The Absurdity of Separated Brethren

Beggars All ^ | February 11, 2009 | "carrie"

[RnMomof7]

The Absurdity of Separated Brethren

Before Protestants were "separated brethren"...

Q. Does the Lord make use of apostate Catholics, such as Martin Luther, Calvin, John Knox, Henry VIII., King of England, to reform the manners of the people?

A. The thought is absurd. The lives of those men were evil, and it is only the devil that makes use of them to pervert the people still more. The Lord makes use of His saints, such as a St. Francis of Assisium, a St. Dominick, a St. Ignatius, a St. Alphonsus, to convert the people and reform their evil manners by explaining to them the truths of faith, the commandments, and the necessity of receiving the sacraments with proper dispositions, and by setting them in their own lives the loftiest example of faith, purity, and all Christian virtues.

Q. Are there any other reasons to show that heretics, or Protestants who die out of the Roman Catholic Church, are not saved?

A. There are several. They cannot be saved, because

1. They have no divine faith.

2. They make a liar of Jesus Christ, of the Holy Ghost, and of the Apostles.

3. They have no faith in Christ.

4. They fell away from the true Church of Christ.

5. They are too proud to submit to the Pope, the Vicar of Christ.

6. They cannot perform any good works whereby they can obtain heaven.

7. They do not receive the Body and Blood of Christ.

8. They die in their sins.

9. They ridicule and blaspheme the Mother of God and His saints.

10. They slander the spouse of Jesus Christ —:the Catholic Church.

Q. What is the act of faith of a Protestant?

A. O my God, I believe nothing except what my own private judgment tells me to believe; therefore I believe that I can interpret Thy written word—the Holy Scriptures —as I choose. I believe that the Pope is anti-Christ; that any man can be saved, provided he is an honest man; I believe that faith alone is sufficient for salvation; that good works, and works of penance, and the confession of sins are not necessary, etc.

Q. Have Protestants any faith in Christ?

A. They never had.

Q. Why not?

A. Because there never lived such a Christ as they imagine and believe in.

Q. In what kind of a Christ do they believe?

A. In such a one of whom they can make a liar, with impunity, whose doctrine they can interpret as they please, and who does not care about what a man believes, provided he be an honest man before the public.

Q. Will such a faith in such a Christ save Protestants?

A. No sensible man will assert such an absurdity.

Familiar Explanation of Christian Doctrine
For the Family and More Advanced Students in Catholic Schools (1875)
(pgs 70, 91-93, 97-98; with imprimatur)

\e="author "name">Carrie at

4:33 PM

[RnMomof7]

Ahhhh the truth

[RnMomof7]

PING

[Paladin2]

Are these brethren sanctified?

[GeronL]

where would one begin?

[Resettozero]

RCs on these forum threads tend to frame the debate as Roman Catholicism versus Protestantism. On this basis, RCs on FR RF can and do evade and obfuscate the true discussion.

And that true discussion, that doesn’t happen often here on FR, is between the RCC and the Church Founded Himself by Lord Jesus Christ that has always been around in spite of continual persecutions of Christians by carnal despots and their man-made, hierarchical, religious organizations that EACH call themselves the one true church.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “where would one begin?” <<

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Precisely my thought.

Sounds like the mumblings of the miserable drunken losers at the end of the day at the horse races.

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[workerbee]

Oooh look! The latest in anti-Catholic porn, so pathetically typical of FR lately.

[CyberAnt]

God never created denominations .. MAN did.

God looks at the heart .. and the denomination is of no consequence to HIM.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bourne, Brownlee, S. Morse, Beecher...And let us not forget Rev. Nevins' "Thoughts on popery." Or McCallen's fantastical "The Devil in robes, or the sin of priests : the gory hand of Catholicism stayed. The prayers of protestants heard." This type of writing abounded on all sides at the time.

[ebb tide]

where would one begin?

Easy. Convert to the One, True Faith.

[editor-surveyor]

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Its not a “church,” but his assembly, which has been here since the time of Adam.

He built (grew) his assembly on the faith of his mighty apostles.

(”wherever two or more are gathered in my name...”)

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[GeronL]

Belief in Jesus Christ as savior is my faith, that is the one true faith according to the Holy Bible.

[50sDad]

Sigh. Muslims at the gate...and we waste our time attacking each other.

[HossB86]

Ahhh, yes. Seems to be a case of projection to me... First, unsaved, apostate heretics because we left the Roman Catholic Cult. Then, we’re “separated brethren.”

It’s sad, really. This is what happens when you forsake God’s word and rely on “tradition.”

Very good post, RnMom.... nice to see what’s really believed and by whom.

Hoss

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Easy. Convert to the One, True Faith.” <<

Then why have you not done it?

Just throw away the idols, icons, and humanist worship, and read the word of God!

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[johniegrad]

Sigh. Muslims at the gate...and we waste our time attacking each other.

Only on FreeRepublic religion threads. Not in the real world. Don't worry.

[HossB86]

...anti-Catholic porn,....

Really?

It was written by a Catholic cultist. We're just calling it out for the garbage it is.

Porn? Funny.

Hoss

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Just throw away the idols, icons, and humanist worship, and read the word of God!"

The Word of God that was selected and compiled by a bunch of Catholics, using Sacred Tradition as the measure.

Oops.

[ebb tide]

Do you two and all the other Prot’s have the same “faith”?

If not, which Prots have the True Faith?

[GeronL]

tradition is not sacred, only the word of God is