Questioning received teaching in CCC

[HunterFrishkorn]

Hello everyone, my question is can we question received teachings from the church and still be in good standing with the RCC? Like Missing Mass being grave matter since St. Paul never mentions this in Corinthians and it’s curiously absent in the Didache which was something of a first Catechism in mid-late 1st century AD, and the Didache still condemns things we view as modern problems such as birth control pills and abortion. BTW I’m new on this forum site, nice meet you all!

 

[Kei]

The Didache is incredibly short…the things you’re questioning are being questioned on very shaky logical grounds.

But to answer the question, you can seek to understand why something is the way it is.

 

[CilladeRoma]

Missing Mass is a violation of the 3rd commandment. It does not matter if it is not addressed elsewhere.

 

[1ke]

can we question received teachings from the church and still be in good standing with the RCC?

Question as in seek to understand, yes.

Question as in disregard, no.

 

[Gertabelle]

Hello everyone, my question is can we question received teachings from the church and still be in good standing with the RCC? Like Missing Mass being grave matter since St. Paul never mentions this in Corinthians and it’s curiously absent in the Didache which was something of a first Catechism in mid-late 1st century AD, and the Didache still condemns things we view as modern problems such as birth control pills and abortion. BTW I’m new on this forum site, nice meet you all!

Well, it sounds as though you are already questioning the teachings of the Church – and there is nothing wrong with asking questions.

The teachings of our faith can be found in the Catechism – and if you don’t see how those teaching are backed by scripture or Tradition, you should ask questions so as to understand why we believe what we believe.

But asking questions doesn’t allow you to ignore the teachings and do whatever you want – that’s where you fall out of a good standing with the RCC.

God bless you!

 

[EXdrinker]

I heard a speaker from St. Pau’s Street Evangelization once say, "If one is ever stumped when evangelizing about the Catholic Church that one should bring that question to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

Let’s do that…
Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross as a sacrificial offering for the salvation of man. He instituted a Church and priesthood to make this one sacrifice present across time and space, to allow people in other places and that have come after to participate in this sacrifice, to give His own body and blood to the faithful. That Church, with the Lord’s authority, “He who hears you hears me,” binds consciences on pain of sin only to guarantee to the faithful the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort in the growth of love of God and neighbor. That Church and for that purpose has communicated that this is grave matter and one can only miss participating in mass on Sunday for serious reason.

Can we question? Yes, we should. Can we doubt what Holy Church proposes for our belief? No. That is a sin against faith.

 

[LittleFlower378]

There are infallible teachings of the Church which is dogma which we must believe unless we fall into heresy.

There are non infallible teachings which we should believe as well, but non infallible teaching there is a very small possibility of error.

Birth Controll is an infallible teaching.

Ron Conte explained this well here:

Infallible versus Non-infallible Teachings of the Magisterium

The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church. It is also an ability; the Church has the ability as well as the authority to teach the truths of faith and morals found in the Sacred Depos…

ronconte.com

 

[Pug]

Are you concerned about being a godparent? I ask because of the use of the words “good standing”, which signal to me that such a role may be in play here. Your parish supplies a form and such for you to signify you are in good standing to the priest who needs the form. Often these require/inquire about the precepts of the Church, like attending mass on all the required days, unless there is a reason you can’t.

It is possible to wonder why going to mass is so very important/serious while still going to mass anyway. Nobody expects you to have all the answers to everything to be a Catholic in good standing.

I suggest inquiring about why participating and uniting our lives to the sacrifice of cross at mass is important for members of Christ’s body.