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.^ Milner's view of Catholicism is that if we would know what is of faith, we must ask what is and ever has been the doctrine of the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Well, that, and because the Roman Catholic Church burned men at the stake who tried to translate the Bible for the people.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Well you mention the whole body of believers; what do you think “the whole body” of God’s people consists of, one or two churches perhaps?- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
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.^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Hence the Roman Catholic Church has clearly changed from the original practices.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If the Roman See were in error on the faith, it would be brought back to the truth by the other Churches.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
[3] .^ After persistent calls, especially from the German Emperor Sigismund, the Pope agreed to convoke a general council, which continued from November 1414 till May 1418 in Constance.
^ Through Apostolic succession, the Church believes itself to be the continuation of the Christian community founded by Jesus in his consecration of Saint Peter.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
^ It may be of interest to note that Tertullian claimed that only two churches, the Roman one and the Smyrnaean one, could truly have any apostolic claim.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
[4] .^ Does she present herself to her Catholic brethren on the Continent in any very marked contrast to the Protestant sects ?- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ DeLong also went over the century mark for receiving yards for the fourth time in 2007, making nine catches for 139 yards and a touchdown.- Otterbein College Football 9 February 2010 13:16 UTC www.otterbein.edu [Source type: General]
^ At the same time, while Luther was in isolation, the reform movement in Wittenberg with Melanchthons participation continued.
[5] It was thus used by the
Oxford Movement.
[6]
.^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ Many others attempt some form of worship but, because they limit their worship by a false concept of God, it is largely in vain.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ When we understand that the Bible teaches that prayer is intimate conversation between man and God, we instantly see that repetitive prayer is ridiculous.
[1] According to Orthodox leaders like Bishop Kallistos Ware, the
Orthodox Church has these things as well, though the
primacy of the See of Rome is only
honorific, showing non-jurisdictional respect for the
Bishop of Rome as the "
first among equals" and "
Patriarch of the West."
[7] Catholicism, according to Mc Brien's paradigm, includes a
monastic life,
religious orders, a religious appreciation of the arts, a communal understanding of sin and redemption, and missionary activity.
[8]
History of use of "Catholic Church"
.^ It probably should be mentioned that although Ignatius did use the expression " he katholike ekklesia " one time--he used it when addressing the Smyrnaeans (who we in the Living Church of God claim our descent through--hence we are the most faithful descendants of the original "catholic church") ,while he used a version of the expression at "church of God" least four times in the other letters he wrote at that time (see (Ignatius' Letter to the Philadelphians 0:0, 10:1; Letter to the Trallians 2:2; Letter to the Smyrnaeans 0:0) .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The combination "the Catholic Church" ( he katholike ekklesia ) is found for the first time in the letter of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, written about the year 110.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is what Justification brings about in a soul, according to the infallible teaching of the Catholic Church.
.^ There is no physical "Catholic" church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The words run: "Wheresoever the bishop shall appear, there let the people be, even as where Jesus may be, there is the universal [ katholike ] Church."- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Those ideas give a false picture of what Jesus Christ preached, and a false picture of the genuine Christian "calling"—and of the entire purpose of Christianity!- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
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Of the meaning for Ignatius of this phrase J.H. Srawley wrote:
.^ And this truth has been held since the earliest times in the Catholic Church.
^ Its what the Catholic church is trying to teach people through the sacraments, and the truth is the Christian church developed this system very very early on.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Feeney) kept repeating such phrases as There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church .
The original sense of the word is 'universal'. Thus Justin Martyr (
Dial.
.^ Cekada also uses the word common instead of the properly translated, universal and constant.
^ Thus we meet such phrases as the "the catholic resurrection" (Justin Martyr), "the catholic goodness of God" (Tertullian), "the four catholic winds" (Irenaeus), where we should now speak of "the general resurrection", "the absolute or universal goodness of God", "the four principal winds", etc...- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The fragment of the Episcopate which happened to assemble in any particular place could not of itself give complete representation to the consciousness of the Universal Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Universal Church, and in particular on the whole body of pastors whose duty it is to possess and com- municate to others a complete knowledge of religion.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ It resides in the Universal Church, and not in the occupant of a particular See.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I might not agree on all the points that you have stated, such as the salvation not lost, but still all in all you have helped me in my research of the roman catholic church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Paul and the word of God are clearly teaching what the Catholic Church has held for 2000 years: that it is by means of the Sacrament of Baptism that one receives faith .
76).
.^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
^ Therefore, every person who is justified, since they all have faith, hope and charity, is made a living member ( vivum membrum ) of the Church.
.^ But just as the sun is one and the same throughout the whole world, so also the preaching of the truth shines everywhere and enlightens all men who desire to come to a knowledge of truth .
^ Churchs teaching is pointed out to him).
^ It was the Catholic Church that was commissioned by Christ to teach all nations and to teach them infallibly.
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As indicated in this quotation,
Cyril of Jerusalem (circa 315–386) used the term "Catholic Church" in opposition to other groups, whose right to call themselves ἐκκλησία (assembly or church) he admitted:
.^ There is no physical "Catholic" church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Now there is also marriage in the Church and holy orders.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And I believe that there is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
.^ I might not agree on all the points that you have stated, such as the salvation not lost, but still all in all you have helped me in my research of the roman catholic church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There is No Salvation for members of Islam, Judaism or other heretical or schismatic non-Catholic sects .
^ Part 1: Archbishop Charles Chaput corrects House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has said the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion aren’t clear.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The name of Jesus is the only name under all of heaven (Acts.
^ The biblical name of the true Church is "the Church of God."- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He is bound to declare that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
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.^ There is no physical "Catholic" church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And there are many, many others like this.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Note: History concerning Apollonius is not totally clear, but indications are that he was most likely in the true church (the 210 date came from The Catholic Encyclopedia ).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ If the church is pro-life, then they ought to be for health care reform because it’s going to provide health care that are going to keep people alive.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This passage of scripture does not concern obedience to a reputed authority in the Church; it concerns obedience to the Word of God Faith in His revealed word .
^ The Bible itself establishes exactly two positions of authority within the church, what I called "elders" and "deacons" above, and the Pope is not one of them.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ And therefore the Apostles themselves are sheep whom Peter must feed.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Another Bishop even proclaimed that our Lord baptized St Peter only among the Apostles, while Peter baptized the rest, and created them Bishops of the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Our Lord made St. Peter the first pope, entrusted to him His entire flock, and gave him supreme authority in the universal Church of Christ.
.^ There is no physical "Catholic" church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ About Catholic Churches From Wikipedia The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church and represents over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Keep in mind that "The Church" of all believers is different from The Roman Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ About Catholic Churches From Wikipedia The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church and represents over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ So if you read the O.T., keep this in mind there was still the concept of works there when it was written.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ These thoughts of St. Thomas were not incorporated into the Council; but because you want them to be there so badly, you just couldnt refrain from adding them in.
^ These things were well understood by our holy and inspired fathers --- thus they strove, after Holy Baptism , to keep...
.^ This true Catholic faith, outside of which no one can be saved I now profess and truly hold [ccxcix] .
^ We exhort and advise you to be all of one mind and in harmony as you strive for the same object, just as the Church has one faith , one baptism , and one spirit.
^ And, in fact, the Church is wont to take earnest heed that no one shall be forced to embrace the Catholic faith against his will, for, as St. Augustine wisely reminds us, Man cannot believe otherwise than of his own will.
.^ I might not agree on all the points that you have stated, such as the salvation not lost, but still all in all you have helped me in my research of the roman catholic church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And if these things are gospel truth, why does it take the Catholic Church centuries or even millennia to teach these ancient truths as infallible-official doctrines that Catholics must believe?
^ Rather, these "conservative" Catholics genuinly believe they are applying the social teaching of the Church in an authentic manner.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
—St.
.^ And, in fact, the Church is wont to take earnest heed that no one shall be forced to embrace the Catholic faith against his will, for, as St. Augustine wisely reminds us, Man cannot believe otherwise than of his own will.
