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Cardinal Burke: ‘Very Grave Problem of Homosexual Culture in the Church
Breitbart ^ | Nolte

Posted on 08/17/2018 8:40:24 AM PDT by wardaddy

Cardinal Raymond Burke has called for “open recognition” of the Catholic church’s homosexual culture in light of recent revelations of sexual abuse. “I believe that there needs to be an open recognition that we have a very grave problem of a homosexual culture in the Church,” Burke said in an interview Thursday, “especially among the clergy and the hierarchy, that needs to be addressed honestly and efficaciously.”

he former head of the church’s equivalent of the Supreme Court said it was already “clear after the studies following the 2002 sexual abuse crisis that most of the acts of abuse were in fact homosexual acts committed with adolescent young men.”

“There was a studied attempt to either overlook or to deny this,” he said, referring to the mainstream media cover-up of the homosexual nature of the abuse as well as such denial within the church itself.

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To: boatbums; aMorePerfectUnion; metmom; annalex
If you want to have eternal life, you believe on Jesus Christ.

All of us saved ex catholics know this, but Ann alex engages in Catholic speak, so you probably have to completely explain, letter by letter, what it means to "believe on Jesus Christ." I think many catholics know this in their heads, but not necessarily in their heart of hearts.
Now that we are home from Paradise Island, we are ready to do spiritual warfare again. :-)

821 posted on 08/31/2018 8:50:12 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; annalex; metmom; boatbums
I forgot to mention, when I was relaxing on the beach, I got to talking to some people next to us. It was two brothers and their sister. They were all born and raised in Ozamis City. The one guy has lived in Missouri since the 60s. The sister lives in Australia, and the other brother lives near Surigao, but lived in Kota Kinabalu for many years. To make a long story short, they were Catholics, and I told them about the real Jesus, and encouraged them to leave the Catholic Church. Do you suppose I committed a mortal sin of sacrilege by doing that? 😁😇👍🤣😂😊
822 posted on 08/31/2018 10:03:30 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: metmom

or so you speculate.


823 posted on 09/01/2018 6:00:26 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Luircin

Not true; Romans 4:4 already speaks of “debt”, i.e. works done for temporal reward.


824 posted on 09/01/2018 6:03:00 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Luircin
we describe Roman doctrine as works-based

That description is indeed slanderous, because the Catholic, "Roman" or not, doctrine is salvation by grace alone, which demands of us both faith and good works of love and faith.

825 posted on 09/01/2018 6:05:08 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Luircin

You do teach good works. If I were as dishonest as the anti-Catholic Protestants, I would say that you have a works-based religion.


826 posted on 09/01/2018 6:06:24 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Ephesians 2:4-10 links good works to grace.


827 posted on 09/01/2018 6:09:33 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Selling Indulgences was based on this false foundation of a treasury of merit.

Yes, selling indulgences was incorrect and that practice stopped right then. Luther was right to criticize it. The Church no longer sells indulgences, but, of course, she will never stop offering them for works of piety.

828 posted on 09/01/2018 6:12:03 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

Only yhat the works are the result of the salvation, not in any way necessary to attain it.

And exactly what works are those that one needs to do to get saved, or be saved, or however you want to call it.


829 posted on 09/01/2018 6:12:22 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
"make sure your calling and election" refers to salvation, that cannot be but by grace.
830 posted on 09/01/2018 6:13:03 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: boatbums; Luircin; metmom

the opening verses of Romans 4 speak of work done to generate “debt” (see verse 4), that is, it does not speak of good works done out of faith and love.


831 posted on 09/01/2018 6:15:14 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: boatbums

“merit” is indeed used in two senses: (1) something for which a reward is owed and (2) something that is truly good in itself.


832 posted on 09/01/2018 6:16:34 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: boatbums
If you want to have eternal life, you believe on Jesus Christ.

That is true, and if you believe on Jesus Christ, you read and obey the rest of the chapter.

Or else you "no longer walk with Him". The Gospel gave the Protestants a direct warning that faith in Christ must include faith in the Eucharist.

833 posted on 09/01/2018 6:19:10 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: Mark17; aMorePerfectUnion; metmom; boatbums
Do you suppose I committed a mortal sin of sacrilege by doing that?

It is objective sin, as you did something to endanger the salvation of others.

But since you acted out of error of which you are not aware, there was not conscious participation in that evil. You were a blind trying to lead another, thinking that perchance they are blind as well.

The best thing for you to do is to talk to a priest about your fall into Protestant heresy. He will invite you to sacramental confession. Then, examine your conscience attentively. If you feel remorse, go. During that, mention this episode and express your sorrow over it.

834 posted on 09/01/2018 6:26:47 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

Nonsense.

The “eucharist” is nowhere mentioned in Scripture.

We recieve Christ into our lives through faith, not eating Him.


835 posted on 09/01/2018 6:27:55 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: annalex

Annalex,

No part of that passage -at-all- states what you assert.

It simply isn’t in English nor Greek.

You are asserting something that isn’t found in the text.

Why do you do that?


836 posted on 09/01/2018 6:35:01 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: annalex

“but, of course, she will never stop offering them for works of piety. ”

HA!!!

Don’t sell them, but you can earn them!

They do not exist in Scripture.


837 posted on 09/01/2018 6:36:20 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: annalex

Peter writes that good works and these growing character qualities confirm one is saved.

He does not say they “grow grace to you”.

Oops, you did it again!


838 posted on 09/01/2018 6:44:08 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: annalex

the opening verses of Romans 4 speak of work done to generate “debt” (see verse 4), that is, it does not speak of good works done out of faith and love.

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Aaaaand?

Paul’s entire argument is that we aren’t saved by ANY works, not circumcision, nor ‘faith and love.’ The only work that matters is what Jesus worked on our behalf.

If Paul meant that you had to do OTHER works in order to be saved, don’t you think he’d mention that and tell us what they are? But he never does. Closest you get is Paul admonishing us to not be slaves to sin, and yet, look at the chapter and he’s talking about people who are already saved.


839 posted on 09/01/2018 6:52:14 AM PDT by Luircin
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To: annalex

Ephesians 2:4-10 links good works to grace.

****

Yeah.

And it tells us the exact opposite of what the Vatican claims.

That we’re saved by grace through faith and NOT on account of works, and that the Lord gives us works to do AFTER we’ve been saved.


840 posted on 09/01/2018 6:53:54 AM PDT by Luircin
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