Posted on 06/11/2017 12:57:49 PM PDT by Trad Bishop
First of all, today is the Feast Day of the Blessed Trinity, and so we would wish all of you a Happy Feast Day, and in particular we would wish the Eternal Father a Happy Father's Day!
For those who are unaware or need to be reminded, belief in a Trinitarian God, that is Three Persons, One God, comes to us from our elder brothers and sisters in the faith, the Jews. The belief in the Trinitarian God as described is the universally accepted criteria to receive and accept the designation as a true Christian. So we Catholics should be very wary of those who emphasize one person of the Trinity to the exclusion of the other two such as the Charismatics. Unfortunately, the Jews' rejection of Jesus as their Messiah means that they cut out the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Jesus, from their belief system. We should indeed pray for them. As Scripture designates them as the Chosen People/Elect especially as concerns St. Matthew 24:22: "And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: But for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened." Because they are still looking for a Messiah there's a real and present danger that they will accept the antichrist in their obduracy in accepting the True Christ. As 2 Thessalonians 2:8~11 warrants: "And then that wicked one shall be revealed whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the Spirit of His mouth; and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming, him, whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because they receive not the love of the Truth, that they might be saved. Therefore, God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: That all may be judged who have believed the Truth, but have consented to iniquity."
The above applies across the board, especially to us Catholics who may be becoming more and more complacent as to our election having been "grafted in". See Romans 11, re: grafted in. Pope St. John Paul II is the one who referred to the Jews as our elder brothers and sisters in the faith based upon Romans 11. He could do so confidently and truthfully because of this "ingrafting". When you graft you make a slit in the mother plant, cut a slip from the plant to be grafted in, and then seal up the mother plant with the graft in it. The Gentiles who were, in this method, allowed to partake of what was coming up from the roots of this tree, the Jewish faith, which was originally planted by God Himself using Abraham and his seed, contained the seed of Christ.
Don't let the protestants who rail against "replacement theology" in Catholics acuse you of such. If anyone is playing the role of replacers, it's the Protestants. Their imitation of Jacob, the supplanter, in pretending that the Catholics who preceded them by 1500 years are not their elder brothers and sisters in the faith, and with how they have changed the gospel, they have usurped the faith rather than being grafted in. It's not replacement, it's grafting in. We, as Catholics, absolutely are an organic outgrowth of the original Jewish faith through Christ and His Death on the tree. So now, these branches all worship the Blessed Trinity.
Therefore, it is vitally important that your Bible be the Douay-Rheims so that you know that you have the Truth. Example: St. Luke 1:28: "And the Angel being come in, said unto Her, hail full of grace, the Lord is with Thee: Blessed art Thou among women." St. Gabriel, God's Messenger not only to Our Lady but to the prophet Daniel, on behalf of God, was the first to proclaim Her Blessed among women. Compare this to one protestant version of "Hail, o highly favored daughter, the Lord is with you." Theologically, there is so much difference that the protestants have no problem bashing Mary, calling Her a terrible sinner, saying She had other children, when they confess only to the virgin conception, everthing BUT blessed, which was God's designation for Her. Whereas we Catholics believe in the Blessed Virgin Mary as Ever Virgin. The True Church, Catholic, teaches us that Mary was a physically intact virgin both before and after conception as well as both before and after giving birth. This is a true and the truth of the virgin birth. How different. 1 John 4:3 is very clear: "And every spirit that dissolves Jesus, is not of God: And this is Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he comes and he is now already in the world." In dissolving the virgin birth and reducing it to a virgin conception, is tantamount to dissolving Jesus. From this example it's not difficult to see that all should be very careful to know and to keep the pre-Vatican II teachings of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church lest they also fall for the Antichrist. Remember, the devil will try to fool even the Elect.
