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Pope Francis Has Hired the “Worst Heretics” The persecution of the Catholics inside the Church is growing stronger according to Monsignor Antonio Livi, a philosopher who served as a professor and dean at the Roman Lateran University. Talking to Gloria.tv, Livi points out that Pope Francis accuses of “heresy” those who are faithful to the doctrine and fight confusion. Livi added that Pope Francis has put at the top of the Church – quote – “the worst heretics” and that he has his encyclicals written by – quote – “the worst heretics”.

Voice of the Family notes with alarm that amongst the special appointees Pope Francis has invited to the Ordinary Synod there are prelates who have demonstrated support for positions contrary to the teaching or practice of the Catholic Church. (For further information on the positions supported by these prelates, click the relevant links below.) The list of appointees, who will be attending the Synod solely because of the Holy Father’s invitation, includes: – Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechlin-Brussels – John Cardinal Dew, Archbishop of Wellington – Walter Cardinal Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity...

As I have noted in several brief commentaries in the past three weeks since the election of Pope Benedict XVI, each Catholic must pray fervently for the Successor of Saint Peter. We are neither pessimists (sad idiots) or optimists (happy idiots). Catholics are called to grow in the Supernatural Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity with every beat of their hearts, consecrated as they must be to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although we must be concerned about the state of the Church in her human elements at present, we have to understand that...

A Protestant appreciation of John Paul II Commentary By Rory Leishman I am a Calvinist and my wife is a Calvinist. We are both descended from a long line of Calvinists. Yet, it is difficult to imagine how our Catholic friends could have been more enthused than we by the witness to hope of Pope John Paul II in Toronto during World Youth Days. Of course, not all Christians share our admiration for this pope. A small minority are reactionaries bent on perpetuating the animosities generated by the religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. Others are theological liberals,...

CONFUSED ABOUT SPURGEON'S PROPHETIC VIEWS? — WELL, NO LONGER!  HERE IS... .CharlesHaddonSpurgeon'sVIEW OF THE MILLENNIUM  Annotated Summary by   MARK A. MCNEIL "I am not now going into millennial theories, or into any speculation as to dates. I do not know anything at all about such things, and I am not sure that I am called to spend my time in such researches. I am rather called to minister the gospel than to open prophecy. Those who are wise in such things doubtless prize their wisdom, but I have not the time to acquire it, nor any inclination to leave...

Calvinist brethren, in my Honors Comp class I am writing an "illustration" (example) paper. It is very short (like a page and a half). All I need to do is have a thesis and three main points, a topic sentence and flushed out example supporting each topic sentence. The topic I am looking at writing about is total depravity/societal restraint on human behavior. I need several angles to approach this at. The first one is that without enough restraining authority to hold back people's potential, chaos results (for example, when enough people get massed together, activities like riots and the...

What is predestination? by R. C. Sproul ------------------------------------------------------------------------     When the Bible speaks of predestination, it speaks of God's sovereign involvement in certain things before they happen. He chooses in advance certain things to take place. For example, he predestined creation. Before God created the world, he decided to do it.     Usually when people think of predestination, they think about whether or not somebody was hit by an automobile on a given day because God had decided ahead of time that that should happen on that day.     Theologically, the principal issue of predestination in the Bible has to...