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The Roman numerals were a nice effect.
Speaking of neo-nominalism:
Cardinal Donald Wuerl commits the mortal sin of giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians, lesbians, etc. (and suspends priests who fail to commit the same mortal sin), and calls it “a pastoral approach.”
I surrender.
I’ll have to print this stuff out to fully study on it. Its too huge.
I particularly love: “for the form of this world is passing away”. This world is “just a passing”. I came to understand that when I realized that “this life” is just a “process”.
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This has nothing to do with Evangelicals.
Haven’t there been a few articles by Msgr. Pope posted here?
There were a couple of merchants who were friends, one a Catholic the other a Jew, and they were in constant discussions as to the superior nature of their chosen religions. At the time—around the 13th century—Christianity was on the rise, and the Jewish merchant was constantly amazed at the stream of conversions. The two friends attempted to convert each other, but neither could succeed. When on one occasion the Jewish man was planning a trip to Rome for business, he told his Catholic friend in a bit of an joking way that if what he found in Rome could convince him of the superiority of the Catholic church, he would convert. Upon hearing this, the Catholic man was fraught with fear, as the Rome of that period was as corrupt as could be. Bishops and Priests were selling dispensations and indulgences, while themselves participating in drunken debauchery and whoring. However, the Catholic merchant said nothing about this to his friend, hoping that he might not observe such things during his trip.
The Jewish merchant made his trip, and upon his return came to his friend and stated that he would convert to the Catholic Religion. His friend was perplexed, and asked what had been the determining factor. The Jew then went on to describe the worst excesses of a corrupt era. The Catholic man was shocked at what he heard, and asked his friend why he would want to convert in the face of such corruption. The Jewish man said, “Only through divine intervention could the Church survive the depredations of such corrupt men.”