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To: firerosemom; verdugo
Catechism of the Catholic Church 84 “The apostles entrusted the ‘Sacred deposit’ of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of the Church. ‘By adhering to [this heritage] the entire holy people, united to its pastors, remains always faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brotherhood, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. So, in maintaining, practicing, and professing the faith that has been handed on, there should be a remarkable harmony between the bishops and the faithful.’”

So . . . what does "this heritage" have to do with late nineteenth century liberal German Protestant Biblical criticism, or Darwinian evolution, or Lyellian geology?

And if Genesis 1-11 doesn't mean what it says, why should John 6 mean what it says either?

Is it your intention to continue posting excerpts from the Catechism to confirm me in my prejudices? I'm not anti-Catholic enough for you already?

39 posted on 04/10/2011 10:58:14 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Hachodesh hazeh lakhem ro'sh chodashim; ri'shon hu' lakhem lechodshey hashanah.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Caatechism of the Catholic Church
295 “The Mystery of Creation
God creates by wisdom and love
We believe that God created the world according to his wisdom. It is not the product of any necessity whatever, nor of blind fate or chance. We believe that it proceeds from God’s free will; he wanted to make his creatures share in his being, wisdom, and goodness: ‘For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.’ Therefore the Psalmist exclaims: ‘O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all’; and ‘The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made’.

298 Since God could create everything out of nothing, he can also, through the Holy Spirit, give spiritual life to sinners by creating a pure heart in them and bodily life to the dead through the Resurrection. God ‘gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.’ And since God was able to make light shine in darkness by his Word, he can also give the light of faith to those who do not yet know him.

306 God is the sovereign master of his plan. But to carry it out he also makes use of his creatures’ cooperation. This use is not a sign of weakness, but rather a token of almighty God’s greatness and goodness. For God grants his creatures not only their existence, but also the dignity of acting on their own, of being causes and principles for each other, and thus of cooperating in the accomplishment of his plan.”


41 posted on 04/10/2011 11:09:31 AM PDT by firerosemom (Jesus, son of God, son of Mary, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
The CCC is the Catholic basics, a brief teaching, for new converts to the faith. Telling a Catholic that they should read their catechism is like telling a senior in college studying engineering, that they should read on the subject in the encyclopedia.
47 posted on 04/10/2011 1:31:31 PM PDT by verdugo ("You can't lie, even to save the World")
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To: Zionist Conspirator
And by the way. The CCC is the worst catechism ever written. It contains so much progressivist ambiguity and double speak, that when one is done reading it, one does not know whether they are a cat or a man.

“There was once a cat that fell asleep and dreamed that he was a man dreaming that he was a cat, and when he woke up, he did not know if he was a cat or a man”.

50 posted on 04/10/2011 1:38:58 PM PDT by verdugo ("You can't lie, even to save the World")
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