Donating To A Protestant Church?

[dominicansoul]

[quote name='HisChildForever' post='1875807' date='May 26 2009, 03:39 PM']I read this too fast and thought you said "demons," LOL.[/quote]

[saintwannabe 777]

[quote name='dominicansoul' post='1875818' date='May 26 2009, 05:16 PM']i think Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta used to do this...[/quote]

Amen and by the way I love the statement under your avatar!

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='dominicansoul' post='1875818' date='May 26 2009, 05:16 PM']i think Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta used to do this...[/quote]

Can you show some proof that she actually did this?

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1876050' date='May 26 2009, 08:41 PM']Can you show some proof that she actually did this?[/quote]
"Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography," by Kathryn Spink, page 55.

[Resurrexi]

And how did you know that she didn't merely inform the minister that that the patient desired to see him?

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1876085' date='May 26 2009, 09:16 PM']And how did you know that she didn't merely inform the minister that that the patient desired to see him?[/quote]

She carried a Hindu priest who died in her care to his temple for his last rites. That story is on the MOC website.

[Resurrexi]

Bl. Teresa wasn't a theologian. She may have been mistaken in what the correct course of action was in certain circumstances.

[Spence06]

The Church allows for Catholic schools to allow non-catholic ministers to minister to students of their faith, also under the guidance of the bishop, Catholic and Non-Catholics are allowed to share worship sites or non-catholics are allowed to use a Catholic building for their service from what i've understood.

Res, Are you saying its a grave sin to be protestant?

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Spence06' post='1876119' date='May 26 2009, 10:35 PM']Res, Are you saying its a grave sin to be protestant?[/quote]

"The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it. [b]There are various ways of sinning against faith[/b]:

. . .

Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. '[b]Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith[/b], or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.'" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2088 - 2089, emphasis added)

Edited May 27, 2009 by Resurrexi

[Spence06]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1876135' date='May 26 2009, 11:43 PM']"The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it. [b]There are various ways of sinning against faith[/b]:

. . .

Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. '[b]Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith[/b], or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith; schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.'" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2088 - 2089, emphasis added)[/quote]


So are you saying its a grave sin to be protestant ?

I am do not doubt that since I believe the Catholic Church to be Christ's true Church it can be found under different circumstances to be sinful to deny the Catholic faith, but you hinted that it would be a grave sin to be protestant.

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1876116' date='May 26 2009, 09:33 PM']Bl. Teresa wasn't a theologian. She may have been mistaken in what the correct course of action was in certain circumstances.[/quote]

You're absolutely right. She wasn't a theologian, just a saint, who lived every day for Christ by worrying about people first.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Spence06' post='1876167' date='May 26 2009, 10:55 PM']So are you saying its a grave sin to be protestant ?[/quote]

Are you saying that heresy isn't gravely sinful?

[Brother Vinny]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1876208' date='May 26 2009, 11:10 PM']You're absolutely right. She wasn't a theologian, just a saint, who lived every day for Christ by worrying about people first.[/quote]

I'm going to play a little here:

Are you saying well-intended-but-poorly-informed acts of love are enough? Why bother to educate any theologians, then?

Edited May 27, 2009 by Brother Vinny

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1876275' date='May 26 2009, 11:56 PM']Are you saying that heresy isn't gravely sinful?[/quote]

If an individual was born into a Protestant household and was raised with this faith, would you call that person a heretic?

[LouisvilleFan]

[quote name='Resurrexi' post='1875787' date='May 26 2009, 05:00 PM']I'm just glad you know more than a priest with a doctorate in Canon Law whose book is basically a summary of St. Alphonsus' magnum opus, [i]Theologia Moralis[/i]. [/quote]

Since you know so much, how about answering my question:

What's it mean that a heresy has been practiced unmolested?