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Intended Catholic Dictatorship
Independent Individualist ^ | 8/27/10 | Reginald Firehammer

Posted on 08/27/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief

Intended Catholic Dictatorship

The ultimate intention of Catholicism is the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire. That has always been the ambition, at least covertly, but now it is being promoted overtly and openly.

The purpose of this article is only to make that intention clear. It is not a criticism of Catholics or Catholicism (unless you happen to think a Catholic dictatorship is not a good thing).

The most important point is to understand that when a Catholic talks about liberty or freedom, it is not individual liberty that is meant, not the freedom to live one's life as a responsible individual with the freedom to believe as one chooses, not the freedom to pursue happiness, not the freedom to produce and keep what one has produced as their property. What Catholicism means by freedom, is freedom to be a Catholic, in obedience to the dictates of Rome.

The Intentions Made Plain

The following is from the book Revolution and Counter-Revolution:

"B. Catholic Culture and Civilization

"Therefore, the ideal of the Counter-Revolution is to restore and promote Catholic culture and civilization. This theme would not be sufficiently enunciated if it did not contain a definition of what we understand by Catholic culture and Catholic civilization. We realize that the terms civilization and culture are used in many different senses. Obviously, it is not our intention here to take a position on a question of terminology. We limit ourselves to using these words as relatively precise labels to indicate certain realities. We are more concerned with providing a sound idea of these realities than with debating terminology.

"A soul in the state of grace possesses all virtues to a greater or lesser degree. Illuminated by faith, it has the elements to form the only true vision of the universe.

"The fundamental element of Catholic culture is the vision of the universe elaborated according to the doctrine of the Church. This culture includes not only the learning, that is, the possession of the information needed for such an elaboration, but also the analysis and coordination of this information according to Catholic doctrine. This culture is not restricted to the theological, philosophical, or scientific field, but encompasses the breadth of human knowledge; it is reflected in the arts and implies the affirmation of values that permeate all aspects of life.

"Catholic civilization is the structuring of all human relations, of all human institutions, and of the State itself according to the doctrine of the Church.

Got that? "Catholic civilization is the structuring of all human relations, of all human institutions, and of the State itself according to the doctrine of the Church." The other name for this is called "totalitarianism," the complete rule of every aspect of life.

This book and WEB sites like that where it is found are spreading like wildfire. These people do not believe the hope of America is the restoration of the liberties the founders sought to guarantee, these people believe the only hope for America is Fatima. Really!

In Their Own Words

The following is from the site, "RealCatholicTV." It is a plain call for a "benevolent dictatorship, a Catholic monarch;" their own words. They even suggest that when the "Lord's Payer," is recited, it is just such a Catholic dictatorship that is being prayed for.

[View video in original here or on Youtube. Will not show in FR.]

Two Comments

First, in this country, freedom of speech means that anyone may express any view no matter how much anyone else disagrees with that view, or is offended by it. I totally defend that meaning of freedom of speech.

This is what Catholics believe, and quite frankly, I do not see how any consistent Catholic could disagree with it, though I suspect some may. I have no objection to their promoting those views, because it is what they believe. Quite frankly I am delighted they are expressing them openly. For one thing, it makes it much easier to understand Catholic dialog, and what they mean by the words they use.

Secondly, I think if their views were actually implemented, it would mean the end true freedom, of course, but I do not believe there is any such danger.

—Reginald Firehammer (06/28/10)


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To: Joya

Thanks for your kind words. You certainly know me better than all the rest put together.

Bless you for your supportiveness.


981 posted on 09/01/2010 9:00:38 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Lera

Hmmmmm

an interesting perspective I haven’t read before.

THX THX.


982 posted on 09/01/2010 9:02:48 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix

I’m glad to help.

Here’s the Compliment Guys link

http://www.brightsidetour.com/


983 posted on 09/01/2010 9:09:44 PM PDT by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: Joya

THX THX


984 posted on 09/01/2010 9:12:37 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix
I’ve seen Dr E accused of lying routinely. Hardly a day goes by that she is not accused of lying. Yet, when she documents that THE ACCUSER IS ACTUALLY THE ONE LYING—the whole thing skates by.

