But what is justification mean and what does it have to do with me going to mass reading my bible and trying to be a good Catholic?
Justification in accord with Catholic teaching properly has an initial stage, typically at baptism and goes throughout life. In Scripture there are citations you can find for “been saved,” “being saved,” and “will be saved” to support this. Going to mass and reading the Bible are ways to continue receiving God’s grace in a sacramental way. This grace helps us become holier, more adept at ridding our lives of sin, and preparing us for the heavenly condition. So briefly, justification is really the process of making us fit for heaven. Going to mass, reading Scripture, praying, doing works of charity are all things that draw us closer to Christ and condition us for our final destination. They also fortify our ability to reject sin in our lives.But what is justification mean and what does it have to do with me going to mass reading my bible and trying to be a good Catholic?
Yeah, I just recently saw the same clip and posted it somewhere in this Forum. The interview seems staged to me. It’s strange how the interviewer is never seen. It seems to me as if John is going out of his way to seem as if he had never thought about this question… as if he had no idea that it was coming… not sure why… perhaps because the Catholic Church’s teaching on justification is quite public and quite easy to find especially by a prolific writer and speaker such as John himself. He’s quite aware (must be!) of the Catholic position on justification. So he says… “if” the Pope would disagree with his 2 or 3 liner on justification… then the Catholic Church teaches herecy. It’s dishonest of him if you ask me. He’s spreading more hatred for the Catholic Church. It’s quite subtle, perhaps even diabolical, and unfortunatley he has the ear of thousands of Christians… keeping them at odds with the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church which teaches the whole truth of the gospel inerrantly. It’s a shame.