tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3320904826802260002..comments2024-03-28T01:50:39.781-04:00Comments on southern orders: POPE FRANCIS' MORNING MESSAGE FLIES IN THE FACE OF SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY! Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53561976464216454842014-05-16T07:58:16.562-04:002014-05-16T07:58:16.562-04:00Fr. MacDonald,
You better be prepared in case Gen...Fr. MacDonald,<br /><br />You better be prepared in case Gene walks into your church someday with a bag and begins opening it!Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59177402766998529662014-05-15T23:21:58.890-04:002014-05-15T23:21:58.890-04:00Where this is taken to the extreme is among those ...Where this is taken to the extreme is among those who say that they don't need to attend Church because "God is everywhere". True enough. Water vapor is also everywhere in the air around us, but if one is dying of thirst, it not going to do a person much good unless one goes to someplace where it can be consumed. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-34678422953752613292014-05-15T21:25:43.313-04:002014-05-15T21:25:43.313-04:00RCG, tell me about it. I attended a Catholic Churc...RCG, tell me about it. I attended a Catholic Church out of state not long ago and the congregation was doing all this charismatic stuff like waving their hands during an impromptu prayer by a Deacon and the sign of peace was like a love fest. It made me want to dump a bag of snakes out in the Church...Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-2110570427729018282014-05-15T21:19:01.867-04:002014-05-15T21:19:01.867-04:00Desiree, That is why they were funny…you did not i...Desiree, That is why they were funny…you did not intend them to be. I especially liked the one on Methodism being like "keeping house." LOL! I still laugh about that one.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-84793506237975643422014-05-15T20:47:27.557-04:002014-05-15T20:47:27.557-04:00Thank you, Mr. Gene. I don't always mean to be...Thank you, Mr. Gene. I don't always mean to be funny. ;)<br /><br />RCG, I understand what you're saying!<br />Parents are not teaching their children Catholic tradition. America has taken Vatican II and run with it in a way to try to make everyone happy. A priest recently said all that, so I'm not making it up. <br />Desiréenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-72849568240083993542014-05-15T20:18:39.295-04:002014-05-15T20:18:39.295-04:00The Catholic Church became, to a great degree, wha...The Catholic Church became, to a great degree, what seemed so wrong with Protestant sects: constant ad hoc interpretation of Scripture from personal opinion and the emphasis on social interaction over structured and informed worship. I also think we pushed God out of the sanctuary when we relocated the tabernacle, and that, logically, after turning out backs on Him. We had, and still have, the Real Presence and I tremble to think of how we have behaved in the presence of it. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-8892409288838394952014-05-15T18:00:34.773-04:002014-05-15T18:00:34.773-04:00Desiree, I have appreciated your humorous characte...Desiree, I have appreciated your humorous characterizations of several of the protestant churches in our conversations. LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75457919905026388442014-05-15T15:15:43.525-04:002014-05-15T15:15:43.525-04:00Haha! I saw JBS' comment after I posted mine.Haha! I saw JBS' comment after I posted mine. Desireenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27769375825299863392014-05-15T15:01:54.645-04:002014-05-15T15:01:54.645-04:00JBS, very well put. You can't get more intimat...JBS, very well put. You can't get more intimate with Christ than the Holy Eucharist. A footnote…it is popular among evangelicals to ask, "when were you saved?" The best answer I ever heard was from the Reformed theologian, Karl Barth who, when speaking at Chicago in the 60's was asked this question from the audience. He replied, "At Calvary."Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-3317203608051344852014-05-15T14:48:52.198-04:002014-05-15T14:48:52.198-04:00That's actually a very good message to Protest...That's actually a very good message to Protestants and those people who believe they are closer to God in nature. <br />I don't understand why people reject Christ's literal being in the Church. If you have a chance to be in His real presence and receive Him then why not take it? I pray everyone learns about the Eucharist, because that was a big selling point for me to convert. As a Protestant I was just trying to fit in with everyone else at the Bible club. As a Catholic, my main purpose is to be at church for Jesus. He's really there, so I am really held accountable and I have something to look forward to. <br />Protestants have it right about being able to learn more in church, but they don't all agree on the Bible or how to worship. None of them have any authority. Again, everyone is trying to find the right Bible club for them. <br /><br />What is the point of wasting one's time, energy, and assets without authority or the Eucharist?<br /> Desireenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-73547640742653346342014-05-15T14:32:06.024-04:002014-05-15T14:32:06.024-04:00The poor Puritans/Unitarians seem to have proteste...The poor Puritans/Unitarians seem to have protested and reformed themselves right out of Christianity. Several "mainline" communities seem headed that way, bless their hearts. <br /><br />Southern Evangelicals, on the other hand, retain an intense desire to know Christ, a desire born of an admirable belief that He really is the eternal Son of God and sole means of eternal salvation. If only these ecclesially separated sons of the South would see that a personal relationship with Christ does not get any more personal than receiving His Body, Blood, soul and divinity in Holy Communion administered by an apostolic bishop, or one of his priests, "in persona Christi capitis". Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-37921222236016227442014-05-15T13:55:34.551-04:002014-05-15T13:55:34.551-04:00Robert,
I have heard that as well and it made me a...Robert,<br />I have heard that as well and it made me angry…protestant presumption.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-11773769089756611592014-05-15T10:55:40.205-04:002014-05-15T10:55:40.205-04:00One of the problems we face in the world of percep...One of the problems we face in the world of perceptions is the replacement of the word "Protestant" with "Christian". This is so widespread that we often hear someone saying, "Among the Christian and Catholic churches…"<br /><br />I think we need to reclaim the word "Protestant" and use it frequently and wherever it applies. The Catholic Church IS Christianity in its fullest expression. Anything else is just…Protestant.Robert Kumpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567786012498143419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15309728475639196552014-05-15T09:06:28.809-04:002014-05-15T09:06:28.809-04:00The Christological Totalitarianism, or the radical...The Christological Totalitarianism, or the radical sufficiency of Grace, in Calvinist and most protestant theology makes the Chruch, any church, unnecessary. Many, or most, mainline protestants would be uncomfortable admitting that, but it is the logic of their theology.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88965979218938697122014-05-15T08:35:32.255-04:002014-05-15T08:35:32.255-04:00I previously posted this in the wrong thread:
I r...I previously posted this in the wrong thread:<br /><br />I really like what the Pope says in this message…"without a Christian nation…" how 'bout that all you libs and Obama voters!" Doesn't that just drive you nuts! LOL! Personally, I prefer a return to Christendom...Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87946686829040010702014-05-15T08:19:36.196-04:002014-05-15T08:19:36.196-04:00Christ founded His Church upon the Holy Apostles, ...Christ founded His Church upon the Holy Apostles, whose successors are the bishops, tracing their ordinations in a unbroken line back to the apostles, so that a "church" is by definition a "flock" of Christians with a successor of the apostles as its "shepherd". If you ain't got no bishop, you ain't got no church. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com