The recent business of her buying the encylcical and being told she was lying about that is just a recent outrageous case of such. There was no apology at all—just more bluster and outrageous accusation stuff.

Thanks, Q. When they have no rebuttal from Scripture, they call people names. Thankfully, FReepers can see for themselves who said what.

"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." -- Psalm 115:1-8


985 posted on 09/01/2010 9:31:10 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

INDEED.

THANKS FOR YOUR SCRIPTURAL EMPHASIS.

All else will pass away, His Word will never pass away.

They have no rebuttle from Scripture because Scripture

ranks lower than

!!!!TRADITION!!!!;
than the Pope;
than the magicsterical;
than Mary;
than ritual;
than the catechism;

They may claim otherwise. Their actions and pontifications prove it endlessly.


986 posted on 09/01/2010 9:35:16 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: bronx2; Quix

I think most FourSquare ahoy folks don’t realise they are in a cult as they are simple folks who really want to find God. There are some who rant in multi-colored fonts, but again, they earnestly seek God and are trapped in the FourSquare pent-o-costal cult and we should pity them. For their pasters, I have no pity


987 posted on 09/01/2010 9:36:06 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: OLD REGGIE
The point is, I believe God heals who He will, where he will, and when He wills.

Of course -- and if you had read my posts, that is not in dispute. I pointed out specific cases of Popoff among others who are pent-ec-oastal charlatans. If you want to debate that they are not, please provide proofs, otherwise, trying to debate that miracles or healings BY GOD happen is preaching to the choir
988 posted on 09/01/2010 9:39:36 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: Cronos
And who
"exalts alternate deities"?
.
.

UNCOUNTED
MILLIONS OF
ROMAN CATHOLICS
.
ALL OVER THE WORLD
.
AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT
AND
FACILITATION OF
THE VATICAN
.
REGARDLESS
.
of
all the weasel words
documents
&
rationalizations
to the contrary.
.
Trumped-up
plausible deniability
DOESN'T WASH
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY.
...
SELF-JUSTIFICATION
DOESN'T WASH WITH GOD ALMIGHTY!
.
RITUAL DOESN'T CUT IT
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY!
.
EXCUSES
DON'T CUT IT
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY
.
.
.
In some countries,
it is a reasonable guess
that of the 20-30% practicing Roman Catholics,
the percentage who
EXALT ALTERNATE DEITIES
would be 85-95% or more.
In other countries, it might be
as low as 15-50%
Sometimes, on FR, it appears to be
90%. Other times, 70%
Sometimes, maybe as low as 30-50%.
.
.
.
Below are a list of brazen examples
from a very popular devotional
VERY SANCTIONED, APPROVED AND ENCOURAGED
by the Vatican system & hierarchy.
.
.
.
Some have said that the language below
is 'merely' hyperbolic adoration.
I don't think that's what
GOD ALMIGHTY WOULD LABEL IT.
I'm convinced that
GOD ALMIGHTY
CALLS IT
BRAZEN DEMONICALLY
FACILITATED, ENCOURAGED & LED
IDOLATRY AND BLASPHEMY.
He doesn't usually mince words.
.
.
.
WERE MARY HERSELF POSTING ON FR
I BELIEVE HER DENOUNCIATIONS OF SUCH
WOULD BE MUCH MORE FIERCE THAN MINE!
.
.
.
I was involved in a house church
famous all over Southern California
for its deliverance ministry and follow-up.
Mental hospitals and pastors sent their worst cases
to us--the ones they gave up on.
By God's grace, Christ's Blood and Holy Spirit
operating in servant-hearted love through
a lot of dedicated people who opened their homes
to such folks,
many were set free--lastingly free.
.
.
.
I learned a lot in that church.
One of the things that I OBSERVED,
I see a LOT hereon.
there's a characteristic
TYPE OF RESPONSE
WHEN A PERSON AWASH
IN DEMONIC INFLUENCES
(I don't think it matters
whether they are resident
or hovering around)
GETS CHALLENGED, EXHORTED,
HAS THEIR PRIDE PRICKED.
I see a LOT of that TYPE of response, hereon.
.
.
.