^ As far as my use of "catholic" versus "Catholic" goes, assume both to be Catholic, as in the aggregate faith tradition of what is now called the Roman Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He assumed that the English Church was included in the letter addressed to all Protestants ; and accepted the title in the sense of protesting against errors contrary to the Catholic Faith.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
[14]
On 27 February 380, by an edict issued in Thessalonica and published in Constantinople, Emperor Theodosius declared Catholic Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, and defined the term "Catholic" in Roman Imperial law as follows
.^ All faith traditions change over time.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Definition affirms that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra that is, when in discharge of the office of Pastor and Doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic Authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the Universal Church, by the divine assistance promised to him in Blessed Peter is possessed of that Infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer willed that His Church should be endowed for defining doctrine regarding faith and morals.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This true Catholic faith, outside of which no one can be saved I now profess and truly hold [ccxcix] .
.^ We do believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but not the way the belief became adopted in 381 A.D. .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I only care about what official Roman Catholic doctrine is, I don't care what individual churches teach or believers believe.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Then we find that the inspired Apostolic Church began on another of God’s Holy Days, the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out: "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place" (Acts 2:1).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ As the catholic church is the same christian church that has existed since the first "christians" ...- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is the law of the Catholic Church since the beginning and throughout all of history.
^ They assume it was "Christianized by Jesus’ resurrection."- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Before full restoration they will suffer punishment, but that punishment is intended to be educative, to purge them from the imperfections brought by their sin.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ.
^ They were never part of the canon of Scripture in the first place (and as you point out, the "prophetic silence" attests to the fact that the apocryphal books aren't inspired).- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
[15] Theodosian Code XVI.i.2
A contemporary of Augustine,
St. Vincent of Lerins, wrote in 434 under the pseudonym Peregrinus a work known as the
Commonitoria ("Memoranda"). While insisting that, like the human body, Church doctrine develops while truly keeping its identity (sections 54–59, chapter XXIII), he stated:
- "[I]n the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all. For that is truly and in the strictest sense 'Catholic,' which, as the name itself and the reason of the thing declare, comprehends all universally. This rule we shall observe if we follow universality, antiquity, consent. We shall follow universality if we confess that one faith to be true, which the whole Church throughout the world confesses; antiquity, if we in no wise depart from those interpretations which it is manifest were notoriously held by our holy ancestors and fathers; consent, in like manner, if in antiquity itself we adhere to the consentient definitions and determinations of all, or at the least of almost all priests and doctors" (section 6, end of chapter II).
Divergent interpretations of the term "Catholic"
.^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And unfortunately, the current day leaders of the St. Benedict Center , as well as many of its affiliates, members and writers, refuse to correct themselves, and must be considered heretical.
^ (A.) That the definition of the Infallibility of the Pope as a dogma of primitive Christian Revelation has historically run a course similar to the definition of many other fundamental articles of the Catholic Faith."- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
They fall into five groups:
.^ A sizable number of Catholics hold beliefs that go against church teachings, the bishop said.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ On behalf of the whole Eastern church, Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople, answered the Pope that communion between the Churches will be possible only after the obliteration of all the Roman Churchs innovations.
^ He found within the old Catholic communion a freedom to retain unaltered the faith which, up to that year, he had taught within the communion of Rome.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
[16] .^ Catholic Church if visibly severed from Catholic unity.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter essentially was the Bishop of Rome, and the head of Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But how does the Catholic Church understand these words?
subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in
communion with him, although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure."
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Those, like the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox, that claim unbroken Apostolic Succession from the early Church and identify themselves as the Catholic Church; they see themselves (along with the See of Rome) as part of a patriarchal structure that developed in the East but never developed in the West. .^ Pope Benedict XVI taught: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ John Kerry was in violation of Canon 915, he would not have been able to receive communion at Pope Benedict XVI's Mass in Washington, D.C., a year ago.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman See was now declared to be vacant, and then the Council proceeded to fill the vacancy by the creation of a new Pope under title of Alexander V. .- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
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.^ Consider a Hindu in Tibet who has no knowledge of the Catholic Church.
^ In this way those who are outside the Catholic Church can achieve salvation .
^ Those who are not part of the Body are no part at all.
Examples in this category include the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada vis-à-vis their Anglican and Old Catholic counterparts.
.^ Unity of faith, the Mysteries and church structure all kept them bound together as one for a long time.
^ God has promised to be with us, and he has divinly protected us through some of the darkest times in Church history.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Well you mention the whole body of believers; what do you think “the whole body” of God’s people consists of, one or two churches perhaps?- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Catholic Catechism #500 states, “Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and sisters of Jesus.
^ These essential mysteries of the Catholic Faith have been disseminated and taught to most by means of the Apostles Creed (which is given in the Appendix).
^ It contains an oath which states that " it is not an article of the Catholic Faith, neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the Pope is infallible."- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
one holy catholic ... church", are recited in worship services.
.^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
^ Vincent de Paul," "Brothers of the Christian Doctrine," and other societies affiliated with the order, became greater, perhaps, than they ever were at any former period.
^ I hope that when third parties see the discussion, they at least come away knowing that many Catholics are faithful to the teaching and witness of the Church on this important question.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
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Brief organizational history of the Church
.^ He contents himself with asserting first that the Patriarchal Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch have been presided over by heretics, whereas Rome has been exempt from this calamity ; 2 and secondly, he observes that Popes have passed judgment on heresies apart from any Council, and that their decisions have been accepted.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Note: History concerning Apollonius is not totally clear, but indications are that he was most likely in the true church (the 210 date came from The Catholic Encyclopedia ).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One depicted Christ, wearing a thorny crown and walking with His disciples toward Jerusalem the other, the Pope wearing a three-sided golden crown and walking toward Rome, accompanied by his cardinals.
.^ Such is Fessler's advice to Bishops who doubted the truth of the doctrine.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Nope: he's the first amongst equals amongst the bishops.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He contents himself with asserting first that the Patriarchal Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch have been presided over by heretics, whereas Rome has been exempt from this calamity ; 2 and secondly, he observes that Popes have passed judgment on heresies apart from any Council, and that their decisions have been accepted.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Counting on the French bishops as not being subordinate to Frederick, the Pope convened a council for 1241; while he in turn, seized the French bishops travelling from France.
^ On the 29 th June 1863, by way of a papal bull Aeterni Patris he convened an ecumenical council at the Vatican palace and invited the whole of Christianity.
^ Apart from cardinals, bishops and abbots at the council in Pisa, there were also many magisters of theology and canonical rights.
.^ The "Papistic" party, on the one hand, upheld and maintained all the pretensions of the Court of Rome, and were supported by all the influence of that Court, sometimes by briefs from the Popes themselves.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Dude, they claim that only the Roman Catholic church is the true church because only it has the Pope, who is the direct successor from Peter.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
[24][25] and
.^ History makes it clear that Peter went to Rome and that he had successors.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ (John 6:53) And Paul says, "For anyone who eats and drinks discerning the Body, eats and drinks judgment on himself."- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ At its head, as we have said, is a sovereign, who rules over all, but is himself ruled over by no one.
.^ Jesus Christ is objectively the Son of God.
^ This point is not lost on the Vatican, “A general council of bishops at Ephesus in 431 A.D. declared, ‘If anyone does not confess that God is truly Emmanuel, and that on this account the holy virgin is the mother of God (for according to the flesh she gave birth to the Word of God become flesh by birth), let him be anathema (condemned).’ The council carefully stated that Mary is the mother of God ‘according to the flesh’ to clarify that Mary is not the source of Jesus’ divinity.” [3] And so while affirming that Mary is not the source of Jesus’ divinity we are still to be condemned if we do not accept the title Mother of God.
^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
.^ This statement is made because it is claimed that affirming Mary as the Mother of God affirms Christ’s divinity.
