Misinterpretating the CCC?

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What is the most common misinterpretation from the Catholic Catechism (in your opinion)?

People have done it, I’ve seen this on the forums.
 
Zundrah said:
What is the most common misinterpretation from the Catholic Catechism (in your opinion)?

People have done it, I’ve seen this on the forums.
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possibly “invincible ignorance” is misinterpreted by some.
 
The Trinity - got to be the most misinterpreted - I wouldn’t dare try to explain it and I’ve read it many times - I can tell a person what it is that I believe it but I don’t dare claim to truly understand it - if you do great for you - but for me it will remain a mystery until I behold it myself
 
The one about Muslims being closer to salvation than Protestants, as it’s interpreted. Actually, the entire paragraph about Muslims in the economy of salvation (and the following about invincible ignorance) is by far, by far, far, far the most misinterpreted. (Probably because it was ripped out of context in Nostra Aetate and plopped in the middle of an unrelated document.)
 
PeterGStanley said:
The Trinity - got to be the most misinterpreted - I wouldn’t dare try to explain it and I’ve read it many times - I can tell a person what it is that I believe it but I don’t dare claim to truly understand it - if you do great for you - but for me it will remain a mystery until I behold it myself
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:hmmm: So much is Mystery…we walk by faith not by sight.
Yes, Peter one day we will understand all.
Peace, Carlan
 
Khalid said:
The one about Muslims being closer to salvation than Protestants, as it’s interpreted. Actually, the entire paragraph about Muslims in the economy of salvation (and the following about invincible ignorance) is by far, by far, far, far the most misinterpreted. (Probably because it was ripped out of context in Nostra Aetate and plopped in the middle of an unrelated document.)
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Indeed, brother.
 
I agree with invincible ignorance and the one about Muslims too. Plus the one about contraception –so many Catholics or otherwise not only try to argue that the Ordinary Magisterium has not defined it infallibly, but they go so far as to say that the teaching is 180 degrees wrong and you can contracept all you want.
 
Daralharb said:
Indeed, brother.
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If you are a Catholic and live in the Dar al Harb… Isn’t that a good thing? (It throws me off; you would think living in the Dar al Islam where Christianity is illegal would be the undesirable thing, unless you have a desire for martyrdom).

Unless you have the poor luck to be living in Israel, or one of those Harbi countries where the “Harb” is actually a daily possibility.
 
steve_b said:
possibly “invincible ignorance” is misinterpreted by some.
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I agree, invincible ignorance is widely misunderstood as the presumption that all sins will be forgiven, rather than just the sin of unbelief.
 
Invincible Ignorance (especially how it relates to salvation outside of the Church, but in general as a catch all to excuse just about any sin from being mortal.)

Infallibility (and the “need” for something to be declared as such.)

Chuck
 
Khalid said:
If you are a Catholic and live in the Dar al Harb… Isn’t that a good thing? (It throws me off; you would think living in the Dar al Islam where Christianity is illegal would be the undesirable thing, unless you have a desire for martyrdom).

Unless you have the poor luck to be living in Israel, or one of those Harbi countries where the “Harb” is actually a daily possibility.
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My desire is for Muslims to know and be told the unequivocal truth. It is not a good thing, no matter what religion or region (symbolic, real, or both) one lives in- Truth needs to be said.

In my personal life, I am very outspoken against Islam and given the internet’s lack of anonymity, and my proclivity to espouse a “come and get it if you dare” attitude, I do live in Dar Al-Harb.

I’m not milquetoast, I’m hard tack.

This is war, and I am a soldier. I understand the jihadists because if I was Muslim, I’d be one. They’re pretty much the only Muslims I can actually respect. I respected them in Iraq, though I hated what they routinely accomplished, but I respected their resolve. To face the US military like they did… well, just deserves respect on certain levels.