Below are the examples
of exalting other deities.
They are real.
They are serious.
They are owned,
operated in,
manifested in,
heart-felt wallowed in
by millions of Roman Catholics around the world.
Pretending otherwise does not change the facts.
White washing it with magicsterical diplospeak
doesn't change the facts.
Rationalizing it with 101 weasel words
doesn't change the facts.
.
.
.
the FACTS are easy enough to see below
for anyone with
more discernment than a gnat's.
.
.
.
Those reading this with any consciousness above comotose
no longer have any excuse.
.
.
.
Holy Spirit will be nudging, urging, forsaking of all such
--ALL HINT OF SUCH--
IGNORING HIS LEADING, NUDGING, URGING
in such matters can be spiritually deadly.
Very spiritually deadly.
.
.
.
ONCE AGAIN,
just a small part of
THE EVIDENCE: .
.
.

Here's the title:

http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Meditations-Mysteries-Rosary-Ferraro/dp/0819801577/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272938246&sr=1-2

And it carries the official sanctions of:

ni•hil ob•stat
n.
1. Roman Catholic Church An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals.
2. Official approval, especially of an artistic work.

WITH RICHARD CARDINAL CUSHING’S IMPRIMATUR

Let me track down the brief portion of quotes upthread . . .

Here they are:

However, as we've seen through a variety of sources--a pile of them in Ferraro's manual about the Rosary--the Roman Catholic et al/Vatican Edifice disagrees with a lot of the claims of RC's hereon to the contrary.

p.32
.
[Quixicated emphases below]
Mary is crowned Queen of heaven and earth, dispenser of all graces . . .

p32
4 - She became Queen of Purgatory, where she exercises her power as mediatrix in behalf of these suffering souls.

5 - She became Queen of us sinners, to assist us through the dangers of this life and to help us in difficulties.

6 - She became the ruler of hell, that trembles at her slightest gaze and is defeated by her power.

"Just as a rock extracted from earth will precipitate into the abyss, so will man, left without Mary's help, quickly slide toward hell." --Richard of St Victor

p37
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kingdom come; Thy kingdom come through Mary! --Partial Indulgence

p41
"Mary is the tree of life to those who grasp her, and he is happy who hold her fast." --Prov. 3:18

p43
1 - "Hail Mary, beloved daughter of the Father, Mother of the Divine Son, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, complement of the most august Trinity!"

p45
6 - To her was granted grace greater than that conferred upon all others, 'that she might vanquish sin in every respect.'
.
[Qx: I guess Christ's vanquishing sin was unnecessary--or ineffectual without Mary's assistance?]

p46
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."
.
[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.'
.
[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!]

p47
4 - "Mary, trusting in the word of the angel, destroyed the sin Eve committed by trusting in the serpent.'
.
[Qx: Evidently, she beat Christ to the job of vanquishing sin!]

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."
.
[QX: What an unnecessary waste of precious Blood and suffering on THE CROSS!!!/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."

p50
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?"

p50
4 - "By becoming Mother of God, Mary belongs to the order of hypostatic union; hence she participates IN the infinite sanctity of God."

989 posted on 09/01/2010 9:39:46 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix

Oooh. And, all in pretty colors too. RME.


990 posted on 09/01/2010 9:43:13 PM PDT by Twink
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To: metmom; roamer_1

READ the entire discourse —> from post #697. Roamer was the one who did not care to dispute Peter Popoff etc.’s fake “healings”. Did you read post #697?


991 posted on 09/01/2010 9:45:26 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: metmom; roamer_1
For the record, I have little use for televangelists. I don’t trust any of them and have never believed that what I’ve seen on TV is legit.

So then GOOD! We both agree on the fake 'healers' as outlined in post # 697.

As I repeat again and again, there is no dispute that God heals, but all of you seem to go off topic on to making it personal about roamer. Was Roamer healed by one of the fake healers pointed out in post #697? If yes, then I'm interested in knowing that the examples were not correct. If no, then good for him, God healed him, not some fake pastor.

Beyond that, you want to prove that some of the fake healers pointed out are legit, please do, as roamer said "put up or shut up as they say..."
992 posted on 09/01/2010 9:49:17 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: Quix

“All else will pass away, His Word will never pass away.”

AMEN!

