Peace and all-good!
There is also a possibility of a novice catholic to be confused if he goes directly to browsing in the internet world, specially if his attention and enthusiasm fall to other explanations rather than a catholic one. In most cases, a novice catholic or a cradle catholic who has just found a spiritual enlightenment or enthusiasm thru reading the holy bible would compare what he understands thru reading to the teaching of the church and the possibility of confusion occurs. And if this confusion would not be answered immediately by the right explanation or the right interpretation from the catholic point of view, one would be an easy prey to be submissive to other views in the internet that concurs to his own understanding of what he reads.
Peace and all-good!
Not every Catholic can immediately grasp the more difficult or abstruse materials about Catholic beliefs and doctrines available in the net, nor is every Catholic capable of discerning between orthodox Catholic materials and websites from schismatic/aberrant ones which on the surface appear to be devoutly Catholic when in fact they are the exact opposite.
Wow thank you for that compliment.Good for you, kat holos! My wife is filipina and she would affirm your sentiments. Here in the States, Filipinos are often the back-bone of the parish, being involved in many levels of parish life both spiritual and educational. Give me an army of Filipinos that are well-educated in the Faith and on fire for the Lord, and I could conquer the world for Christ!
Welcome to CAF! I hope you enjoy posting here. It’s nice when there are many Filipinos here–I find quite a few of us here, and wish there’s more. Many Filipinos need to learn their Faith more deeply.
Welcome, hagia sophia, we are all Filipinos here, but I’m not sure who among here is a seminarian or an ex-seminarian.
You’re welcome! :tiphat:
Just a sort of curiosity, Fidelis, since you have been in this site, the catholic.com, for quite a time, were there good catholic apologists before who answered all these queries against the catholic faith, either biblically supported or historically supported(from the teaching of the catholic church) answers and are used by many apologists now to answer these queries ? My other question is that are there groupings of people in this site whether catholics or non-catholics or maybe racial groupings and they would choose who among the participants on a particular thread they would support or concurs ? These are all out of curiosity, my friend, and just ignore these if you feel not capable of answers !
Hello and welcome to the forums. Your username reminds me of another member who happen to share the same username but he has not posted here for quite some time. In any case welcome.
If you’re asking if all the answers you see here were provided by professional apologists who came to these forums to provide all the answers and then left the rest of us to pick up where they left off, the answer is no.
I don’t know of any such groupings in these forums since we all tend to act independently and speak for ourselves. We may agree with one person or another’s opinion or statement of the Faith regarding a particular question but, no, we don’t make it a point to form teams or gang up on people.
Thank you for the information, Fidelis.If you’re asking if all the answers you see here were provided by professional apologists who came to these forums to provide all the answers and then left the rest of us to pick up where they left off, the answer is no.
The posts you read in these forums are, for the most part, by just ordinary Catholics like you and me who have rolled up their sleeves to learn the faith on their own, debated anti-catholics and maybe got beat up a little, then rolled up their sleeves to do battle again. Anyone can learn and explain the teachings of the Faith, but they must be willing to apply themselves and take their knocks.
I don’t know of any such groupings in these forums since we all tend to act independently and speak for ourselves. We may agree with one person or another’s opinion or statement of the Faith regarding a particular question but, no, we don’t make it a point to form teams or gang up on people.
Hello, I am a Cebuano. I would like to strengthen my Catholic faith. May I know what is the address & phone no. of Cebu Chapter C.F.D. & whom should I contact? Your spiritual assistance would be highly appreciated. God Bless!ya brother, i’m a bonafide member of CFD- Dipolog and Cebu city chapter and also i’m one of the National Board Officers of the CFD. Bro Soc Fernandez is our honorary adviser and Atty Bacalso is our legal adviser with Atty Abas as our National president from Dipolog City. I suppose you are a CFD? right?? If not, you should always remember that even though CFD is not active anymore in your parish , every one of us, CATHOLICS, have the right and responsibility by virtue of our baptism to spread and defend our Holy Faith. So be strong in your faith, study always the teachings of the Catholic Church. Have a “KATIN-AWAN sa PAGTU-O” or any APOLOGETICAL materials like in the internet, have a good Bible version. Most important learn apologetics by heart before engaging in a discussion with our separated brethren.God loves you and Mary keep you. Godspeed
IGNORANTIA SCRIPTURAE EST, IGNORANTIA CHRISTI EST :bible1:
*** ST. JEROME***
PRO ECCLESIAE ET PONTIFICI:knight2:
Hello, emiljoe! It won’t be hard to contact the CFD here in Cebu if you wish to, for this organization now becomes part of Archdiocese of Cebu’s program for evangelization. One of the founders of this organization (CFD - Catholic Faith Defenders) is a well-known apologist (in Cebuano parlance we call it “debatedor”) Bro. Socrates C. Fernandez. Atty. Marcelo Bacalso is also among of the founders. At present, you may contact the telephone # of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Bro.Ramon Getamundoc is now the new President of CFD Archdiocesan, he is an engineer by profession and teaching at the CIT (Cebu Institute of Technology). Bro. Soc Fernandez is the mayor of Talisay City, serving his second term as a public official. You may also contact him in his residence telephone # 272-3475 or at Talisay City Hall tel. # 272-0669. He has also a radio program at DYRF from Monday to Saturday every 7:00 P.M. He is now the National Adviser of the Catholic Faith Defenders and has originated a free bible study every Monday from 6:30 - 9:00 P.M. at Carmel Chapel, University of San Jose Recoletos.Hello, I am a Cebuano. I would like to strengthen my Catholic faith. May I know what is the address & phone no. of Cebu Chapter C.F.D. & whom should I contact? Your spiritual assistance would be highly appreciated. God Bless!