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Posted on 04/22/2011 6:08:21 AM PDT by verdugo
Theological Deception In his letter to the Colossians, St. Paul warns, "See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ" (Col 2:8). Failure to heed this admonition has been the cause of many of the errors currently embraced by Catholics. Theological deception has been a major contributor to the present state of doctrinal confusion.
Anthony J. Wilhelm's popular book "Christ Among Us: A Modern Presentation of the Catholic Faith" will serve to illustrate the diabolical craftiness of this fraud. This edition has a Nihil Obstat by Rev. Thomas G. Lumpkin Censor Librorum, and an Imprimatur by John Cardinal Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit. On the page with the publication information is the following statement: "The Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error." The statement conditions the unsuspecting reader to believe that the content of Wilhelm's book is fully in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Such is not the case.
For to reduce Christ to a wafer is to reduce him to an "elemental" thing, whereas He is not a created being, but "begotten of the Father, before all things".
I think you need to read up on your Catechism.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P44.HTM
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
IN BRIEF
“1413 By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity (cf. Council of Trent: DS 1640; 1651).”
“The statement conditions the unsuspecting reader to believe that the content of Wilhelm’s book is fully in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Such is not the case.”
Then “free of doctrinal or moral error” doesn’t mean free of doctrinal or moral error?
HMMMMMMMM
I think you need to read up on your Catechism.
Undermining the Eucharist.
In Chapter 17, “The Eucharist in Christ’s Church Today” under the sub-heading “The
Mass and Christian Unity,” one finds the following statement. “In the Catholic view
the full sacramental sign of unity and grace comes about only through the
instrumentality of a priest, at Mass. Yet when the eucharist is celebrated in another
Church there is present in some way the reality of the eucharistic mystery; despite
the frequent lack of valid priestly orders which expresses the unity of the Church,
there is yet some real presence of Christ in these “other eucharists. A devout non-
Catholic receiving the eucharist in his church might have more of the reality of the
eucharist than a lukewarm Catholic.”2
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There are several objectionable assertions found in this quotation. Wilhelm stresses
the sign value of the Blessed Eucharist without affirming that it is really Jesus’ body
and blood, soul and divinity. This is because Wilhelm has already rejected the
defined doctrine of transubstantiation. “When we say that the bread and wine
‘become Christ’ we are not saying that bread and wine are Christ, nor are we
practicing some sort of cannibalism when we take this in communion. What we
mean is that the bread and wine are a sign of Christ present, here, in a special waynot
in a mere physical way, as if condensed into a wafer; somehow his presence has
‘taken over’ the bread and wine, so that, for us who believe, it is no longer merely
bread that is present, but Christ himself.”3
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Wilhelm also blurs the reality of Christ’s eucharistic presence after the words of
consecration in a valid Mass with the merely symbolic eucharists of “other
churches”. What does “some real presence of Christ” mean? Jesus is either physically
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present in the Eucharist or he is not. The consecrated host is truly Jesus. An
unconsecrated host is merely bread.
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Lastly, Wilhelm makes the reality of Christ’s eucharistic presence dependent on the
fervor of those attending the liturgical service. If the faith of a “devout non-Catholic”
brings about “more of the reality of the eucharist” than does that of a “lukewarm
Catholic,” it is logical to conclude that the faith of the congregation effects Christ’s
presence, not the words of consecration spoken by a validly ordained priest.
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Wilhelm supports his astonishing statement by citing the Decree on Ecumenism, no.
22. Clearly, the author intends that the reader believe the Second Vatican Council
supports his assertions. This is a deception. Section 22 in the Decree on Ecumenism
has three paragraphs. The first paragraph affirms the validity of all properly
performed baptisms. The second paragraph asserts that baptism creates a
sacramental bond among all the baptized and is “ordained toward a complete
profession of faith.” The final paragraph states the following:
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“Although the ecclesial communities separated from us [non-Catholic baptized
Christians] lack the fullness of unity with us which flows from baptism, and although
we believe they have not preserved the proper reality of the eucharistic mystery in
its fullness [their eucharist is not the body of Christ], especially because of the
absence of the sacrament of Orders, nevertheless when they commemorate the
Lord’s death and resurrection in the Holy Supper, they profess that it signifies life in
communion with Christ and await his coming in glory. For these reasons, the
doctrine about the Lord’s Supper, about the other sacraments, worship, and
ministry in the Church, should form subjects of dialogue.”
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Clearly, there is nothing in Decree on Ecumenism, no. 22 that supports
Wilhelm’s position.
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http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P44.HTM
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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
Article 3 THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
IN BRIEF
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“1413 By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity (cf. Council of Trent: DS 1640; 1651).”
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
Or when someone keeps Christ's words...
John 14:15-24 15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
18"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
I’ll be gone for a few hours but when I come back I want this settled. O.K.?
INDEED.
WELL PUT.
THX
Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered ONE sacrifice for [all] sins FOR EVER, sat down on the right hand of God.
Hebrews 10:11 But every priest [sic] standetf daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can NEVER TAKE AWAY SINS.
That is the lot for today also if a priest oftentimes offers the same sacrifices of Christ on the cross.
That is correct. Not only is it blaspheming who Christ is, but it is committing Idolatry; worshiping a created thing rather than the Creator.
It stinks. It is also the quintessential snapshot of what is wrong with the Catholic Church, not just in "liberal dioceses" but throughout the western world.
I sometimes wonder where conservative Catholics (such as those on FR who are so insistent that the problem does not exist outside "liberal dioceses") go to church. The Twilight Zone, perhaps?
Your humidity is impressive.
Jesus is either physically present in the Eucharist or he is not. The consecrated host is truly Jesus. An unconsecrated host is merely bread.Here the author insinuates that the Lord is "physically present in the Eucharist" but this is not Catholic teaching, and actually is an heretical contradiction of it. The Catholic Church has most explicitly described the presence of Christ in the Sacrament in the doctrine of transubstantiation which states that the accidents of the bread remain those of bread while the substance becomes that of Christ. Accidents are the physical properties of something whereas its substance is what it truly is. By this teaching the Church is clearly stating that the physical nature of the bread remains that of bread, while the substance, i.e. what it really is, becomes the Body of Christ.
This is very significant. Look at the Blessed Sacrament under a microscope and only bread would be seen. Study its molecular makeup and again only bread. Break it down to its constituent physical parts and all would be those of bread. No muscle, blood, bone or any human tissue whatsoever would ever be found. Why? Because physically it is unchanged, which is exactly what transubstantiation says happens. However, in spite of the physical properties we happen to know that it is not bread any longer because its substance has been changed. It is, in fact, the Body of Christ.
We Catholics do not believe and are not taught that Christ is physically present in the Blessed Sacrament. Physicality does not enter into the question of the Real Presence in the Eucharist. People seem to use this phrase because of an assumption about what constitutes reality, and they regard that to be synonymous with what is physical. That is not so. Christ is really present in the Eucharist, and there is no bread whatsoever left after the consecration. But, nowhere does the Church say it is a physical change, and rather has made it clear time and again that it is not.
Wellllllllllllll
humidity on the high desert is not easy to come by!
Seems to me that the RCC speaks out of both sides of its mouth on the issues involved.
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