Posted on 04/09/2015 8:22:13 AM PDT by Salvation
That Mariology stuff and those prayers to Mary is just sick.
Not so. Read Matthew 25:31-46. Read especially the last two verses:
"Then he will say to them, ‘I tell all of you with certainty, since you didn’t do it for one of the least important of these, you didn’t do it for me.’ These [unrighteous] people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
He's definitely dealing with both the sheep and the goats.
That’s the final judgment, not the judgment of the believers, who are his Bride and already with Him in heaven.
Even at the particular judgment — at the moment of our deaths, Christ can send us either to heaven or to hell or to Purgatory.
Not for someone who is a new creature in Christ.
The one who sins are forgiven has already passed from death to life. They are no longer under condemnation and to be away from the body is to be with Christ, where the believer is already seated with Christ in heaven.
Jesus will not damn the person He died to save who is trusting Him. He would never commit such a betrayal and breach of trust.
Your doctrine is mistaken in my opinion. No one can be saved once and for all......and then not commit sin. We are all humans and we are sinners.
I don’t think that theory holds water at all.
OK. In that case, we need to clear up some definitions.
What is a Christian, in your opinion?
Is a Christian a follower of Christ?
Scripture doesn't teach that Christians, those who are saved, never commit sin.
Yes, you can be saved and still commit sin. It happens because we're human and weak.
Each person's experience is different, as God is infinite and each person is unique. That relationship is personal and sometimes cannot be put into words. Each breath we take is an act of God's will. He is omnipresent and omniscient. Thus one should not doubt the validity of another's experience based on one's own. The Creator and the soul that thirsts for Him share a unique, and so is their Divine intimacy.
True, and terribly difficult to overcome.
St. Paul first called the disciples Christians in Antioch. All there were at that time were Catholics. So Catholics were the first Christians according to St. Paul.
Acts:11:26: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts 11 (RSV)
25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;
26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians.
Contemplation of the Mysteries of the Rosary (most especially the Sorrowful) and of the Way of the Cross have been a powerful road to sanctity for many of our Saints whose words are written. It's a common Thread; the road to Calvary in our lives and that of Jesus, especially when united in contemplation and prayer is efficacious for our souls and those of our brethren in humanity-and bring us closer to God.
With all due respect, your post, however it was intended, came off as being a bit of a put-down.
As for this last post, I'm sorry about your perceived impression of Catholicism, and the negativity expressed in forum. The encapsulated description reflects the fullness of our beliefs so incompletely, and thus less than accurately to the reader. God bless you, and give you peace!
Again, judgement of another's, in this case, 1.2 billion others' relationship with / experience of God in their lives is neither accurate nor possible.
That apology should have been directed to a wider audience.
One who believes in the Church's teaching on Mary is not quite so simple, nor does it consist of "groveling." Admitting one's faults and asking for assistance in overcoming them, as well as for forgiveness is an act between the soul and God in striving to be a better person for love of him, and a desire for the salvation, not only of one's soul, but those of others, through the Mercy of God.
That is not what the Catholic Church teaches. It is what you profess. Of course it would be different.
That is a disgusting Catholic prayer...
Negatory on the hell and the purgatory...
THAT judgment is for Christians only...No one goes to hell...It is a cleansing...We can not enter heaven with sin...The sin at that judgment is separated from what is not sin and completely burned up...There will be no more record of that sin...Thus we enter into heaven clean...
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