^ If there was one Person in Christ, then there must be one will, and that will manifestly divine.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ This point is not lost on the Vatican, “A general council of bishops at Ephesus in 431 A.D. declared, ‘If anyone does not confess that God is truly Emmanuel, and that on this account the holy virgin is the mother of God (for according to the flesh she gave birth to the Word of God become flesh by birth), let him be anathema (condemned).’ The council carefully stated that Mary is the mother of God ‘according to the flesh’ to clarify that Mary is not the source of Jesus’ divinity.” [3] And so while affirming that Mary is not the source of Jesus’ divinity we are still to be condemned if we do not accept the title Mother of God.
.^ First of all, Church councils are also authoritative.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Thus, by their baptism they are made subject to the Roman Pontiff, since the Roman Pontiff possesses supreme authority in the Church (First Vatican Council, de fide ).
^ As a Catholic, one must follow the first statement, which is in accord with defined dogma and the universal Tradition since the beginning of the Church, and is based on the declaration of Christ Himself.
.^ Those who refuse to do this are obstinately contradicting the teaching of the Church.
^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ In like manner I accept Sacred Scripture according to the meaning which has been held by holy Mother Church and which she now holds.
.^ Whereas, they called themselves kafaros, because they regarded their sect as being a true, pure church.
^ It (baptism of blood/desire) might be compared to a ladder up which one climbs into the Bark of Peter, as the Church is often called.
^ So the Church once again followed the Scriptural principal, the apostles did when they faced a problem: They called a council, called several councils because this takes time.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Pope St. Leo the Great, dogmatic letter to Flavian, Council of Chalcedon , 451: .
.^ The difficulty of the period was to allow full scope to the human nature in Christ.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The second fact was the introduction of the subject into the Council completely out of its logical and natural order.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The relation of the divine to the human in Christ was thought to resemble that of the soul to the body, in such a way that the human nature was but a will-less passive instrument under the absolute control of the will which was divine.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Incarnation was then interpreted to involve two natures united in one Person.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ He tells them that their tradition has nothing to do with God--that a person is not clean because of clean skin, but a clean heart--and that "nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile."- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Though Singulari Quadem of Pius IX did not teach the HERESY that one can be saved without the Catholic Faith by invincible ignorance, it is weakly worded.
.^ Church, while its acceptance and rejection were both .- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ De Maistre adopts for his reply the following " Don't ask me; ask the Greek Emperors, who would have these Councils assembled, and who convoked them and demanded the consent of the Popes, and raised all this useless fracas in the Church."- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ As early as the second century, this messianic-marian exegesis was known in Christian tradition, for example, in Ireneus, Epiphanius, Cyprian, and [Pope] Leo the Great.
.^ To this day there is a dispute between Eastern Orthodox Christians and Western Christianity.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For a time, discords and disorders that separated the western Christian world ceased.
^ As the Roman empire collapsed, and the barbarian nations arose to fill the vacuum, the popes...set themselves to shape the destiny of the West...creating emperors, deposing monarchs...Popes have divided the known and yet to be discovered world between colonial powers...have plunged nations and continents into war (Duffy, Eamon.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ On behalf of the whole Eastern church, Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople, answered the Pope that communion between the Churches will be possible only after the obliteration of all the Roman Churchs innovations.
^ I n both the pre-Christian and Christian eras, the Roman empire was sharply divided into two divisions east and west.
.^ The papal system brought with it the separation of Churches and distortion of canonical order of the Church, established on the beginnings of Apostolic tradition and legislation of the Ecumenical Church; she brought about the rift in Western Europe, where the opposition to the papal love of power was expressed through the formation of Anglican, Lutheran, Reform and Utrecht churches, as well as the appearances of many opposition movements.
^ I hope that when third parties see the discussion, they at least come away knowing that many Catholics are faithful to the teaching and witness of the Church on this important question.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The fact is that all Protestants who reject the Catholic Church or its dogmas on the sacraments, the Papacy, etc.
.^ The Catholic church, with it's beliefs on tradition and infallibility.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It would have made the dogma much less difficult to many members of the Roman Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches
.^ Keep in mind that "The Church" of all believers is different from The Roman Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One is the body of the Church , whose head is Christ, and all cohere in it .
[28][29] .^ But only those who sided with the Pope constituted the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Vatican I infallibly defines that from the See of Rome communion emanates over all.
^ In this way those who are outside the Catholic Church can achieve salvation .
.^ This is thus a major difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of God.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Keep in mind that "The Church" of all believers is different from The Roman Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
Of the latter particular churches, 14 use the
Byzantine liturgical rite.
[33] .^ On behalf of the whole Eastern church, Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople, answered the Pope that communion between the Churches will be possible only after the obliteration of all the Roman Churchs innovations.
^ Fourthly, that the Pope, whether he can be a heretic or not, cannot define any- thing heretical to be believed by the whole Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ He now begins the struggle with the Eastern church, figuring to vanquish Photius and then subject the eastern church to his influence just as the western churches.
[34] .^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter essentially was the Bishop of Rome, and the head of Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The top office in the Roman Church is that of the Bishop of Rome, the highest of the Roman bishops.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
[36] .^ There is no physical "Catholic" church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Leading Roman Catholic theologian .- Religion: Roman Catholic 28 January 2010 0:45 UTC www.nndb.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It assumes the identity of the Roman Communion and the Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter essentially was the Bishop of Rome, and the head of Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ One Roman Catholic scholar has observed: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I might not agree on all the points that you have stated, such as the salvation not lost, but still all in all you have helped me in my research of the roman catholic church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Catholics are more than utilitarians.- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In such a case, the Catholic voter must ask and answer the question: What could possibly be a proportionate reason for the more than 45 million children killed by abortion in the past 35 years?- American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.americanpapist.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I n both the pre-Christian and Christian eras, the Roman empire was sharply divided into two divisions east and west.
^ This period exhibits a curious exchange of opinions between the West and the East, while ecclesiastical usage remained unchanged, at least in the Latin Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There was a strong anti-Roman tradition in the early Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The Catholic church, with it's beliefs on tradition and infallibility.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Just like their tradition leads them astray, the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church leads astray.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ About Catholic Churches From Wikipedia The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church and represents over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
^ I might not agree on all the points that you have stated, such as the salvation not lost, but still all in all you have helped me in my research of the roman catholic church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Although many, but not all, Jews observe Pentecost on Sivan 6, both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of God observe Pentecost on a Sunday.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ This is thus a major difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of God.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter essentially was the Bishop of Rome, and the head of Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
[37] In spite of the use of "Roman Catholic Church" by Popes and departments of the Holy See, McBrien affirms that, on an official level, the "Communion of Catholic Churches" always refers to itself as "The Catholic Church".
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.^ The Catholic church, with it's beliefs on tradition and infallibility.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Peter essentially was the Bishop of Rome, and the head of Catholic Church.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Souls can be saved in a religion other than the Catholic religion (Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.
^ Thus, Pope Pius IX was not teaching that people who are ignorant of the Catholic Faith can be saved; he was, rather, stating that such unbelievers are not damned for the matter of infidelity.
^ Catholic apologist Tim Staples stated that the only people in danger of eternal damnation are ex-Catholics because they have left the one true church.
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Anglicanism
Main article:
Anglicanism.^ This was the type of heretical, anti-Catholic character in league with Archbishop Richard Cushing in the quest to crush Fr.
^ He affirmed the words of Christ in John 3:5 with an unequivocally literal understanding, which is the unanimous teaching of Tradition and the teaching of defined Catholic dogma.
^ I was raised as a Methodist, have attended evangelical institutions, and have studied under Catholic and Reformed theologians.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Yet, both the Roman Catholics and LCG believe that there is something different for those that are not incorrigibly wicked.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is precisely why he can quote nothing from the Traditional Catholic Magisterium to back it up.
^ It is either one or the other, because the 1917 Code directly contradicts the Traditional and constant law of the Catholic Church for nineteen centuries on this point which is tied to the Faith.
