholic truth (c. 1325, 1917 Code of Canon Law) and it severs one completely from the Roman Catholic Church (Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum). Which means you lose salvation for refusing to believe all of the church's teachings.
That's not all. There are many more required-for-salvation Roman Catholic teachings, here's just a few...
The Magisterium (the pope and the bishops in union with him) of the Roman Catholic Church is free from all error – Pope Leo XIII
All prayer with the heretics is condemned to hell. – Pope Pius IX
Whoever is separated from the Church is united to an adulteress – Pope Leo XIII
Only Catholics can be considered Christians – Pope Pius VI
Heretics such as Protestants, Jews, and Muslims are completely separated from the Body of Christ – Pope Eugene IV
Catholics must anathematize (condemn to hell) all heretics – Pope St. Martin 1
It is not against the will of God to burn heretics – Pope Leo X
Protestants have not the Trinity, life or salvation. – Pope Leo XIII
Outside the Church there is no true worship of God – Pope Gregory XVI
Non-Catholic worship is a disgrace and forbidden – Pope Clement V
The State must forbid non-Catholic religions – Pope Pius IX
To be Christian, one must believe in the Papacy – Pope Pius VI
One is not the child of God the Father, unless he takes the Church for his mother – Leo XIII
Whoever is outside the Catholic Church is not our brother. – Pope Leo XII
Outside the Church there is absolutely no salvation. – Pope Leo X
Heretics are the gates of Hell – Pope Vigilius
Ecumenism can meet with no kind of approval among Catholics – Pope Pius XI
To foster ecumenism is to reject the true religion – Pope Pius XI
Civil authority must be subject to the Church’s authority – Pope Boniface VIII
Those who die in mortal sin are destined for Hell – Pope Benedict XII
Only Catholics worship God – Pope Gregory XVI
The Catholic Church condemns all contrary opinions – Pope Eugene IV
One of the things that shows how different the official Roman Catholic Church of today is from its traditional Roman Catholic past is the treatment of Jews. While I thank God that we treat Jews with the human dignity they deserve, should that include praying with them though it is plainly known that they reject Jesus, the Son of the living God and God in the flesh? Especially since the Bible clearly warns Christians against such fellowship?
Yet, as we have all seen, the popes have joined Jews in prayer in synagogues and praised them as their “elder brothers.” This despite the fact that the church still must uphold the teachings of former popes which soundly condemned to hell all Jews who reject Jesus as the Son of God.
Lately the popes, following the lead of Vatican II, have clearly taught and acted to the contrary of church teaching. No wonder traditionalists are gaining steam.
Here’s an example from Pope Hardrian I: “Jews are anathema (cursed--condemned to hell) from God, completely cut off from His communion and splendor. DC: 168 (Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, edited by Norman P. Tanner)
Think about it. We're talking about teachings that the Roman Catholic Church itself teaches are irreformable--unchangable. They have made their errors unchangable. How very sad. --Bro. Jim
The following is what was good enough for our ancestors…is it really good enough for us in the eyes of the Christ we say we worship? Surely not for people who have read and believe his word--the Bible.
Yet Roman Catholics are taught that each time they receive the body and blood of our Lord at Holy Communion they are giving their ascent and approval to all the teachings of the Church’s Magisterium. That means they agree to go along with all the following formal teachings of that same Magisterium (which is the pope and those bishops in union with him). In fact, they are told that not to do so is heresy, which is defined as...
Heresy consists in a pertinacious denial of doubt of a Catholic truth (c. 1325, 1917 Code of Canon Law) and it severs one completely from the Roman Catholic Church (Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum). Which means you lose salvation for refusing to believe all of the church's teachings.
That's not all. There are many more required-for-salvation Roman Catholic teachings, here's just a few...
