Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary

http://www.catholicculture.org ^ | April 24, 2003 | Dave Armstrong

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Council of Rome 382 accepted them. Councils of Hippo and Carthage 393 and 397 respectively both accepted them.

But... did the Magisterium??

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May God have mercy on such pretenders and grant them Grace sufficient to deliver them from the strong delusion of Self and Self Alone they love and cling to.

May God have mercy on such pretenders and grant them Grace sufficient to deliver them from the strong delusion of Rome and Rome alone they love and cling to.

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This is some very funny stuff, none of it is true or accurate, but dang it is still pretty funny.

This is a very funny statement, none of it is backed up by anything other than bluster.

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And plainly people leave for two reasons, poor catechesis, or unconfesed sin. anything else they tell you is a lie to make themselves feel better.

My!

Aren't YOU judgmental today!

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I left, due to poor catechesis...

FIRE them bad teachers!

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It’s quite broad.

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Are you a lapsed Catholic? You seem to have a negative view on some issues.

Are you a Catholic in good standing? You seem to have a non-biblical view on many issues.

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It IS quite broad!

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What did y’all do with the old Bible?

It's on the shelf with the Vulgate.

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I will gently disagree with your conclusion.

No need, as he's shown quite a thick skin here on FR.

Skull; too...

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What an arrogant statement; but, I’ve come to expect them.

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Just because something brings you joy or comfort does not mean that it is good or true.

Hail Mary, Mother of GOD, pray for us sinners...

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So: stop asking me what the Church teaches when you already know what It teaches.

But; how else do we find out whether the catechism was effective or not?

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I repeat, with more clarity this time: Luther, once a Catholic priest, became a heretic and a tool of Satan.

Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who had his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed, tried, de-fingered, briefly reburied, and thrown in the Tiber.^[1]

Pope John XII (955–964), who gave land to a mistress, murdered several people, and was killed by a man who caught him in bed with his wife.

Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who "sold" the Papacy

Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who is lampooned in Dante's Divine Comedy

Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who complained that he did not hear enough screaming when Cardinals who had conspired against him were tortured.^[2]

Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), a Borgia, who was guilty of nepotism and whose unattended corpse swelled until it could barely fit in a coffin.^[3]

Pope Leo X (1513–1521), a spendthrift member of the Medici family who once spent 1/7 of his predecessors' reserves on a single ceremony^[4]

Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), also a Medici, whose power-politicking with France, Spain, and Germany got Rome sacked.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes

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Just look at how many protestant cults are out there!

Look over THERE!

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Nope..neither a lie, outright or not, nor a load of bull, big or small.

Watch it!

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The scriptures however, inspired by God, explicitly describe Mary as the ...

Why did you leave out number four?

Perpetual Virgin.

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Huh?

I thought that unicorns were ALL pink!!!

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When we receive the precious Body and Blood we must first assent that it is indeed Him with the "Amen" and then consume Him.

HMMMmmm...

 

John 6:28-29

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

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