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To: Land of the Irish

Moslems simply misunderstand God's true nature. Scripture teaches that even pagans can have glimpses of the True God. The Pope does not teach heresy.


16 posted on 08/14/2004 11:29:09 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam
Moslems simply misunderstand God's true nature.

Then the Pope, like the Muslims, misunderstands God's true nature.

Ever heard of the First Commandment?

20 posted on 08/14/2004 11:35:18 AM PDT by Land of the Irish
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To: Unam Sanctam; Land of the Irish
"Moslems simply misunderstand God's true nature."

The rejection of God cannot be adequately explained in terms of ignorance. It is not the case that the Catholic Faith will come to be accepted if Catholics merely approach other religions with an eye towards simply dispelling their misconceptions, as if that was all that was necessary. It is not the case that all deviation from Catholic truth can be accounted for because those outside it are misguided or don't have the fullness of the Truth. People are not opposed to the Catholic Faith for reasons that can be fully accounted for in terms of lack of knowledge.

People reject the Faith because their wills are hardened against Catholic Truth.

"Scripture teaches that even pagans can have glimpses of the True God."

Is this some sort of recent, brilliant insight heretofore not known, except be it for the enlightenment gifted to us by the Conciliar Church? This is a platitude at best. Everybody knows about prefigurings of all things Catholic beyond just Israel but also among the gentiles; everybody has one or another awareness of a semina verbi. This is a no-brainer. But unless someone takes that seminal word, or whatever pre-figurement type of data they have to work with, and push it all the way through to it's conclusion in a visible existance in the Catholic Church, then somewhere along that path they're going to get sucked down into syncretism and universalism. If it isn't brought all the way home to the Catholic truth, it's worthless.

The Pope does not teach heresy.

He allows it. He tolerates it. It's safe to say that his permission of it indicates that he is of the same mind as what he permits, to one degree or another. If he is not of same or similar mind as what he permits, one has every right to wonder why he does not move to condemn what's contrary to the Faith. And if there is nothing contrary to the Faith, why does he not clarify for the sake of the those who are scandalized?

His silence, toleration and permission of what is scandalous leads one to believe that he, to one degree or another, is of the same heart and mind as those who do the scandalizing.

This is reasonable and logical. It cannot be denied. Denial is unreasonable and illogical.
26 posted on 08/14/2004 12:04:04 PM PDT by pascendi (Quicumque vult salvus esse, ante omnia opus est, ut teneat catholicam fidem)
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