.^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ The message to the seven Churches in Revelation two and three successively shows the history of the true Church from that time forward.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ However it is important to note that the Eucharist as practiced by the Roman Church, since sometime in the second century, appears to have been adopted from practices associated with the sun-god Mithra.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Even regarding our Communion from the most favourable point of view, can we say that she has done very much during the centuries of her separation from the Holy See towards vindicating her Catholicity even in the Anglican sense of the word ?- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ He found within the old Catholic communion a freedom to retain unaltered the faith which, up to that year, he had taught within the communion of Rome.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ But his sharp dis- tinction between the Catholic and the Roman elements within the Church is really a distinction in dogmatic principles.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ In the 11th century, the Eastern, Orthodox Church and the Western, Catholic Church split, largely over disagreements regarding papal primacy.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
^ It is made up of one Western church (the Latin Rite) and 22 Eastern Catholic churches, divided into 2,782 jurisdictional areas around the world.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
^ About Catholic Churches From Wikipedia The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church and represents over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world's population.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ Not sanctioning the Anglican split from the church, Huss expressed his opposition to papacy in a spirit maintained by Wycliffe.
^ We in LCG, of course, believe that it is only one, the one that considers the Smyrnaeans as their ancestors, that could be the true church today.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Being a conservative in matters of the Church, the new Pope assuming the name Pius IX as head of the secular authority, initially maintained political liberalism.
These Anglicans, for example, have agreed in the
Porvoo Agreement to interchangeable ministries and full eucharistic communion with Lutherans.
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.^ Historical writings that the Roman Catholic Church accepts (such as those from Irenaeus of Lyon , c.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Thomas" (Aquinas) died in 1274 A.D. Hence, the Roman Catholic Church admits that the doctrine of immortality as now understood by the Roman Catholics was a relatively late development.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Both the Roman Catholic Church and the Living Church of God believe in hierarchical governance.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
Anglicans (except
neo-evangelicals) maintain belief in the
Seven Sacraments.
.^ Many Catholic devotions are based solely on private revelations: the Rosary, the Sacred Heart, and the Scapular are cases in point.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The millennium was taught by those the Roman Catholic Church calls saints--though many within it condemn the millennial teaching now.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis must be regarded as a practical application of the doctrine of the Communion of Saints.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Many writers of the period assert this; some in the most impassioned terms.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ They placed it triumphantly on the altar during Mass in a church at Sophia, and left Constantinople.
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Now, I don't necessarily believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, but you need to understand the doctrine and its context before you condemn it as cannibalism.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There is to Dechamps only one truth in all the Gospel affirmed with the same superabundant clearness as Papal Infallibility, and that is the real presence in the Eucharist.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ It is, in fact, one part of a theological justification for the real presence of Christ in communion, one based on an exact word for word interpretation of Christ's declaration "This is my body".- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
Others do not.
.^ Now, I don't necessarily believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, but you need to understand the doctrine and its context before you condemn it as cannibalism.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Reasons why a Roman Catholic cannot .- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ LCg does not accept the so-called deuterocanonical books, that even the Roman Catholic Church admits, were not formally accepted until 1546.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
[43][44][45] .^ I always figured it was because an infant couldn't make a conscience decision whether to follow Christ, or if the child knew the difference between right and wrong.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ On behalf of the whole Eastern church, Patriarch Anthimus VI of Constantinople, answered the Pope that communion between the Churches will be possible only after the obliteration of all the Roman Churchs innovations.
^ The transference of this authority from the entire body to one individual was to them no true development at all, but a dislocation in the Church's original constitution.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
[46] .^ The doctrine that Roman Catholics cannot share in worship with other Christians was finally killed by the Polish Pope John Paul II when in 1982 he went to Canterbury Cathedral with the Anglican Archbishop Runcie of Canterbury ...
^ What I will do is give a great bit of material by an author we can all hopefully agree was a reputable source in the Christian world during his time, and hopefully we can all read what he has to say with an open mind and try to eliminate some of our previously endocrined mindsets.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Every Catholic bishop or pope I have seen praying has done so wearing some type of head covering--and thus they are dishonoring their head (who is supposed to be Christ) by praying that way.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
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The growth of Anglo-Catholicism is strongly associated with the
Oxford Movement of the nineteenth century.
.^ Just like their tradition leads them astray, the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church leads astray.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church is guilty of the same.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The catholic church they are all priests.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Private figures, like John Wycliffe in England, John Huss in Bohemia and Savonarola in Italy, all relied on the assistance of the intellectuals and the masses.
.^ The Reformation movement eliminated most of the bishops; the head of the local Catholics was an archbishop, the so-called apostolic vicar in Utrecht.
^ The split is between the more liberal catholics and the conservative catholics.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church teaches that they're the "main line", so to speak, and that Protestantism is an offshoot or derivative of that line, whereas in actuality it's more like Protestantism and Roman Catholicism are siblings.- Keith Devens .com - Weblog: Why I'm not a Roman Catholic - August 11, 2002 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC keithdevens.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
^ He found within the old Catholic communion a freedom to retain unaltered the faith which, up to that year, he had taught within the communion of Rome.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Thus, Pope Pius IX was not teaching that people who are ignorant of the Catholic Faith can be saved; he was, rather, stating that such unbelievers are not damned for the matter of infidelity.
There are about 80 million Anglicans in the world, comprising 3.6% of global Christianity.
[48]Provinces of the Anglican Communion
As in Orthodoxy, all thirty-eight provinces of the Anglican Communion are independent, each with its own
primate and governing structure.
.^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ From these principles the relation of the Collective Episcopate, or Ecumenical Council, to the Pope may be readily imagined.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The doctrine, then, of no salvation outside the Church is to be understood in the sense of knowingly outside the Church But, they may object, if such be the sense of the dogma in question, why is the word knowingly not part of the formula, Outside the Church no salvation?
.^ Here we see the definition of the Church which is accepted by all theologians : a union of faith and sacraments .
The 38 provinces include:
.^ Now it is incredible that five or six hundred Bishops will affirm in the face of the world that they have found in the con- victions of their respective Churches that which is not there.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Only under these circumstances can the secular authority serve the church beneficially.
Protestant churches
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.^ That the Bishop's own silence and that of his colleagues conferred upon Peter's doctrinal utter- ances a value not obtainable from Christ's promise, and from the help of the Spirit, was to Mgr.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ I will tell you my own belief, as to that attribute of Holy Church, which a learned Bishop pronounced accurate and orthodox.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Pope, others to a General Council, or to the Bishops dispersed throughout the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
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.^ For Jesus Christ came preaching "the Gospel of the Kingdom of God" (Mark 1:14).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ As you know, we in the Living Church of God try to follow all of the above truths with all our hearts and powerfully proclaim the end -time prophecies of the Bible..."- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Apostle Paul was inspired to write to the Thessalonians, "For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus" (1 Thessalonians 2:14).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Intl. Pentecostal Holiness Church
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.^ The explicit intention of the Council was the healing of the Schism and the reforming of the Church alike in its head and members.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The council of Basle took to church reforms, and its first enactment was to curb the unlimited authority of the Pope.
^ Authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and approved by the Administrative Committee / Board of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference.
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.^ Leaders in both groups originally considered the so-called deuterocanonical books to be inferior to scripture, but the Roman Catholic Church changed its position later.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He assumed that the English Church was included in the letter addressed to all Protestants ; and accepted the title in the sense of protesting against errors contrary to the Catholic Faith.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Catholic scholars do not seem to understand that the Book of Revelation shows that there would be a succession of churches in different locations.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Church and of the Episcopate was essential to any doctrine which claimed to be part of the Catholic faith.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Controversy arose during the third century about some of Origen's opinions...a synod of Constantinople in 543 condemned nine propositions attributed to him, notably concerning...the final restoration of all...As a result, most of his works in the original Greek were destroyed...While the Church later rejected some of his opinions, there can be no doubt about Origen's intentions to remain faithful to the apostolic tradition (Sullivan F.A. From Apostles to Bishops: The Development of the Episcopacy in the Early Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
.^ I have also shown that it is only through receiving the Sacrament of Baptism that one is incorporated into the Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation.
