Posted on 04/12/2018 9:00:47 AM PDT by LouieFisk
An updated survey from Gallup, which it has conducted every 10 years since 1955, shows that only 39% of Catholics and 45% of Protestants attend church weekly. Back in 1955, about 75% of Catholics went to Mass every week. For the Protestants, about 42% went to church weekly.
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Attendance at a church has absolutely nothing to add to your spiritual condition.
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Thanks for breaking down all the numbers. By Thursday, math is really hard for me!
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Latin is the language of the occult.
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I'm no fan of Pope Francis, but I'm still a devout Catholic.
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Civil marriage is not Biblical marriage.
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From the catechism:
2383 The separation of spouses while maintaining the marriage bond can be legitimate in certain cases provided for by canon law.177
If civil divorce remains the only possible way of ensuring certain legal rights, the care of the children, or the protection of inheritance, it can be tolerated and does not constitute a moral offense.
You are mistaken. The Catholic Church regards divorce as an evil that can sometimes be tolerated to avoid the risk of some other worse evil, such as marital violence. But she still very much has an “issue” with the thing.
Also, annulment does not dissolve a marriage. A finding of nullity is a judicial finding that a sacramental marriage never existed in the first place. In no sense is it a decree that a marriage is over. Nothing except death “dissolves” a sacramental marriage.
“Attendance at a church has absolutely nothing to add to your spiritual condition.”
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I agree, but it could be an indicator of someone’s spiritual condition if a person suddenly starts or stops attending church.
I wonder how much of an impact priest-pedogate had on Catholic attendance decline in the given time period?
And regarding protestant denominations declining, in my area there have been several non-denominational churches opening in the past few years.
“Latin is the language of the occult.”
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I knew the prescription for my blood pressure medicine was Satanic!!!!
Poor choice of words on my part. Certainly the church views civil divorce with dismay, but it doesn't recognize divorce as the end of a marriage. A Catholic couple which gets a civil divorce may no longer be married in the eyes of the law but not in the view of the church. A civil divorce does not change their standing in the church. They may still take the Sacraments and participate in all aspects of the faith. They just may not marry again without an annulment.
Also, annulment does not dissolve a marriage. A finding of nullity is a judicial finding that a sacramental marriage never existed in the first place. In no sense is it a decree that a marriage is over. Nothing except death “dissolves” a sacramental marriage.
It doesn't say that it never existed, it says it was never valid. There's a difference.
“I wonder how much of an impact priest-pedogate had on Catholic attendance decline in the given time period?”
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I think that would be mostly people who were looking for an excuse to leave the Church to begin with.
If they were that worried or upset, they’d have nothing to do with schools public or private - teachers are higher offenders.
Or, for that matter, they’d have nothing to do with family friends or relatives who pose the biggest danger, child sexual abuse-wise.
Both of your statements are false. Other languages are still used in the ancient minor Rites; no one ‘delivers’ Holy Mass in Latin or any other language.
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Blood pressure medicine is satanic.
Just take your Magnesium!
Before Vatican II, during Vatican II and today, 50 years after Vatican II, Latin is still the official language of the Catholic Church.
All the pope’s encyclicals are still first written in latin and then translated into other languages.
http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2014/02/18/latin-is-still-the-official-language-of-the-roman-catholic-church/
“Just take your Magnesium!”
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But I already have a magnetic personality!
Context....context is the key to understanding the passage.
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When one reads the scriptures, and figures out that churches invert the meaning of most scriptures, it becomes imperative to put distance between self and lies.
That is why home congregations are growing.
Mega churches are Mega-False.
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In no why could my statement be construed this way.
The important element of the Mikvah is repentance, not just getting wet.
1John 1
[1] That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
[2] (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
[3] That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
[4] And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
[5] This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
[6] If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
[7] But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
[8] If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
[9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
[10] If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us..
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