The Magisterium (the pope and the bishops in union with him) of the Roman Catholic Church is free from all error – Pope Leo XIII
All prayer with the heretics is condemned to hell. – Pope Pius IX
Whoever is separated from the Church is united to an adulteress – Pope Leo XIII
Only Catholics can be considered Christians – Pope Pius VI
Heretics such as Protestants, Jews, and Muslims are completely separated from the Body of Christ – Pope Eugene IV
Catholics must anathematize (condemn to hell) all heretics – Pope St. Martin 1
It is not against the will of God to burn heretics – Pope Leo X
Protestants have not the Trinity, life or salvation. – Pope Leo XIII
Outside the Church there is no true worship of God – Pope Gregory XVI
Non-Catholic worship is a disgrace and forbidden – Pope Clement V
The State must forbid non-Catholic religions – Pope Pius IX
To be Christian, one must believe in the Papacy – Pope Pius VI
One is not the child of God the Father, unless he takes the Church for his mother – Leo XIII
Whoever is outside the Catholic Church is not our brother. – Pope Leo XII
Outside the Church there is absolutely no salvation. – Pope Leo X
Heretics are the gates of Hell – Pope Vigilius
Ecumenism can meet with no kind of approval among Catholics – Pope Pius XI
To foster ecumenism is to reject the true religion – Pope Pius XI
Civil authority must be subject to the Church’s authority – Pope Boniface VIII
Those who die in mortal sin are destined for Hell – Pope Benedict XII
Only Catholics worship God – Pope Gregory XVI
The Catholic Church condemns all contrary opinions – Pope Eugene IV
One of the things that shows how different the official Roman Catholic Church of today is from its traditional Roman Catholic past is the treatment of Jews. While I thank God that we treat Jews with the human dignity they deserve, should that include praying with them though it is plainly known that they reject Jesus, the Son of the living God and God in the flesh? Especially since the Bible clearly warns Christians against such fellowship?
Yet, as we have all seen, the popes have joined Jews in prayer in synagogues and praised them as their “elder brothers.” This despite the fact that the church still must uphold the teachings of former popes which soundly condemned to hell all Jews who reject Jesus as the Son of God.
Lately the popes, following the lead of Vatican II, have clearly taught and acted to the contrary of church teaching. No wonder traditionalists are gaining steam.
Here’s an example from Pope Hardrian I: “Jews are anathema (cursed--condemned to hell) from God, completely cut off from His communion and splendor. DC: 168 (Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, edited by Norman P. Tanner)
Think about it. We're talking about teachings that the Roman Catholic Church itself teaches are irreformable--unchangable. They have made their errors unchangable. How very sad. --Bro. Jim
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Catholic condemnation of Protestants and others
This learned Jesuit priest Mitch Pacwa is on EWTN for his Tuesday night show telling Roman Catholics that Vatican II didn't change any of the church's teachings. Baloney. It totally accepted ecuminism, which was totally rejected by the church prior to Vatican II. (See required-for-salvation teaches of various popes below).
Then "Father" Mitch Pacwa launches into the ecumenical teachings of Vatican II- and tells everybody that Protestants can be saved because, according to Vatican II, they have "elements of truth" in their churches--such as baptism. Then Mitch reminds us that Vatican II tells us that the Orthodox Church has true priests and sacraments and though neither of these share in the "fullness" of the Catholic Church (Roman Pope and those in communion) they can be saved.
Of course, he (Mitch) fails to mention that numerous popes thoughout the history of the church have soundly condemned to hell Protestants, Eastern Orthodox and all others who are outside the Catholic Church. In other words, believe Jesuit "Father" Mitch and his heretical Roman Catholic Church at your own peril--according to many of his own popes throughout the ages....who issued the following required-for-salvation teachings:
Whoever is separated from the Church is united to an adulteress – Pope Leo XIII
Only Catholics can be considered Christians – Pope Pius VI D. 1500
Heretics such as Protestants, Jews, and Muslims are completely separated from the Body of Christ – Pope Eugene IV
Catholics must anathematize (condemn to hell) all heretics – Pope St. Martin 1
It is not against the will of God to burn heretics – Pope Leo X
Protestants have not the Trinity, life or salvation. – Pope Leo XIII
Outside the Church there is no true worship of God – Pope Gregory XVI
Non-Catholic worship is a disgrace and forbidden – Pope Clement V
The State must forbid non-Catholic religions – Pius IX
To be Christian, one must believe in the Papacy – Pius VI
One is not the child of God the Father, unless he takes the Church for his mother – Leo XIII
Whoever is outside the Catholic Church is not our brother. – Pope Leo XII
Outside the Church there is absolutely no salvation. – Pope Leo X
Heretics are the gates of Hell – Pope Vigilius
Ecumenism can meet with no kind of approval among Catholics – Pope Pius XI
To foster ecumenism is to reject the true religion – Pope Pius XI
Civil authority must be subject to the Church’s authority – Pope Boniface VIII
Those who die in mortal sin are destined for Hell – Pope Benedict XII
Only Catholics worship God – Pope Gregory XVI
The Catholic Church condemns all contrary opinions – Pope Eugene IV
Then "Father" Mitch Pacwa launches into the ecumenical teachings of Vatican II- and tells everybody that Protestants can be saved because, according to Vatican II, they have "elements of truth" in their churches--such as baptism. Then Mitch reminds us that Vatican II tells us that the Orthodox Church has true priests and sacraments and though neither of these share in the "fullness" of the Catholic Church (Roman Pope and those in communion) they can be saved.