^ One of these dogmas in the deposit of Faith is that Outside the Catholic Church There is No Salvation.
^ He directly contradicts the solemnly defined dogma that Outside the Catholic Church There is No Salvation.
.^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ The apostolic faith concerning the Spirit was announced by the second ecumenical council at Constantinople (381) (Catechism of the Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ At least 5 dogmatic councils of the Catholic Church issued detailed definitions on Baptism, and not one ever mentioned the concept or the term baptism of blood.
The
Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland of 1921 defines that church legally as "part of the Holy Catholic or Universal Church".
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The
Roman Catholic Church views Christians not in communion with the See of Rome as "non-Catholics". It does not consider valid the orders of these Protestant denominations and of the
Anglican Communion and, since it sees a valid episcopate and Eucharist as necessary prerequsites for being a church, it does not classify them as churches "in the proper sense".
[49][50][51]Distinctive beliefs and practices
.^ In other words, only three of the worlds bishops at that time manifested a positive belief in the dogma Outside the Catholic Church There is No salvation as it had been defined .
^ (Pope: Truth, not trend, must guide Christians in dialogue with others.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ By it we are qualified to receive the other Sacraments, and the Christian is distinguished from those who do not profess the faith .
.^ This is thus a major difference between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of God.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ According to their convictions, such Catholicism represents itself as the Church of the Ecumenical Councils, when unity existed between East and West.
^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
Liturgical and canonical practices vary between all these
particular Churches constituting the Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches (or, as Richard Mc Brien states, the "Communion of Catholic Churches.")
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.^ However, the Roman Catholic Church itself seems to have a different view: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Roman Catholic Church also allows, and sometimes encourages, its members to vote.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This is certain, because the Churchs official understanding of the scriptures cannot err.
.^ Hence the Roman Catholic Church has clearly changed from the original practices.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It means "mass of Christ," and has its origins in the practices of the Roman Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ De Maistre adopts for his reply the following " Don't ask me; ask the Greek Emperors, who would have these Councils assembled, and who convoked them and demanded the consent of the Popes, and raised all this useless fracas in the Church."- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Milner's view of Catholicism is that if we would know what is of faith, we must ask what is and ever has been the doctrine of the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The bulk of the nation had not thought on the question at all, and harbored no purpose of leaving the Church of Rome.
.^ Rather, these beliefs emerged over time as Christians reflected on what the Bible says about Jesus and his mother.” [3] Roman Catholicism claims what we may distinguish as three forms of revelation.
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The ascension of Jesus has been called a lived parable, He did it to show us that He who has the power to ascend has the power to descend and assume all believers into heaven.
.^ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44).
^ He sees that grave difficulties must attend the attempt to distinguish papal utterances which are infallible from those which are not.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ But only those who sided with the Pope constituted the Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
In this interpretation, evidently by no means shared by all, Catholicism includes the Roman Catholic Church, the various Churches of Eastern Christianity, the Old Catholic Church, Anglicanism, and at least some of the "independent Catholic Churches".
The beliefs and practices of Catholicism, as thus understood, include:
- Direct and continuous organizational descent from the original church founded by Jesus Matthew 16:18, who, according to tradition, designated the Apostle Peter as its first leader.[53]
.^ Jesus Christ is objectively the Son of God.
^ It is He, Jesus Christ, who has come through water and blood, not in water only, but in water and blood.
^ But was it ever possible to be a Catholic while denying the other doctrine, the Divinity of Jesus Christ?- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ In a matter of days, he passed the stages of reader, deacon, priest and finally, ordained as bishop.
^ At a glance: The Bible teaches that it is God, it is Jesus, who is full of grace.
^ I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again.
.^ Scripture may be silent, and tradition contradictory, but the Church is independent of both.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Mary is the mother of Jesus and Jesus is God, however, Mary is neither the mother of the Holy Spirit nor the mother of the Father.
^ This is the incontrovertible teaching of Tradition and Scripture.
The term hyperdulia is used for a special veneration accorded to the Virgin Mary among the saints.
- The use of prayer for the dead.
- The acceptance of canonizations.
- Requests to the departed saints for intercessory prayers.
Sacraments or Sacred Mysteries
.^ "Signum sacro sanctum efficax gratiae" -- a sacrosanct sign producing grace, is a good, succinct definition of a sacrament of the New Law...The Council of Trent solemnly defined that there are seven sacraments of the New Law, truly and properly so called, viz., Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I acknowledge that the seven sacraments are: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony; and that they confer grace; and that of the seven, Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders cannot be repeated without committing a sacrilege.
^ I also accept and acknowledge the customary and approved rites of the Catholic Church in the solemn administration of these sacraments.
.^ Both the Roman Catholic Church and LCG teach that they are the original and true Church, but because of their many differences, only one still could be.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ According to this, its not only possible to be saved outside the Church (which is a direct denial of the dogma), but its actually possible to be, for all intents and purposes, a member of the Catholic Church while still outside of Her!
^ I have also shown that it is only through receiving the Sacrament of Baptism that one is incorporated into the Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation.
.^ Therefore, if Trent defines that the efficient cause of Justification is God who signs , this means that the efficient cause of Justification is God who signs us in the Sacrament of Baptism.
^ They clearly saw this as a sign that God had preserved the lives of these people until they were able to receive that most necessary sacrament.
^ And one cannot have the effect ( Justification ) without the cause ( God signing in the Sacrament of Baptism ).
.^ This is the only legitimate use of the term.
^ I also accept and acknowledge the customary and approved rites of the Catholic Church in the solemn administration of these sacraments.
^ Paul and the word of God are clearly teaching what the Catholic Church has held for 2000 years: that it is by means of the Sacrament of Baptism that one receives faith .
.^ There are a number of other objections that are raised against the true meaning of the dogma Outside the Church There is No Salvation and the necessity of receiving the Sacrament of Baptism for salvation.
^ That anyone else besides unbaptized catechumens could qualify for salvation without first receiving the Sacrament of Baptism was not even considered a possibility worth refuting in this context .
^ The Sacrament of Baptism is also necessary for all for salvation because it is the means by which one is marked as a member of Jesus Christ and incorporated into His Mystical Body.
.^ Baptism and Conditional Baptism : The form of baptism is: I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
^ Note: History concerning Apollonius is not totally clear, but indications are that he was most likely in the true church (the 210 date came from The Catholic Encyclopedia ).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
Matthew 28:19) to be valid, since the effect is produced through the sacrament, independently of the faith of the minister, though not of the minister's intention.
.^ In this case the Catholic Church is doomed to fall, and then other forms of religion will be constituted, which we need not now discuss.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Antoninus (1459) : "In the case in which the pope would become a heretic, he would find himself, by that fact alone and without any other sentence, separated from the Church.
.^ There is a heaven, i.e., God will bestow happiness and the richest gifts on all those who depart this life free from original sin and personal mortal sin, and who are, consequently, in the state of justice and friendship with God (Hontheim, Joseph.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For sins committed after the initial redemption, a person has to bring satisfaction (satisfactio) himself through good deeds.
^ Many Roman Catholic writers have not only maintained that during the Age of the Fathers no case occurs of its exercise ; but that the principles advocated demonstrate that it was not even recognised as a theory, since by those very principles it is actually excluded.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ God does not forgive sins except to the baptized .
^ There is a heaven, i.e., God will bestow happiness and the richest gifts on all those who depart this life free from original sin and personal mortal sin, and who are, consequently, in the state of justice and friendship with God (Hontheim, Joseph.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ But the baptism of desire theory is that some persons can have a true justice (sanctifying grace) that is none of the above three!
