Posted on 04/26/2015 10:04:43 AM PDT by ebb tide
“Why was it made in 1854?”
Because that’s when the Holy Spirit chose.
“Why not 1754 or 1054 or 554 etc...?”
Why are you posting here now and not in 2009?
I don’t understand how you got from my statement to Sola Scriptura being essentially useless. Just because some people twist scripture to their own demise, does not mean the scripture is the problem
“Just because some people twist scripture to their own demise, does not mean the scripture is the problem.”
I didn’t say it was. Sola scriptura is. There’s nothing wrong with scripture.
Nice to know you agree with Pope Benedict and I.
Have you heard of the Irish Potato Famine, engineered by heretics?
Ahhh... “The Great Spud Wars.” Many demonstrated gallantry in the infamous Battle of Russet Range.
It wasn’t a war. It was a holocaust supervised by protestants.
“Nice to know you agree with Pope Benedict and I.”
I said it doesn’t contradict anything I said. I never said anything about agreeing or disagreeing. Care to make up something else I never said?
It was the British against the Scots-Irish and it was two different ethnic/nationalist groups using religion as a excuse to be evil towards each other.
Who taught you that? He could have also sold you a beach house in Arizona.
People ALWAYS use religion as an excuse to be nasty to each other. What planet are you on, Sunshine?
You just stated that the murder of Irish Catholics was political, not religious. Now you’ve done a complete 180.
Supervised starvation of hundreds of thousands of Catholics is a little more than “nasty”.
I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven’s door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its décor.
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp —
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.
There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.
Bob, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.
I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal?
‘I would love to hear Your take.
‘How’d all these sinners get up here?
‘God must’ve made a mistake.’
‘And why is everyone so quiet,
‘So somber — give me a clue.’
‘Hush, child,’ He said,
‘They’re all in shock!
‘No one thought they’d see you.’
~~Author Unknown
But Thank GOD! the doctrines have not changed!
By ALL of them??
Bonaventure: the gates of heaven will open to all who confide in the protection of Mary. Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God, for the knowledge of THEE is the high road to everlasting life, and the publication of thy virtues is the way of ETERNAL SALVATION . Give ear, O ye nations; and all you who desire heaven , serve, honor Mary, and certainly you will find ETERNAL LIFE.
Ephem: devotion to the divine Mother is the unlocking of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Blosius: To the, O Lady, are committed the KEYS and the treasures of the kingdom of Heaven.
Ambrose: constantly pray Open to us, O Mary, the gates of paradise, since thou hast its KEYS.
Fulgetius: by Mary God descended from Heaven into the world, that by HER man might ascend from earth to Heaven.
Athanasius: And, thou, O Lady, wast filled with grace, that thou mightiest be the way of our SALVATION and the means of ascent to the heavenly Kingdom.
Richard of Laurence: Mary, in fine, is the mistress of heaven; for there she commands as she wills, and ADMITS whom she wills.
Guerric: he who serves Mary and for whom she intercedes, is as CERTAIN of heaven as if he were already there and those who DO NOT serve Mary will NOT BE SAVED.
Anselm: It suffices, O Lady, that thou willest it, and our SALVATION is certain.
Antoninus:
souls protected by Mary, and on which she casts her eyes, are NECESSARILY JUSTIFIED AND SAVED.
And yet...
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I love it!
Did they get to heaven before or after the Church decided, in it's infallible ways, that they SHOULD be a Saint?
This fact must surely have encouraged Galileo.
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