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To: LiveFreeOrDieAmerica
To deny this - or cast dispersions on approved apparitions - is putting yourself above Holy Mother the Church - a position you do not possess regardless of your delusions.

Apparitions are private devotions. Period.

Belief in private devotions, while possibly beneficial spiritually, are, nevertheless, not necessary for salvation and not part of the deposit of faith.

The Church's approval of an apparition is not an endorsement of said apparition.

75 posted on 03/24/2004 9:18:30 PM PST by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
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To: sinkspur
Right... and the Immaculate Conception dogma had nothing to do with LaSallette - right? Or was that one the "least reliable"? The Church investigates the veracity of the vision to determine if it is from Heaven or Hell - and thus judges its merit. Of course - that doesn't mean anything - that Heaven would send a message - not REQUIRED or part of the DEPOSIT OF FAITH - like speaking in tongues or baptism of the spirit or the new decades of the rosary - All this Marian stuff is just ISIS accretions - right? I am so confused now! Whatever you do - don't read Louis Marie DeMontford - that guy was really off the track - private revelation - blah blah blah - clearly not "Novus" enough for all of us enlightened ones. We have to understand Mary (the whole Blessed Virgin thing is so dated) - as an "unwed mother" as I heard recently in a N.O. sermon - much like unwed mothers today - Blasphemy! You will know them by their fruits - of the N.O. - I see no fruits but heresy and falling off of vocations and belief in the True Presence - truly - a Springtime of Faith - wouldn't everyone agree?
77 posted on 03/24/2004 9:26:40 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDieAmerica
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