Testimony of a Former Irish Priest

BereanBeacon.Org ^ | Richard Peter Bennett

[Quix]

And currently, there is a very large group of Catholics including bishops and cardinals who are pushing for the Catholic church to claim Mary as part of the Godhead...

And this change can be seen by the gradual acceptance of glorifying Mary with her relatively recent proclaimed roles of co-mediator, co-redemptor and all of the other co’s they are attaching to Mary...

It won’t be long...

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INDEED.

[Quix]

I never was amazed about it.

They can ritualize the life out of anything . . . just like the RELIGIOUS leaders 2000 years ago did.

[Deo volente]

LOL. I looked at Rigel through my telescope one time and didn’t see any planets nearby. What are you talking about?

[narses]

And currently, there is a very large group of Catholics including bishops and cardinals who are pushing for the Catholic church to claim Mary as part of the Godhead...

Not true. You know it is NOT TRUE and you keep repeating it. Why?

[Deo volente]

His assertion that "there is a very large group of Catholics including bishops and cardinals who are pushing for the Catholic church to claim Mary as part of the Godhead" is a complete fabrication.

INDEED.

Why did you not mention that in your reply?

HORRIFIC duplicity. GHASTLY.

[don-o]

It would be far more impressive if they went out into the streets and washed some dirty homeless feet and gave them new socks and shoes.

It's never enough, is it? One (ill informed) poster smugly says "Well, I'd like to see their pope wash some feet..."

Pics posted of current Pope doing exactly that.

Then - he washed the wrong kind of feet!

Reductio ad absurdum.

[smvoice]

And don't forget all the "miraculous visions" that will just increase. And what will be the outcome? "We have received a message from above. It's not a new message, just confirmation of a revelation given long, long ago. Mary, as Queen of Heaven, is so identified with the Catholic Church, that it can be said, finally, and with authority, She, Mary, and She, the Catholic Church, are one new "She". As such, "She" is the Queen of Heaven and earth, and therefore, it is fitting "She" receive the worship due only to God's Bride, God's Wife, God's partner in the salvation of the world.

There is no other way for them to go, they cannot go back and undo the Church's teachings of her. They can only increase her power and glory. All those "visions" and "miracles" attributed to her, you see.

MY OPINION ONLY.

[don-o]

LOL. I looked at Rigel through my telescope one time and didn’t see any planets nearby. What are you talking about?

Ask dsc. I think there may have been a book (or website) that fully explains the revelation of the eschatologic importance of Rigel - with Bible to prove it!

But, I could be a little off on that...

[don-o]

Touche’

[Deo volente]

I'm not going to wade thru that junk to search for evidence to defend your religion... IF you know of scripture that defends the existance of your religion, post it...

What's the matter, you don't know how to click on a link? That's covered in 2nd grade computer class.

http://www.scripturecatholic.com/

[don-o]

Asking others to actually read, comprehend and ponder upon serious writing (or web resources) makes the assumption that others are actually interested in gaining factual knowledge. I see almost no evidence that that assumption could possibly be true.

[Deo volente]

Well color me amazed...

AMAZED

[smvoice]

Ok, you say Paul was the chosen one.

No, I don't say ANYTHING.

God's WORD says:

"If ye have heard of the Dispensation of the grace of God which is GIVEN ME to you-ward: how that by REVELATION He made known unto ME, the mystery...which in OTHER AGES was NOT MADE KNOWN unto the sons of men as it is NOW REVEALED unto His Holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body and partakers of His promise in Christ BY THE GOSPEL...and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the MYSTERY, which from the beginning of the world hath been HID IN GOD who created all things by Jesus Christ." (Eph. 3:2,3,5,6,9).

[jafojeffsurf]

“And currently, there is a very large group of Catholics including bishops and cardinals who are pushing for the Catholic church to claim Mary as part of the Godhead... “

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So hear is a list of Cardinals, Please enlighten me on which ones are pushing this along with links to their statements.

http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_list.asp

[Deo volente]

It would be far more impressive if they went out into the streets and washed some dirty homeless feet

This is almost too easy...

For several years, Pope John Paul washed the feet of elderly laymen, including a group of homeless men living at a shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity in 1980.

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0602152.htm

[Quix]

I think you're quite right.

It's amazing that they

BRAZENLY DENY

that they are worshiping her and have elevated her into Jr God status . . . even in the face of these sorts of brazenly published blasphemies and idolatries:

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1 - "Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Father, Mother of the Divine Son, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, complement OF the most august Trinity!"

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6 - To her was granted grace greater than that conferred upon all others, 'that she might vanquish sin in every respect.'
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[Qx: I guess Christ's vanquishing sin was unnecessary--or ineffectual without Mary's assistance?]

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7 - "Mary is the dawn of God because, just as the dawn marks the end of darkness and the beginning of day, so Mary indicates the end of vices and the beginning of virtue."
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[Qx: I guess Christ's conquering on The Cross and HIS conquering trip to hell were unncessary?]

9 - God loved Mary so much that He gave her the keys to His heart. 'No one can go to God without Mary drawing him.'
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[Qx: I guess Holy Spirit has been relegated to a 'Walter Mitty' role as spouse of Mary? That's SOME POWER to cancel & take over HOLY SPIRIT'S role to draw men to God!]

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4 - "Mary, trusting in the word of the angel, destroyed the sin Eve committed by trusting in the serpent.'
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[Qx: Evidently, she beat Christ to the job of vanquishing sin!--or maybe just elbowed Him aside and took over HIS job???]

5 - "She desired the safety of everyone, went in search of it, and obtained it; it was also through her that this salvation was wrought."
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[QX: What an unnecessary waste of precious Blood and suffering on THE CROSS--when evidently one wave of Mary's white hanky was sufficient!!!/sar]

p47
10 - "As Noah's Ark saved all the animals that entered it, so Mary saves all the souls that entrust themselves to her care."

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8 - "If she were not so holy as she is, how could God appoint her to be the ladder of Paradise, the advocate of the world, meatrix between HIm and us?"

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4 - "By becoming Mother of God, Mary belongs to the order of hypostatic union; hence she participates IN the infinite sanctity of God."

WHAT GHASTLY IDOLATRY AND BLASPHEMY! And wholesale stubbornly blind denials about same. Shocking. Truly shocking.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2503880/posts?page=1576#1576

[Quix]

GOOD FOR HIM!

Glad to read of it.

[smvoice]

1 - "Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Father, Mother of the Divine Son, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, complement OF the most august Trinity!"

I did not KNOW this..Spouse of the Holy Spirit...hmmm

[Quix]

INCREDIBLY BRAZEN BLASPHEMIES AND IDOLATRIES SATURATE THAT BOOK.

[Iscool]

He ritually does . . . I think once a year. The finery and pomp and circumstance involved is incredible. As are the already clean feet. LOL

Ahhh, showtime then...