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Gay Episcopal Bishop to Preach at San Francisco Catholic Parish
Catholic Culture ^ | 11/22/11

Posted on 11/23/2011 11:11:08 AM PST by marshmallow

A notoriously 'gay-friendly' parish in San Francisco has invited an openly homosexual Episcopalian cleric to lead an Advent Vespers service.

Most Holy Redeemer parish asked Bishop Otis Charles, a retired Episcopalian prelate, to lead the November 30 service. After serving as the Bishop of Utah from 1971 to 1993, he publicly announced that he is homosexual. Divorced from the mother of his 5 children, he solemnized a same-sex union in 2004.


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To: Judith Anne; Iscool
Iscool: So John was there??? He saw Mary go up??? If not, his testimony is worthless...

JA: As is all of your testimony about Christ and Paul. After all, you weren't there. You didn't see it.

Likewise for the church fathers. No Catholic alive today ever saw them and yet they believe them. If the testimony written in Scripture about Christ and Paul and by Paul is worthless, then any testimony of anything else from that era is worthless as well and even the testimony of people of today for things you did not see personally with your own eyes is also worthless.

2,801 posted on 12/05/2011 7:38:41 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Iscool
Beats me how that could be interpreted any differently.

Perhaps some Catholics would like to offer some excuses ... rationalizations.... reasons for not following the clear direct commands of Scripture.

Like this passage as well......

1 Corinthians 5 1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

3For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. 4When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened.For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you."

2,802 posted on 12/05/2011 7:50:37 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: CynicalBear
Rom. 3:28-30, "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law

Then what's to keep it from being faith 'alone'??? Nothing that I can see...

2,803 posted on 12/05/2011 7:51:31 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: mas cerveza por favor; CynicalBear
Please do not respond without addressing my agrument.

There is argument to address.. what we have heard is a tradition of men with no foundation.. something that MIGHT have been said about something he had no proof happened ...

Whereas there is no proof in scripture or in CONTEMPORARY history to its truth.

2,804 posted on 12/05/2011 8:00:34 AM PST by RnMomof7
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To: Judith Anne
I just love it that everything about the Holy Mother of God offends the protestants. I am proud that they accuse me of worship when I praise her, love her, try to emulate her, ask for her blessing—then my Lord Jesus will know that I am deeply touched by her fiat, and want to say the same to the Holy Spirit as she did to God: “Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.”

Exactly. They are deeply offended by the submission that Mary showed. The contrast of Mary's humility to the arrogant Protestant declaration of "I am the Church" really is quite telling.

I find it silly that they reserve the most hateful ugly words they can find to fling against those who love the Jewish maid who blessed God with everything she possessed, her very life, flesh and blood.

When you define yourself not in terms of what you are, but in terms of what you are not, then all kinds of silly possibilities can be developed.

2,805 posted on 12/05/2011 8:06:27 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr
The contrast of Mary's humility to the arrogant Protestant declaration of "I am the Church" really is quite telling.

Brilliant.

2,806 posted on 12/05/2011 8:12:43 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: MarkBsnr; CynicalBear
Since Christianity has always believed in baptism for the remission of sins, it is imperative that antiCatholics deny it. It sets them apart, you see, like the self-elected goats.

I must say you are consistant...Consistantly wrong...

Act 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

Here, whoever believes on Jesus (repents) receives remission of sins...No baptism...

Act 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

Here, whoever repents (believes on Jesus), the Holy Spirit fell on...NO BAPTISM...

Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Well here we go again...Imagine that...Folks receive remission of sins by believing on Jesus Christ...

Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Well Lo and Behold...Wanna brag about how you received remission of sins by getting wet??? NOT...A person gets remission of sins by repentance...And repentance alone...

Since Christianity has always believed in baptism for the remission of sins

Well of course they haven't...Because that's not what Jesus taught...That is however what Catholics believe...It's in their Tradition...

2,807 posted on 12/05/2011 8:25:29 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: Quix
Thank You Quix for making the link clickable! I prefer to let Pastor JD speak for himself. I do not know if his interpretation is 100% correct but I found it very interesting. Sort of like the idea that Simon Magnus might be the first pope not Peter. I do not know, Thank God, God knows.
2,808 posted on 12/05/2011 8:26:42 AM PST by marbren (I do not know but, Thank God, God knows)
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To: marbren

INDEED.