.^ That Baptism took place by immersion is evidenced by Paul's presenting it as "being buried with Christ [Rom.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Jesus Christ is applied to adults as well as to infants by the sacrament of baptism let him be anathema.
^ Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis (# 27), June 29, 1943: He (Christ) also determined that through Baptism (cf.
also raised with him through faith in the working of
.^ Moreover, the Catechism also teaches that Christians are distinguished from non-Christians by the Sacrament of Baptism.
^ Their pretensions have been disastrous to the Catholic Church, and particularly so to the Holy See.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ The we shall see God "face to face" (Catechism of the Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ And at Rome for this reason those who have been baptized are called the faithful (fideles).
^ Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
^ Those who misunderstand or stray from the straightforward and totally simple truth (defined in the Canons on the Sacrament of Baptism) are the ones who make it complicated and burdensome to refute their errors and/or perversions of the truth.
.^ That anyone else besides unbaptized catechumens could qualify for salvation without first receiving the Sacrament of Baptism was not even considered a possibility worth refuting in this context .
^ That is why the Sacrament of Baptism has been called since apostolic times, the Sacrament of Faith, as touched upon already in the section on The One Church of the Faithful.
^ Sacraments Actually refutes baptism of desire as can be seen when it is compared with similar dogmatic canons - page 139 .
.^ But he vigorously attacks those who hold to the absolute necessity of water baptism, and explicitly says that pagans and idolaters can be saved.
^ Historically, pneumatomachians were those who did not accept that the Holy Spirit was a separate person--this is something that those in LCG would agree with.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Therefore, in this chapter, Trent is dealing with those above the age of reason who have committed actual sins, and for such persons the desire for baptism is necessary for Justification .
.^ But it is a fact, which may surprise some, that St. Robert Bellarmine did not remain consistent with his definition of the Church above.
^ But when he says that the Holy Spirit is second in dignity to the Son he ceases to remain consistent with this Tradition and falls into error (material heresy, in fact).
^ They shall become the GOD FAMILY as it shall exist at the time of Christ's Second Coming.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I also accept and acknowledge the customary and approved rites of the Catholic Church in the solemn administration of these sacraments.
^ Paul and the word of God are clearly teaching what the Catholic Church has held for 2000 years: that it is by means of the Sacrament of Baptism that one receives faith .
^ Every Catholic bishop or pope I have seen praying has done so wearing some type of head covering--and thus they are dishonoring their head (who is supposed to be Christ) by praying that way.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In the 11th century, the Eastern, Orthodox Church and the Western, Catholic Church split, largely over disagreements regarding papal primacy.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Eastern schismatic sects (such as the Orthodox) and the Protestant sects are breakoff movements that have separated from the Catholic Church.
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.^ For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
^ There were current in the early days of Christianity other terms...With the name "Love Feast" ( agape ) the idea of the sacrifice of the Mass was not necessarily connected...the Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a "true and proper sacrifice", and will not tolerate the idea that the sacrifice is identical with Holy Communion...The simple fact that numerous heretics...repudiated the Mass as "idolatry", while retaining the Sacrament of the true Body and Blood of Christ, proves that the Sacrament of the Eucharist is something essentially different from the Sacrifice of the Mass.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The quintessence of these doctrinal decisions consists in this, that in the Eucharist the Body and Blood of the God-man are truly, really, and substantially present for the nourishment of our souls, by reason of the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, and that in this change of substances the unbloody Sacrifice of the New Testament is also contained (Eucharist) .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I likewise profess that in Mass a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice is offered to God on behalf of the living and the dead, and that the Body and Blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ is truly, really, and substantially present in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, and that there is a change of the whole substance of the bread into the Body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood; and this change the Catholic Church calls transubstantiation.
^ The apostolic faith concerning the Spirit was announced by the second ecumenical council at Constantinople (381) (Catechism of the Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Sacrament of Baptism is also necessary for all for salvation because it is the means by which one is marked as a member of Jesus Christ and incorporated into His Mystical Body.
.^ The first two definitions are simply dealing with the necessity of the sacraments for salvation , whereas the third (Sess.
^ In Padua, in Bologna, in Lucca, in Modena, in Rome,4 and in other cities of classic fame, some of the first families had embraced the Gospel.
^ To further prove this point, lets look at two other dogmatic definitions (one from Trent and one from Vatican I) which deal with the sacraments in general and salvation.
It is also called the sacrament of conversion, of forgiveness, and of absolution.
.^ For sins committed after the initial redemption, a person has to bring satisfaction (satisfactio) himself through good deeds.
^ Therefore, in this chapter, Trent is dealing with those above the age of reason who have committed actual sins, and for such persons the desire for baptism is necessary for Justification .
^ Mysticism, asserted that a person can get to know God and all the revealed teachings, not through dialectical proof, but by spiritual elevation toward God in the form of direct contemplation.
.^ But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense-Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” (1st John 2:1).
^ Let them cease contradicting the Athanasian Creed and let them confess that knowledge of these mysteries is absolutely necessary for the salvation of all who wish to be saved.
^ Michael Du Bays propositions above are condemned because they assert that perfect charity can be in catechumens and penitents without the remission of sins .
.^ In order to be saved one must assent to all the things which the Catholic Church, based on Scripture and Tradition, has infallibly defined as dogmas of the Faith.
^ Even though Eastern Orthodox and others consider themselves Catholics, for this article, Roman Catholics are defined as those supporting the Roman Catholic Church (which is why the term "Roman" is used).- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It is once again astounding to note that the Roman Catholics claim to have held on to a version of the COG doctrine (which they sometimes call apokatastasis) until the late fourth century!- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In the early second century, Polycarp wrote: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Thus, what is considered to be traditional Christianity developed in the third and fourth centuries, NOT in the early second century.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ ALTHOUGH CATHOLIC TRADITION, BEGINNING IN the late second and early third centuries, regards St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome and, therefore, as the first pope, there is no evidence that Peter was involved in the initial establishment of the Christian community in Rome (indeed, what evidence there is would seem to point in the opposite direction) or that he served as Rome's first bishop.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ As the Bishops who are my guides have accepted the decrees, so have I. They are a law to me as much as those at Trent, not from any private interpretation, but from the authority from which they come.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ About the time of this man, bishops, priests, and deacons, who had been twice married, and thrice married, began to be allowed to retain their place among the clergy (Hippolytus.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ So, dont be fooled by the heretical priests and bishops who pretend to give an entire course on Fr.
In past centuries, when such a restrictive interpretation was customary, the sacrament came to be known as "Extreme Unction", i.e. "Final Anointing", as it still is among
traditionalist Catholics.
.^ Only the last had died a natural death.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ There is only one answer that can be given.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ It is made up of one Western church (the Latin Rite) and 22 Eastern Catholic churches, divided into 2,782 jurisdictional areas around the world.- Catholic Churches Locations - Locate Catholic Churches Near You with Mapmuse's Catholic Churches Locator 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC find.mapmuse.com [Source type: Academic]
.^ In St, Thomas' time (III:82:3), the deacons were allowed to administer only the Chalice to the laity, and in case of necessity the Sacred Host also, at the bidding of the bishop or priest.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It may be of interest to note that Tertullian claimed that only two churches, the Roman one and the Smyrnaean one, could truly have any apostolic claim.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Of course, it has been defined that, in such a case, he was no priest, since the sacrament of orders may only be conferred validly upon the baptized.
.^ The Sacrament of Baptism is also necessary for all for salvation because it is the means by which one is marked as a member of Jesus Christ and incorporated into His Mystical Body.
^ This means that if hope and charity are added to faith, faith does unite one perfectly with Christ and make him a living member of Christs body.
^ Here we see this edition of the Baltimore Catechism teaching that: 1) Baptism of desire doesnt make one a member of the Church; 2) Baptism of desire does make one a member of the Church in desire; 3) there is salvation outside the Church by baptism of desire and blood.
