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Pope: if we don’t "profess" the faith or trust in God, we become "defeated Christians"...
Asia News ^ | 1/10/2014

Posted on 01/10/2014 3:41:50 AM PST by markomalley

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A Profession of Faith:

The Creed: A Spiritual Treasure (and its relevance to contemporary society
The Nicene Creed [Catholic Caucus]
On the Mend: The Church in the Early 21st Century
Radio Replies Second Volume - Value of a Creed
The Nicene Creed: Ancient Symbol of the Catholic Faith [Ecumenical]
What's the Point of Creeds?
What’s the Point of Creeds?
Who Needs a Creed? (part 1 of 12)

Creed 7: Ascended Into Heaven
Beginning Catholic: Creeds: Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian [Ecumenical]
Beginning Catholic: Basic Tenets of Catholicism [Ecumenical]
The Catholic Nicene Creed
We Believe in One God...: The Nicene Creed at Mass [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
I Believe [Apostle's Creed]
Why the Creed Doesn't Mention the Eucharist
The Apostles' Creed in Public and Private Worship
More Than Our Father [The Creed]
The Nicene Creed in Greek and Latin
The Creed - latest revisions proposed by ICEL

21 posted on 01/10/2014 6:53:36 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ebb tide; Biggirl
839 "Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways."325 The relationship of the Church with the Jewish People. When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the Jewish People,326 "the first to hear the Word of God."327 The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God's revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ",328 "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."329

840 and when one considers the future, God's People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah. But one awaits the return of the Messiah who died and rose from the dead and is recognized as Lord and Son of God; the other awaits the coming of a Messiah, whose features remain hidden till the end of time; and the latter waiting is accompanied by the drama of not knowing or of misunderstanding Christ Jesus.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

It ain't just Pope Francis.

My question to you, ebb tide, is if you have a problem here with Pope Francis or with the Catechism?

22 posted on 01/11/2014 12:34:16 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Thank-you for your help. God Bless.


23 posted on 01/11/2014 3:44:19 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: ebb tide

Please see post number 23. Thank-you.


24 posted on 01/11/2014 3:46:03 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: ebb tide

Correction: Please see post number 22. Thank-you.


25 posted on 01/11/2014 3:47:03 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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Yes and yes. I have big problems with JP II’s catechism.


26 posted on 01/11/2014 11:32:29 AM PST by ebb tide
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Pope St Pius X: “The Jews have not recognized our Lord, therefore we cannot recognize the Jewish people.”

From the Catechism of Pope St Pius X (in regards to the First Commandment):

15 Q: What else does the First Commandment forbid?

A: The First Commandment also forbids all dealings with the devil, and all association with anti-Christian sects.


27 posted on 01/11/2014 11:52:05 AM PST by ebb tide
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Quoting the Pope: we are called to respect the religion of the other, its teachings, its symbols, its values

We hold the Jewish people in special regard because their covenant with God has never been revoked

And concluding: Yes, Virginia, there is salvation outside the Catholic Church!

Respect for other religions and the belief that the covenant of the Jews is fulfilled in Catholic Christianity (and therefore is not revoked) are valid Catholic beliefs of all ages. They -- nor the John Paul's Catechism, -- do not deny that salvation comes solely from the Catholic Church.

I am troubled by the ecumenical urges of many modern Catholics. It is possible that this pope shares them. But let us read and understand what we read before we start another anti-papist rant, please.

28 posted on 01/11/2014 12:08:17 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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Respect for other religions and the belief that the covenant of the Jews is fulfilled in Catholic Christianity (and therefore is not revoked) are valid Catholic beliefs of all ages.

The above is not true and that lie has only been taught since the Second Vatican Council.

I am not a anit-papist and EENS is dogma.

29 posted on 01/11/2014 12:19:46 PM PST by ebb tide
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Pope Francis and the Old Covenant
30 posted on 01/11/2014 5:29:06 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: annalex

Thank-you and God Bless.


31 posted on 01/12/2014 2:54:02 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: ebb tide

....Yet Blessed John Paul II with Blessed John XXIII will both be declared saints this coming April. What say you?


32 posted on 01/12/2014 10:19:27 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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Crossing threads now, are we? Cat got you tongue?


33 posted on 01/12/2014 10:21:35 AM PST by ebb tide
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The above [Respect for other religions is Catholic belief] is not true

Seriously?

EENS [Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus] is dogma.

I know. No one is negating it.

34 posted on 01/12/2014 12:20:59 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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Francis is. Did you not read Vennari’s article?


35 posted on 01/12/2014 1:01:32 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

I have not read it. Got a link?


36 posted on 01/12/2014 1:19:33 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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Yes, I have a link. I posted it to you in Post 30.


37 posted on 01/12/2014 6:01:02 PM PST by ebb tide
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Ah, thank you. Yes, I agree with the article in its positive part. I, too, find Nostra Aetate intentionally vague, and really inviting error.

My only disagreement is with this syllogism:

The Old Covenant … has never been revoked. This means that the goal of the conversion of the Jews is abandoned, and that their salvation as a people is embraced, setting aside forever the notion that their baptism is required.

This indeed allows some people to come down on Pope Francis as a ton of bricks each time he mentions that "never been revoked" or asks for plain civility with people of different religions. But the phrase in itself is true. The covenant with the Jews has not been revoked precisely because it has been fulfilled in the Church. We are the Israel; we have the covenant and they, the Jews should come to us.

It could be that Pope Francis is a "man of Nostra Aetate"; it could be that he is not; and it could be that he is somewhere in between. Judging by a few warm words toward the Jews, and a chance photograph in the vicinity of a menorah, -- which is our Christian obligation of charity, -- it is impossible to tell.

I also wholly agree that with the Pope his warm and loving personality tends to bubble over the top and I am sure that with time he will find a way to remain on clean doctrinal ground in his teaching.

38 posted on 01/12/2014 6:22:16 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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It could be that Pope Francis is a "man of Nostra Aetate"; it could be that he is not; and it could be that he is somewhere in between. Judging by a few warm words toward the Jews, and a chance photograph in the vicinity of a menorah, -- which is our Christian obligation of charity, -- it is impossible to tell.

Well, the "chance" photograph actually shows him lighting a menorah.

And from the Catechism of Pope St Pius X (in regards to the First Commandment):

15 Q: What else does the First Commandment forbid?

A: The First Commandment also forbids all dealings with the devil, and all association with anti-Christian sects.

Now please keep in mind that I'm quoting the last Pope who has been raised to the altars, before you again accuse of me being on a anti-papist rant.

39 posted on 01/12/2014 6:56:56 PM PST by ebb tide
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To: annalex

Tell the Franciscans of the Immaculate about “warm and loving”.


40 posted on 01/12/2014 7:00:00 PM PST by ebb tide
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