Our Reason and Purpose for This New Caucus Designation
We must always remember that the devil knows Scripture frontwards and backwards and from side to side. In recognition of that, we know that he recognizes what Jesus said in St. Matthew 12:25: ..."Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand." Satan has used Jesus' Words against Him and against His Church on many occasions. Most recently, with Vatican II he has managed to set up a number of divisions in Christ's True Church. Most obviously among them are Novus Ordo Catholics, Sede Vacantis, St. Pius X, Fraternal Order of St. Peter, The Resistance, CRMI, and a myriad of Episcopal churches (a parish or parishes claiming to be the True Church run either by a priest or a Bishop as a separate entity, aka Independants). He has even caused divisions within these divisions. Like the Orthodox, it would seem true for most Bishops that they each consider themselves a pope with papal authority to bind and loose. This certainly can in no one way, shape, manner or form be called 'Unity' as Jesus had with and through His Apostles.
In recognition of the above, we desire and propose to go back to the time of Vatican II, and at least informally to remove these walls of division. Before Vatican II there was no battle in the Western Church between Novus Ordo and Traditional, between Sede Vacantis and those loyal to the Pope, between SSPX and FSSP, between CRMI and Independants, and so forth. Pre-Vatican II those divisions didn't exist. Other divisions exist in the Novus Ordo Church, I.e., Liberals versus Conservatives, Novus Ordo Mass versus Traditional Mass, those who give Francis I legitamcy and those that consider him an anti-Pope, and those who would return to Pope John Paul II and not contend with Francis I and his dismantling of the biblical tenants of the Catholic Faith such as allowing divorced and remarried people to come back to the Sacraments without leaving as Jesus Himself said in St. Matthew 19, their adulturous relationship.
Considering that the Church on Earth has been since Abraham, considered as the extention of God's reign to the Earth through Abraham, Moses, Issac, Jacob, etc. the high priests of the Jewish temple and through St. Peter and his true successors, all of whom have represented the sceptre of God's Rule on Earth, we allow that He is still reigning, in spite of Benedict XVI and Francis I through the spirit and memory of Pope St. John Paul II and the other true popes that were his predecesors. We desire to put division and strife aside including over the Pope, and look forward to who ever God is going to send in fulfillment of Apocalypse 11 as His representatives, the Witnesses, in what St. Paul refers to in his letter to the Hebrews 9:10: ..."And divers washings, and justices of the flesh laid on them until the time of correction." We see no reason not to use the Tridentine Mass even in English, so that we once again have one Mass, the one that was handed down to us by our forefathers in the early Church to help us to hang on to all of the truths that it contains and teaches every time that it is said, that were lost in the Novus Ordo Mass. With Mass for most people being only a once a week ritual, it should be the one that most reflects our core beliefs with the Eucharist being the center and focus of our worship and our faith. This would be in accordance with "Redemptionis Sacramentum", encyclical by Pope St. John Paul II, which was promulgated April 23, 2001. It included doing away with Communion under both species at every Mass and Communion in the hand. Let us once again be One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic and go back to the primitive rule.
We quote from the Religion Moderator as concerns caucuses in general: "Caucus labels exist only for the purpose of avoiding unwanted disruptions on Religion Forum threads. The terms used in a Caucus label are not necessarily precise with reference to Canon Law, Theology or even dictionaries but are intended to communicate briefly who should or should not post on a thread.
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Catholic Caucus Designations
The "Catholic Caucus" designation excludes Sede Vacantis, Orthodox, SSPX, and inactive Catholics." (We would propose to change this to non pre-Vatican II and non Conservative or inactive Catholics.)
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The SSPX will be included by default on a Catholic Caucus when (and if) Bishop Fellay accepts the olive branch offered."
“Then you’ve raised a perfect child.
I assure you a two year old can and does sin.”
They were far from perfect but they weren’t sinners.
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Admittedly, I haven't felt welcome and see here that I am not alone. Being the last elderly nun from a Reigious Order, I am not accustomed to the aggression I have found. I did read this thread with interest though.
Being Catholic should mean that we all believe the same doctrines and Dogmas, or else we cannot call ourselves Catholic. After all it is the Universal Faith. Jesus told Pilate that he came to bring Truth. Amazingly, I have been reading here on this forum many little Pilate's in their own way sayin: "What is Truth?" As Catholics, shouldn't each one of us be Truth Seekers?