Thx.


2,809 posted on 12/05/2011 8:31:25 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

The demonized arrogance of the Vatican Ashteroth-Mary-Goddess-Queen-of-Heaven cult is unparalleled except for that of the Anti-Christ himself.


2,810 posted on 12/05/2011 8:34:08 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Judith Anne; Alamo-Girl; Amityschild; Captain Beyond; Cvengr; DvdMom; firebrand; ...
“Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.”

For that to be authentically, deeply, broadly, intensely true . . . for any individual . . .

said individuals would likely

already be earnestly OBEDIENT in spirit and letter to HIS LIVING WORD here:

Exodus 20:4-6 4 "You shall NOT make for yourself
a carved image,
or any likeness
of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Fantasies about a power-mongering old boys' club Magicsterical concocted 4th member sharing the hypostatic union of the God-head are spiritually blasphemous and spiritually deadly. It does not matter the size or degree of fossilization of the INSTITUTION proffering them.

The Authentic Mary herself fiercely condemns such hideousness already. And will do so on Judgment day.

Denial of facts does not alter the facts.

2,811 posted on 12/05/2011 8:35:05 AM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Judith Anne
As is all of your testimony about Christ and Paul. After all, you weren't there. You didn't see it.

But I have a written record with over 500 people as confirmed witnesses that is guaranteed by God to be perserved to every generation forever...

May not be any different to you but it's a world of difference to me...

2,812 posted on 12/05/2011 8:39:28 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: MHGinTN
Sorry, I will not step into your parlor. That is a fancy web you’ve constructed, but I will not be drawn into an irrational harangue which has been running at FR for years. HAve Nice Day

Suit yourself...I didn't create the 'web'...I just expose it...

2,813 posted on 12/05/2011 8:43:20 AM PST by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the WHOLE trailerpark...)
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To: metmom
>>If there appears to be a contradiction in Scripture with a verse compared to the rest of it, then it’s obvious that the verse has been misinterpreted.<<

And any books or writings that contain contradictions to the current 66 books of scripture or proven historical accuracies must be considered not inspired by God and therefore not to be used for anything spiritual.

2,814 posted on 12/05/2011 8:46:36 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: Iscool
>>Then what's to keep it from being faith 'alone'??? Nothing that I can see...<<

There is nothing that retracts the clear statements of faith alone. That “faith alone” will produce all of the other so called “works”. Not the other way around.

2,815 posted on 12/05/2011 8:50:39 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear; metmom; Iscool; smvoice
1Cr 4:6 Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.

Paul would not have been a Catholic

2,816 posted on 12/05/2011 8:55:38 AM PST by RnMomof7
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To: Quix
"Vatican Ashteroth-Mary-Goddess-Queen-of-Heaven cult"

If anyone were too belong to such a thing, you'd be somewhat right for once (somewhat because it doesn't equate to arrogance, but it would be a bad cult to belong to in general, yes)

2,817 posted on 12/05/2011 8:56:31 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: RnMomof7
>>Whereas there is no proof in scripture or in CONTEMPORARY history to its truth.<<

Any doctrine or dogma built on conjecture, rumor, or hearsay of men is certainly not honoring the one true God of this Universe.

2,818 posted on 12/05/2011 9:00:10 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: RnMomof7
>>Paul would not have been a Catholic<<

That whole “unbroken” history of the CC begins to crumble at so many points in scripture.

2,819 posted on 12/05/2011 9:10:39 AM PST by CynicalBear
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To: narses

Some of you, it seems to me, do not trust in Christ as sinners. You get a mingle-mangle kind of faith. You trust in Christ as though you thought Christ could do something for you, and you could do the rest. I tell you that while you look to yourselves, you do not know what faith means. You must be convinced that there is nothing good in yourselves; you must know that you are sinners, and that in your hearts you are as big and as black sinners as the very worst and vilest, and you must come to Jesus, and leave your fancied righteousnesses, and your pretended goodnesses behind you, and you must take him for everything, and trust in him.-Spurgeon


2,820 posted on 12/05/2011 9:14:38 AM PST by RnMomof7
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