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To: Dr. Eckleburg

...Roman Catholic infant baptism which purports to (only temporarily) erase original sin...

False:

For the forgiveness of sins . . .

1263 By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin.66 In those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is separation from God.

1,769 posted on 07/21/2008 12:21:34 PM PDT by Petronski (Scripture & Tradition must be accepted & honored w/equal sentiments of devotion & reverence. CCC 82)

And yet when you as a Catholic commit another sin, that sin must be accounted for and confessed to a priest and absolved by the priest (te-absolvo) through the sacrament of absolution.

As does every sin you commit after that in an endless round of confession/absolution, ad infinitum until death, and even beyond death in purgatory.

1,776 posted on 07/21/2008 12:32:59 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

To: Petronski; Dr. Eckleburg

(Dr. Eckleburg) "...Roman Catholic infant baptism which purports to (only temporarily) erase original sin..."

False:

For the forgiveness of sins . . .

1263 By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin.66 In those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is separation from God.

THERE IS NO CATHOLIC TEACHING WHICH IS SO CLEAR IT CANNOT BE DENIED, MODIFIED, OR REINTERPRETED AS REQUIRED. FURTHER, CATHOLIC APOLOGISTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPIN AND DOUBLETALK IN ORDER TO "PROTECT" THE SPIN.

1037 God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end. In the Eucharistic liturgy and in the daily prayers of her faithful, the Church implores the mercy of God, who does not want "any to perish, but all to come to repentance":

Father, accept this offering
from your whole family.
Grant us your peace in this life,
save us from final damnation,
and count us among those you have chosen.

What is required is a new Catholic Dictionary definition of "temporary".

1,802 posted on 07/21/2008 1:16:53 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let m e be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)

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