Posted on 01/03/2017 10:37:25 AM PST by AC Beach Patrol
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cheryl Tobin, a former master sergeant with the U.S. Army who used her military might to flag down the pope for a blessing, died in her sleep New Year’s Eve. She was 48.
Terminally ill with a rare form of cancer, Tobin went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in May thanks to the generosity, prayers and assistance of many people who wanted to help her fulfill her dream.
Despite the fatigue that came from radiation treatments, chemotherapy and surgery, Tobin was able to climb the Holy Stairs on her knees, climb to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica, and climb atop a plastic chair to wave hard and high above the crowds during Pope Francis’ general audience May 11.
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"In heaven all is contentment, in hell all is sorrow, and on earth, which is in between, we find both. We live between two extremes and partake of both. Luck changes: not all is happiness and not all is adversity. This life is a zero: by itself it is nothing. Add the heavens, and it is much. Indifference to the world’s variety is prudence; the wise care little for novelty. Our lives fold and unfold like theater, so be careful to end well."
--Fr. Baltasar Gracian, S.J. (d. 1658), The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Requiescat in pace, brave sergeant.
Amen
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Thank you for that brave post!
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There’s nothing sad about the story because of an indulgence. And the Bible does indeed talk about Purgatory even if that word itself never shows up.
http://www.catholic.com/blog/tim-staples/is-purgatory-in-the-bible
There are Protestants who acknowledge the existence of Purgatory:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2014/11/protestants-who-believe-in-purgatory/
As we so often see at FR, sola scriptura simply fails when it is used. Some Protetsants believe in Purgatory while others don’t but almost all would automatically claim to believe in sola scriptura.
By the way, sola scriptura never appears in scripture - not by name or even the very idea of it.
You could have written a truth here. Instead you chose to essentially post an error and - no matter how unintentional on your part - to mock the poor woman who died. We learned a lot more about you than we did about Purgatory’s supposed non-existence.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-20/news/ls-59038_1_intermediate-state
http://blog.onefaithonline.com/blog/article/the-protestants-purgatory-problem
“Thank you for that brave post!”
There was nothing brave about the post. Now was it even entirely factually correct.
Revelation 22:18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
What a touching story. RIP to her, and deepest condolences to her faithful husband, her family and her friends.
“Revelation 22:18....”
Is about the Book of Revelation. It is NOT about the entire Bible, nor is is about sola scriptura.
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Regarding The Apocalypse (Revelation) 22:18-19, there are two considerations which undermine the Sola Scriptura interpretation of these verses. The passage – almost the very last in the Bible – reads: “For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.”
1) When these verses say that nothing is to be added to or taken from the “words of the prophecy of this book,” they are not referring to Sacred Tradition being “added” to the Sacred Scripture. It is obvious from the context that the “book” being referred to here is Revelation or The Apocalypse and not the whole Bible. We know this because St. John says that anyone who is guilty of adding to “this book” will be cursed with the plagues” written in this book,” namely the plagues he described earlier in his own book, Revelation. To assert otherwise is to do violence to the text and to distort its plain meaning, especially since the Bible as we know it did not exist when this passage was written and therefore could not be what was meant. (3)
In defense of their interpretation of these verses, Protestants will often contend that God knew in advance what the canon of Scripture would be, with Revelation being the last book of the Bible, and thus He “sealed” that canon with the words of verses 18-19. But this interpretation involves reading a meaning into the text. Furthermore, if such an assertion were true, how is it that the Christian knows unmistakably that Revelation 22:18-19 is “sealing” the canon unless an infallible teaching authority assures him that this is the correct interpretation of that verse? But if such an infallible authority exists, then the Sola Scriptura doctrine becomes ipso facto null and void.
2) The same admonition not to add or subtract words is used in Deuteronomy 4:2, which says, “You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandment of the Lord your God which I command you.” If we were to apply a parallel interpretation to this verse, then anything in the Bible beyond the decrees of the Old Testament law would be considered non-canonical or not authentic Scripture – including the New Testament! Once again, all Christians would reject this conclusion in no uncertain terms. The prohibition in Revelation 22:18-19 against “adding,” therefore, cannot mean that Christians are forbidden to look to anything outside the Bible for guidance.
End paste. Source: http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/sola.htm
It was very brave and totally correct.
No, no it wasn’t.
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>> “Revelation 22:18....”
>> “Is about the Book of Revelation. It is NOT about the entire Bible..”
Completely nonsensical.
It is just a repeat of the same admonishment found in Deuteronomy 12, and both of them cover every word Yehova has given us.
He gave us nothing but scripture, so sola Scriptura is just common sense.
There are no “special people” nor is there any secret knowledge.
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The just shall live by faith...
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Please stop your shameful defense of demonic practices.
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When the Roman Church was following Jesus Christ and was led by His spirit, they did something very good: Assembled the New Testament Cannon!
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But Yehova gave only to the House of Judah to maintain his scriptures.
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(the Roman church never followed Yeshua. They slaughtered his followers by the millions)
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