Posted on 01/09/2023 6:40:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Observatory of Religious Pluralism in Spain has released an update of the data on places of worship, as well as the religious identification of the Spanish population according to the statistics published by the Sociological Research Centre (CIS).
The Observatory aims to provide “data and diagnoses on the diversity of beliefs and the needs related to the effective exercise of religious freedom, in order to contribute to the improvement of public management”, explained on its website.
In addition to provide reports and infographics on the situation of religious minorities in Spain, the Observatory updates data on places of worship every six months.
According to the 2018 religious affiliation report of the CIS, 1.96% of the population in Spain identifies as protestant or evangelical. In the last 20 years, this group has multiplied eightfold, being the denomination with the highest percentage growth.
This figure is significant when compared with that of the majority religion, Roman Catholicism, which in the same period has gone from 83.7% to 64.8%, a loss of almost 20 percentage points.
Neverthless, the “confession” that has grown most is that of those who do not identify with religion, going from 10,25% to 28,6% in only 20 years (this percentage include atheists - those who do not believe in God, a 16,8%- and agnostics - those who do not know if there is a God or do not believe there is a way to know, a 11,2%).
Furthermore, nearly 10% of those not born in Spain who live in the country identify as Protestant. The evangelical faith almost reaches 3% in the youngest age range studied, 18 to 29 years old.
By sex, women are a majority among evangelicals: 2.84% of women compared with 1.22% of men who identify themselves as evangelicals in Spain.
At a general level, although in Spain the majority still choose to define themselves as “rather religious” (28%), the figure is down by 8 percentage points compared to 2008, while the options “extremely non-religious” (9.6%) and “rather non-religious” (18.2%) show a strong increase over the last decade.
The Observatory uses three sources to collect data on places of worship: the Register of Religious Entities, researches promoted by the Pluralism and Coexistence Foundation and the requests of the religious communities to be part of the Observatory's website.
There are 30,676 places of worship in Spain. Of these, 22,997 are Roman Catholic parishes and 7,679 belong to other religious denominations.
Evangelical places of worship currently number 4,283, spread throughout Spain, but mainly in the large cities of Madrid and Barcelona.
Previously, the data on evangelical places of worship included the Anglican Communion and Adventists, but in this latest update they are now shown separately, so the numerical growth may appear to be lower.
They had Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.
Let me truthfully add:
To go deeper into history is to cease to be CATHOLIC.
 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.' |
There are several reasons why I'm not Catholic, but this comes in at number one. Protestants talk about Christ, Catholics talk about the Catholic Church.
15 'promises' from whom???
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me
2. I promise
5. The soul which recommends itself to me
9. I shall
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me
13.I have obtained
15. Devotion of my Rosary
Versus...
Isaiah 53
Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
Over more than four centuries, several popes have promoted the Rosary as part of the veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church,[5] and consisting essentially in meditation on the life of Christ.[6] The rosary also represents the Catholic emphasis on "participation in the life of Mary, whose focus was Christ", and the Mariological theme "to Christ through Mary".[7]
The Economy of Salvation, also called the Divine Economy, is that part of divine revelation in the Roman Catholic tradition that deals with God’s creation and management of the world, particularly his plan of salvation accomplished through the Church. Economy comes from the Greek oikonomia (economy), literally, "management of a household" or "stewardship".[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Church doctrine sees this as the elements and resources revealed by God as necessary for the sake of mankind's salvation through God's revelation and communication of himself to mankind. It refers to God's creation of all things, and of his governance of the world, especially with regards to Jesus' part in salvation, which includes his mission being fulfilled by his body, the Church, and through the sacraments.[7]
Paragraph 1103 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to the "Economy of Salvation" as the "economy of Revelation."[8]
I wish more fewer people understood it’s significance were trapped by Satan.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 1 Timothy 2:5-6
And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. Matthew 6:7
“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Matthew 6:8-9
Not THIS:
...Step V. Now this will bring you to the first decade, or set of 10 beads of the Rosary. You will then pray 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the first mystery, example: The Annunciation.
Step VI. After the 10th Hail Mary you will have completed the first of 5 decades which make up a Chaplet of the Rosary. You now come to another single bead, at this point, you pray the... Glory be to the Father... then (on the same bead) pray the O My Jesus... then (on the same bead) announce the next or second mystery. For example: if its Monday and your praying the Joyful Mysteries, the second Joyful Mystery is The Visitation. At this point you pray the Our Father....
Step VII. You will now come to the second decade or group of 10 beads, you will now pray the 10 Hail Marys while contemplating the appropriate mystery.
This isn't news to you - you've heard it before... many times... and from people to have been more exhaustive (than I have been here) in repelling the lies, but God's Word is better than your traditions and His Word is enough. No more is needed. This is just another reminder of what is True, for anyone who may be curious.
I do love Texas.
Nothing is impossible and nothing is forever.
Israel was cast into bondage, the Temple got destroyed twice, the Chosen People were nearly obliterated by Nazis and Communists, the USSR fell, the British Empire died a quiet death, and the Christian Cathedral of Constantinople is now a mosque.
The Holy Roman Empire was beaten back from a European superpower into a Vatican rump state that is little more than a vassal of Italy.
If the Italians ever go communist that will be the end of the Vatican.
Things can end. Which is why I pray for my Catholic brothers and sisters that their church can find its way back to what it should be.
Those pictures are of Santa Muerte, a folk deity personifying death that has gained numerous followers over the past two decades. It has been condemned numerous times by the Church.
https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-churchs-life-and-death-struggle-with-santa-muerte/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte
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