“They have no rebuttle from Scripture because Scripture

ranks lower than

!!!!TRADITION!!!!;
than the Pope;
than the magicsterical;
than Mary;
than ritual;
than the catechism;

They may claim otherwise. Their actions and pontifications prove it endlessly.”

Exactly true. We’ve see this every day on the forum. God willing, RCs will see that their veneration of Mary and assorted dead people intrudes upon the glory that is reserved for the Triune God alone.

No small error.


993 posted on 09/01/2010 9:49:58 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: metmom; sitetest; Legatus
Ah, typical personal interpretation --> like how the sola folks read the Bible, they read even comments -- misunderstanding and reading out of context. No wonder they can't agree on anything, you even have folks like you, metmom, taking as a bedfellow someone who denies the Trinity.

At no point did we say that any miracles are valid or not (btw, all miracles are of God) --> READ the posts, kindly do that and tell us if you have proof of Hogan, Hinn or Popoff actually healing someone. As I said before, the point was directly specifically at Hinn, the Word of Faith and FourSquare pent-c-coastal con-men. Assemblies of God, I do not place in the same category as these above hucksters.
994 posted on 09/01/2010 9:53:03 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: betty boop; Mad Dawg; roamer_1; Quix
Anyhoot, just a few stray thoughts, dear brother in Christ, FWIW.

Even if I labored a year to convey the point, your "few stray thoughts" in this one paragraph would surpass all my efforts with ringing clarity:

Since logic and reason are universals themselves, their ground or foundation cannot be a product of operations in the finite, that is non-universal, contingent, ever-changing (within Limits) natural world. Thus we reason their source and ground must be divine: the Logos — God's Word of the Beginning. ["Logos" also carries other cognate meaning in Greek, such as "story," "truth," "design"....]

And of course I very strongly agree with you that God the Father has revealed Himself in four ways: 1) the Person of Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, 2) the indwelling Holy Spirit, 3) Scriptures and 4) Creation, both physical and spiritual. Truly, His revelations are harmonious.

So for me, reason is rooted in God's Logos or it is "unreasonable," irrational. And if the latter, it has no access to truth, nor ability to draw truthful conclusions about a natural world that is constantly changing, but changing in such a way that it does not depart from the natural laws that we see operating in nature, by which the creation is evidently ordered.

To say as much is a faith statement. But logic and reason have to have a foundation, a first and final premise (cause), in order to operate at all.

So very true.

Thank you for your testimony, insights and encouragements, dearest sister in Christ!

995 posted on 09/01/2010 9:59:40 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Iscool
you don't need a picture to believe that Benny Hinn is a fake? Oh, right, you said you would go to a Benny service, right?
And as you said in post # 754 But even then, the worst of the bunch, the Benny Hinns with their prosperity gospel, would get my support

People reject Christ and go for fake Benny Hinns and fake groups like the WordoFaith and FourSquare pent-o-mime cults.

It shows that Satan's temptations are strong when people reject Christ and really support Benny, the guy who proffers the following

"When you say I am a Christian, you are saying 'I am a messiah' in Hebrew. I am a little messiah walking on earth." - Praise-a-Thon, TBN 6 November 1990.

"This thing has almost become comical. Paul, here is what I believe. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost - three separate individuals, one in essence, one in work, and may I add, each of them possesses his own spirit body. That's what I believe." TBN, 23 Oct. 1992

"God the Father, ladies and gentleman, is a person and He is a triune being by Himself, separate from the Son and the Holy Ghost... See, God the Father is a person, God the Son is a person, God the Holy Ghost is a person; but each one of them is a triune being by himself. If I can shock you and maybe I should, there's nine of them! What did you say? Let me explain. God the Father, ladies and gentlemen, is a person with his own personal spirit, with his own personal soul and his own personal spirit body. You say, I never heard that! Well, you think you are in church to hear things you heard for the last fifty years?" Orlando Christian Centre Broadcast, 13 Oct. 1990.
Why do you agree to Benny's philostophy?

