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There was a time that the Church taught that unbaptized babies went to limbo and then through a fuller understanding they now say they may actually go to heaven.
I think there was also a time where the Church taught that all unbaptized adults went to Hell but now they say if they desired baptism at the end of life(and maybe only they and God know this) but didn’t receive it they may go to Heaven.
There was a time that the Church said you only got one confession where you needed to perform often year or more long penances before being reconciled to the Church and if you committed a mortal sin you were refused another confession and excommunicated from the Church.
So how can we be 100% sure that the Church won’t one day say that we have come to a fuller understanding of what marriage is. Something along the lines of a commitment between two adults that pledge to spend their life together in a loving committed relationship raising children that of course could be adopted etc.
I stand by what we are taught in our Faith through the Church and tell others when asked that it could never change. That it is a doctrine of the Church that marriage is between one man and one woman, that all sexual acts must be not only unitive but open to life, and that acting on same sex attraction is considered intrinsically evil.
But, I admit, sometimes when I hear the comments of Pope Francis (yes, many taken out of context, but not all) I worry that the Church could shift and that it could somehow say they’ve come to a fuller understanding of God and His people.
I believe that the now overwhelming acceptance in society and the lack of a really clear direction from some Church leaders on this is doing great harm to our children. They are being led astray and our society is heading to a point where many will end up living a gay lifestyle. Just like how co-habitating, multiple partners, abortion high divorce rates is all the norm now and according to polls most in the Church don’t think twice about these things.
We are all born with the ability to have impure thoughts and ideas, and so it’s certainly not uncommon for even straight young people to have impure thoughts towards a member of the same sex, but now instead of repressing them as such they will act on them as normal and healthy. At every turn now those thoughts are encouraged and it just breaks my heart for these lost souls.
I don’t worry about this, because I don’t love homosexuals, or because I”m a homophobe or all the other things that people may call me. I worry because it would end my Faith that the Church is the One Holy Apostolic Church that is unchangeable and infallibly led by the Apostle’s successors through the Holy Spirit.
Please be kind. I just feel distressed by what is happening out there. I still have young children and it’s hard to not be concerned. I know God’s in control and my job is to just teach and live the Faith out in front of my children, but I worry so much that the Church is not fully supporting us by sending watered down, often times mixed messages, through liberal priests etc.
I think there was also a time where the Church taught that all unbaptized adults went to Hell but now they say if they desired baptism at the end of life(and maybe only they and God know this) but didn’t receive it they may go to Heaven.
There was a time that the Church said you only got one confession where you needed to perform often year or more long penances before being reconciled to the Church and if you committed a mortal sin you were refused another confession and excommunicated from the Church.
So how can we be 100% sure that the Church won’t one day say that we have come to a fuller understanding of what marriage is. Something along the lines of a commitment between two adults that pledge to spend their life together in a loving committed relationship raising children that of course could be adopted etc.
I stand by what we are taught in our Faith through the Church and tell others when asked that it could never change. That it is a doctrine of the Church that marriage is between one man and one woman, that all sexual acts must be not only unitive but open to life, and that acting on same sex attraction is considered intrinsically evil.
But, I admit, sometimes when I hear the comments of Pope Francis (yes, many taken out of context, but not all) I worry that the Church could shift and that it could somehow say they’ve come to a fuller understanding of God and His people.
I believe that the now overwhelming acceptance in society and the lack of a really clear direction from some Church leaders on this is doing great harm to our children. They are being led astray and our society is heading to a point where many will end up living a gay lifestyle. Just like how co-habitating, multiple partners, abortion high divorce rates is all the norm now and according to polls most in the Church don’t think twice about these things.
We are all born with the ability to have impure thoughts and ideas, and so it’s certainly not uncommon for even straight young people to have impure thoughts towards a member of the same sex, but now instead of repressing them as such they will act on them as normal and healthy. At every turn now those thoughts are encouraged and it just breaks my heart for these lost souls.
I don’t worry about this, because I don’t love homosexuals, or because I”m a homophobe or all the other things that people may call me. I worry because it would end my Faith that the Church is the One Holy Apostolic Church that is unchangeable and infallibly led by the Apostle’s successors through the Holy Spirit.
Please be kind. I just feel distressed by what is happening out there. I still have young children and it’s hard to not be concerned. I know God’s in control and my job is to just teach and live the Faith out in front of my children, but I worry so much that the Church is not fully supporting us by sending watered down, often times mixed messages, through liberal priests etc.
