Posted on 01/19/2017 7:51:48 PM PST by marshmallow
Striking differences between the two documents, as well as other papal teachings.
Critics of the controversial so-called “Maltese directive” on Chapter Eight of Amoris Laetitia, published Jan. 13, say that it very obviously contradicts previous papal teaching and instruction from the Vatican — not to mention, some add, Sacred Scripture and two millennia of Church teaching.
To see just how much this is true, it’s perhaps helpful to put the controversial passages of the directive by Malta's bishops beside these documents.
The most striking contrast is with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1994 Letter to bishops “Concerning the Reception of Holy Communion by the Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful.”
Of particular note is how both diverge when it comes to the matter of individual conscience in allowing, or not allowing, remarried divorcees to receive Holy Communion (in bold).
Criteria For The Application Of Chapter VIII Of Amoris Lætitia — Maltese Bishops
7.Throughout the discernment process, we need to weigh the moral responsibility in particular situations, with due consideration to the conditioning restraints and attenuating circumstances. Indeed, “factors may exist which limit the ability to make a decision,” (AL 301) or even diminish imputability or responsibility for an action. These include ignorance, inadvertence, violence, fear, affective immaturity, the persistence of certain habits, the state of anxiety, inordinate attachments, and other psychological and social factors (see AL 302; CCC 1735, 2352). As a result of these conditioning restraints and attenuating circumstances, the Pope teaches that “it can no longer simply be said that all those in any ‘irregular situation are living in a state of mortal sin and are deprived of sanctifying grace” (AL 301). “It is possible that in an objective situation of sin – which may not be subjectively culpable, or fully such – a.....
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This will get much worse before it gets better methinks.
The operative words here, from the Maltese Falcon, with Humphrey Bogart, is “...it can no longer be said...”.
“It can no longer be said”.
Now, what is the antidote for that pronouncement of apostasy.
Control. Control. Control
Now, what is the antidote for that pronouncement of apostasy.
Unmask these "doctrines of devils" masquerading as goodness and "sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you" (1 Peter 3:15).
Thank you, BN.
Our Lord spoke that it was a given that many will be mislead.
He did not beg and argue. He admonished and gave remedy, as the Great Physician.
Your scripture example is where the answer to evil lay. “Sanctify the Lord Jesus in your heart...”.
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