Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 [b]Church Authority and Apostolic Succession...[/b] "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven." Matthew 16:18. This is what Christ told Kaifer, (Christ called Peter Kaifer...which means rock.) upon You (the Rock), I will build My Church. So Peter would be the fondation of Christ's Church. Christ just put Peter in a position to guide His Church, Christ made Peter...Pope Peter. Then Christ told Pope Peter that he would have the keys to bind whatever on Earth, and loose whatever in Heaven. Christ gave Peter the Authority to do this. Christ gave Peter such a powerful Authority, but He did not abuse this power. When Peter was crucified, He passed those keys to Pope St. Linus and when Pope Linus died he passed the keys to Pope Anacletus. And this Succession has been going on ever since Christ told Peter, "Upon this Rock I shall build my Church." This Apostolic Succession, which started with Christ, has been going on for about 2000 years, and it has been traced from Pope John Paul II all the wat back to Jesus Christ himself. Christ intended someone on Earth to have Authority in His Church, that person is the Pope. The Pope is like the Church's Shepard. Christ told Pope Peter in the Gospel of John, [b]"Do you love Me? Tend My Sheep." [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciana Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 ^^^ Andy, Did you mean "Kephas" ? Also, include something about infallibilty in Peter and the Papacy and/or Authority topic. Sounds good, I really like the light analogy for the Purgatory summary. If I have time , I'll try my hand at one this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 (edited) [b]Church Authority and Apostolic Succession...[/b] (revised) "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven." Matthew 16:18. This is what Christ told Kephas, (Christ called Peter Kephas...which means rock.) upon You (the Rock), I will build My Church. So Peter would be the fondation of Christ's Church. Christ just put Peter in a position to guide His Church, Christ made Peter...Pope Peter. Then Christ told Pope Peter that he would have the keys to bind whatever on Earth, and loose whatever in Heaven. Christ gave Peter the Authority to do this. Christ gave Peter such a powerful Authority, but He did not abuse this power. This Authority that Christ gave Peter is infallible. The Pope himself isn't infallible, but what He offically teaches as Doctrine is infallible. When Peter was crucified, He passed those keys to Pope St. Linus and when Pope Linus died he passed the keys to Pope Anacletus. And this Succession has been going on ever since Christ told Peter, "Upon this Rock I shall build my Church." This Apostolic Succession, which started with Christ, has been going on for about 2000 years, and it has been traced from Pope John Paul II all the wat back to Jesus Christ himself. Christ intended someone on Earth to have Authority in His Church, that person is the Pope. The Pope is like the Church's Shepard. Christ told Pope Peter in the Gospel of John, "Do you love Me? Tend My Sheep." Thanks labrego... Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Edited April 23, 2004 by thywillbedone7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 [b]Morality and Ethics...[/b] Most of what is being debated about in society today deals with moral and ethical issues. There are many issues such as Abortion, Birth Control, Pornography, Homosexuality, Masterbation, Capital Punishment and many more. The misconception with morality and ethics is that people think that what is morally right is defined by the society normality. [b]Morals are objective, they are not subjective to situations or societies standards. [/b] Take the issue of Abortion for example. Abortion means killing a child before birth. Does it make it 'ok' if you kill the child after 1 month of being pregnant? No! Does it make it 'ok' to kill the child if someone was raped? No! Does it make it 'ok' to kill the child if the mother may die bue to the birth? No! Abortion is Murder. No situation will change that. No law society or the government passes will make it a moral act. Also the Catholic Church teaches Moral Absolutism. Which means what is immoral is immoral. Period, no if, and's, or but's. The arguement is that moral's are 'relative' to certain factors such as beliefs or religions. This is false. [b]If People are tolerant with Moral's being Relative, than those people are also tolerant with Sin.[/b] The only morals and ethics are those which are absolutly Absolute. Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 [b]Reconcilliation...[/b] (In the CCC it is called the Sacrament of Pennance and Reconcilliation.) "The Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins." This is what Christ said. There are many instances where Christ forgives sinner's of their sins. So it is a proven fact that Christ had power to forgive sins. In John 20:23 Christ breathes on His Apostles filling them with the Holy Spirit. He then tells them "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." Christ gave his power to forgive sins to His Apostles, who were the eairly Church Father's. Christ gave Man the Power to forgive sins. Christ instituted the Sacrament of Reconcilliation himself. [b]This Sacrament consists of three parts...First, Contrition.[/b] Contrition means that you have sorrow for your sins. It means that because of the sins you have commited you will resolve to not sin again. Contrition can be either perfect or imperfect. Pefect Contrition means feeling trully sorry for your sins. Imperfect Contrition is feeling sorrow because you fear the consiquinces of the sin. [b]The second part of the Sacrament is Confession.[/b] This is where most people jump out and pull the parachute cord. However, confessing sins to a priest who is [i]Persona Christi[/i] (the presence of Christ), brings about the forgiveness of sins. The Church teaches that it is Nessicary to confess your sins out loud to a priest. This not only lifts the sin off your shoulder's but it also brings a humbleness to onself. T[b]he third part is Satisfaction.[/b] Satisfaction includes anything from returning stolen goods, to appologizing to an enemy for a fight you had. This Satisfaction brings about healing in our life. It mends the scars formed by our sins. When we sin we cut our relationship with God and those we Sin against. Contrition and Confession mend the cut between ourselves and God, but the Satisfaction mends the cut between us and our neighbors. Satisfaction also includes a Penance. The purpose of penance is to help us grow spiritually, and to show that "in order to Rise with Christ we must suffer like Christ." Penance brings us closer to Christ as He hung on the Cross saying, "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy (Let me know if something should be changed.) PS thanks luciana...I knew it was something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Dust...are these posts what you want? If so I can write more...if not I will try to change them... Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 [b]Predestination...[/b] It is fairly common to hear the phrase, "I'm Saved." However in the Catholic Church you would hear the phrases, "I am being saved. I look to the Lord daily for grace to continuing believing, loving doing God's will." and "I hope to be saved. I must persevere until the end of my life. I firmly hope in His grace to enable me to do so." It is through Faith and Works that one can receive the grace from God to enter into Heaven. A great song writter once wrote, "Faith without Works is like a screen door on a Submarine." Faith and Works go hand in hand, like peanutbutter and jelly. If you have Faith in Christ and his Church than you have to have Works to manifest what you believe. "You can talk to talk, but you must also walk the walk." You must walk that walk that Christ walked while he carried his Cross to Golgatha. He suffered for us...Some may ask, "Well where does it say in the Bible that Works are nesacary for Salvation?" It is Christ entire life that shows us he lived His life for us. His life was a Work of Mercy. Christ was the perfect example, that along with Faith there must also be work. If we want to rise like Christ we first must die like Christ. We must die serveing other's as Christ served us with work's of His Mercy. Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 My last post would probably be better for Slavation Justification. Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 sleepy, dopey, sneezy, happy, [u][b]BUMPY[/b][/u].......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Anybody want to hook up a few of these??? Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy JMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 Dust...PhatCatholic; are Summeries still wanted? pax et Agape per Mariam, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 i just wrote some short summaries of the sacraments for lil red devil. you can read them [url="http://phorum.phatmass.com/index.php?showtopic=12252"]here[/url] as for how many we need, i haven't been keeping track of this thread. also, i don't know what dUSt has in store for them. i guess one of us will let u know when we know more. thanks seven, phatcatholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 I'm actually beginning to put some of these summaries in right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theologian in Training Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 [quote name='dUSt' date='May 23 2004, 09:06 PM'] I'm actually beginning to put some of these summaries in right now. [/quote] Good you changed the little line that caused confusion. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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