Of course, he (Mitch) fails to mention that numerous popes thoughout the history of the church have soundly condemned to hell Protestants, Eastern Orthodox and all others who are outside the Catholic Church. In other words, believe Jesuit "Father" Mitch and his heretical Roman Catholic Church at your own peril--according to many of his own popes throughout the ages....who issued the following required-for-salvation teachings:
Whoever is separated from the Church is united to an adulteress – Pope Leo XIII
Only Catholics can be considered Christians – Pope Pius VI D. 1500
Heretics such as Protestants, Jews, and Muslims are completely separated from the Body of Christ – Pope Eugene IV
Catholics must anathematize (condemn to hell) all heretics – Pope St. Martin 1
It is not against the will of God to burn heretics – Pope Leo X
Protestants have not the Trinity, life or salvation. – Pope Leo XIII
Outside the Church there is no true worship of God – Pope Gregory XVI
Non-Catholic worship is a disgrace and forbidden – Pope Clement V
The State must forbid non-Catholic religions – Pius IX
To be Christian, one must believe in the Papacy – Pius VI
One is not the child of God the Father, unless he takes the Church for his mother – Leo XIII
Whoever is outside the Catholic Church is not our brother. – Pope Leo XII
Outside the Church there is absolutely no salvation. – Pope Leo X
Heretics are the gates of Hell – Pope Vigilius
Ecumenism can meet with no kind of approval among Catholics – Pope Pius XI
To foster ecumenism is to reject the true religion – Pope Pius XI
Civil authority must be subject to the Church’s authority – Pope Boniface VIII
Those who die in mortal sin are destined for Hell – Pope Benedict XII
Only Catholics worship God – Pope Gregory XVI
The Catholic Church condemns all contrary opinions – Pope Eugene IV
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
ELCA - real Christian church?
I must ask, how is it that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which claims to be Christian, would ever have in good standing anyone such a Tiller who so easily destroyed lives in thousands of wombs. The fact that the ELCA permitted such moral hypocrisy within its doors is a demonstration of its own apostasy.
Jesus said in Matt. 7:3-5, "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye."
Our obligation as Christians is to first clean our own house and then look outward. If the Christian Church is not strong enough to expel the ungodly from its own doors, it will never be able to be a light to the unbelievers. And we will lose the cultural and moral war -- and with that, we will lose this country. Therefore, pray that the Lord God would clean the Christian Church.
But, I warn you. Praying for such a thing often brings what we are not prepared to accept: persecution. Persecution has been throughout the centuries one of the chief means by which God purifies his Church. We need purification and might be that persecution is how we are to be purified. So, if you desire the Church to be purified, pray that it be done according to God's will and that, if possible, persecution would be avoided. Rather, pray that God would send his Spirit and bring repentance to this nation.In the meantime, pray for the purification and strengthening of the body of Christ.
Matt Slick http://www.carm.org/
Jesus said in Matt. 7:3-5, "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye."
Our obligation as Christians is to first clean our own house and then look outward. If the Christian Church is not strong enough to expel the ungodly from its own doors, it will never be able to be a light to the unbelievers. And we will lose the cultural and moral war -- and with that, we will lose this country. Therefore, pray that the Lord God would clean the Christian Church.
But, I warn you. Praying for such a thing often brings what we are not prepared to accept: persecution. Persecution has been throughout the centuries one of the chief means by which God purifies his Church. We need purification and might be that persecution is how we are to be purified. So, if you desire the Church to be purified, pray that it be done according to God's will and that, if possible, persecution would be avoided. Rather, pray that God would send his Spirit and bring repentance to this nation.In the meantime, pray for the purification and strengthening of the body of Christ.
Matt Slick http://www.carm.org/
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