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True, I suppose one could have been baptized, committed no mortal sins but committed venial sins, then they would go to Purgatory. Still, the number of those who have never committed a mortal sin seems to be rather small. So maybe there are a small number of Protestants who go through Purgatory.

You are only guilty of sin if it's your fault, like if you did not bother to have your children baptized. As long as you are trying to get your child in to be baptized, you are not guilty of any sin. So don't worry. Code of Canon Law: This obligation is a grave one, hence it is a grave sin...

Because Protestants are Catholics who are in error -- most are even Baptized -- and, if they are not guilty of their heresy (that is material, but not formal, heresy) and have perfect contrition for their sins, they can go immediately to Heaven. Indeed, there might be no Protestants in...

Well, there's the Limbo of the Fathers and the Limbo of the Infants. Those who died before the institution of Baptism went to the Limbo of the Fathers, Limbo of the Infants or the Hell of the Damned. People think of babies, but it would also include any unbaptized person below the age of...

Oh yes, it's actually a sin for a Catholic to fail to have their children baptized within a short period of time after birth. This mostly regards the children of Protestants who reject paedobaptism, of Jews, Muslims, pagans and atheists as well as miscarried babies of Catholics (stillborn...

Purgatory only exists to expiate for actual sins; infants are not guilty of any actual sin, only Original Sin. Heaven -- Eternal Reward, Beatific Vision, Possession of God Purgatory -- Expiation of venial sins and the temporal punishments for venial and mortal sins for baptized persons...

*grumble* well, we're working on it....

The Greek word διάκονος (diakonos) means "servant". The phrase "serve tables" is "διακονεῖν τραπέζαις", that is where the word "deacon" comes from. Within the...

From the supplement to the Summa (that is, finished by St. Thomas' friend following his death): Deaconesess never received the Sacrament of Holy Orders and neither did priestesses (presbytera). Deaconesses are still utilized in some Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, but their role is...

I hope to use the debate over contraception as an example here, without turning this thread into a debate over contraception (if that is even possible). Bp. Kenneth Untener of Saginaw, Michigan wrote an article regarding the "sensus fidelium" (sense of the faithful) and contraception several...

Pope St. Pius X addresses this in his profound encyclical "Pascendi Dominici Gregis". This paragraph of my quotation opens explaining the thinking of Modernists (so remember, the first few sentences are false). The "religious sense" is that Modernist belief that religion comes from within man...

The Church cannot change dogma, but some people within the Church can promote distorted views or deny certain dogmas. But mostly we are dealing with non-infallible doctrines, such as religious liberty, not dogmas. I will say this on EENS -- I believe that neither Karl Rahner nor Leonard...

Yes. God no longer reveals new truths for everyone (that is, apart from private revelations) after the death of the last Apostle. So some truth we learned about in Old Testament times, some by Christ Himself during His public ministry, some was taught by Christ to the Apostles between His...

Evolution of dogma -- the idea that dogmas can change in formula or meaning -- is a condemned proposition, it is part of Modernism and was condemned by Pope St. Pius X. Development of dogma means how we got where we are today -- what were the debates leading up to the definition of the Trinity...

I was just telling my girlfriend about him yesterday, specifically his non-fiction book "Paradoxes of Catholicism". His novel "Lord of the World" (on the end of the world) was very good. "Come Rack! Come Rope!" (on the Penal Times in England) was pretty good too.

Ah, but you just stated that unbaptized babies go straight to Heaven. So thus, according to you, God automatically imparts sanctifying grace to them at the moment of death without need for baptism. So why baptize babies? Why not just wait until the age of reason like some Protestants do...

Do you believe that God is just?

The International Theological Commission is not the "the Church", it is not even an organ of the Magisterium. It is an group of theologians who advise the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. So the personal opinions of these men are a far cry from an official condemnation of the...

I am pretty new to this forum as well but I am used to Catholic forums. There seem to be some vicious people and threads here, ignore them. Keep learning, praying and reading the saints. If you want to know what it means to be a Catholic, read the lives and works of the saints. Don't get...

Is there something greater?