I don't know how many of you, like myself, remember what it was like before Vatican II. The lines weren't blurred as they are now. The old saying is true: "Rebellion begets rebellion." Who are we rebelling against. Heaven forbid that we admit we are rebelling against God and His Laws. So we say we are rebelling against "the Church", or " The Pope", etc. Why not say: "We like the world and all the goodies it offers. We don't like being different and having to follow stricter rules than everyone else. We don't want to be open for a child with each sex act..." The list goes on .
One thing is most definitely evident, no one wins with division, amongst ourselves and especially with God. I have to agree with this Trad Bishop, in that we need to go back to the time when for the most part, The Church was unified. The underlying factor was the "primitive rule" whose foundation was straight from the The Holy Bible.
We can only change ourselves. If we are truly seeking Truth and we are honestly wanting to please our most Sovereign Lord, then we must go back to best of our abilities to the way it should be before all of these major divisions came about with: the Mass being changed;the abuses of the Eacharist; the watering down of the faith; the contempt between genders, etc. Most importantly each of us need to work diligently in avoiding all sin. That's heroic virtue. Mind you I am pointing the finger at myself as well.
I put the question out there because I honestly want to know. How can we make a difference? How do we unify in love, both of God and our neighbor? How do we go back as the ones people know we are Christians by our love? I personally want to go forward by going back to the way it should be. Any suggestions?
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And you’ve spelled “Tard” wrong.
Did they ever lie? Steal? Covet?
Roman Catholicism has veered away from the Word....that's the problem.
It strikes me that you’re conflating accountability for sin with sinlessness. There’s quite a difference.
Guess you missed this one.
1Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, 2shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; 3nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. 1 Peter 5:1-3 NASB
Your Excellency, (I will refer to you as that to err on the side of caution until/unless someone proves differently),
So that you may know for future reference, when you use “All” in the “To” field of a reply it does not automatically send a reply to “All” in the thread. I think JR put that in there as kind of a courtesy so that the message in question will appear to be for all, but electronically speaking it goes nowhere. Bottom line if you wish for your message to reach one or multiple individuals you must put each name in the “To” field.
Thus, I am “pinging” ebb tide since you mentioned him by name in the post to which I am now replying.
Cordially,
Why do you call him “Your Execllency”?
Thank you. I have used “All” in the “To” field so as not to single out one individual. Since you are being so helpful, please tell me the ‘Ping’ process, or where is it written. I did not see it in the Posting instructions.
I, too would like to know the ‘Ping’ process. Perhaps its called something else. I hesitated in using ‘All’ but had concerns about offending anyone.
ince May 29, 2017 Trad: I have some good news for you. I have previously posted how most Catholic churches I attend in both IL and GA are pro-gay, abortion friendly, and preach Obamanomics from the pulpit.
But today the Black Priest at St Joseph in Marietta GA gave a sermon that was a coherent view of Catholic and Christian theology on HEALTH, using the Trinity as the backdrop. It was well thought out. Without mentioning the political debate over healthcare, he totally refuted the leftist secular “scientific” approach to health.
The problem is that the schismatics/heretics are currently occupying Rome. It turns everything on its head.
Is Rome in communion with Rome?
“Did they ever lie? Steal? Covet?”
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Probably,but at age two they are in a life-learning process,not sinning.
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— Probably,but at age two they are in a life-learning process,not sinning.
Probably??
NOUN
a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law. synonyms: criminal · culprit · wrongdoer · malefactor · offender · [more]
ADJECTIVE
(of a person) behaving badly or in a way that breaks a law or rule: "her miscreant husband"
“Probably?? “
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Whatever !
They are all in their fifties now and the details are a tad fuzzy.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you, but as bad as it was, even the Arian Crisis doesn't come close to the Crisis of the last 50 + years. Even during the Arian Crisis the hierarchy of the Church along with the pope did not teach and profess heresy to the universal Church as the hierarchy and popes have done since Vatican II. We are in unchartered waters.
Having said that, St Athanasius did say that "Even if Catholics faithful to Tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ."
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