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  1. AXO

    Can someone help me verify if this is an accurate writing?

    As a rather regular patristic reader and student, I recommend to be suspicious of writings without accurate references, like this one. It's not the first case I see of fraudulent quotes by the ancient against the Immaculate Conception.
  2. AXO

    Can someone help me verify if this is an accurate writing?

    No, I can affirm that the quote is completely fabricated. I'm able to read that book and it appears nowhere.
  3. AXO

    Explanation needed

    It primarily depends on the rite and country, as it depends on the episcopal conference; here, in Toledo, in the Hispano-Mozarabic (Mozarabic Chapel, Primate Cathedral and parishes such as Sts. Justa and Rufina) and extraordinary Roman (Church of the Saviour) we celebrate it on May 14, as usual...
  4. AXO

    Pope's supposedly rejection of a French ambassador for being homosexual

    Has anyone heard about this? Reportedly France accuses Pope Francis of rebuking the French diplomatic Stéfanini for being homosexual, and reportedly the Vatican is silent. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
  5. AXO

    Pope Francis presides over Eastern Catholic Liturgy

    It has been a Latin-rite mass. It simply has been for the Armenian faithful in remembrance of the known slaughter.
  6. AXO

    Salvation of the Orthodox Christians

    I am greatly astonished by the replies given here. The Orthodox follow the heresy of the Greeks, at least materially, and are schismatics, as Rhamiel has explained. This assertion is simply aberrant.
  7. AXO

    Paul lying?

    –A good intention (for example, that of helping one's neighbor) does not make behavior that is intrinsically disordered, such as lying and calumny, good or just. The end does not justify the means. Thus the condemnation of an innocent person cannot be justified as a legitimate means of...
  8. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    You are falling into the terrible fallacy of exclusion. In no way Benedict XIV says that a Catholic professing the procession of the Spirit from the Father through the Son (a Patre per Filium) is not a true Catholic. Peter the Roman, whom I give thanks, has already pointed it out to you.
  9. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    Glossing over the indifferentism of the first sentence in your post, I assume you are referring to this part: Is that correct?
  10. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    Am I to infer from that statement that the Union of Brest separated from the dogma of the double procession? I do not see any contradiction with it.
  11. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    What is this accusation based upon? It is to remain clear that I fully respect the tradition of the Eastern church by which the clause was not added to the symbol. I adhere to the position of Peter the Roman. In this case we are talking about phrasing.
  12. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    –That man [Mark, Archbishop of Ephesus] too would betray his ignorance of ecclesiastical history who did not know that the union with the Orientals confirmed that they would accept the dogma of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son [...] –Whenever the union of the Greek...
  13. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    Huh? What are we doing wrong?
  14. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    What do you mean by this?
  15. AXO

    Do animals have souls?

    I am no expert in Hebrew, but I would translate נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh) as "breathing", "vitality", rather than "soul" with the connotations here, nor would I interpret the verse that way. As for the Latin ("novit iustus animas iumentorum suorum"), the same sense...
  16. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    If you read my message, you'd see that I wrote the Latin church. The Eastern churches do not include the clause in the symbol, anyway that does not mean they do not believe in it whatsoever. By the way, I feel compelled to say that this is a dogma of faith. The denial of it is an error of...
  17. AXO

    Importance of the Filioque

    The Tradition is unanimous. The heresy of the only procession comes with the 9th-century heretic and schismatic Photius of Constantinople. The symbol with the filioque clause is part of the tradition of the Latin church. Why would you feel dishonest? I will be writing an apologetical blog about...
  18. AXO

    Do animals have souls?

    Allegedly. Another common attribution by the media based on no proof whatsoever.
  19. AXO

    Do animals have souls?

    The "upset" comes from the part in which you attribute the words to Pope Francis. I would have no problem if you did not, but I am not upset at all. It is not a feeling, it is a reality. As a Christian I have the duty of combating the falsity.