The Decline of Catholicism in Latin America

American Spectator ^ | January 15, 2022 | George Neumayr

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Wait? Are you now saying you are saved? You’ve quit depending on the scapular? That you have come to saving faith in Him alone??

I hope this for you ebb.

[Ken Regis]

Amen!

[kearnyirish2]

If the Church hierarchy in the US thought open borders would keep their parishes open/solvent, they will be sorely disappointed; they’ve sent scads of them up here to NJ and the Church is still imploding. They’ll blame COVID rather than themselves, but long before the CoupFlu they were seeing declining numbers in everything (except maybe burials).

Who could blame them when a Catholic pastor in Hoboken NJ writes a column (yesterday) on nj.com (Faith Matters) praising a nearby Lutheran church: “(Danielle) McCleary also appreciated the synod’s emphasis on diversity to combat racism and the different programs to welcome LGBTQIA-plus parishioners. McCleary married her wife, Kimberly, in 2020 and hopes to prepare the Secaucus church to be certified by the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministry by becoming more sensitive to gay members and inspire parishioners to get involved in gay advocacy.”

This is far beyond a malaise or lack of conviction; these are shepherds mocking God while leading flocks astray.

[Texas_Guy]

Because the Church is the body of Christ.

For Protestants the church is a country club.

And you are your own god.

[Texas_Guy]

Do you even know what the scapular means?

Of course not. To know history is to cease to be Protestant.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—> For Protestants the church is a country club.

I know nothing about Protestants, but for saved believers, your statement is false.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—> Do you even know what the scapular means? Of course not. To know history is to cease to be Protestant.

Yes I know the false idol of the brown scapular. I used to be Roman before Christ saved me.

To know Scripture is to cease to be Roman.

[Texas_Guy]

You mean the 72 original books that the Church compiled into the bible, or the 66 after mad Marty took his knife to it?

What does the bible say about someone who deletes from the word of God?

The bible is a Catholic book.

And you obviously weren’t Catholic, because nobody refers to themselves as Roman.

[Texas_Guy]

Yep, you obviously have no idea, except what you read in a Jack Chick track.

Let me educate a heretic:

https://www.catholiccompany.com/magazine/brown-scapular-our-lady-carmel-5855?mrkgadid=1000000&mrkgcl=254&mrkgen=gdsa&mrkgbflag=0&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001657482&dskeywordid=39700057108205577&lid=39700057108205577&ds_s_kwgid=58700006326617430&device=m&network=g&matchtype=&locationid=1024188&creative=462612740332&targetid=dsa-371057009646&campaignid=82662878&adgroupid=114091948448&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fP5nY-tA-pfTSgG6QPVvpLuwBkdxcIBJpYz0k6GL5ndH1RKRyoyWhshoCZ2oQAvD_BwE#

[aMorePerfectUnion]

--> You mean the 72 original books that the Church compiled into the bible, or the 66 after mad Marty took his knife to it? No, I mean the inspired books of Scripture. 2/3 in existence before the birth of Christ. All written before the Apostles died out. All reexamined over the millennia. --> What does the bible say about someone who deletes from the word of God? Sounds like Luther lives in your head rent free, so perhaps ask him?? --> The bible is a Catholic book. Yeah, that's a silly statement. A rooster might as well claim his crowing makes the sun rise. -->And you obviously weren’t Catholic, because nobody refers to themselves as Roman. Only in retrospect, when my eyes were opened to the Gospel of Grace, could I see Romanism isn't Christianity, doesn't save, and is syncretic paganism.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Thank you, but I know of the idolatry of the brown scapula and it’s source as a demonic apparition.

Throw it in a fire, it burns. It can’t even save itself.

Christ, He alone saves.