Posted on 08/05/2014 11:54:37 AM PDT by NYer
Not counting his managerial and fiscal duties, our bishop tries to be at each parish on their namesake’s feast day, so that’s 60+ days away from home each year. He also does confirmations each year. Of course, he does the masses at the cathedral unless he is out of town.
Ours is the largest diocese in the US by land mass and he has to travel hundreds of miles.
“Scripture did not record either all what was said, done, or practiced. Catholics believe also in sacred tradition and revelation. The books in Scripture did not fall from the skies. They were written some 60 years after the death of Christ and these books were authenticated by the early Church fathers.”
Not so much. Let’s take it apart.
“Scripture did not record either all what was said, done, or practiced.”
Of course not. Even the NSA hasn’t mastered that yet. What was recorded was inspired by God for His Church. He excluded much. What He included is able to lead souls to Christ as Savior, mature them as believers and teach how believers should act in the household of God.
“Catholics believe also in sacred tradition and revelation.”
That they believe it is indisputable. That it has authority is false. There is no list of sacred traditions passed down from the Apostles. There is no extra-Biblical revelation except natural creation, which is general.
“The books in Scripture did not fall from the skies. They were written some 60 years after the death of Christ and these books were authenticated by the early Church fathers.”
They were written starting thousands of years BEFORE Christ and were inspired by God’s Holy Spirit as He moved men. They alone have authority that is unchangeable.
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WOW! Just WOW.
While true some were written thousands of years before, it was the Catholic Church that confirmed what books were legitimate to be part of the Bible and what were not, that included writings at the time of Christ such as the “Gospel” of St. Thomas. Only through the authority of Peter given to ONE Church was this achieved.
“Every mop finds its handle.”
Meaning the wife is the mop and the husband is the handle?
What behavior, living in buildings owned by the Church while doing the job the Church has asked them to do? Wearing the uniform of their position while performing its duties?
Religious vestments and habits are the opposite of “worldly”: they are intentionally unworldly, that is, not what regular people are wearing. A suit and tie, or hipster gear, or randomly-selected Salvation Army items would be “worldly,” although not necessarily unsuitable to the roles of the people who choose that clothing.
Yes, it was a violent, anti-woman screed. Who did you ever decipher that, you smart thing, you.
My children will have similar memories of the Missionaries of the Poor, who have a mission near us.
How, not who, lol.
I saw a similar case with St. Joseph’s Church in Middletown Delaware. Th priest there is an honored guest to Catholics there, but his actual owned house is one block from the church, and just a little larger than a trailer park home.
I’m so glad your kids will have these wonderful memories. I cherish mine. I just remembered being in the White Father’s house during a blizzard - it was after school and my mother was typing away while the snow fell silently. Bliss, sheer bliss.
Once when we were at the mission, when my youngest was a few months old, a tiny Brother from the Philippines, who looked about 12, carried her around all morning because he was so homesick for his siblings. Finally I had to say, “Please, Brother - she needs her diaper changed!”
I don’t agree with Evangelical Christians in all ways theologically, that bein said, I do agree that a lot of journalists misrepresent by use of strawmen and generalization as opposed to the actual doctrines.
“Just another dopey attack.”
BINGO!
All made up out of whole cloth and pagan rituals."
Lol, I appreciate a good pun.
Lots of things we (including you) do today have long histories and often have ties to something else like a pagan ritual or other cultural practice (think about what holidays you acknowledge and seasonal practices you have). There's not necessarily anything wrong with that--especially if an entity like the Catholic church altered an existing destructive social practice in a culture into something productive and edifying.
“It is worldly, as are their costumes.”
So is the internet.
You are shoring up wonderful memories for your child. (Even though she was too young at that point.) Believe me, those are unforgettable memories.
Joel Grinning Hyena Osteen got his 55 million by milking old grandmas out of their life savings. Let’s see CNN do a hit piece on this con-man and the rest of the protestant “pastors” who live lifestyles of the rich and famous. Take a look at Mr. Ed Osteen’s current crib.
I didn’t see it as anti woman more in line with The Bible instructs a wife to submit herself to her own husband;...........
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