dUSt Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Okay, everybody go here: [url="http://www.phatmass.com/reading_room/apologetics/"]http://www.phatmass.com/reading_room/apologetics/[/url] What I need is a very short summary for each topic. The summary should be a short explanation of the official Catholic teaching regarding that subject. No more than 2-3 paragraphs. It should touch on the common non-Catholic objections to that topic and dispel the most common misconceptions. Keep it at beginner level. Very brief. Please use this thread to post your summaries. When I put it on the apologetics page I'll give credit to the author unless otherwise requested. I'm counting on everyone's help! Let's finally get this site up to par when it comes to apologetics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 This looks too much like my "Tradition" section section on my website....Hrm....Dust stealing my idea? j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Hey, do you want us to post if we are working on one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 fabtastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 (edited) Mary... Mary is truly "Mother of God" since she is the mother of the eternal Son of God made man, who is God himself, Jesus Christ. Mary is known as the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is Blessed because God found her to be holy. (Luke 1:30). She is a Virgin because she had no relations with a man, and yet conceived a Child. (Luke 1:35) There are many [b]misconceptions[/b] that Catholics worship Mary, this is definatly [b]FALSE[/b]! Catholics honor Mary for many reasons. Such as: for being the Mother of God, being born sinless, submitting her life to God's will, being the Mother of men, and much more. Mary is our Heavenly Mother. God is our Father, Christ is our Brother, Mary is Christ's Mother, Mary is our Mother. While up on the Cross, Christ looked down at his Apostle, John, and said to him, "Behold, your Mother." Then Christ said to his Mother, "Woman, behold your Son." Thus making Mary our Mother, the Mother of all mankind. Mary said, "All generations shall call me Blessed." (Luke 1:48) Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy (Let me know if you want me to change something or add something.) Edited April 20, 2004 by thywillbedone7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Huether Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I'd just like to recommend that you say the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It isn't really the Sacrament of Penance. Reconciliation inludes contrition and penance for forgiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 [quote name='Jake Huether' date='Apr 20 2004, 03:29 PM'] I'd just like to recommend that you say the Sacrament of Reconciliation. It isn't really the Sacrament of Penance. Reconciliation inludes contrition and penance for forgiveness. [/quote] Noted and changed. Thx. Thanks for the Mary summary thywillbedone! Does anyone have any suggestions for it? I'll be publishing these in the Apologetics section soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Purgatory... Christ said that there are certain sins that cannot be pardoned in this age or the next. So that must mean that there are some sins that CAN be pardoned in this age AND THE NEXT. The key words are AND THE NEXT. The AND THE NEXT, can NOT mean Heaven, because no one can enter into heaven with sins. And you can not be forgiven sins once in Hell. So where does you a soul go while it is purified from its' sins? Not Heaven, and not Hell, but Purgatory. A.K.A. the finial purification. Pretend Heaven is an extremely BRIGHT light. If you aren't ready for it you can not enter into it because it will hurt your eyes. So you have to go somewhere to become adapted to the light. Like a preperation place. Purgatory is like the final bath. It is where our soul is clensed of all sins before it is ready to enter into Heaven. Think about this. When you turn a light on you are blinded and it hurts. You cann't just turn a light on...you have to adjust to the light before fully looking at it. Purgatory is that 'adjustment' (purification) time. (Let me know if anything should be changed or added.) Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Eucharist... The Eucharist is the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ...Literally. (I don't think that will work that well but it is straight foward...haha) Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I like the light analogy of purgatory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 Keep em coming everybody! I'm also going to use a few really good answers in the Q&A board for some topics too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 [b]Communion of Saints[/b] Traditionally, the Mystical Body is composed of three members, The Church Militant, The Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. The Church Militant are those that are still in the world, contending against the flesh and the devil, the Church Suffering, are the poor souls in Purgatory, making expiation for their sins, and the Church Triumphant are those souls in Heaven. These three compose the Mystical Body, of which Christ is the head and we the limbs. The union of this Body is what is known as the Communion of the Saints. So, even those souls in Purgatory and Heaven make up this communion, and we are all one body, since death is no longer a separation of the One Body given the destruction of death by Christ. [i](By Theologian in Training taken from the Q&A board)[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Dust do you want to mention we enter the Body of Christ by Baptism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 [b]Peter and the Papacy[/b] There are many reasons as to why the Catholic Church has a Pope. First off, Christ told Peter that Peter would start His (Christ's) Church, and the Gates of Hell would not prevail, Against it, Against His Church. Christ gave Peter the Keys to His One Church. The keys that gave Peter the Authority of Christ Church. Authority to guide...not lead. God leads The Catholic Church, The Pope guides Her. He Guides Her with sincere Love and Knowledge. Christ said to Peter, "Whatever you bind on Earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on Earth will be loosed in Heaven." This shows that Christ gave Peter (the Pope) Authority...The Keys to His Church. Christ gave this to Peter because Peter was "the Disciple whom Jesus Loved." Christ also said to Peter, "Do you love me?" Peter said, "Lord, you know I do." then Christ said, "Tend my Sheep." The Pope tends the sheep of the Catholic Church. Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theologian in Training Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 [quote name='dUSt' date='Apr 22 2004, 01:12 PM'] [b]Communion of Saints[/b] Traditionally, the Mystical Body is composed of three members, The Church Militant, The Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. The Church Militant are those that are still in the world, contending against the flesh and the devil, the Church Suffering, are the poor souls in Purgatory, making expiation for their sins, and the Church Triumphant are those souls in Heaven. These three compose the Mystical Body, of which Christ is the head and we the limbs. The union of this Body is what is known as the Communion of the Saints. So, even those souls in Purgatory and Heaven make up this communion, and we are all one body, since death is no longer a separation of the One Body given the destruction of death by Christ. [i](By Theologian in Training taken from the Q&A board)[/i] [/quote] As much as I am honored that you chose to use one of my reponses, it seems that my comment that those souls in Purgatory are making expiation wasn't the best word choice since I seemed to confuse DojoGrant. Aeodatus responded in my stead, and clarified my mistake. You can find his response under "Making Expiation" If youstill wanted to use it, you might just be able to remove that line, since it would seem to work otherwise. God Bless Alleluia!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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