Posted on 05/17/2018 10:20:04 AM PDT by ebb tide
Another good post, thanks.
I’d like to know exactly HOW I’m supposed to do that.
As a Lay Catholic I just went through an exercise with my Diocese over church closings and parish consolidation where it became abundantly clear to me that my opinions ain’t worth bupkis.
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II) in an address during the Eucharistic Congress in 1976 in Philadelphia in the United States of America said:
“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God’s Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously."
Pope John Paul II he indicated the spiritual root of this conflict: “This battle against the devil which characterizes the Archangel Michael is still going on, because the devil is still alive and at work in world. In fact, the evil that is in it, the disorder we see in society, the infidelity of man, the interior fragmentation of which he is a victim, are not merely the consequences of original sin, but also the effect of the dark and infesting activity of Satan, of this saboteur of man’s moral equilibrium.”
Understand your frustration and agree with your opinion. At the same time I’m just a “do the right thing and let God handle the details” kinda guy when it comes to the Magisterium these days. Joan of Arc is now one of my patron Saints! :)
You can support your friends and family. It also helps to get as informed as possible to the point of being an apologist. Catholic radio and cable is great for proper information.
Joan is my absolutely favorite saint since childhood. I write for a medieval history blog and am currently investigating her soldiers at arms - some very bad men who behaved very well under their spiritual commander!
Thanks, good post.
Scripture says: 26In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26-27 NASB
The Roman Catholic turns to a version of Mary not found in the NT first.
The Christian turns to Scripture first.
There is a difference.
Reading both her testimony at her trial and the later testimony at her rehabilitation trial for sainthood is worth the time for any student of history and the Catholic Faith. Her wisdom and military knowledge was beyond any natural description in my opinion.
You appear to ignore the OT.
Oh, absolutely! I do believe God spoke to her through her angels. For people who enjoy the medieval period, her trial and retrial are one of the few complete looks we have into the Hundred Year War. It’s fascinating to read what some of her ordinary soldiers said of her. I have Regine Pernoud’s books sitting right next to me at the moment.
The Holy Spirit is in the OT alive and well. Mary has not been born yet.
Roman Catholicism has elevated Mary to a demigoddess with powers equal to or surpassing the Spirit as evidenced by this "prayer" to Mary. These attributes of Mary are built upon a false rendering of Genesis 3:15 in the Vulgate. This is one of passages Roman Catholicism incorrectly cites in their false justification of the Immaculate Conception.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia online, which advertises itself as the most "comprehensive resource on Catholic teaching, history, and information ever gathered in all of human history" I offer the following.
The sentence against the first parents was accompanied by the Earliest Gospel ( Proto-evangelium ), which put enmity between the serpent and the woman : "and I will put enmity between thee and the woman and her seed; she (he) shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for her (his) heel" ( Genesis 3:15 ). The translation "she" of the Vulgate is interpretative; it originated after the fourth century, and cannot be defended critically.
https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6056
Of the major translation only the Douay-Rheims continues to render the passage this way.
Rome has based a lot of bad theology on a bad translation that even one of its own sources admits cannot be defended.
“August Queen of Heaven, sovereign queen of Angels, you who at the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan,
Jesus, not Mary, is the one Who crushes Satan's head and defeats Satan. Not Mary. It is Jesus Who was crucified on our behalf....not Mary.
we beseech you humbly, send your holy legions so that, on your orders and by your power, they will track down demons, fight them everywhere, curb their audacity and plunge them into the abyss.
This attribution of legions to Mary and the thinking she and her legions will send Satan and his minions to the abyss totally contradicts Scripture. Scripture tells us it is Jesus Who does this. Roman Catholicism is in grave error attributing to a created being what the Creator does.
20And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. 21And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. Revelation 19:20-21 NASB
Who can be compared to God? Oh good and tender Mother, you will always be our love and our hope. Oh divine Mother, send the Holy Angels and Archangels to defend me and to keep the cruel enemy far from me. Holy Angels and Archangels defend us, protect us. Amen.”
Roman Catholicism attempts to compare Mary to God by calling her divine.
No where in Scripture are any of these attributes assigned to Mary.
When the Roman Catholic says Mary is divine they are saying she is of or like God or a god.
Only God is divine.
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray He did not teach them,
Our mother, who are in Heaven....He taught them, Our Father, who are in Heaven.
In the Lord's Prayer He made it clear we are to ask the Father to deliver us from evil....not Mary.
Paul, writing to the Ephesians also told believers where to turn in times of spiritual warfare.....the astute reader will note there is not mention of Mary in this.
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
15and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE;
16in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
19and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Ephesians 6:10-20 NASB
My prayer is Roman Catholics will see the error of Rome's teaching on this and become followers of Christ...and only Christ.
My prayer is that all heretics will return home, to the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ.
You cannot refute what I posted. Why would anyone want to be in a denomination that actively promotes false teachings like this as Roman Catholicism does?
Meanwhile Bishop Athanasius avoids using the name of Francis....
The only OFFENSIVE piece is the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God.
Gospel Jn 17:20-26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one,
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