hosemonkey;5204235:
This post is just mean spirited and tasteless.What is the name of your mother, is she on the calandar of Saints to be venerated? I hadn’t heard of too many American lay woman receiving the nod from the Vatican. Are you sure she is not in purgatory and you need to buy a few more masses to get her out. I have one mediator and that is Christ Jesus who calls me brother because of grace through faith.
motstraumen;5204920:
Is it not true that unless so deemed by the church that all the blessed dead remain in their graves until judgement day and that the soul resides in purgatory? It is not mean spirited I have heard this at Catholic Funerals and been told by the priest that we have a sacred duty to help them into heaven. If you could show me the Catholic doctrine that disputes this I will apologize.This post is just mean spirited and tasteless.
jam070406;5205018:
I was referring to the fact that you didn’t stop and think of the sensibilities when making a smart alec comment about his deseased Mother!Is it not true that unless so deemed by the church that all the blessed dead remain in their graves until judgement day and that the soul resides in purgatory? It is not mean spirited I have heard this at Catholic Funerals and been told by the priest that we have a sacred duty to help them into heaven. If you could show me the Catholic doctrine that disputes this I will apologize.
“What is the name of your mother, is she on the calandar of Saints to be venerated?”
Have you no tact? You call yourself a Christian??
I believe you should apologize to that particular poster.
Who said anything about the board being exclusive? Did you just come to cause trouble or to learn about tha Catholic Faith?
Catholics know our Blessed Mother (and yours) is neither in Ephesus nor Jerusalem, neither is she in Glastonbury; she is in Heaven, body and soul.I came looking for comments on not only Mary’s burial in Jerusalem and/or Ephesus, but to see if there was anything about Glastonbury. I do apologize for my insensitivity, but to put the whole of Protestantism into the realm of UFO believers and Di Vinci Code etc…we deserve an apology too! Polemics of that sort only bring out the ire of others. With your holding to Catholic tradition so tenaciously you should not slip up on where one’s own mother is according to Catholic doctrine. Sorry for the truth.
If you had read above, I actually, as did Luther, believe that Mary was assumed, but it is not a doctrine necessary for salvation. Knowing Christ and him Crucified for me and for you is the salvific doctrine of the church.Catholics know our Blessed Mother (and yours) is neither in Ephesus nor Jerusalem, neither is she in Glastonbury; she is in Heaven, body and soul.
Martin Luther was a failed priest, a heretic and a carnal man and no theologian. He went so far as to condemn the Epistle of James, calling it the “Epistle of Straw” and contemplated removing it from the protestant canon, but refrained for fear of being killed by the people. If you assert that your brand of protestantism holds to the Septuagint, then you should know that the doctrine of purgatory is scriptural. “Other protestants?” Protestants are protestants, there are no degrees of protestantism, disobedience and rebellion distinguish them all.
You are compared to a “moslem who behaves like a wingnut” and who is also free to speculate like those who believe in tales like the DaVinci Code and such. Protestantism lacks the essential element that makes the Catholic Church superior, that of Authority. That is why protestanism is fragmented into myriad “denominations”, all claiming “truth.” This fragmentation is the end result of your “freedom to speculate.” Interesting that you would quote Pontius Pilate when he queried Jesus, “What is Truth?” Truth is found in the Catholic Church, not in idle speculation.
You are a proud one aren’t you?
Do not feed the trolls. Someone with a trial membership who posts things like motstraumen is only here to bait people. Once his trial membership runs out we will hear nothing more from him.
I misquoted Capt who did not say Mary was buried at Glastonbury, but he says there is local tradtion that points to this idea at least. Sorry. I suspect I have ruffled way too many feathers here. I apologize, but a consistent theme I have notice with this site is that any questioning of Catholic practice or doctrine receives venomous responses and barbs against those who question. It is a shallow faith if that is what you are reduced to. I admit that I fell prey to it when Protestants were being lumped together with UFO seekers/believers and Muslims and wingnuts. Paul tells us that we will be called fools and unwise by non-believers. So I should not have allowed myself to be drawn in. I give thanks for all the truly faithful Catholics out there who know it is Christ Alone as the full Church teaches!