.^ One is the body of the Church , whose head is Christ, and all cohere in it .
^ If there was one Person in Christ, then there must be one will, and that will manifestly divine.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Every community had to have a priest, and for their ordination, a bishop was essential.
.^ Therefore, every person who is justified, since they all have faith, hope and charity, is made a living member ( vivum membrum ) of the Church.
^ Holy baptism, which is the gateway to the spiritual life, holds the first place among all the sacraments; through it we are made members of Christ and of the body of the Church .
^ Senior place-kicker B.J. Wanninger hit all three of his field-goal attempts to earn OAC special teams player of the week honors.- Otterbein College Football 9 February 2010 13:16 UTC www.otterbein.edu [Source type: General]
.^ Now this is life everlasting, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ , whom thou hast sent.
^ John 17:3: Now this is life everlasting, that they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ , whom thou hast sent.
^ For, even though they may be disposed toward (or ordained toward) the mystic Body of the Redeemer, by a certain unknowing desire and resolution .
.^ But it is a fact, which may surprise some, that St. Robert Bellarmine did not remain consistent with his definition of the Church above.
^ I assert that those who are in point of fact outside the Catholic Church can achieve salvation, then I am doing the exact same thing as if I were to declare that the Virgin Mary was conceived in some sin, when the Church said she had no sin.
^ Some adherents of the Society of St. Pius X have tried to defend these heretical words of Archbishop Lefebvre by pointing out that, although he did say that men can be saved in other religions, he emphasized that it is by the Catholic Church.
In others (such as the Anglican),
clerical marriage is permitted, as is the
ordination of women.
[56] Moreover, some sectors of Anglicanism "in isolation of the whole" have approved the
ordination of openly active homosexuals to the priesthood and episcopacy, in spite of the support that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, voiced for the Anglican Church's teaching on homosexuality, which he said the Church "could not change simply because of a shift in society's attitude", noting also that those churches blessing same-sex unions and consecrating openingly gay bishops would not be able "to take part as a whole in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue." Thus in ecumenical matters, only if the Roman Catholic as well as Orthodox churches come to an understanding with first tier or primary bishops of the Anglican Communion can those churches (representing 95% of global Catholicism) implement an agreement with second tier or secondary Anglican bishops and their respective Anglican communities.
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.^ Foreword, ex cathedra : For the completion of the salutary doctrine of Justification it has seemed fitting to treat of the most holy sacraments of the Church, through which all true justice either begins, or being begun is increased or being lost is restored .
^ In like manner I accept Sacred Scripture according to the meaning which has been held by holy Mother Church and which she now holds.
^ And on the testimony of Jesus Christ—the only one who can speak with authority on the subject of life after death —no man (or woman) has gone up to heaven.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
Western tradition sees the sacrament as conferred by the canonically expressed mutual consent of the partners in marriage; Eastern and some recent Western theologians not in communion with the see of Rome view the blessing by a priest as constituting the sacramental action.
See also
References
- ^ a b McBrien, Richard P. (1994). Catholicism. HarperCollins. pp. 3–19. ISBN 9780060654054.
- ^ For McBrien, the "broad term" refers exclusively and specifically to that "Communion of Catholic Churches" in communion with the Bishop of Rome. Richard McBrien, The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism (New York: HarperOne, 2008), 6, 281-2, and 356. In its Letter on Some Aspects of the Church Understood as Communion the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith stressed that the idea of the universal Church as a communion of Churches must not be presented as meaning that "every particular Church is a subject complete in itself, and that the universal Church is the result of a reciprocal recognition on the part of the particular Churches". It insisted that "the universal Church cannot be conceived as the sum of the particular Churches, or as a federation of particular Churches".
- ^ a b Pierre Whalon, What is the difference between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism
- ^ Parsons, Evelyn C. (2007). It Makes a Difference Being a Catholic. AuthorHouse. p. 40. ISBN 9781434314772.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford University Press 2005 ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3), article Catholic, p. 308
- ^ Connor, Charles Patrick (2001). Classic Catholic Converts. Ignatius Press. ISBN 9780898707878.
- ^ Timothy Ware,The Orthodox Church (Oxford: Penguin Books, 1993), 214-217.
- ^ In his book, Catholicism, he notes (on page 19) that his book was "written in the midst of yet another major crisis in the history of the Roman Catholic Church...." Never once does he indicate in his book that Catholicism refers to churches not in communion with the See of Rome. McBrien, 19-20.
- ^ "Chapter VIII.—Let nothing be done without the bishop". Christian Classics Ethereal Library. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.v.vii.viii.html. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Angle, Paul T. (2007). The Mysterious Origins of Christianity. Wheatmark, Inc.. ISBN 9781587368219.
- ^ [J.H. Srawley, The Epistles of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, vol. II,] pp. 41-42
- ^ another edition, p.97
- ^ Knight, Kevin. "Catechetical Lecture 18 - #26". New Advent. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310118.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Chapter 5.—Against the Title of the Epistle of Manichæus". Christian Classics Ethereal Library. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf104.iv.viii.vi.html?. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Bettenson, Henry (1967). Documents of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press US. p. 22. ISBN 9780195012934. http://books.google.com/books?id=k9L2UaDJLGkC&pg=PP1&dq=.
- ^ This Church is commonly referred to by this name even by others (see for instance Cultural Portraits: A Synoptic Guide, by Byron P. Palls (AuthorHouse, 2008 ISBN 1434388670) and even by those who are hostile to it mention that it is "commonly called the Catholic Church" (A discourse on the worship of Priapus, and its connection with the mystic theology of the ancients).
- ^ Porvaznik, Phil. "Papal Authority and the Primacy of Rome". Evangelical Catholic Apologetics. http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/num12.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church - Chapter 1: The Mystery of the Church". The Vatican. 1964-11-21. http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ John Allen, "the 'Patriarch of the West' retires," The National Catholic Reporter April 7, 2006, 21.
- ^ Joseph Ratzinger, "Sister Churches," The Tablet 9 September, 2000, 1205.
- ^ "Apostles' Creed". The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=3355. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Nicene Creed". Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. http://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?2617&collectionID=711&contentID=4334&shortcutID=2077#nicene. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Texts of the Three Chief Symbols are taken from the Book of Concord, Tappert edition". The International Lutheran Fellowship. http://www.ilflutheran.org/page11.html. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Radeck, Francisco; Dominic Radecki (2004). Tumultuous Times. St. Joseph's Media. p. 79. ISBN 9780971506107.
- ^ "The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church - 880-881". The Vatican. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P2A.HTM#RC. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ McBrien, The Church, 356. McBrien also says they form the "Communion of Catholic Churches", a name not used by the Church itself, which has pointed out the ambiguity of this term in a 1992 letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith "on some aspects of the Church understood as communion", 8.
- ^ a b "The Catholic Church is also called the Roman Church to emphasize that the centre of unity, which is an essential for the Universal Church, is in the Roman See" (Thomas J. O'Brien, An Advanced Catechism of Catholic Faith and Practice, Kessinger Publishers, 2005, ISBN 1417984473, page 70)
- ^ "Number of Catholics and Priests Rises". Zenit News Agency. 12 February 2007. http://www.zenit.org/article-18894?l=english. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ "CIA World Factbook". United States Government Central Intelligence Agency. 2008. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html#People. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
- ^ Richard McBrien, The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism, 6. ISBN 978-0-06-124521-3 McBrien says this: Vatican II "council implicitly set aside the category of membership and replaced it with degrees." "...it is not a matter of either/or—either one is in communion with the Bishop of Rome, or one is not. As in a family, there are degrees of relationships: parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, neices, in-laws. In many cultures, the notion of family is broader than blood and legal relationships."
- ^ Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 2
- ^ Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 43
- ^ Annuario Pontificio, 2007 edition, pages 1169–1170 (ISBN 978-88-209-7908-9).
- ^ Orientalium Ecclesiarum, 3
- ^ Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Catholicism in the Third Millennium (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press), xii.
