" Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ."
1 posted on
10/28/2009 12:12:41 PM PDT by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
But, but, I thought we weren’t allowed to read the Bible!!
To: GonzoII
he needs to get tot he north east and start telling these so called catholics that they are voting against their supposed faith and they should be ashamed.
3 posted on
10/28/2009 12:13:52 PM PDT by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
To: GonzoII
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Read them for yourself.
You have a decision to make.
4 posted on
10/28/2009 12:13:52 PM PDT by
mbarker12474
(If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
To: GonzoII
Thanks GonzoII for the post!
5 posted on
10/28/2009 12:20:43 PM PDT by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: GonzoII
Get Cracking, Catholics!
A formative, family-friendly factoid from a recent study or survey in the news.
November 19-25, 2006 Issue
Posted 11/16/06 at 8:00 AM According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis. Of course, the survey only looked at private Bible reading; it did not take into account the Scripture passages Catholics take in at every Mass. Still, we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.
Related threads:
Synod: Christianity not a 'Religion of the Book'Yesterday saw...a forceful plea from a key papal advisor [Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, the rector of the Lateran University and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life] to reject the idea of Christianity as a “Religion of the Book.”Synod to Focus on Proper Use of Scripture
The Church should combat widespread "Biblical illiteracy" among the Catholic faithful, Archbishop Eterovic said
A Literate Church: The state of Catholic Bible study today
...while fewer believers know much about the Bible, one-third of Americans continue to believe that it is literally true, something organizers of the Synod on the Word of God called a dangerous form of fundamentalism that is “winning more and more adherents…even among Catholics.” Such literalism, the synod’s preparatory document said, “demands an unshakable adherence to rigid doctrinal points of view and imposes, as the only source of teaching for Christian life and salvation, a reading of the Bible which rejects all questioning and any kind of critical research”....
....The flip side of this embarrassment is the presumption among many Catholics that they “get” the Bible at Mass, along with everything else they need for their spiritual lives. The postconciliar revolution in liturgy greatly expanded the readings, with a three-year cycle in the vernacular that for the first time included Old Testament passages. Given that exposure, many think they do not need anything else. As Mr. McMahon put it, “The majority still say you go to Mass, you get your ticket punched, and that’s it for the week.”
Barna Survey: The God Gap in American Politics Alive and Well
By the numbers: Percentage of "liberals" who:
33%: read the Bible, other than at church events, during the past week
35%: attended a religious service during the past week
76%: prayed to God, other than at a religious service, during the past week
39%: shared their religious beliefs with others, during the past year (among the born again Christians interviewed)
06%: have ever participated in a short-term missions trip, either within the U.S. or in another country
Percentage of "conservatives" who:
57%: read the Bible, other than at church events, during the past week
62%: attended a religious service during the past week
91%: prayed to God, other than at a religious service, during the past week
56%: shared their religious beliefs with others, during the past year (among the born again Christians interviewed)
12%: have ever participated in a short-term missions trip, either within the U.S. or in another country
Percentage of "liberals" who believe:
27%: "the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches"
17%: that Satan is real
23%: have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs with others
54%: their religious faith is very important in their life
23%: a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by doing good deeds or being a good person
38%: faith is becoming an increasingly important moral guide in their life
37%: their church is very important in helping them find direction and fulfillment in life
33%: Jesus Christ did not commit sins during His time on earth
43%: their primary purpose in life is to love God with all their heart, mind, strength and soul
Percentage of "conservatives" who believe:
63%: "the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches"
36%: that Satan is real
48%: have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs with others
82%: their religious faith is very important in their life
37%: a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by doing good deeds or being a good person
70%: faith is becoming an increasingly important moral guide in their life
62%: their church is very important in helping them find direction and fulfillment in life
55%: Jesus Christ did not commit sins during His time on earth
76%: their primary purpose in life is to love God with all their heart, mind, strength and soul
6 posted on
10/28/2009 12:23:01 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
("Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" - Job 13:15)
To: GonzoII
"The organization of the ‘quaestiones’ led to the compilation of evermore extensive syntheses, the so-called ‘summae’ that were vast dogmatic-theological treatises,” Pope Benedict said. “Scholastic theology sought to present the unity and harmony of Christian Revelation with a method, called precisely 'scholastic,' that grants faith in human reason." "Echoing the invitation of the First Epistle of Peter scholastic theology invites us to be always ready to answer whoever asks the reason for the hope that is in us," he noted. It "reminds us that between faith and reason there is a natural friendship, founded in creation itself." Faith liberates reason, enabling the human spirit to rise to the loving contemplation of that fullness of truth which is God himself.
Ping for later
8 posted on
10/28/2009 12:25:53 PM PDT by
Alex Murphy
("Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" - Job 13:15)
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14 posted on
10/28/2009 7:49:42 PM PDT by
narses
("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.")
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21 posted on
10/29/2009 3:32:21 AM PDT by
NYer
( "One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
To: GonzoII
OH, my! Please blast this to all the people on FR who continually try to throw the old “Catholics don’t read the Bible” in our faces.
We read the Bible as a community ever Sunday at Mass (4 passages) and the list of scriptures to read for the week is printed in our weekly bulletins. Then add in what we should be doing on our own, parish Bible studies, etc.
Will any of them have the courage to let go of that old stereotype and look at these facts?
30 posted on
10/29/2009 6:59:47 AM PDT by
Melian
("frequently in error, rarely in doubt")
To: GonzoII
32 posted on
10/29/2009 7:51:40 AM PDT by
ELS
(Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
To: GonzoII
47 posted on
10/30/2009 8:30:40 AM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: GonzoII
57 posted on
02/23/2011 8:11:12 PM PST by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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