THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY: Condemned as Heretical by 2 Popes in the 5th and 6th Centuries

christiantruth.com ^ | William Webster

[CynicalBear]

What part of "you shall not do so unto the Lord your God do Catholics not get? Catholics still use statues just like pagans do but try to claim they do it unto God. thou shalt not do so unto the Lord your God

[mlizzy]

The Miracle of the Crucifix - "In September 1901, while working in the kitchen, Gemma frequently paused out of her great love for Jesus to contemplate the large Crucifix that hung on the kitchen wall of the Giannini home. “The more she looked at it” - says Venerable Father Germano in his biography of St Gemma – “the more her heart beat in her breast". She strongly desired to come to Him and unite with Him, and many a time she attempted to. At last she cried: - ’Let me come to You, for I am thirsting for You!’. - Mar­vellous to say, as it already happened to St. Fran­cis of Assisi and our holy Father, St. Paul of the Cross, the Corpus on the Cross became alive, and Jesus appeared to her and with His right hand detached from the Cross, with a loving look He beckoned his faithful Bride to come to Him. Immediately, Gemma rushed to Him and reached Him, and while miraculously held aloft in the air, Jesus embraces her and lays her lips on the wound in His Holy Side; Gemma, keeping tight to Him with both arms, drank plentifully out of that divine spring, while remaining with her body as if she rested upon a cloud”. - See more at: http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2009/06/st-gemma-miracle-of-crucifix.html#sthash.CTyLnI2E.dpuf

(Note: The Photograph [to the left] is the actual Crucifix that came alive during the miraculous vision related above. It is currently on display along with other articles pertaining to the life of St Gemma at the "Casa Della Stimmate" or "House of the Stigmata" in Lucca, Italy. -Editor).

[CynicalBear]

Matthew 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

[Steelfish]

Simplistic minds cannot differentiate between personal lives and doctrine. So they go fishing into the pools of anti-Catholic websites to dredge stuff. St. Paul too was an accessory to murder but he repented.

[Steelfish]

Oh, the books in the Bible fell from the skies. No need for the early Church Fathers, these theologians and historical scholars that for decades sorted out the fine filaments, word for word, cross checked and fact-checked with the received oral traditions, ritual, and custom, discarded some books and included others, in putting together the Bible. This Petrine authority suddenly vanishes. The Biblical anarchy and chaos from freewheeling and freelancing scriptural interpretation is evident in the mess that can be referred to what Hillaire Belloc’s says in his book “The Great Heresies” that unlike other heresies, Protestantism has spawned a “cluster of heresies.”

Worse, these street preachers like TD Jakes, Billy Graham, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren are all over the place on the issue of gay marriage and homosexuality:

Check this famous piece of “scriptural interpretation” rubbish from Billy Graham that is symptomatic of the Biblical anarchy from those who deny Petrine authority.

“I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don’t think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.” Billy Graham

[narses]

“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’ “

[daniel1212]

You evidently found this test-imony after i linked to the article of another nun who also had visions even while possessed by the devil for 40 years!

And the present claims “Jesus embraces her and lays her lips on the wound in His Holy Side; Gemma, keeping tight to Him with both arms, drank plentifully out of that divine spring, while remaining with her body as if she rested upon a cloud”.

The gullibility of RCs is actually consistent with their belief in a form of endocannibalism.

[Elsie]

Burning oil???

[Elsie]

"I didn't like what you said, you are a bully"!

[vox_freedom]

just another non-apology ...

[trisham]

Very nice.

[mlizzy]

Thank you, trisham! :)

[trisham]

:)

[CynicalBear]

And still no infallible source showing the apostles taught the assumption of Mary or the requirement to believe that.

Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

[Elsie]

Immediately, Gemma rushed to Him and reached Him, and while miraculously held aloft in the air, Jesus embraces her and lays her lips on the wound in His Holy Side; Gemma, keeping tight to Him with both arms, drank plentifully out of that divine spring, while remaining with her body as if she rested upon a cloud”.

[CynicalBear]

>>St. Paul too was an accessory to murder<<

Not after he was put in a position of leadership by Christ.

[mlizzy]

Ruh-roh; that's almost it.

[Elsie]

... Gemma, keeping tight to Him with both arms, drank plentifully out of that divine spring, while remaining with her body as if she rested upon a cloud”.

[CynicalBear]

Acts 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them,

[Elsie]

Simplistic minds cannot differentiate between personal lives and doctrine.

Roman 'doctrine' appears UNABLE to change lives; even at the highest level.