This explains the false doctrine that has entered Rome’s teachings
The RCC needs to get with the program.
The apostolic traditions were codified in writing in the New Testament.
After that, there can be no valid additions.
Period.
End of story.
I lived in their “traditions” for a looong time.
No more.
*It's true because we said so*?
That's a nice little set up.
Oh please. Not another big-me-little-you anti-Catholic thread. The Church is surrounded by wolves because she IS the Church. (That’s one of the reasons how I know I’m in the right place.)
The Church has known treachery and betrayal, jealousy and slander since the beginning. God the Father dealt with it in Heaven, thus, the fallen angels; Jesus had Judas, and the Church shall be tested with betrayal from the inside and the out, until He comes.
It is our lot to walk the Via Delerosa, every single step, as Christ suffered so shall we, on our way to the Cross encumbered by the sniping and worse.
God, help me stand. Saint Michael, defend us in battle.
'The Lutheran pastor and scholar, Charles Dickson, notes that the feast [of the Assumption] celebrated by the Church on August 15, dates from the forth century, when numerous festivals honoring our Lady were common practice. The history of Church feasts demonstrates that these celebrations grew from beliefs that existed long before the feasts themselves were formally inaugurated. Interestingly enough, the sixteenth-century Protestant reformer, Martin Luther, included this feast on a list of liturgical celebrations that should, in his words, be observed among Evangelical Catholics as a sign of continuity and order.' - http://www.scborromeo.org/papers/assume.pdf
'the fact cannot be denied that from the beginning there was a widespread acknowledgment by other churches of some kind of supreme authority in the Roman pontiff in regard not only to disciplinary but also to doctrinal affairs. This is clear for example, from:
In the analogy we have three persons, lets call them John, Jim and Theo. John and Jim represent all men John represent those will go to heaven, which in this analogy is represented by going to the concert, of which a ticket, representing salvation, is required. Jim represents those who do not go to heaven while Theo represents God.
Monergism
John and Jim are not aware of the concert they even cannot afford to buy ticket no matter how hard they work. Theo decided to send free ticket to John. John found the ticket inside his mail box it made him interested in the concert and therefore he goes to the concert. Jim did not receive free ticket he cannot go to the concert and remains unaware of the concert.
Protestants and Bible only Christians who follow Calvinism or Reformed theology are monergists.
Synergism
John and Jim are not aware of the concert they even cannot afford to buy ticket no matter how hard they work. Theo took the initiative he offered free tickets to both John and Jim. John said he wanted to go to the concert and accepted the offer. Jim, on the other hand, said he is not interested in the concert and declined the offer.
Catholics, Protestants and Bible only Christians who follow Arminianism are synergists
Semi-Pelagianism
John and Jim are aware of the concert but they cannot afford to buy ticket no matter how hard they work. John decided he wanted to go to the concert. Realizing he will never be able to buy the ticket, he contacted Theo for help Theo gave him free ticket. Jim, on the other hand, is not interested to go to concert and does not bother to contact Theo.
Pelagianism
John and Jim are aware of the concert and they can afford to buy ticket, though they must work hard. John decided he wanted to go to the concert he has been working hard for it. Optionally he can ask Theo for help if he does Theo will give him money a gift from him (not a loan) and it can cover partial cost of the ticket. Jim, on the other hand, is not interested to go to concert and does not bother to do anything.
Pelagian and semi-Pelagian were condemned at Council of Orange in 529 AD.
Question. This article repeatedly refers to the Catholic Church as the Roman Catholic Church. Why does it ignore the other 21 churches that form the One, Holy, Catholic Church?
You cannot possibly be right, as Rome has infallibly declared that she is infallible whenever she speaks in accordance with her infallibly defined scope and content-based criteria, thus rendering her declaration of infallibility infallible, and potentially whatever may be needed for support (though arguments and reasons behind an infallible teaching are not themselves necessarily infallible).
Thus as according to her interpretation (or decree), only her interpretation can be right in any conflict, you cannot be.
I am sure you understand this, as those who claim to be the instruments and stewards of the Oracles of God, and the teachers of it, and the inheritors of Divine promises of God’s presence and guidance, cannot be wrong when they say they are right, and no dissenters can have any authority to correct them by Scripture.
Even though after that manner of dissent against a historical entity which presumed more than what is written, is how the church began and continue when necessary.
