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If you want to have a better understanding of how Catholics should approach the issue of race, take a look at Fr. Gregory Pine's video "Should We Love Everyone the Same?" and take the logic pertaining to one's immediate family and apply it to your extended family (racial group, ethnicity).
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In his new article, Jackson Fretheim discusses how we often use the platitude "You are fine just the way you are" as an excuse to avoid true transformation in Christ.
https://testamentstar.com/2024/true-transformation-in-christ/
https://testamentstar.com/2024/true-transformation-in-christ/
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True Transformation in Christ - Testament Star
One of the most widely propagated falsehoods of the modern era is the conception of man as having a static or ‘complete’ spiritual state. This idea comes in many forms, atheism being the prime example where a denial of the soul has the necessary consequence…
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Many of the issues we see pertaining to chastity and modesty stem from an implicit denial of concupiscence and original sin.
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"And now the Church must once more reaffirm that teaching authority of hers which never fails, but will endure until the end of time. For that was Our reason for calling this most authoritative assembly, and We address you now as the humble successor, the latest born, of this Prince of Apostles. The present Council is a special, worldwide manifestation by the Church of her teaching office, exercised in taking account of the errors, needs and opportunities of our day."
—Pope Saint John XXIII, Opening Address to the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
—Pope Saint John XXIII, Opening Address to the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
"But one thing must be noted here, namely, that the teaching authority of the Church ... has made thoroughly known its authoritative teaching on a number of questions which today weigh upon man’s conscience and activity, descending, so to speak, into a dialogue with him, but ever preserving its own authority and force..."
—Pope Saint Paul VI, Closing Address to the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
—Pope Saint Paul VI, Closing Address to the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
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Clips from Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Episode #293 on the "miracle" of the holy fire (Full Video: https://youtu.be/jinCx29LWV4).
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I think using the "hopeful universalism" language is often unwise and should be generally avoided. Even those who have a fully orthodox view on hell open themselves up to a myriad of issues, including but not limited to:
1. You associate yourself with heretical universalism by using similar language
2. You confuse the uneducated by speaking in a way that can easily be confused with heretical universalism
3. To those familiar with the biblical verses on hell you sound like you are calling Christ a liar
4. You appear to disrespect great theologians and councils that appear to teach there are individuals in hell
5. You sound like you deny the necessity of the sacraments
Many people who use the "hopeful universalism" language are well meaning, I know multiple individuals who affirm the real danger of hell, affirm that outside the Church there is no salvation, etc., who would be better understood, while putting forward the same message about God's universal sacrificial will, by not speaking in ways that can easily lead to this confusion.
1. You associate yourself with heretical universalism by using similar language
2. You confuse the uneducated by speaking in a way that can easily be confused with heretical universalism
3. To those familiar with the biblical verses on hell you sound like you are calling Christ a liar
4. You appear to disrespect great theologians and councils that appear to teach there are individuals in hell
5. You sound like you deny the necessity of the sacraments
Many people who use the "hopeful universalism" language are well meaning, I know multiple individuals who affirm the real danger of hell, affirm that outside the Church there is no salvation, etc., who would be better understood, while putting forward the same message about God's universal sacrificial will, by not speaking in ways that can easily lead to this confusion.
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I think using the "hopeful universalism" language is often unwise and should be generally avoided. Even those who have a fully orthodox view on hell open themselves up to a myriad of issues, including but not limited to: 1. You associate yourself with heretical…
I agree with Classical Theist that we need to maintain a balance between the completely unreasonable expectation of everyone actually being saved with the salvific will of God with which we participate through our prayers for our enemies.
Forwarded from TheFreim (Jackson Fretheim)
"Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith. He does not see that God’s commitment to the world is most absolute precisely at this point—across a chasm."
- Hans Urs von Balthasar in "A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen"
- Hans Urs von Balthasar in "A Short Primer for Unsettled Laymen"
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Omnipotens et misericors Deus:
Almighty and merciful God, who wished to gather the scattered nations into one people through your Son, grant that those who glory in the name of Christians may put aside division and become one in truth and charity, and that all men may be illumined by the true faith and brought together into the fraternal communion of one Church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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"Those directly responsible for scandals leading the “weaker brethren” to abandon the Church will have to give an account to Our Lord Jesus Christ, the invisible head of the Church. Such scandals must not be trivialized, because they can severely try the faith of Catholics; still, their occurrence can never justify lapsing into schism and heresy."
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
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CT offers a balanced view on hell, the number of the saved, and the universal salvific will of God: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wq9IgBhIi9Y?si=FMiJgko_XCXW27YO
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"The celibate life should not be construed in terms of restriction (what he can’t do) but in terms of freedom (what he can do because he is available for the Lord). The single Christian is not 'incomplete' and doesn’t deserve 'pity,' but ought to use his or her freedom from encumbrance to focus more deeply on a life of prayer and service."
—John Bergsma, The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year B
—John Bergsma, The Word of the Lord: Reflections on the Sunday Mass Readings for Year B
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