Posted on 01/02/2021 6:05:47 PM PST by ebb tide
This Sunday, January 3, 2021, is the 500th anniversary of the excommunication of Martin Luther as a heretic and schismatic – the greatest damage ever done to the Holy Catholic Church. He died unrepentant, without the sacraments and outside the One True Church.
Yes, Pope Leo X, who issued the excommunication decree and the previous Exsurge Domine warning (6/15/1520) to Luther, had a mixed record of papal righteousness – but in this event he is nearly unsurpassed and fairly vindicated.
In this writer's view, these documents are two of the most formidable, necessary and courageous decrees emanating from the Chair of Peter, defending the Holy Roman Catholic Church from doctrinal attack. They were subsequently, fully upheld by the Council of Trent – also one of the greatest Councils in Church history – to which we owe very much, especially on the Eucharist!
We still face great danger. With Luther, there was no warning, just 95 absurd theses appearing out of thin air.
Here today, we had a warning in 1917 at Fatima. “Russia will spread her errors throughout the world,” did Our Lady alert the three children and us Catholics.
We feel these effects today – a far more serious warning than Luther. In full deference to Our Lady and the Most Holy Trinity – it is extremely doubtful (despite assertions to the contrary) that the full, correct Consecration to Russia was done; or that the decisive 3rd Secret text was totally revealed.
The errors, it is said, will lead to “The Great Apostasy.” There seems no appetite in the Vatican, at any level, to humbly accept and remedy those grave errors. Rather, a desire to hurtle into the future with Pachamama; Amazon Culture; ecology; and global secular solutions – as moral virtue is completely ignored and vocations and faithful Catholics disappear at record speeds.
Will the Church (and our Country) continue its decline? Will we still continue to receive God’s Divine Mercy and Graces? Are we due for a severe Divine Chastisement?
I am not going to advance an opinion here – only to charitably say, we would all do well to place our own souls in a state of grace, and urge our families, friends and others to do the same.
And Pray. God is very good.
“But THIS is an attempt to take credit for it all!”
That would make perfect sense when you notice that most of their pagan idols of the false mary is with a false jesus baby. They almost always have the false jesus as the baby making him subordinate to the mother.
So yeah you might be on to something.
“REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary,”
From the very beginning of your chant it is in error, Mary the mother of Jesus is not a virgin perpetually, Jesus had brothers and sisters read the Bible.
I promise you ADSUM you are smart enough to read and understand the Bible all by yourself you don’t need pagan rome holding your hand.
“What contributed MOST to the unfortunate split in Christianity was...the heresiarch, Martin Luther.”
Praise the living GOD and His Son who is the King of Kings and is in control of all things both in heaven and earth.
I hate to break the news to you, but Martin was just a piece in that puzzle, there are many others that did just as much to rebirth the original Church of our Lord Jesus and King Jesus being the Shepard.
Give credit where credit is due.
“avoid crossing the invisible line between mere “veneration” and worship.”
I have said this before can one roman tell me the difference?
rcc’s pray to mary and their god
rcc’s bow to mary and their god
rcc’s kneel to mary and their god
rcc’s offer sacrifice to mary and their god
rcc’s serve mary and their god
rcc’s get grace from mary and from their god
So through all the rc word games of “we only worship God” you do indeed offer service and worship to Mary therefore our Holy Lord and His Holy Word condemns this practice.
Like this puzzle:
I’d always wondered how them Cardinals selected a pope!
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the clarity on that mrobisr!
You are right on and as a former Roman Catholic I thank you for teach the Word in Love & Truth!
I would not have been saved had it not been for truth tellers who cared about the standing of others before a Holy, Righteous, and Sovereign God.
The real Mary is horrified that Satan has transformed her identity into a Jezebel spirit mirroring the ‘queen of heaven’ in Babylonian folklore.
Top 10 Most Wicked Popes
http://listverse.com/2007/08/17/top-10-most-wicked-popes/
1. Liberius, reigned 352-66 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
2. Honorius I, reigned 625-638 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
3. Stephen VI, reigned 896-89 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
4. John XII, reigned 955-964 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
5. Benedict IX, reigned 1032-1048 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
6. Boniface VIII, reigned 1294-1303 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
7. Urban VI, reigned 1378-1389 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
8. Alexander VI, reigned 1492-1503 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
9. Leo X, reigned 1513-1521 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
10. Clement VII, reigned 1523-1524 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
Top 10 Worst Popes in History
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-popes-in-history.php
1. Pope Alexander VI (1431 – 1503)
2. Pope John XII (c. 937 – 964)
3. Pope Benedict IX (c. 1012 – 1065/85)
4. Pope Sergius III (? – 911)
5. Pope Stephen VI (? – 897)
6. Pope Julius III (1487 – 1555)
7. Pope Urban II (ca. 1035 – 1099)
8. Pope Clement VI (1291 – 1352)
9. Pope Leo X (1475 – 1521)
10. Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 – 1303)
YOUR COMMENT: If you truly knew the living GOD and His Son Jesus you wouldn’t pray to a dead mortal. GOD proclaims to you and your church through His eternal Word that you are not saved.
Your false belief that saints in Heaven are dead. Perhaps you can read Mt 27:52. “the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised”. Perhaps you should read about the Transfiguration. Saints (their souls) in Heaven are alive as Jesus conquered death with his Resurrection. You can read Rom 8;11-12 that Christ will give life to your mortal bodies.
“Pray for one another” “The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.” James 5:16
Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.” I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob... He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Mt 22
But as Scripture indicates, those in heaven are aware of the prayers of those on earth. This can be seen, for example, in Revelation 5:8, where John depicts the saints in heaven offering our prayers to God under the form of “golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” But if the saints in heaven are offering our prayers to God, then they must be aware of our prayers.