- ^ For example, in his encyclical Humani Generis, 27-28 Pope Pius XII decried the error of those who denied that they were bound by "the doctrine, explained in Our Encyclical Letter of a few years ago, and based on the Sources of Revelation, which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing"; and in his Divini Illius Magistri Pope Pius XI wrote: "In the City of God, the Holy Roman Catholic Church, a good citizen and an upright man are absolutely one and the same thing." On other occasions too, both when signing agreements with other Churches (e.g. that with Patriarch Mar Ignatius Yacoub III of the Syrian Orthodox Church) and in giving talks to various groups (e.g. Benedict XVI in Warsaw, the Popes refer to the Church that they head as the Roman Catholic Church.
- ^ Richard McBrien, The Church, 6.
- ^ McBrien, The Church, 351-371
- ^ Simon Scott Plummer, "China's Growing Faiths" in The Tablet, March, 2007. Based on a review of Religious Experience in Contemporary China by Kinzhong Yao and Paul Badham (University of Wales Press).
- ^ a b Fahlbusch, Erwin; Geoffrey William Bromiley (2005). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. David B. Barrett. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 269,494. ISBN 9780802824165.
- ^ Anglican-Lutheran agreement signed," The Christian Century 13 November, 1996, 1005.
- ^ "Two Churches Now Share a Cleric," New York Times, 20 October, 1996, 24.
- ^ Rowan A. Greer," "Anglicanism as an ongoing argument," The Witness May, 1998, 23.
- ^ Matt Cresswell, "Anglican conservatives say 'second reformation' is already under way," The Tablet 28 June, 2008, 32.
- ^ Philip Jenkins, "Defender of the Faith," The Atlantic Monthly November, 2003, 46-9.
- ^ Edward Yarnold, S.J., "A word in due season", The Tablet 18, July 1998, 935-6. Yarnold, a Jesuit ecumenist and former member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, says this: "The recent agreements made between parts of the Anglican Communion and different Lutheran Churches are a case in point [of this inconsistency] -- in Germany (Meissen), in northern Europe (Provoo), and in the United States (though the Lutherans failed to ratify this third scheme). Each of these documents involves not only the mutual participation of Anglican and Lutheran bishops in future ordinations, but in the interim recognizes orders as they stand, even though there was an acknowledged breach in the episcopal succession. Yet when Anglicans are talking to Catholics, a different principle is accepted: both the Final Report of the first Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) and the Clarifications to that report affirm the need for ordination to take place within an unbroken episcopal succession. I am glad to acknowledge that the drafters of Porvoo made an effort not to contradict ARCIC, but although I have looked again and again, I cannot see that they were successful. The problem once again illustrates the impossibility of deciding which voice speaks for the Anglican Communion."
- ^ Daniel Burke, "Williams suggests secondary role for rebel Episcopal church", National Catholic Reporter 7 August, 2009, 6.
- ^ David Barrett, "Christian World Communities: Five Overviews of Global Christianity, AD 1800-2025," in International Bulletin of Missionary Research January, 2009, Vol. 33, No 1, pp. 31.
- ^ Fowler, Jeaneane D. (1997). World Religions. Sussex Academic Press. p. 82. ISBN 9781898723486.
- ^ "The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery are not Churches in the proper sense; however, those who are baptized in these communities are, by Baptism, incorporated in Christ and thus are in a certain communion, albeit imperfect, with the Church" (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Dominus Iesus, 17
- ^ "(The expression sister Churches) has been applied improperly by some to the relationship between the Catholic Church on the one hand, and the Anglican Communion and non-catholic ecclesial communities on the other. ... it must also be borne in mind that the expression sister Churches in the proper sense, as attested by the common Tradition of East and West, may only be used for those ecclesial communities that have preserved a valid episcopate and Eucharist" (Note on the expression "sister Churches" issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 30 June 2000).
- ^ Mc Brien, The Church, 6.
- ^ "And I tell you, you are Peter [Πετρός, meaning "rock"], and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it." (Mt 16:18)
- ^ Code of Canon Law, canon 891
- ^ "Chapter II : The Minister of the Sacrament of Penance". IntraText. http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P3F.HTM. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ In regard to the ordination of women to the episcopacy, one cannot underestimate the chasm that is currently developing between the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental and Roman Catholic Chuches, on the one hand, and the Lutheran, Anglican and Independent Catholic Churches, on the other hand. Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, for example, noted this when he addressed some Anglican bishops in 2006. Quoting St Cyprian of Carthage (d. 258), he said the episcopate is one, which means that "each part of it is held by each one for the whole"; that bishops were instruments of unity not only within the contemporary Church, but also across time, within the universal Church. This being the case, he continued, "the decision for the ordination of women to the Episcopal office ... must not in any way involve a conflict between the majority and the minority." Such a decision should be made "with the consensus of the ancient Churches of the East and West." To do otherwise "would spell the end" to any kind of unity. James Roberts, "Women bishops 'would spell the end of unity hopes'" in The Tablet, 10 June 2006, 34.
- ^ "Rowan Williams predicts schism over homosexuality" (The Tablet 1 August 2009, 33).
- ^ The Russian Orthodox Church, which because of the episcopal ordination of Gene Robinson severed its dialogue with the United States Episcopal Church, while declaring itself open to "contacts and cooperation with those American Episcopalians who remain faithful to the gospel’s moral teaching", stated that it was willing to restore relations with those Episcopal dioceses that refused to recognize the election of Katharine Jefferts Schori as their Church's presiding bishop (Letter of Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad).
- ^ Stan Chu Ilo, "An African view on ordaining Gene Robinson," The National Catholic Reporter, 12 December, 2003, 26.
- ^ Matthew Moore, "Archbishop of Canterbury foresees a 'two-tier' church to avoid gay schism," The Telegraph.co.uk, 27 July, 2009.
Further reading
.^ According to a document produced in 2000 by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), salvation comes through grace.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Notice what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Pope Benedict XVI taught: .- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He had studied the history of the Church for thirty years ; but nothing could be found for Papal Infallibility in the ancient Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ He considers that the true remedy is not to extend the papal power, but to exercise more faith in the Holy Spirit and the Catholic Church.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ On March 20, 2001 at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Roman Catholic Church, Alb., NM. [3] See Henry Halley, Halley’s Bible Handbook (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1965), p.
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Leo J. Trese, The Faith Explained Third Edition (Fides/Claretian, 2001). .
Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes (Yale Nota Bene, 2002).^ Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes, 2nd ed.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Laisney, not a single saint or pope in the history of the Church denied the existence of baptism of desire!
^ Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
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K. O. Johnson, Why Do Catholics Do That? (Ballantine, 1994). .
Ludwig von Pastor, History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages; Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and other original sources, 40 vols.^ It is not to be expected that the Constitution Pastor Eternus will be revoked by a future Pope, or the fourth session of the Vatican Council pronounced invalid.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Archbishop F6nelon's opinion, which Gosselin quotes and accepts, was that the deposition of princes by the Pope in the Middle Ages was based in the belief that none but Catholics could rule over Catholic nations.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
^ In January 1870 the crisis became acute when Manning and other members of the Vatican Council presented the Pope with an Address, urging him to declare his own Infallibility.- Roman Catholic Opposition to Papal Infallibility - Wikisource 10 January 2010 21:26 UTC en.wikisource.org [Source type: Original source]
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Basic Catechism Seventh Revised Edition (Pauline Books & Media, 1999). .
Peter Lynch, The Church's Story: A History of Pastoral Care and Vision (Pauline Books & Media, 2005).^ The Church has ever seen in the occupant of the See of Rome the successor of Peter in the supreme pastorate (Joyce G.H. Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In his book Church History , Father John Laux, M. A., writes: .
^ Church History, Book V, Chapter 24.- Roman Catholic and Church of God Teachings 6 February 2010 13:11 UTC www.cogwriter.com [Source type: Original source]
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