You should join the SS. I am not derailing anything. I am merely responding to other people’s posts. It is a sign of cowardice to try to close down the thread when you start losing the argument.
Then you couldn’t have read my previous posts, in which I made that perfectly clear.
Already answered in these posts:
I looked at the website. There is nothing in there that says what you say. I don’t think you have even read it.
Can you provide some documentary evidence for “Masonry’s historic repudiation of Catholics and the Faith”? As far as I know, it was the Catholic Church which first “repudiated” Masonry; then the Masons (not all of them), being human, responded in like manner. Since the first offense was caused by the Catholic Church, the reconciliation should begin with the Catholic Church too. Don’t you think so?
Are you serious??
That’s the very first thing one would read if one actually read the page.
Oh please.
Sorry Dante, you are worng.
This document was issued in February 17, 1981, and is not the latest judgment. The latest judgment is the Quaesitum est, which was issued in Nov. 26, 1983, and fixes the penalty as denial of Holy Communion. According to the earlier 1917 Code of Canon Law, the penalty for membership of Freemasonry was immediate and mandatory excommunication. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Masonry was not specifically mentioned, which caused confusion for some people. The Quaesitum est was issued to clarify the confusion, and reduced the penalty from automatic excommunication to denial of Communion.
Repeating an earlier post, Post 192:
Your response is unnecessary, tendentious, and irrelevant. I was merely responding to DanteAlighieri in his post #226, and agreeing with your post #228.
Your OPINION re my response is your OPINION.
Come to think of it, since you ARE a mormon, why not start a thread about that?
Further clarification (since you objected to my response): what you term “denial of Communion” means something to the Mormon that is light-years removed from a Catholic being banned from reception of the Holy Eucharist. Hope that clarification is of help to you. So again:
I have arranged my pages differently from yours, so your page numbers do not correspond with mine. I have arranged them so I get 100 posts per page. Take that as a useful tip from me. It will save you a lot of flipping through pages.
I had a look at those posts. You must be kidding, right? Any reference to Mormonism in any of those posts came in response to what previous posters had said. None of them were initiated by me. What do you expect me to do when others comment on Mormonism? Keep quiet and say nothing?
There are plenty of threads about Mormonism, mostly started by others. They are enough to keep me busy. I don’t have a particular subject in mind at the moment to start a thread with. If you have a particular subject in mind that you would like to discuss or inquire about, feel free to start a thread, and I will be happy to respond to it.
Not very much I am afraid. That there are theological differences between Mormonism and Catholicism, there is no doubt; but how far they are from each other in astronomical terms I wouldn’t like to guess. Coming more down to earth, however, I would say that the LDS Sacrament is the theologically and biblically correct one, having the full authority of the priesthood behind it; whereas the Catholic one is not.
“Perhaps” doesn’t mean much in either Mormonism or Catholicism. If you don’t know why your leaders have made their decisions, go and find out, and tell us what that is, and then we might have something to talk about.
To me, “perhaps” indicates I have no need to know. That is, NONE.I have arranged my pages differently from yours, so your page numbers do not correspond with mine. I have arranged them so I get 100 posts per page. Take that as a useful tip from me. It will save you a lot of flipping through pages.
I had a look at those posts. You must be kidding, right? Any reference to Mormonism in any of those posts came in response to what previous posters had said. None of them were initiated by me. What do you expect me to do when others comment on Mormonism? Keep quiet and say nothing?
There are plenty of threads about Mormonism, mostly started by others. They are enough to keep me busy. I don’t have a particular subject in mind at the moment to start a thread with. If you have a particular subject in mind that you would like to discuss or inquire about, feel free to start a thread, and I will be happy to respond to it.
Not very much I am afraid. That there are theological differences between Mormonism and Catholicism, there is no doubt; but how far they are from each other in astronomical terms I wouldn’t like to guess. Coming more down to earth, however, I would say that the LDS Sacrament is the theologically and biblically correct one, having the full authority of the priesthood behind it; whereas the Catholic one is not.
“Perhaps” doesn’t mean much in either Mormonism or Catholicism. If you don’t know why your leaders have made their decisions, go and find out, and tell us what that is, and then we might have something to talk about.
And by the way, I noticed that you replied to all of my posts (one twice) except post #225.
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The first offense was the masons in declaring a secret society. Catholics are not allowed membership in any secret societies. Standard teaching.
Hmmm. If you don’t want to know, what makes you think I do?
LOL!
There have been no “changes” in Mormonism. But since you are not interested, I guess I have nothing further to say.What was the second offense? You know that that is not true. The first Papal Bull against Masonry, In Eminenti, was published in April 28, 1738, just twenty years after Freemasonry was publicly organized. Care to read that, and tell us on the basis of what evidence the Pope brings such accusations against Masonry? One of the Ten Commandments reads: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”.