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Recent content by Paul S

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    Pope to abandon Limbo

    Speculation by the greatest minds of the Church, and based firmly on what God has revealed to us.
  2. Paul S

    Pope to abandon Limbo

    So St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, two of the greatest doctors of the Church, were wrong to even speculate on this? Please. It really seems like no one believes in original sin anymore. And, if there's no Limbo, the best thing we can do for a child is abort him, since the child goes...
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    Pope to abandon Limbo

    Limbo is merciful - you confuse original sin with mortal sin. While Limbo is part of Hell, since Hell is the absence of the Beatific Vision, those in Hell are punished in accordance with their sins. Since babies have committed no personal sin, but are in original sin, they cannot see God as He...
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    Your guest at Mass takes Communion, but shouldn't

    Yes, since it's not only disrespectful of your religion, but likely a mortal sin on their part.
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    Fasting for Advent??

    Sundays are never days of fast, since every Sunday is a little Easter. As for Advent, historically, it, like Lent, was a period of fasting and penance, but the Advent fast has fallen out of use. I'm not sure when. I do know that in the 1917 Code of Canon Law, there's no mention of fasting during...
  6. Paul S

    "Banned from the Bible" on the History Channel

    The Holy Ghost told them.
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    Where is PaulS and his SotD threads?

    Thanks for the prayers, everyone. I'm taking a break from OBOB for a while. The Limbo thread was part of it, but I'd rather not go into details since it'll turn into something ugly, as debates about Vatican II and related topics tend to do around here. Although it was one particular comment...
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    Who's responsible for Limbo, anyway?

    What's wrong with the quote from Florence?
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    Who's responsible for Limbo, anyway?

    Who elected her Pope?
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    Who's responsible for Limbo, anyway?

    So no Catholic in communion with the Church can believe in Limbo? Since the Church has made no pronouncement on this, that makes no sense. If it was okay for St. Thomas Aquinas to believe in Limbo, a Catholic is perfectly free to do so now, and will continue to be, no matter how unpopular the...
  11. Paul S

    Elias Syriani: Death Row, Execution Nov. 18, 2005

    Sancte Disma, ora pro eo.
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    Today's Saint, November 17: St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonder-Worker), BC

    NONE Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil...
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    Today's Saint, November 17: St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (the Wonder-Worker), BC

    SEXT Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil...
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    Who's responsible for Limbo, anyway?

    Then it supports the unbaptised going to hell. God's mercy then keeps them from suffering unjustly all the punishments of the damned.
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    Who's responsible for Limbo, anyway?

    What about Hell? Does that fit with a loving God? What about a God that would make us suffer here on earth, when He has the power to bring us all to heaven instantly if He so chose?