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How The Passion Of The Christ Intensifies Devotion
The Wanderer ^
| March 25, 2004
| John J. White
Posted on 03/20/2004 1:31:31 PM PST by NYer
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To: RaceBannon
But of course Your Holiness :-).
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posted on
03/21/2004 1:13:35 AM PST
by
RobbyS
(Latin nothing of atonment)
To: Desdemona
I have been in a couple of churches with the risen Christ, never went back to them..
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posted on
03/21/2004 2:15:55 AM PST
by
.45MAN
(The NewTestament is Concealed in the Old, and the Old Testament is Revealed in the New)
To: .45MAN
I have been in a couple of churches with the risen Christ, never went back to them..
Yes, but when it's the parish your parents belong to and you are in grade school or younger, you sort of don't have a choice.
I didn't realize it, but at the time there were the traditional vs. modernist forces in full battle there. I lived in a house with one of the full steam ahead modernists. I'm somewhat considered a pariah because I happen to LIKE organ music.
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posted on
03/21/2004 5:09:01 AM PST
by
Desdemona
(Music Librarian and provider of cucumber sandwiches, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary. Hats required.)
To: RobbyS
Now, DROP AND GIVE ME PENNANCE!!
Sorry, that was just the Pope in me...
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posted on
03/21/2004 5:14:03 AM PST
by
RaceBannon
(John Kerry is Vietnam's Benedict Arnold: Former War Hero turned Traitor)
To: RaceBannon
Sorry, you gottta learn the correct lingo, first.
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posted on
03/21/2004 5:46:31 AM PST
by
RobbyS
(Latin nothing of atonment)
To: NYer
The Passion of the Christ may prove to be the most important work in ascetical theology in the last 100 years. That we even think of it in these terms is an indication of the film’s potential for true and lasting greatness. Best review I've read. A bump for the greatest movie ever made.
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:38:28 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: RaceBannon
If all the people who saw the movie, instead sat down and read the Bible for 2 hours, we would be living in a different world. But people don't do that. Even if they did, this movie would still offer great spiritual benefit.
Drama is the most powerful artistic medium. God created this art form. Using the theater to present Christ's Passion is the fulfillment of God's Will for the it.
Additionally, the movie makes it possible for devout Christians to understand Jesus' suffering more fully.
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posted on
03/21/2004 6:45:50 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: narses
Apparently so.
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posted on
03/21/2004 7:42:21 AM PST
by
Jaded
(My sheeple, my sheeple, what have you done to Me?)
To: Aquinasfan
I truly believe this film was brought about by God to bring the Church to its knees (repententance) and spiritual revival. I think it will result in a certain number of people being saved, but I think its greater purpose is to bring Christians into a deeper relationship with Christ.
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posted on
03/21/2004 5:46:59 PM PST
by
gal522
To: gal522
I think its greater purpose is to bring Christians into a deeper relationship with Christ. That's what my priest thinks too. Maybe I'm engaging in wishful thinking, but I'm hoping that it will bring lots of conversions.
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posted on
03/22/2004 4:48:00 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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