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.
You've explained it all.
It appears to those outside of your denomination that the bible does not contain enough good news to get a person saved.
Matthew 28:19-20 kjv
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
You certainly didn’t explain a thing. So what specific quote is in error and why?
Apparently you can’t explain and substantiate protestant beliefs.
Just the opposite, Christ gave His Catholic Church the authority and tools to help all become holy and join God in Heaven.
Protestant heretic beliefs promise a false opportunity in “once save, always saved that is not biblical. Protestant beliefs of “sola scriptura” and “sola fides” are not biblical and many interpretations are contrary to God’s Word.
Why do the protestant religions ignore the Eucharist where the Real Presence of Jesus, divine and human is with us as we eat and drink His Body and Blood. So protestants ignore “20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”?
If one’s mind and faith is open to God’s Truth, they may find salvation upon their death.
You keep repeating this circular logic; thinking that it sticks to the wall every time.
While you've gotten a lot of Prots to go along with you on this idea; there is nothing that shows it to be true.
You're eating a chunk of flour and a sip of wine.
"Do THIS in rememberence of me."
I hope you keep your tools sharp, as they lessen the work needed that way.
may?
If one's brain is working and they are able to READ "God's truth", then they would KNOW that they 'have salvation' before they die.
Nice try, for one who cannot show any error between Prot beliefs and what the Book Rome gave the world teaches.
Only in your opinion based on man-made teachings.
Christ did not found 40,000 protestant churches 1500 years after his death.
Many are unwilling or unable to know God’s Truth.
Your comment: “Nice try, for one who cannot show any error between Prot beliefs and what the Book Rome gave the world teaches.”
While many protestants may continue to believe their man-made heretical theories, they do not know what the Catholic Church teaches and they make false claims (without any substantiation) or logic.
MAY??!!??!!
You need to read the rest of the story:
“Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.” Watch therefore, you know neither the day nor the hour Mt 25:12-13 Souls may prepare for their encounter with Christ (bridegroom) by loving God and neighbor (25:35-40), since those lacking good works will be shut out of Heaven’s banquet.
For many are called but few are chosen, Mt 22:14
Keep the commandments MT 19:16-22
Things that defile a man MT 15:20
On the day of judgement men will render account for every careless word they utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Mt: 12:36
He who is not with me is against me: Mt 12:30
But he that endures to the end will be saved Mt 10:22
Thus the protestant view that “Once saved, always saved” is not biblical or God’s Truth. Interesting that the protestant translation “have known” indicates in the past, while the Catholic words are “know Him” in the present. When we die we need to know Him and love Him by our works.
I do hope that we will meet in Heaven.
So you mock holiness and Jesus that gave us many tools (Catholic Church, Sacraments, Eucharist His Love, His Blessed Mother, prayers, etc.)
Perhaps you should locate the tools that will help you instead of your false assumption of already being saved.
You mock Christ’s Body and Blood and His Word.
Jesus told us to eat and drink His Body and Blood. John 6
1. Lanciano, Italy
In the 8th century, a priest had doubts about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. One day during Mass, after the consecration, the bread and wine turned visibly into flesh and blood. In 1970-’71 and again in 1981, a scientific investigation was led by the scientist Odoardo Linoli, professor of anatomy and pathological histology and in chemistry and clinical microscopy. He was assisted by Prof. Ruggero Bertelli of the University of Siena.
They concluded that the flesh is cardiac tissue which contains arterioles, veins, and nerve fibers. The blood type (in unison with all other approved Eucharistic miracles) was discovered to be type AB. According to Zenit, the “Higher Council of the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed a scientific commission to verify the Italian doctor’s conclusions. The work was carried out over 15 months with a total of 500 examinations… [and confirmed] science’s inability to explain the phenomenon.”
https://aleteia.org/2017/06/15/4-incredible-eucharistic-miracles-that-defy-scientific-explanation/
Your record keeps skipping.
Perhaps you can explain why seven churches (Catholic?) in Asia went off the rails even before John the Revelator died?
There you go again, babbling with ZERO evidence of your claim.
I guess when your embarrass bone got broken long ago; the doc failed to set it correctly.
I will pray for Padre pio.
Ha!
Really?
Once again you miss the mark.
'Tis the RCC is mocked - with it's added stuff that are not required.
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