150 Reasons to be Catholic - Part 1 of 9

[JonNC]

Hello Jon

Proving Protestantism wrong only proves that Protestantism is wrong. It does not prove Catholicism right (though I believe it to be ). My reason for being Catholic (other than Grace) is not because I believe Protestantism to be wrong, (it is in fact right and true in a great deal of areas.) My reason for being Catholic is simply because I have tested it and found it true. I don’t need to have Protestantism torn down to stregthen my faith.

Test everything Jon, hold fast to that which is good.

God bless you

Thanks, my friend.
I truly like the way you talk about grace.
Jon

 

[MDK]

Narrowpath and MDK,
Thanks for your thoughts.
Jon

EDIT: While I appreciate your comments, I’m not sure what they had to do with the thread.

Dear Jon,

But it was pertinent. You had discussed how both sides were equal based on certain comments. To follow on with that, I answered to dispel that notion. In the same way, when Christ condemned the acts of the Pharisees and they called Him a false messiah, does that make Christ on equal footing with the Pharisees? Of course you don’t believe that any more than I do. We’ve discussed this before, so I know that you know. I’m hoping the Holy Spirit reaches into your heart to get you to move in the direction of His Church.

 

[JonNC]

Dear Jon,

But it was pertinent. You had discussed how both sides were equal based on certain comments. To follow on with that, I answered to dispel that notion. In the same way, when Christ condemned the acts of the Pharisees and they called Him a false messiah, does that make Christ on equal footing with the Pharisees? Of course you don’t believe that any more than I do. We’ve discussed this before, so I know that you know. I’m hoping the Holy Spirit reaches into your heart to get you to move in the direction of His Church.

I see, but you misunderstood. I said:

Other items I found, from a Lutheran perspective, ranging from untrue to simplistic and trite. That said, sometimes we noncatholics use simplistic and trite and even untrue descriptions of our Catholic brother and sisters. So we’re even.

IOW, I was comparing how we each, at times and often without malice, make statements about each other that are untrue, or simplistic or trite. In that way we are even.
Obviously, I would be a fool to think that you, as a good Catholic, would consider my communion equal to yours. I understand it, even if I don’t agree with it.
btw, I really do appreciate your comments. YOu have always been straightfoward, if not blunt, with me, but never uncharitable. Hope you feel the same in return.
Jon

 

[Eucharisted]

To have a flood of reasons for belief risks undermining faith - it is faith, not reason, that makes a belief obligatory in conscience. To found any form of Christianity on reason, & not on faith instead of reason, is to confuse religion with philosophy.

Christianity is founded on faith and reason. Hence, Saint Paul said, “If Christ is not risen, than our faith is in vain.” The Resurrection of Christ is a historic yet transcendant event; it requires faith and reason to understand it.

, And even if Christian faith is not religious, but the negation & overthrow of religion, it is not founded on reason: if anything, it could be even more opposed to reason than religion is. What’s more, Christian faith is faith in Christ, not faith in a Church: Churches are as fully capable of being satanic & infernal & anti-Christian as any other human thing. No reasons or rationality can cope with that.

Christianity is the religion of the Word. The Logos is creative power, eternal wisdom, and reason. Hence, Christianity, as the religion of the Word, is a religion founded on faith and reason. To simply have faith is to have the ability to make up fairy tales, but with reason, faith is kept in check; to simply have reason to have the ability to corrupt Christianity, but with faith, reason is kept in check. This is why the Catholic Church rejects heresies and historical portraits of Jesus: heresies are exaggerations of the truth and historical portraits of Jesus are really the faces of those who make them popular (for example, socialists who make popular a socialist Jesus).