Posted on 06/24/2015 7:01:15 PM PDT by ebb tide
I guess Pope St. Pius X, never even envisioned one of his successors kissing a Koran, as JPII did.
Repent and give up that Satanic idiocy.
On Holy Scripture
19 Q. Where are the truths which God has revealed contained?
A. The truths which God has revealed are contained in Holy Scripture and in Tradition.
20 Q. What is Holy Scripture?
A. Holy Scripture is the collection of books written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, by the Prophets and the Hagiographers , the Apostles and the Evangelists. These books have been received by the Church as inspired.
21 Q. How is Holy Scripture divided?
A. Holy Scripture is divided into two parts, the Old and the New Testament.
22 Q. What is the Old Testament?
A. The Old Testament comprises the inspired books written before the coming of Jesus Christ.
23 Q. What is the New Testament?
A. The New Testament comprises the inspired books written after the coming of Jesus Christ.
24 Q. What is the common name for Holy Scripture?
A. The common name for Holy Scripture is the Holy Bible.
25 Q. What is the meaning of the word Bible?
A. The word Bible means the collection of holy books, the Book par excellence, the book of books, the book inspired by God.
26 Q. Why is Holy Scripture called the book "par excellence"?
A. Holy Scripture is so called because of the surpassing merit of the content as well as the author who inspired it.
27 Q. Can there be any error in Holy Scripture?
A. There cannot be any error in Holy Scripture since indeed it is inspired by God. The Author of all of the books is God Himself. This does not prevent that in copies and translations that have been made, some errors on the part of the copyists or translators may have crept into it.
28 Q. Is the reading of the Bible necessary to all Christians?
A. The reading of the Bible is not necessary to all Christians since they are instructed by the Church; however its reading is very useful and recommended to all.
29 Q. May any translation of the Bible, in the vernacular, be read?
A. We can read those translations of the Bible in the vernacular which have been acknowledged as faithful by the Catholic Church and which have explanations also approved by the Church.
30 Q. Why may we only read translations of the Bible approved by the Church?
A. We may only read translations of the Bible approved by the Church because she alone is the lawful guardian of the Bible.
31 Q. Through which means can we know the true meaning of the Holy Scripture?
A. We can only know the true meaning of Holy Scripture through the Church's interpretation, because she alone is secure against error in that interpretation.
32 Q. What should a Christian do who has been given a Bible by a Protestant or by an agent of the Protestants?
A. A Christian to whom a Bible has been o ffered by a Protestant or an agent of the Protestants should reject it with disgust, because it is forbidden by the Church. If it was accepted by inadvertence, it must be burnt as soon as possible or handed in to the Parish Priest.
33 Q. Why does the Church forbid Protestant Bibles?
A. The Church forbids Protestant Bibles beca use, either they have been altered and contain errors, or not having her approba tion and footnotes explaining the obscure meanings, they may be harmful to the Faith. It is for that same reason that the Church even forbids translations of the Holy Scriptures already approved by her which have been reprinted without the footnotes approved by her.
Thank you for the context.
Of course today there are no Waldensians really. They are Methodists now.
What will be interesting to see is how the Protestant anti-Catholic “Pope-will-create-false-world-religion-to-oppose-Christ” crowd here at FR will receive the news that Pope Francis gets on so well with bona fide, rock solid, evangelicals like the Waldensians.
I’m sure they’ll find something to whine about like little girls. . . just like the faux traditionalists here.
Just another day in Catholicland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism
Methodism originated as a revival movement in The Church Of England
Theology[edit]
Most Methodists identify with the Arminian conception of free will, through God’s prevenient grace, as opposed to the theological determinism of absolute predestination
Ha, I was going to say, “at least it wasn’t a Koran”. ;-)
#32 and #33 flies in the face of Vatican II’s false ecumenism where it teaches that Christ uses separated churches as means of salvation.
38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” 39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40 for whoever is not against us is for us. 41 Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.
Listen to the Boss.
Hey Catholics...you’ve for a problem. The Pope just said divorce might be neceassary. The libs are going to destroy your church just as they did mine.
Actually he didn’t. It is my understanding that he was referring to physical separation. And in certain circumstances that is indeed necessary.
Unfortunately, Protestants are against us. That was what the Reformation was about, no?
Yet they will swear their church hasn't changed in over 2000 years. Feh!
No, as besides the defintion of "Protestant" being so broad as to be essential meaningless, Rome, like the sectarian pre-Pentecostal apostles, was against any doing ministry in the name of the Lord that was not sanctioned by them.
For RCs presume that an assuredly (if conditionally) infallible magisterium is essential for determination and assurance of Truth (including writings and men being of God).
And that being the historical instruments and stewards of Divine revelation (oral and written) means that such is that assuredly infallible magisterium. Thus any who knowingly dissent from the latter must be in rebellion to God.
Which logic leads to an interesting and damnable conclusion.
Protestantism = protest against Catholic Church
Regardless of what individual protestants believe, Protestantism was the result of the Reformation which came about in protest of the Catholic Church.
Yes, Protestants in their many forms are against us. So, in this case, the Bible verse posted above doesn’t apply because Protestants are against us, not with us.
There is nothing more for us to say because it is that black and white.
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