thessalonian Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 (edited) I just wish a few of these bishops would open their Bibles and read 1 Cor 5. 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst. For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, SO THAT HIS SPIRIT MAY BE SAVED in the day of the Lord Jesus. If Paul's rebuke does not apply to the American Catholic Church today, I don't know what does. I think Kerry will remain obstinate but will pray that he does not. Blessings Gerald Edited October 19, 2004 by thessalonian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popestpiusx Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 More Vatican intrigue. This reminds me of the fight over the Pope's wrods after watching "The Passion": [url="http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0405749.htm"]http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0405749.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 *thinks* It's about time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 [url="http://www.defide.com/news.html"]http://www.defide.com/news.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popestpiusx Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Check out what I linked above. Something smells like fish (and it's not me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 heh heh...heh heh thatd be awsome to have kerry excommunicated. then we could listento him...well, shut up about the catholic church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 [quote name='mmmerf' date='Oct 19 2004, 11:21 AM'] You cannot be Catholic and pro-choice. [/quote] We have a bumper sticker that says that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oik Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 We must a wait any official ruling of course. I must say however, in this age of the laity, we must not forget that our power lies in practicing our faith in a public way. I think that even if Senator Kerry is elected to President, that excommunication is not certain to follow. This, however, is unfortunate. What is more unfortunate, though, is the apparent lack of invitation on the hierarchy's part. If they want to stir-up some, why not invite Senator Kerry to a meeting, all of them? While I liong for the laity to be more involved, such is the age we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyoimjohnny Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I'm sick and tired of people picking and choosing Doctrine that they like, going against others, and claiming they're still Catholic. I'm just tired of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 funny, I read these before I read what you posted lounge daddy..... [url="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/blog.htm"]http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/blog.htm[/url] [url="http://www.jimmyakin.org/"]http://www.jimmyakin.org/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 [quote]Update: October 19 Fr. Augustine DiNoia, op., undersecretary for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, has denied that Dominican Fr. Basil Cole's letter to Marc Balestrieri represents an official Vatican determination of any aspect of the Kerry case. Catholic News Service article here. This will not surprise readers of the October 18 Canon Law Blog above. Cole himself has reiterated the private and unofficial character of his opinions. It is a pity that a refined and thoughtful letter by a thinker of Fr. Cole's credentials was so mischaracterized (as if it were a Vatican determination on a key point in Balestrieri's case), and that so many people (eager perhaps for something finally to be done about the Kerry scandal) relied on those mischaracterizations (despite the plain wording of Cole's letter itself!) and circulated them uncritically. Whatever else happens now (and I fear several repercussions actually), I think a gaff like this appears to be is going to make it even more difficult for Balestrieri to pursue his heresy case against Kerry, a case that was already facing some significant procedural and substantive canonical hurdles. Now, I yield to no man in my desire to see canon law used to, among many other things, protect the unborn, but I repeat that such efforts have to be undertaken with scrupulous regard for canonical correctness, lest debates about the intricacies of Church law and governance distract from our efforts to uphold the values that law and governance are meant to serve.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechrist Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 hm... if he's going to be excommunicated, i hope it gets in the bigger newspapers.. so people can SEE that the Church is taking a stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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