Your references to Isiah and Deuteronomy does not support your false belief that we should not pray for the intercession of saints.
What God has forbidden is the necromantic practice of conjuring up spirits. “There shall not be found among you any one who . . . practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. . .
YOUR COMMENT: “You Romans have made Mary’s name into Jezebel who has led billions of people to hell for their false worship and service to Satan. Read Revelation 2:22-23 because this is your fate for following Jezebel the false mary.
I believe that this comment is not true and is blasphemy against God and the Mother of God who bore and raised Jesus, the Son of God for our salvation. I believe that Luther and many others that have rejected God’s revealed truths have led many to perdition. The Blessed Mother has given a warning at Fatima and Garbandal and suggests that we pray the Rosary. I suggest a valid Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Your comment: “ADSUM and other Romans you are not fighting against us Prots you are fighting the clear and easy to read and study Word of GOD”
We are attempting to inform protestants that they are following false teachings of man and they reject some of God’s revealed Truth. The Word of God includes Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium. The Pope and bishops in union with him are successors of the Apostles and inherit the responsibility of authoritative teaching from them. The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living, teaching office of the catholic Church alone.
Protestants can attempt to deny anything, but that does not make it God’s Truth. Catholics can also make false statements and even heresy (As Martin Luther did), but false statements do not change the Catholic Faith and God’s revealed truths. I do believe that Baptized Catholics that reject the Catholic Church and do not reconcile are facing perdition. I hope and pray for them so that they will receive the promises of Jesus.
Your comment: “you don’t need pagan rome holding your hand.”
Another indication of your rejection of the Catholic Church established by Jesus for your salvation.
We are called to a life of service to the Church. We are called in imitation of Jesus, to be people who offer ourselves willingly in service to others.
“Like this puzzle:”
Yes, exactly like that puzzle! That picture is exactly what the vatican and rome looks like Scripture even tells us that. Thanks for such a good pic to describe a verse in Scripture, perfect.
Revelation 18:2
And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.
“But as Scripture indicates”
Stop with the Scripture quotes because praying to any dead mortal isn’t found one time in the Holy Scriptures. Since you want to use Scripture to defend your position give me just one verse that shows a living mortal praying to a dead mortal, just one ADSUM... JUST ONE
The only place that praying to dead mortals is found is in Satan’s house, pagan rituals, and the whore of rome church.
“I believe that this comment is not true and is blasphemy against God and the Mother of God”
THERE WE HAVE IT FOLKS... romans do worship the demon mary because they feel like you can commit blasphemy against dead mortal.
“The Pope and bishops in union with him are successors of the Apostles and inherit the responsibility of authoritative teaching from them.”
Yeah I would not trust your pope and cardinals that elected him to open my bag of potato chips let alone define Scripture. Your great leadership elected a communist’s pope and have conspired to cover decades of child molesters to be transferred from place to place and yet you trust them to guard your eternal soul... no thanks.
ADSUM thank you for making this easy to prove that your cult is not Scriptural and does indeed worship a dead mortal that has absolutely no place being named near GOD as being worshipped or served.
Oh, I will be waiting for that just one Scripture that shows anyone praying to a dead mortal.
ADSUM thank you for making this easy to prove that your cult is not Scriptural and does indeed worship a dead mortal that has absolutely no place being named near GOD as being worshipped or served.
You shouldn’t talk. Your dispensationalist pre-trib Rapture cult isn’t scriptural either.
More from your good buddy, Martin Luther, showing who is the Man of Sin (Antichrist), which all of you deny is the truth.
Oh, Christ, my Lord, look down upon us and bring us thy day of judgment, and destroy the brood of Satan in Rome. There sits the man, of whom the Apostle Paul wrote (1 Thess 2: 3-4) that he will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, -that Man of Sin, that Son of Perdition. What else is papal power but sin and corruption? It leads souls to destruction under thine own name. O Lord!......I hope that day of judgment is soon to dawn. Things can and will not become worse than they are at this time. The papal see is practicing iniquity to its heights. He suppresses the law of God and exalts his commandments above the commandments of God.
“Dr. Martin Luthers sammtliche werke” (Erlangen Edition), vol. 21 p. 339
“ Another indication of your rejection of the Catholic Church established by Jesus for your salvation.”
Never in Scripture.
Salvation is always by faith in Christ alone, and no church.
“ I do believe that Baptized Catholics that reject the Catholic Church and do not reconcile are facing perdition.”
This is silly. Simple as that.
“Thanks for the clarity on that mrobisr!”
Praise the living GOD through our Lord Jesus Christ!
“Holy, Righteous, and Sovereign God.”
GOD, Jesus, the Holy Spirit are eternal!!!
Everyone else was created to include Mary we are creatures, to truly worship our GOD we must understand our position in that realty.
King David was a very highly exalted person of the Bible, but yet when you read his writings you realize just how lowly he viewed himself compared to our Creator.
“What God has forbidden is the necromantic practice of conjuring up spirits.”
spirits of the what... the DEAD!
I’m trying to make this simple adsum please read it one word at a time.
Isaiah 8:19
When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not consult their God? Should they consult the dead in behalf of the living?
dead in behalf of the living...
What part of that is hard to understand?
You two apparently missed the character of Martin Luther in the artist’s depiction of Hell.
It should be quite obvious (he’s the fat guy wearing a hat while riding a beast).
“We are called to a life of service to the Church. We are called in imitation of Jesus, to be people who offer ourselves willingly in service to others.”
So says yourself about yourself...
I think I can remember another satanic being lifting himself up too, hmm....
Isiah 14
13“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
Oh church of Thyatire, whore of rome that sits on many waters of seven hills your fall will be fast and hideous.
Jezebel has spoiled your food and drink repent ADSUM your time is running out.
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