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    Is the Church really of two minds-- am I really just deluding myself???

    If I manufacture a scalpel, and someone uses this very scalpel to perform an abortion, did I necessarily commit a mortal sin? I would think that my culpability depends on my intention for creating the instrument. Likewise, there are many different reasons why one would vote for a political...
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    Is the Church really of two minds-- am I really just deluding myself???

    From his memo
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    Is this forum for conservative catholics only?

    The division in the Catholic Church is not between conservatives and liberals, but between conservatives and traditionalists. The former say that the current magisterium is the only licit interpreter of sacred Tradition, whereas the latter say that every magisterial teaching must itself be...
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    How much of our intellect should we surrender?

    Some people find solace in surrendering their intellect, but you don't strike me as one of them. So, don't. It's the job of every teacher to convince its pupils through sound arguments. The job of the pupil is to remain open-minded and receptive to corrections from the teacher. But that doesn't...
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    Unification of Christ's Holy Catholic Church

    No, I don't think so. What is at stake is not the dogma itself, but only a particular understanding of dogma. If you entrench yourself in any one point of tradition and remain there, you risk being overtaken and left behind by the living magisterium. Imagine we had lived 500 years ago. You...
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    Unification of Christ's Holy Catholic Church

    And which false doctrines do the Orthodox hold, in your opinion?
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    Annulment

    The logical contortions are similar to the Protestant "Perseverance of the saints" conundrum. You thought you were eternally saved, but when it turns out that you aren't saved, you realise that you've never been saved in the first place! Surprise, surprise! :)
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    Homosexuals marrying "heterosexually"

    Check out these responses by Father Zuhlsdorf and Dr. May.
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    Were children part of God's original plan?

    I'm currently struggling with the conceptions of God's original plan for humanity. Sometimes people say that death is necessary because it makes new life possible. But Genesis appears to say that mortality only entered the world because of Adam's sin. But if Adam and Eve were supposed to...
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    Lying to protect someone a sin?

    That's the position of Martin Luther. But the Catholic doctors since Augustine have consistently taught that formal speech which conveys formal falsity is always sinful. The end doesn't justify the means, and a lie is a violation of truthfulness even if it is conducive to justice. In the...
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    The real Real Presence

    The use is to make a distinction between things that are physical and those that are metaphysical. The association to the empiricism of science is a novel shift of meaning the word went through, and applying the modern understanding to the classic theology is anachronistic.
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    Queen of the Eucharist

    I don't think that the title "coredemptrix" can be used safely. Its initial sound is heretical, and it takes pages of complicated theology to establish an orthodox meaning. Which is why the word has never appeared in a magisterial document. Will it ever be dogmatised? No. - Revealed...
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    What is the Canon?

    I take that to mean that the book known as 2 Esdras among the Orthodox is called 1 Esdras among the Catholics.
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    Rebuke the Pope...

    First, we must keep in mind that divine revelation was not yet complete when Paul rebuked Peter, so Paul receiving revelation unknown to Peter was a real possibility. Today, this possibility doesn't exist anymore, and everyone (the Popes included) is bound to interpret the revelation and cannot...
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    Rebuke the Pope...

    But he is protected only when teaching ex cathedra. In all other instances, he could fall into heresy, and apparently some Popes did (Honorius I. and Paschal II. come to mind). What then? Could an ecumenical council depose a heretical Pope? Does a Pope who teaches heresy automatically...
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