Can a Catholic receive LDS Priesthood Blessing?

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I remember reading a thread on here about a catholic mother having her son receive a blessing of healing from the lds, Mormon, church. I know that the Catholic Church has the sacrament -annointing of the sick.

Would it be a mortal sin for a Catholic to receive the LDS blessing? Which I believe includes the laying on of hands.
 
I don’t think it would be a mortal sin to allow people from another religion to pray for the health of your family in their way, assuming it’s non-destructive.
 
You can receive one but it doesn’t really matter. They hold no power in their blessings but if it makes one feel better then they are free to do so.
 
Stay away from Mormonism at all cost. That’s the advice I offer.
 
Thanks to my slight dyslexia I was wondering what an LSD blessing would be like.
 
Shakuhachi said:
Thanks to my slight dyslexia I was wondering what an LSD blessing would be like.
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I grew up in Mormon country. As I recall, they put their hands on your head and pray. Pretty benign in and of itself.
 
Theo520 said:
I grew up in Mormon country. As I recall, they put their hands on your head and pray. Pretty benign in and of itself.
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Not exactly. They don’t pray. At least they’re not supposed to. They pronounce blessings by the power of their priesthood.
 
Mormons believe that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit aren’t distinct beings, but entirely separate - they are not Trinitarians in the least. However being tritheists are the least of the concerns here.

Mormons believe that “Heavenly Father” (aka “Elohim”) was once a normal human, who had a god father and goddess mother. Elohim then ascended to godhood, becoming who they refer to as “Heavenly Father”.

They believe that if you follow specific ordinances, you too can become a god or goddess. Upon becoming a god (with the possibility of having multipel goddess wives), you too can rule over your own universe, have a plethora of spirit children. Those spirit children then begin to gain physical bodies themselves, and begin their journey to godhood. Which is why this moves beyond tritheism and into outright paganism.

If you’re wondering where the starting point for this progression is, there’s isn’t one. Mormons believe in infinite progression, not an unmoved mover or uncaused cause. Elohim does not exist beyond time. When approached about Aristotle or Aquinas, thus far no Mormon has been able to present an answer to me or my wife.

To quote my wife; “my goal for eternal life is to worship, not to be worshiped”. Which is the opposite of Mormonism; the end goal is specifically designed for men to become gods, and to be worshiped themselves.

To that end, I would never ask for a Mormon blessing. When Mormons ask my wife and I if they could lead us in prayer, my wife and I decline, as their god is not our God. The god they worship and pray to is not infinite, not the Creator, not the unmoved mover. Their god was once a man, their god is a finite creature. Our God is infinite, He is Lord of all. He exists beyond the very fabric of time. There is no comparison between them. So instead we offer to lead the prayer, in which I will typically end by saying that we ask Christ to reveal His true nature to all, along with finishing with the sign of the Cross.
 
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Theo520:
I grew up in Mormon country. As I recall, they put their hands on your head and pray. Pretty benign in and of itself.
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Not exactly. They don’t pray. At least they’re not supposed to. They pronounce blessings by the power of their priesthood.
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I thought it included a prayer of supplication?
 
Accepting a blessing from any one other than in the name of the Father,Son and Holy Spirit is almost like professing another God exists.

When the Mormons visited me and wanted to start with a blessing I let them know very clearly the only God l pray to, and that ill only accept other blessings in this God and only this Gods name
 
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Accepting a blessing from any one other than in the name of the Father,Son and Holy Spirit is almost like professing another God exists.

When the Mormons visited me and wanted to start with a blessing I let them know very clearly the only God l pray to, and that ill only accept other blessings in this God and only this Gods name
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That’s a really interesting point. If a Baptist or some other trinitarian Christian were to offer a blessing I would just consider it a prayer with a separated brethren, but in the case of LDS one has to ask if they are offering a prayer to the true God. The same thing might be applied to other non-trinitarians, but if we ruled out any who hold to non-trinitarian belief in God then we would also hold that Jewish people do not pray to the one true God which is obviously incorrect.

I think the LDS are different primarily because of their theology. I have prayed with LDS, but I would not accept a blessing from them anymore that most would accept a blessing from a Catholic.
 
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that is not true, blessings are just that blessings, Jesus and God don’t put a limit on who can only give blessings and laying of hands or exorcisms, that is something everyone who believes in Christ and God and is honest about what they are doing not for their own benefit but for the benefit of the other person and God can and should do and are called to do.

Plenty of Christians who were not priests or religious have done exactly these things in the name of Jesus and have in turn became saints.

There is though a difference between these things and say laying claim to being able to consecrate bread and wine into the body n blood of Christ, or hear confession and perform that sacrament.

A blessing is nothing more than a prayer, which is to focus one to Jesus and God, it doesn’t give super powers or anything else to an inanimate object or person. Same with the false idea of " indulgences " being some kind of special ticket for something or other.
 
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I thought it included a prayer of supplication?
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No prayer. Here’s the official wording from the LDS church.

Sealing the Anointing

Normally, two or more Melchizedek Priesthood holders place their hands lightly on the head of the person. The one who seals the anointing:
  1. Calls the person by his or her full name.
  2. States that he is sealing the anointing by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
  3. Gives words of blessing as the Spirit directs.
  4. Closes in the name of Jesus Christ.
 
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superblue said:
that is not true, blessings are just that blessings, Jesus and God don’t put a limit on who can only give blessings and laying of hands or exorcisms, that is something everyone who believes in Christ and God and is honest about what they are doing not for their own benefit but for the benefit of the other person and God can and should do and are called to do.

Plenty of Christians who were not priests or religious have done exactly these things in the name of Jesus and have in turn became saints.
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As I mentioned in my post above, the Mormon “god” is not the Christian God. The very nature of their god is incompatible with ours.

Mormon god:
  • Had a father who was a god, and a mother who was a goddess.
  • Was once a man like us.
  • Became a god.
  • Humans can also become a god or goddess themselves, becoming equal to god. They will then have their own spirit children, who can also become gods.
Christian God:
  • Has always been in existence, He is the unmoved Mover.
  • Has always been divine.
  • Has always existed as God.
  • Humans cannot become the same as God. Yes we are made in God’s image, however we are not capable of reaching the same heights as Him. Lucifer attempted this, and fell as a result.
When other Christians who are not priests or religious pray, they pray to the Christian God. Not a god who was once a man.
 
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Mormon god:

Had a father who was a god, and a mother who was a goddess.
Was once a man like us.
Became a god.
Humans can also become a god or goddess themselves, becoming equal to god. They will then have their own spirit children, who can also become gods.
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Some other things to add to your list. The Mormon God:
  • Has a body of flesh and bones
  • Lives on a planet near Kolob
  • Is eternally changing
  • Had sex with his daughter, Mary, and that’s how Christ was conceived
  • Is one of many Gods
 
When my godson was in ICU a co-worker came to visit. His wife was a Wiccan. She brought some snacks for the family (the waiting room was full of family) and said “I am praying for you”. No one threw her out the door, no one told her that her prayers were not good enough.
 
Since the LDS priesthood isn’t valid anywhere other than Mormon churches, being Catholic, I would feel uncomfortable receiving anything from said priesthood.
 
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