I kinda view “peaceful” Muslims like I view Puerto Ricans who act like they actually have a country, yet when the time comes to actually vote to be a country, they just slink back into the Federal handout line marked “U.S. Territory”. I don’t understand, at all, anyone who claims a system and then doesn’t follow its basic tenets at all. Ahmadinejad gets it. Bin Laden got it (kisses double-entendre on its cute little head), and it seems so many of them don’t. Same with Christians, and more specifically Catholics.

As a soldier in a system which isn’t barbaric, I understand the concept of diplomacy and the fact that until it outright fails, any shots fired on my part are inexcusable.

False diplomacy, unfortunately, exacerbates and speeds up that which it seeks to downplay and inhibit.

Whether I pitch a tent next to the Kaaba and start shouting the Gospel, or whether I never meet another Muslim face to face, my message remains- Islam is false, Mohammed was no prophet, and until Christians STOP giving Muslims excuses to continue on their path to destruction, the intent is not only unaccomplished, but totally flipped.

I can’t think of a worse thing in the world than the Catholic Church, either accidentally, or with dubious political intent, allowing 1.5billion+ people even the opportunity to not be struck full on with the truth.

It’s tantamount to saying Pro-choice abortionists love life in the same sense as anti-abortionists. It’s just an outright lie.

As for martyrdom, of course I desire it!

I am guaranteed to die anyway. Why not have it be for the glory of Christ’s name instead of some idiot who was texting an veered into my lane, or merely old age? If old age is the lot I’ve been given, so be it.

We’re already immortal, this body is nothing to me. I have no guarantees of the next 5 minutes, much less years.

If I am to die, let it be for the truth and the name of Jesus Christ, not some stupid accident or mere natural causes.
 
Daralharb said:
My desire is for Muslims to know and be told the unequivocal truth. It is not a good thing, no matter what religion or region (symbolic, real, or both) one lives in- Truth needs to be said.

In my personal life, I am very outspoken against Islam and given the internet’s lack of anonymity, and my proclivity to espouse a “come and get it if you dare” attitude, I do live in Dar Al-Harb.

I’m not milquetoast, I’m hard tack.

This is war, and I am a soldier. I understand the jihadists because if I was Muslim, I’d be one. They’re pretty much the only Muslims I can actually respect. I respected them in Iraq, though I hated what they routinely accomplished, but I respected their resolve. To face the US military like they did… well, just deserves respect on certain levels.

I kinda view “peaceful” Muslims like I view Puerto Ricans who act like they actually have a country, yet when the time comes to actually vote to be a country, they just slink back into the Federal handout line marked “U.S. Territory”. I don’t understand, at all, anyone who claims a system and then doesn’t follow its basic tenets at all. Ahmadinejad gets it. Bin Laden got it (kisses double-entendre on its cute little head), and it seems so many of them don’t. Same with Christians, and more specifically Catholics.

As a soldier in a system which isn’t barbaric, I understand the concept of diplomacy and the fact that until it outright fails, any shots fired on my part are inexcusable.

False diplomacy, unfortunately, exacerbates and speeds up that which it seeks to downplay and inhibit.

Whether I pitch a tent next to the Kaaba and start shouting the Gospel, or whether I never meet another Muslim face to face, my message remains- Islam is false, Mohammed was no prophet, and until Christians STOP giving Muslims excuses to continue on their path to destruction, the intent is not only unaccomplished, but totally flipped.

I can’t think of a worse thing in the world than the Catholic Church, either accidentally, or with dubious political intent, allowing 1.5billion+ people even the opportunity to not be struck full on with the truth.

It’s tantamount to saying Pro-choice abortionists love life in the same sense as anti-abortionists. It’s just an outright lie.

As for martyrdom, of course I desire it!

I am guaranteed to die anyway. Why not have it be for the glory of Christ’s name instead of some idiot who was texting an veered into my lane, or merely old age? If old age is the lot I’ve been given, so be it.

We’re already immortal, this body is nothing to me. I have no guarantees of the next 5 minutes, much less years.

If I am to die, let it be for the truth and the name of Jesus Christ, not some stupid accident or mere natural causes.
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Too bad he got banned.
 
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