Posted on 11/21/2016 8:37:06 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
VATICAN CITY, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors.
Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a characteristic of his papacy, made the announcement in a document known as an "apostolic letter" after Sunday's close of the Church's "Holy Year of Mercy".
He said he wanted to "restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life" but "there is no sin that God's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with (God)"....
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The Bible tells us that God forgives us our sins through our belief in the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus(who is one with The Father), so yes Jesus is the one who forgives sin. Any other belief is based on denominational doctrines and is unBiblical. Of course that's probably not a very popular statement on this thread...
The old man is higher than God routine.
Who are you preaching to???
It’s Chriut who forgives the sin, of course-— through the priest.
Christ!
Who are you preaching to???
You for one, since you taught that unlike other sins, abortion is not are forgiven if we confess them to God in true repentance.
I don’t go to your church, so preach to your people, I have already have someone to preach to me...thanks anyway...
Sad but true.
Francis is going to approve drive-thru confessionals next. Then maybe an Android app.
Which distinctively titled, uniquely sacerdotal, normatively celibate Catholic priests where nowhere seen in the NT church. All this was a later unScriptural development.
The RC propaganda of which has been exposed as such before, but as it keeps being posting, so should the refutation.
We ask pardon and absolution. And there is the PLAN to not commit that sin again. Then we DO/say our penance and can be happy of heart again.
As I recall my religion class there is ONE Unpardonable Sin:
Luke 12:10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
If you to be protected in a bubble and not see your erroneous public teaching corrected, then you need to restrict yourself to Catholic caucus threads. For in open forums, as the Religion Moderator warns ,
Antagonism though not encouraged, should be expected
Posters may argue for or against beliefs, deities, religious authorities, etc. They may tear down other’s beliefs. They may ridicule. “Open” RF debate is often contentious.
It requires thick skin. A poster must be able to make his points while standing his ground, suffering adverse remarks about his beliefs - or letting them roll off his back...If you keep getting your feelings hurt because other posters ridicule or disapprove or hate what you hold dear, then you are too thin-skinned to be involved in “open” RF debate.
Why not just correct your theological error?
“Murder is murder.
Only one sin is unforgivable. Read the Bible and know it.”
So YOU have decided to consign St. Paul to hell?
Interesting.
ONLY God can forgive sin.
You are mistaken.
Not sure I understand you, MHGinTN. Are you saying Christ does not forgive this sin?
Christ not only allowed, He COMMANDED his apostles.
Matthew 16:19
Matthew 18:18
John 20:21-23 “As my Father has sent me, so I send you.”
While this is not easy to do imo, Matthew 18:21-22 shows that Jesus taught everybody to forgive everybody.
Maybe the priest on Fox can teach the Pope? He won’t listen to me ...
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