[stfassisi]

“”I have heard Protestants tell me “God told me.” “”

This is why there is so many heretical teachings today

The late Bishop Fulton Sheen said it best....

“Every heresy in the history of the Church has been either a truth exaggerated to an excess, or diminished to a defect. Calvinism, for example, had a very good first principle, which is a sound Catholic principle, namely, the absolute Sovereignty of God; but Calvin carried it so far as to rule out human merit. Bolshevism, too, is grounded on a very sound Catholic principle, which is the Brotherhood of Man, but it has exaggerated it so far as to leave no room for the Sovereignty of God. And so it is easy to fall into any of these extremes, and to lose one’s intellectual balance. The thrill is in keeping it.”- Bishop Fulton J Sheen

[kosta50]

This is why there is so many heretical teachings today

It really scares me when they say "God told me so." I never know what their next move will be.

"Every heresy in the history of the Church has been either a truth exaggerated to an excess, or diminished to a defect" —.” Bishop Fulton J Sheen

Is anything sounds too good to be true, or hard to believe it probably isn't.

[OLD REGGIE]

“”I have heard Protestants tell me “God told me.” “”

This is why there is so many heretical teachings today

According to many (most) Catholics Mary spoke to three peasant girls at Fatima, she spoke to Bernadette at Lourdes, she spoke to Juan Diego at Guadalupe, etc.

To quote you; "This is why there is so many heretical teachings today"

[Forest Keeper]

“Every heresy in the history of the Church has been either a truth exaggerated to an excess, or diminished to a defect. Calvinism, for example, had a very good first principle, which is a sound Catholic principle, namely, the absolute Sovereignty of God; but Calvin carried it so far as to rule out human merit. Bolshevism, too, is grounded on a very sound Catholic principle, which is the Brotherhood of Man, but it has exaggerated it so far as to leave no room for the Sovereignty of God. And so it is easy to fall into any of these extremes, and to lose one’s intellectual balance. The thrill is in keeping it.”- Bishop Fulton J Sheen

I think this statement does capture a core principle of the Apostolic Church, that of glorifying the merit of man.

1 Pet. 1:24 : For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, (from Is. 40:6-8).