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spauline
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fwiw again, consider the profound parallel between these two primary lies, which undergird all mortal sin, and the two horns of the false prophet.
The dragon’s lies are really saying this: go ahead and sin mortally, there are no consequences and you will be satisfied.
Mortal sin has two components: total depravity in intellect, and total depravity of will.
that is, first, one has full knowledge or is culpable for full knowledge and disregards what one should know or does know.
the other component is the will: in mortal sin, the will sets itself upon a created good in place of God. That is, choosing the creation over God.
And these two conditions are really the “mockery” of the base sacraments left to heretics, Baptism and Marriage, which really form the summary of the just throughout history.
For in the end, the just have the implicit disposition of Baptism: They seek to know, and understand and live God’s truth and Will.
And, as Marriage is the supreme sacramental sign of creation, the just of all ages receive the creation from God and offer it back to Him in love, seeking their union with God, or MARRIAGE with God, as their ultimate fulfillment.
Hence, the total antithesis of these two great priniciples is really the summary of the dragon’s lies, and what forms the basis of all serious sin:
anti-Baptism: Who cares about God’s truth nor to do His will?
anti-Marriage: rather than living for eternal union, or marriage, with God, live for the creation instead of the creator. “Fornicate” spiritually with the superficial things [take the fruit] of this world, instead of living for the covenant with God that shall never end.
I find it a striking coincidence, then, that in the apocalypse, the Lamb has seven horns, and horns have been considered, on one layer of meaning, to symbolize power. Where is Christ’s Power to redeem us? Is it not the seven sacraments?
And Tertullian taught that the devil PLAGAIRIZES and MOCKS God’s goodness, especially the sacraments.
hence, the two horns of the false prophet could be seen, at least in one layer of meaning, as the “mockery or plagiarization” of the two sacraments left to heretics, Baptism and Marriage, so as to make these two great lies of false prophecy the “ultimate heresy”, the basis of all iniquity.
I just think it is food for thought, personally speaking.
The dragon’s lies are really saying this: go ahead and sin mortally, there are no consequences and you will be satisfied.
Mortal sin has two components: total depravity in intellect, and total depravity of will.
that is, first, one has full knowledge or is culpable for full knowledge and disregards what one should know or does know.
the other component is the will: in mortal sin, the will sets itself upon a created good in place of God. That is, choosing the creation over God.
And these two conditions are really the “mockery” of the base sacraments left to heretics, Baptism and Marriage, which really form the summary of the just throughout history.
For in the end, the just have the implicit disposition of Baptism: They seek to know, and understand and live God’s truth and Will.
And, as Marriage is the supreme sacramental sign of creation, the just of all ages receive the creation from God and offer it back to Him in love, seeking their union with God, or MARRIAGE with God, as their ultimate fulfillment.
Hence, the total antithesis of these two great priniciples is really the summary of the dragon’s lies, and what forms the basis of all serious sin:
anti-Baptism: Who cares about God’s truth nor to do His will?
anti-Marriage: rather than living for eternal union, or marriage, with God, live for the creation instead of the creator. “Fornicate” spiritually with the superficial things [take the fruit] of this world, instead of living for the covenant with God that shall never end.
I find it a striking coincidence, then, that in the apocalypse, the Lamb has seven horns, and horns have been considered, on one layer of meaning, to symbolize power. Where is Christ’s Power to redeem us? Is it not the seven sacraments?
And Tertullian taught that the devil PLAGAIRIZES and MOCKS God’s goodness, especially the sacraments.
hence, the two horns of the false prophet could be seen, at least in one layer of meaning, as the “mockery or plagiarization” of the two sacraments left to heretics, Baptism and Marriage, so as to make these two great lies of false prophecy the “ultimate heresy”, the basis of all iniquity.
I just think it is food for thought, personally speaking.
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