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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    I also appreciate your sincerity in studying scripture. Confession to a priest is taught in scripture. We read in the gospel that after the resurrection and before His ascension, Christ breathed on the Apostles and gave them the power to forgive and retain sins. Also, every Christian is not...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    The devil is an immitator. So what if we share postures with Hinduism? Should we study Hinduism to imitate more of their postures and worship of their false gods? We are to relax and rest in the peace of Christ It serves no purpose for a Christian to learn Hinduism in order to bring its...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    I do not agree with with that assessment. Exercise for physical health or meditation is fine but of limited value for our heavenly selves. Yoga says we are focusing on God and want to come to enlightenment, but that is not the path Christ has shown us, or else He would have taught it...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    I am very happy that you see the truth of scripture and not accept the words of men. The Bereans were praised for searching scripture, but not in their own. This is the verse most often used to promote sola scriptura, but it does not do that. The Bereans searched the scriptures day and night...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    If you read scripture you will find your error The only ones correct are Grace alone, Christ alone, and God’s glory alone Scripture alone is a fallacy as it has multiple interpretations and is subject to the winds of doctrine. It requires ecclesial authority to interpret and scripture says...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    Very nice analysis. The problem with modern Protestantism that I can see is the overemphasis on faith, which we get from Martin Luther saying we are saved by faith alone. Augustine does not teach that and neither does scripture. Scripture says we are saved BY grace THROUGH faith. The...
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    Question for Roman Catholics concerning your familiarity with Catholic liturgical texts

    I agree with you in that we should not pay for spiritual things. A blessed sacramental loses its blessing and spiritual benefit the moment money is paid for it. I did the calculations and at 30 dollars per year it comes of a fraction over 8cents US per day for the app. I reason that the money...
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    The Harm Caused by Excessive Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and Other Denominations

    Then tell me how your personal judgment upon God is any different than the enticement from the garden of Eden? You shall be as gods knowing good and evil? If the Church must pass before your judgment, are you not elevated to that level?
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    The Harm Caused by Excessive Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and Other Denominations

    Then you need to contemplate what your convictions allow you to embrace. Do you think Jesus is able to build His own Church? If He said it is the light of the world and the salt of the Earth, would it not be a visible Church? If not, why not? If it is not a visible Church, then how could we...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    You are putting words in my mouth and ascribing to me feelings that I do not possess. I did not attack Calvin nor his followers. I critiqued the logic upon which their belief rests. It has a form of Christian belief but does not proclaim the whole truth and does not glorify God, rather...
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    Darwinian evolution - still a theory in crisis.

    A better book to read is Plato’s Revenge, the new science of the immaterial genome It was just published in April 2025. It speaks in plain language what is going on in modern biological science and that pure materialism is inadequate to explain what we see today It is secular and not...
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    The Harm Caused by Excessive Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and Other Denominations

    Then I say well met BNR32FAN, well met
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    The Harm Caused by Excessive Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and Other Denominations

    Ok, but you should not feel constrained from speaking your mind. We probably won’t agree but we can always learn something. Christ tells us to love our enemies, and I can speak from experience that I have learned more and appreciate more from those that oppose me rather than agree. They have...
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    Question for Roman Catholics concerning your familiarity with Catholic liturgical texts

    I use the app, Universalis. It has the daily missal and the Liturgy of the Hours in app format which comes with adjustable size of font for easy reading and is organized by date to look up the hours of the past It costs about 30 dollars per year, and I think it is well worth it. You can...
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    Spanish Inquisiton

    A simple study of the early Church shows that it was Catholic prior to the time of Constantine. I would refer you to the writings of Iraneus and other second century authors who affirmed the apostolic authority of the Church Second century authors confirm the real presence of Christ in the...
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    Question for Roman Catholics concerning your familiarity with Catholic liturgical texts

    Nice thread Liturgist Personally I need more discipline. I have the four volume liturgy of the hours and the supplement which is hard to find now days, but I don’t read the books, I view the app on my phone which also has the daily mass People in Mass see me on my cell phone and I wonder...
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    The Harm Caused by Excessive Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and Other Denominations

    If you really wished to keep your mouth shut, you would not have posted. You obviously have a viewpoint, but apparently do not think it would be heard. How do you know yours is correct?
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    You misunderstand the scriptures and Saint Augustine. There is no scripture that says God forces His will upon us. It is the opposite. In the Apocolalypse(Revelation) we read the Spirit and the Bride say come. Whosoever will come drink of the waters of life freely. You need to read St...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    I refer you to sacred scripture which clearly says that we cannot save ourselves, as does the Catholic Church, yet it does not tell us to act presumptuously. We are warned time and again to repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. We are not told to rest now as salvation is assured. God is...
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    How is it that the Catholic Church is evil?

    That is where you are wrong. Scripture is clear that we ourselves can break “the seal of God when it comes to our salvation” God is merciful, and He is also Just. He will not be mocked nor let His word be mocked. Committing any sin after we are born again is a grave matter that is not to...
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