Posted on 10/15/2001 6:54:40 AM PDT by malakhi
Cool. Now I know where I really got it from. And all this time I thought I got it from SoothingDave. Thanx XeniaSt.
What is the difference between Salvation and Eternal Life? How can one have Salvation but not have Eternal Life? Where would that saved person go if he did not have Eternal Life? If there is a difference, what are we Saved from if not from Death unto Life?
Thanks.
-ksen
Because he could? The ark wasn't supposed to represent God, neither was the temple as far as I know...unless God looks like an ark or a temple, in which case I'm wrong.
He might also say, "What part of worship didn't you understand?" You see, the two verses make up one sentence (there's even more, though, discussing the sins of the father) and you can't use one without the other. It basically is saying that we should not make images to worship. When I bow at the altar, it is toward God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit ... not to the crucifix behind the altar or to the altar itself. There IS a difference.
Thank you. Does there exist another kind of Magisterium in addition to the Ordinary Magisterium?
Without judging anyone in particular, it certainly is strange that hardly anyone abstains from taking Communion. And Confession is becoming more of a rare practice as well. Draw your own conclusions.
It should be said that in the olden days perhaps people felt too much the weight of sin keeping them "impure" for Communion. The pendulum has swung too far the other way now.
And, if you are not going to participate in the sacrament, is there a qualitative difference in being in the church versus watching it from home?
Is there a qualitative difference between watching the Packers on your RCA versus being at Lambeau Field?
That one is not in a state of grace to receive does not relieve one of the duty to worship and participate as fully as possible.
What about being in the church building, but in a separate crying room with closed-circuit TV?
If need requires (that is an actual crying baby) this concession is given, but one is still expected to make it to the altar for Communion. Likewise if a Churhc is too crowded and overflows onto the sidewalk or an auxiliary building, one can not accuse you of "missing" Mass because one is physically prevented from entering the building.
SD
As long as the local clown Mass is offering a valid sacrament, one should offer up the suffering to Jesus and go. Then watch EWTN.
SD
Is it okay to do the physical act as long as you believe you're worshipping God? Does that mean it's okay to murder someone as long as you're worshipping God while you're doing it?
By golly, it is in there!!!
So the pronouncements that came out of vatican II are in the Extraordianry Magisterium?
Being in a position of authority over God's people does NOT mean that you can declare that "the Redskins will win this weekend" and have it be infallible. Each of the examples given above is a fallible man who made many fallible statements, but was still used by God to act in an infallible manner.
Saying that the Redskins will win is prophecy, not declaration of doctrine. Besides your bad example, let us examine the rest of your statement. Were Peter or Paul infallible when they wrote their letters? Yes.
Each of these men were fallible creatures who were used by God to act in an infallible manner. That is exactly what happens when the Pope acts infallibly. Exactly the same thing. We don't mean that everything he says is correct for his entire papcy. We don't mean he never sins. We mean that in certain extraordinary conditions, the Holy Spirit works through him to guarantee truth.
SD
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
This would seem to clearly rule out having a cross or a crucifix or anything else as a "symbol" of your faith. I have heard the following arguments:
"But we're not really worshipping the cross". That doesn't seem to matter. Thou shalt not make ANY graven image
Ahem. You have no graven images in your possession? No images of anything on earth, in the sea or in the heavens?
The literal prohibition is against making anything which images anything else. I bet your computer screen containsd representations of "letters" from the "alphabet." This is a violation.
SD
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