Satan keeps popping up charlatans who lead people away from Christ. He also leads people away by making them believe that they know all and can interpret God in their own image. You should not let him lead you away from God - instead return to Christ's Church, the One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church

I'll quote terycarl from post # 823
thanks but I will stick with the religion founded personally by Jesus....that would, of course be Catholicism.
So, you don't need a picture to believe Benny Hinn's "healings" -- you just believe that Hinn has "da power"
He takes off his jacket and rubs it over his body and swings it over his head. Sometimes people pass up handkerchiefs, and he lies on top of the pile, rubbing his power onto them.
Sheesh, no wonder some folks get conned by Benny or go along with Unitarian Universalists --> they keep denying Christ and Christ's Church. Why do you keep doing that, Iscool?
996 posted on 09/01/2010 10:00:45 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

INDEED. QUITE SO.


997 posted on 09/01/2010 10:02:29 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Cronos
And who
"exalts alternate deities"?
.
.

UNCOUNTED
MILLIONS OF
ROMAN CATHOLICS
.
ALL OVER THE WORLD
.
AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT
AND
FACILITATION OF
THE VATICAN
.
REGARDLESS
.
of
all the weasel words
documents
&
rationalizations
to the contrary.
.
Trumped-up
plausible deniability
DOESN'T WASH
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY.
...
SELF-JUSTIFICATION
DOESN'T WASH WITH GOD ALMIGHTY!
.
RITUAL DOESN'T CUT IT
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY!
.
EXCUSES
DON'T CUT IT
WITH GOD ALMIGHTY
.
.
.
In some countries,
it is a reasonable guess
that of the 20-30% practicing Roman Catholics,
the percentage who
EXALT ALTERNATE DEITIES
would be 85-95% or more.
In other countries, it might be
as low as 15-50%
Sometimes, on FR, it appears to be
90%. Other times, 70%
Sometimes, maybe as low as 30-50%.
.
.
.
Below are a list of brazen examples
from a very popular devotional
VERY SANCTIONED, APPROVED AND ENCOURAGED
by the Vatican system & hierarchy.
.
.
.
Some have said that the language below
is 'merely' hyperbolic adoration.
I don't think that's what
GOD ALMIGHTY WOULD LABEL IT.
I'm convinced that
GOD ALMIGHTY
CALLS IT
BRAZEN DEMONICALLY
FACILITATED, ENCOURAGED & LED
IDOLATRY AND BLASPHEMY.
He doesn't usually mince words.
.
.
.
WERE MARY HERSELF POSTING ON FR
I BELIEVE HER DENOUNCIATIONS OF SUCH
WOULD BE MUCH MORE FIERCE THAN MINE!
.
.
.
I was involved in a house church
famous all over Southern California
for its deliverance ministry and follow-up.
Mental hospitals and pastors sent their worst cases
to us--the ones they gave up on.
By God's grace, Christ's Blood and Holy Spirit
operating in servant-hearted love through
a lot of dedicated people who opened their homes
to such folks,
many were set free--lastingly free.
.
.
.
I learned a lot in that church.
One of the things that I OBSERVED,
I see a LOT hereon.
there's a characteristic
TYPE OF RESPONSE
WHEN A PERSON AWASH
IN DEMONIC INFLUENCES
(I don't think it matters
whether they are resident
or hovering around)
GETS CHALLENGED, EXHORTED,
HAS THEIR PRIDE PRICKED.
I see a LOT of that TYPE of response, hereon.
.
.
.

Below are the examples
of exalting other deities.
They are real.
They are serious.
They are owned,
operated in,
manifested in,
heart-felt wallowed in
by millions of Roman Catholics around the world.
Pretending otherwise does not change the facts.
White washing it with magicsterical diplospeak
doesn't change the facts.
Rationalizing it with 101 weasel words
doesn't change the facts.
.
.
.
the FACTS are easy enough to see below
for anyone with
more discernment than a gnat's.
.
.
.
Those reading this with any consciousness above comotose
no longer have any excuse.
.
.
.
Holy Spirit will be nudging, urging, forsaking of all such
--ALL HINT OF SUCH--
IGNORING HIS LEADING, NUDGING, URGING
in such matters can be spiritually deadly.
Very spiritually deadly.
.
.
.
ONCE AGAIN,
just a small part of
THE EVIDENCE: .
.
.

