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It was based on an actual case.
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Tomdstone
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Not sure. But I haven’t heard too many sermons about ABC.
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Tomdstone
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I struggle to accept the idea that many people have that taking the holy Name of God or of His Divine Son in vain is not a mortal sin. Most people don’t consider taking the Name of God in vain to be a mortal sin, but I don’t know if that is Catholic teaching or not. In American movies, I hear people taking the Holy Name in vain, although recently in Russia there has been a move to censor this and other profanities, which is as it should be IMHO. In any case, as I see it, it is directly against one the the major ten Commandments: Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord Thy God in vain, and so IMHO, it seems to me that it would be a mortal sin.
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Rau
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Blasphemy is a grave sin.
vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c1a2.htm
So this appears to be Catholic teaching with which you in fact agree.
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cena
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Be careful, that metaphor could be interpreted as partiaism. The clover metaphor fails because it says that each person is 1/3 of God when each person is fully God. Each of the three leaves aren’t the full clover
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cena
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The majority’s opinion does not determine morality. If one looks at what the majority of priests were doing in the Middle Ages it is clear that majority priest’s Opinion =/= morality. Is the Magisterium not educated?It must be education since learning is taking place if you believe that ABC is not an impediment to the Truth and, in retrospect, if you believe that using ABC is a mortal sin equivalent to murder, that is also learning. One question to ask - Do you beleive that most Catholic priests, educated in the West, in reality, think it is a mortal sin to use ABC?
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cena
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Do those in third world countries have a media that is sex crazed?
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cena
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It’s grave matter, but to be a mortal sin they need full knowledge and consent
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SAVINGRACE
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Not as a new Catholic apart from the Marian doctrines which I became convinced of by watching a 15minute video.
Prior to my conversion journey I didn’t understand the fuss Catholics made over abortion especially when it came to rape. That was until I actually studied why the Church believes it. It is up to each Catholic to educate themselves about the doctrines. I did read up on it and I WASN’T even Catholic at the time. I talked to a Priest and also read some books by Catholics authors defending the position.
I watch videos by Catholic apologists debating pro-deathers without using faith based arguments, the latest of which is below. I’m still learning and the more I find out, the more I understand and the easier it is for me to obey and submit to the Church.
youtube.com/watch?v=gNQaMXQFdZ8
Prior to my conversion journey I didn’t understand the fuss Catholics made over abortion especially when it came to rape. That was until I actually studied why the Church believes it. It is up to each Catholic to educate themselves about the doctrines. I did read up on it and I WASN’T even Catholic at the time. I talked to a Priest and also read some books by Catholics authors defending the position.
I watch videos by Catholic apologists debating pro-deathers without using faith based arguments, the latest of which is below. I’m still learning and the more I find out, the more I understand and the easier it is for me to obey and submit to the Church.
youtube.com/watch?v=gNQaMXQFdZ8
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Tomdstone
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This is something that many others struggle with. It was brought up in the case of a pre-teen who was assaulted and raped. It was alleged that her life would be in serious danger if she were to go through with the birth, since she was extremely young.
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mommy_k
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I don’t have any issues with church teachings except I have a hard time understanding when a teaching is changed.
An example would be limbo.
An example would be limbo.
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Abu
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The Catholic Church doesn’t “change” Her teaching.
LIMBO for infants:
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1261):
"Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus’ tenderness toward children which caused him to say: “Let the children come to me, do not hinder them,” allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism.”
“Limbo was never a defined truth of faith.” The Ratzinger Report, p147].
Vatican II, Lumen Gentium:
16. “Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.(19*) Nor does Divine Providence deny the helps necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to live a good life.”
Limbo has never ever been a dogma of faith. Nor defined as a doctrine.
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Rau
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Limbo was long speculated upon by theologians, and remarked upon by the Church, but I don’t believe it was ever taught by the Magisterium.
See: vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070419_un-baptised-infants_en.html
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Rau
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Yes on both counts. I learned a new term on this subject - theological theory.
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Tomdstone
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Here is what the catechism of Pope St. Pius X says:
12 Q: Why such anxiety to have infants receive Baptism?
A: There should be the greatest anxiety to have infants baptized because, on account of their tender age, they are exposed to many dangers of death, and cannot be saved without Baptism.
13 Q: Do parents sin, then, who, through negligence, allow their children to die without Baptism, or who defer it?
A: Yes, fathers and mothers who, through negligence, allow their children to die without Baptism sin grievously, because they deprive their children of eternal life; and they also sin grievously by putting off Baptism for a long time, because they expose them to danger of dying without having received it.
cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/pius/psacr-b.htm
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Rau
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Nor have I on this or fornication of adultery or murder.
In my experience the homily focusses on explaining positive messages in the Gospel.
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Unbaptised children are not condemned .
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Rosebud77
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Commenting re your words re “lack of commentary by Christ” on homosexual issues. He had no need to comment as He was a Jew and the teachings on these issues are very clear in Jewish law… " I came not to abolish the law…" The disciples knew this very well of course. Natural world to you means animals? Well gee!I find this argument regarding homosexuality totally dissatisfying. Same-sex attractions are well documented throughout the natural world, which indicates that they are not “unnatural.” The whole “nuts and bolts” claim (a bolt can’t function with another bolt) is extremely weak to me. The lack of commentary by Christ on this issue also makes things worse for me.
Understand that I’m not challenging your beliefs or the Church’s, which I do comprehend. Just noting one teaching with which I struggle.
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