Posted on 04/05/2009 4:11:27 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Congressional Quarterly has posted a transcript of “Fox News Sunday,” including this exchange between Chris Wallace and Newt Gingrich about the former House speaker’s conversion to Catholicism:
WALLACE: Mr. Gingrich, you have been a Baptist most of your life, and last Sunday you converted to Catholicism. Why, sir?GINGRICH: I’m not talking about this much publicly, but let me just say that I found over the course of the last decade, attending the basilica, meeting with Monsignor Rossi, reading the literature, that there was a peace in my soul and a sense of well being in the Catholic Church, and I found the mass of conversion last Sunday one of the most powerful moments of my life.
WALLACE: You have — it’s no secret — been married and divorced twice. Will you be able to participate fully in communion and all the other rites of the Catholic Church?
GINGRICH: Yes, we have done everything within the law of the church, following all of the rules of the church over the last 10 years. And it’s been a process. It’s been a very long process and something which was deeply affected, in part, by Pope Benedict XVI’s visit and the opportunity I had to sit in — as you know, my wife, Calista, sings at the basilica every Sunday, and I was allowed as a spouse to be there as part of the vespers program when the pope came. It’s been a long process.
WALLACE: And if I might ask, just briefly, what is it about the pope’s visit that led to this?
GINGRICH: I really believe, first of all, seeing the joy in his eyes, listening to his message, and I really believe that his basic statement, Christ our hope, is right. And I think much of what’s wrong with our country and with the western world is a function of looking inside ourselves, not just looking at money or looking at our wallets.
Either one is capable of answering for oneself, or a phone home to the guru is needed.
Jeff and Nancy are the main Elim franchisees these days.
Butt out please.....Mary told me that Peter was not the first Pope, so since she is so sure he is NOT the first Pope, I asked a very simple question of her...WHO is the first Pope.
Butt out? ... LOL. I never butted in, but if you want an answer, I’ll accomodate my belief to you if you’ll stop badgering a fellow Christian Lady.
I guess a gremlin typed in 218.
I wouldn’t know about that, Petronski, since I avoid those threads like a plague ... because that’s what division among those in Christ is, a plague. I do however debate the Mormons because I do not view mormonism as a Christian doctrine.
You took it to be butting in. I did not intend it as such. Now, do you want me to answer the question you’ve been using like a bludgeon? I’m not a Catholic by the way, I’m an Episcopalian presently.
You're NOT a Catholic???? OMG! I'm soooo surprised.
I believe in the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Does that surprise you? ... My meaning for ‘Catholic’ may be a bit different than yours however. I also address the Pope as Holy Father.
Catch ya tomorrow for an interestring conversation...going to bed.
Pax vobiscum
THIS is one of those threads.
A dimmer definition of a Christian Truth.
I confess, I have not read the thread. I was merely drawn to the badgering of a fellow Christian Lady. I don’t think I’m going to read the thread, now, either. Have a pleasant evening.
The word “badgering” is itself an editorial.
Have a good night and a fine Thursday.
I agree. The choice is reaffirmed in the sacrament of Confirmation when you are old enough to make a reasoned choice and you decide you want Him to come into your life in an adult way.
Jesus celebrated all the Jewish rites. Apparently He thought they were of value. He changed them and made them into something new. For His entire life He followed the Jewish rites and festivals. I’d say He was validating the importance of “rites” in human’s spiritual lives.
Okay...I’m biting...who do you think was the first Pope?
If you think so...but don’t count on it getting you into heaven.
Rites may be important but they are not salvific.
One Savior, One Church.
That’s how it was for 1500 years.
What does the bolded Scripture mean to you? I read that it clearly says water baptism saves.
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. 1 Peter 3:18-22
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