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Blue_Horizon
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If you are baptised and have not formally rejected the Catholic Church then you are still in the Body of Christ. Lead a good life always praying and forgiving others and all will be well.
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Robles
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Hi,
I am a Catholic from Mexico myself and understand where you are coming from. I would like to clarify that Santeria is not Catholic eventhough people who practice it call themselves catholic. Santeria is different from a geniune belief in the “comunion of saints” and unfortunately a great number of our hispanic catholic brothers and sisters do not know our geniune catholic faith enough to point out the differences. Even catholics not involved in Santeria often give much more attention to one or two particular saints and put our Lord in second place. You have probably seen much of this and this is why you may not want to do with any of this specially if a bible believing non Catholic Christian friend has pointed at a few verses from the bible and told you that we Catholics are committing idolatry by praying to the Virgin Mary and the Saints and so on…
Be at peace. The Church has good answers for all your concerns.
A little somenthing on Saints:
The word saints is used many times in the new testament and it refers to those who have come to beleive in our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words saints are the Believers. In that sence all Christians, Catholic or not can be considered saints. In Apocalypse you see that some of these “saints” are already in Heaven with our Lord. It is these people that are already in heaven that we usually refer to with the word Saint. We believe that all our beloved deceased who are currently in heaven are Saints that are fully alive and well in the precense of God. Just as I can pray for my friends and family here on earth and they can pray for me, because of the love we have for eachother, I can also pray for you just as my Grandma who I believe is in heaven can also pray for me. Jesus states in Mathew 22:30 that those in heaven are like angels. Angels continue to help us humans in our troubles and the saints do the same. They all work in communion with God for the wellbeing of us who are still struggling here on earth.
I hope this helps. If needed I can try and expand on this. I can explain it better in Spanish if thats easier for you.
Dios te Bendiga!
I am a Catholic from Mexico myself and understand where you are coming from. I would like to clarify that Santeria is not Catholic eventhough people who practice it call themselves catholic. Santeria is different from a geniune belief in the “comunion of saints” and unfortunately a great number of our hispanic catholic brothers and sisters do not know our geniune catholic faith enough to point out the differences. Even catholics not involved in Santeria often give much more attention to one or two particular saints and put our Lord in second place. You have probably seen much of this and this is why you may not want to do with any of this specially if a bible believing non Catholic Christian friend has pointed at a few verses from the bible and told you that we Catholics are committing idolatry by praying to the Virgin Mary and the Saints and so on…
Be at peace. The Church has good answers for all your concerns.
A little somenthing on Saints:
The word saints is used many times in the new testament and it refers to those who have come to beleive in our Lord Jesus Christ. In other words saints are the Believers. In that sence all Christians, Catholic or not can be considered saints. In Apocalypse you see that some of these “saints” are already in Heaven with our Lord. It is these people that are already in heaven that we usually refer to with the word Saint. We believe that all our beloved deceased who are currently in heaven are Saints that are fully alive and well in the precense of God. Just as I can pray for my friends and family here on earth and they can pray for me, because of the love we have for eachother, I can also pray for you just as my Grandma who I believe is in heaven can also pray for me. Jesus states in Mathew 22:30 that those in heaven are like angels. Angels continue to help us humans in our troubles and the saints do the same. They all work in communion with God for the wellbeing of us who are still struggling here on earth.
I hope this helps. If needed I can try and expand on this. I can explain it better in Spanish if thats easier for you.
Dios te Bendiga!
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Ignatius
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Hey there! What are the “minimum” beliefs that one has to adhere to in order to be a true Roman Catholic? "
We must believe everything that the Magisterium of The Catholic Church puts forth as “De Fide” teachings.
No private revelations are De Fide teachings
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PRmerger
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I respectfully say that this is the absolute wrong question for any lover of Christ to ask.Hey there! What are the “minimum” beliefs that one has to adhere to in order to be a true Roman Catholic?
It is akin to your lover asking you, “What is the minimum amount of time I need to spend with you in order to still be considered your beloved?”
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Heart_Foam
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I don’t think the OPs love of Christ is under question. That’s the one thing they want to keep.I respectfully say that this is the absolute wrong question for any lover of Christ to ask.
The same question is asked in John 6:28-29.
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
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PRmerger
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Amen!I don’t think the OPs love of Christ is under question. That’s the one thing they want to keep.
The same question is asked in John 6:28-29.
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
However, it ought not be understated that the question of “minimum beliefs” is not part of the Catholic lexicon.
It does, however, appear to be part of (some) Protestant paradigms.
That is unfortunate, for, again, no one would ever ask, “What’s the minimum amount of belief in you that I need in order to remain your spouse?”
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Abu
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On the contrary:DavidFilmer #16
No Catholic is EVER required to believe ANYTHING as a condition of being a Catholic.
Canon 205: “Those baptised are **in full communion with the Catholic Church **who are joined with Christ in His visible body, through the binds of profession of faith, the sacraments and ecclesiastical governance.” [My emphasis].
Issued by Apostolic Constitution of Bl John Paul II, 1983: “…canonical laws by their very nature demand observance.” (p xiv).
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Elizium23
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Catholics are required to believe things, but not-believing things doesn’t make anyone not-Catholic. That is the point. By baptism we become Catholics and nothing undoes that. By heresy, apostasy or schism we can enter a state of mortal sin, or be excommunicated or interdicted, but that does not change our status as ‘true Roman Catholics’ (or Byzantine Catholics or Chaldean Catholics etc.)On the contrary:
Canon 205: “Those baptised are **in full communion with the Catholic Church **who are joined with Christ in His visible body, through the binds of profession of faith, the sacraments and ecclesiastical governance.” [My emphasis].
Issued by Apostolic Constitution of Bl John Paul II, 1983: “…canonical laws by their very nature demand observance.” (p xiv).
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Abu
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Certainly the “requirement” of a “true Catholic”, which is the subject of this thread, is to assent to all dogma and doctrine taught by the Church and to try to live that faith and morals.
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