Here's the title:

http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Meditations-Mysteries-Rosary-Ferraro/dp/0819801577/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272938246&sr=1-2

And it carries the official sanctions of:

ni•hil ob•stat
n.
1. Roman Catholic Church An attestation by a church censor that a book contains nothing damaging to faith or morals.
2. Official approval, especially of an artistic work.

WITH RICHARD CARDINAL CUSHING’S IMPRIMATUR

Let me track down the brief portion of quotes upthread . . .

Here they are:

However, as we've seen through a variety of sources--a pile of them in Ferraro's manual about the Rosary--the Roman Catholic et al/Vatican Edifice disagrees with a lot of the claims of RC's hereon to the contrary.

p.32
.
[Quixicated emphases below]
Mary is crowned Queen of heaven and earth, dispenser of all graces . . .

p32
4 - She became Queen of Purgatory, where she exercises her power as mediatrix in behalf of these suffering souls.

5 - She became Queen of us sinners, to assist us through the dangers of this life and to help us in difficulties.

6 - She became the ruler of hell, that trembles at her slightest gaze and is defeated by her power.

"Just as a rock extracted from earth will precipitate into the abyss, so will man, left without Mary's help, quickly slide toward hell." --Richard of St Victor

p37
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kingdom come; Thy kingdom come through Mary! --Partial Indulgence

p41
"Mary is the tree of life to those who grasp her, and he is happy who hold her fast." --Prov. 3:18

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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!]

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!!!/sar]

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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."

998 posted on 09/01/2010 10:05:00 PM PDT by Quix (C THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: D-fendr; Natural Law; metmom; Quix; OLD REGGIE; Iscool
the ONLY thing on which the thousands of disparate Protestant factions, denominations and cults universally concur is their opposition or "protestation" of The Church

Yes, you have:
1. Calvinist Baptists who fight their Arminian Baptists
2. Unitarians who deny the divinity of Christ and the Trinity (OR)
3. FourSquqre Ahoy cultists who also believe in UFOs as they believe that "aliens seeded humans"
4. Rabid OPC cultists who try to hide the fact that their cult is rapidly decaying AND
5.The generally clueless

It is as John 15:18-19 says
18(A) "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19(B) If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because(C) you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
And, since we are in The Church founded by Christ, Christ's One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church, we'll read these verses in context
18(AL) "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19(AM) If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because(AN) you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you:(AO) 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me,(AP) they will also persecute you.(AQ) If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21But(AR) all these things they will do to you(AS) on account of my name,(AT) because they do not know him who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them,(AU) they would not have been guilty of sin,[c] but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23(AV) Whoever hates me hates my Father also. 24(AW) If I had not done among them the works that no one else did,(AX) they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have(AY) seen and hated both me and my Father. 25But(AZ) the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled:(BA) 'They hated me without a cause.' 26"But(BB) when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father,(BC) he will bear witness about me. 27And(BD) you also will bear witness,(BE) because you have been with me(BF) from the beginning.

999 posted on 09/01/2010 10:07:06 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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To: D-fendr; Natural Law; metmom; Quix; OLD REGGIE; Iscool
Interestingly,
27And(BD) you also will bear witness,(BE) because you have been with me(BF) from the beginning.
The Church of Christ, which has been with Him since the beginning, since Apostolic times, has been persecuted by the Romans, the Arian Visigoths and Lombards, threatened with devastation when the Western Roman Empire fell, threatened by Saxons, Magyar, Slavs etc. yet during the first millenium, the fruits are clear --> Celts, IBerians, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, Slavs, Vikings, North Africans, etc converted to Christ. And, the threatening heresies all died.

Unitarianism, Marcionism, Gnosticism, Catharism, etc. all these heresies all died out.

Yes, there have seemed to be Apocalypses before --> when the Roman Empire fell, when Attila came, when the Magyar devastated Europe, when the Germanic hordes went over the W. Roman Empire, when the Bulgarians came, when the ARabs threatened constatntinople in 718 (strangely enough Constantinople was saved by the Bulgar KHAN), when the Vikings came, when the Mongols came. And yet The Church survives this and all the internal problems because the Holy Spirit looks over it --> we will see through the current batch of heresies. They too shall die.
1,000 posted on 09/01/2010 10:14:22 PM PDT by Cronos (Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "Allah": Satan's current status)
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