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To: sinkspur
"If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them."

I think there is a misunderstanding over who the "them" is here. The "them" mentioned are probably those who sin and don't repent, not those killed in the fire. There won't be pardon for them, because their chance for pardon has been lost.

4 posted on 08/03/2003 2:46:05 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (+ Vive Jesus! (Live Jesus!) +)
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To: Pyro7480
By taking part in non-Catholic worship! This, indeed, is a powerful indictment against the present ecumenical pracitce that has swept through and disfigured the Church since the Second Vatican Council.

"distort Sacred Scriptures from their genuine and true meaning," are guilty of sins against the Second Commandment.

People doing unnecessary, places of business opened with people shopping without any regard to the Third Commandment which stricty forbids all unnecessary work and doing business on Sunday.

Something's fishy about all this. There's clearly an agenda from the outfit that is promoting these apparitions. Is praying with non-Catholics in a generic setting "non-Catholic worship"?

Is there an "official" "genuine and true meaning of Sacred Scripture", according to the Church? Exegesis is still ongoing, and some finer points are a matter of dispute.

And does the 3rd commandment REALLY forbid shopping on Sunday?

I notice the only reference to Vatican II is derogatory, while there are many positive references to Trent.

This is why private apparitions are problematic; there's always the possibility that they're being clouded by the perceptions and biases of those involved.

6 posted on 08/03/2003 3:02:06 PM PDT by sinkspur ("Messina, Brad! Messina!" George C. Scott as "PATTON.")
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To: Pyro7480
"I think there is a misunderstanding over who the "them" is here."

Very possibly. One would need to see the original Japanese. Pronouns in Japanese are scarce as hen's teeth.
34 posted on 08/03/2003 11:45:52 PM PDT by dsc
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