“She called herself ‘Catholic’”? Do you have scripture for that?
Good read.
Great post. Even the Bible says the church is universal (catholic) for everyone.
And it won't be a pretty sight...
The irony is dripping ...
I see the usual suspects have attacked as usual.
That said, the first place to officially permit religious tolerance in what is now the US was the Catholic colony of Maryland, founded in 1654, where all citizens were to be accepted.
Of course, once the extremely restrictive anti-Catholic laws of England came into effect in the late 1600’s, Catholics ended up (even in Maryland) being excluded from holding public office, owning land, etc.
As a result, Charles Carroll of Carrolton, the Catholic grandson of the Catholic founder of the colony and the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, was not at that time allowed to vote, formally participate in politics or even practice law, the profession for which he had been trained. He was known to other members of the Continental Congress because of his writings (under a pseudonym) and thus was asked to participate.
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the church, in some recognizable shape or form that is both Catholic and Apostolic, will be there to meet him. There is no such divine guarantee for any country, culture or society of this or any age.
In fact, for the society the Left is busy building the guarantee is the opposite:
Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:9-10)