“For the kingdom of God is not in word [self-declaration], but in power.” (1 Corinthians 4:20)
After reading your page, I see why you are whacked out with the Catholic Church and with Catholics who know and love Holy Mother Church. I came from the charismatic movement, a huge non-denominational sect, but was first baptized and raised in the First Christian Church - Disciples of Christ. It was from the charasmatic sect that I converted to the Catholic Church.
My diocese is the image of what you left. I am not a Catholic because it feels good, it’s warm and fuzzy or salvation assured, as you seem to believe, but because the Church is Truth, regardless of the poorly catechized, the pompous, and the devious who regularly reside in the Church, trying hard to dilute both Sacred Scripture and Tradition.
I certainly am sorry to have spoken to you in anger, especially if by any words of mine you are further estranged from, and more entrenched than ever against the Catholic Church, I certainly beg your forgiveness.
Rita
My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden,
For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm:
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and exalted those of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He has sent empty away.
He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy;
As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His posterity forever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum,
et exsultávit spíritus meus
in Deo salvatóre meo,
quia respéxit humilitátem
ancíllæ suæ.
Ecce enim ex hoc beátam
me dicent omnes generatiónes,
quia fecit mihi magna,
qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericórdia eius in progénies
et progénies timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;
depósuit poténtes de sede
et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis
et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum,
recordátus misericórdiæ,
sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,
Ábraham et sémini eius in sæcula.
Glória Patri et Fílio
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio,
et nunc et semper,
et in sæcula sæculórum.
Amen.
She became the Mother of God, in which work so many and such great good things are bestowed on her as pass man’s understanding. For on this there follows all honor, all blessedness, and her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal, namely, that she had a child by the Father in heaven, and such a Child . . . Hence men have crowded all her glory into a single word, calling her the Mother of God . . . None can say of her nor announce to her greater things, even though he had as many tongues as the earth possesses flowers and blades of grass: the sky, stars; and the sea, grains of sand. It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God.
(Commentary on the Magnificat, 1521; in Luther’s Works, Pelikan et al, vol. 21, 326)
My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden,
For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm:
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and exalted those of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich He has sent empty away.
He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy;
As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to His posterity forever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum,
et exsultávit spíritus meus
in Deo salvatóre meo,
quia respéxit humilitátem
ancíllæ suæ.
Ecce enim ex hoc beátam
me dicent omnes generatiónes,
quia fecit mihi magna,
qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericórdia eius in progénies
et progénies timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in bráchio suo,
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui;
depósuit poténtes de sede
et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis
et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Ísrael púerum suum,
recordátus misericórdiæ,
sicut locútus est ad patres nostros,
Ábraham et sémini eius in sæcula.
Glória Patri et Fílio
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio,
et nunc et semper,
et in sæcula sæculórum.
Amen.
She became the Mother of God, in which work so many and such great good things are bestowed on her as pass man’s understanding. For on this there follows all honor, all blessedness, and her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal, namely, that she had a child by the Father in heaven, and such a Child . . . Hence men have crowded all her glory into a single word, calling her the Mother of God . . . None can say of her nor announce to her greater things, even though he had as many tongues as the earth possesses flowers and blades of grass: the sky, stars; and the sea, grains of sand. It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God.
(Commentary on the Magnificat, 1521; in Luther’s Works, Pelikan et al, vol. 21, 326)
OPC against Pentecostals | from the OPC doctrinal website{the OPC} sharply contradicts the view popularized today by the neo-Pentecostal movement. In essence this view would have us believe that we can have the same charismatic gifts that we read about in the age of the Apostles - such as prophecy, speaking in tongues, and healing - today. |
OPC against Pentecostals and Methodists: | From the opc doctrinal website:. Are Arminian (Methodists, Pentecostals, Baptist etc) preachers heretics? yes"we see the inherent Satanism of Free-Will Arminianism" (accusing Methodists, Pentecostals, etc. who disagree with Calvin of preaching a gospel of Satan |
The OPC is no more than a larger version of the Westboro Baptists -- and like them they do not serve Christ.
and of course they believe in The devil and wicked men are so held in on every side with the hand of God, that they cannot conceive, or contrive, or execute any mischief, any farther than God himself doth not permit only, but command. Nor are they only held in fetters, but compelled also, as with a bridle, to perform obedience to those commands. (Calv. Inst., b. 1, c. 17, s. 11.)