Catholic Basic Training 101

[ironmonk]

Catholic Church Teaching on Pre-Marital Sex

2353. "Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave scandal when there is corruption of the young."

2396. "Among the sins gravely contrary to chastity are masturbation, fornication, pornography, and homosexual practices."

Commentary On Church Teaching

http://www.ewtn.com/library/YOUTH/BLURVIS.TXT

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Catholic Church Teaching on Contraception

The Catholic teaches that contraception is barred from use under any circumstances.

Humanae Vitae

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6HUMANA.HTM

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Catholic Church Teaching on Abortion

The Church teaches that all innocent life is to be protected.

EVANGELIUM VITAE (The Gospel of Life)

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/JP2EVANG.HTM

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Church Teaching On Papal Inffalibilty

The Catholic church teaches that the Pope is infallible on issues of Faith and morals when speaking to the universal Church for all time.

FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL (1869-1870)

http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/V1.HTM

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Catholic Church Teaching on the Holy Eucharist

"...This has always been the belief of the Church of God, that immediately after the consecration the true body and the true blood of our Lord, together with His soul and divinity exist under the form of bread and wine..."

Decree Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist

http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/TRENT13.HTM

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Catholic Church Teaching on Ordination of Men Only

"..She holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing his Apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God's plan for his Church..."

ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS

http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2ORDIN.HTM

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Catholic Church Teaching on the Immaculate Conception

The Catholic Church teaches the Blessed Mother was born without original sin.

INEFFABILIS DEUS (The Immaculate Conception)

http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P9INEFF.HTM

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May the Church bring us all closer to Christ. Amen.

God Bless, Love in Christ & Mary

ironmonk

[Brother Adam]

Good stuff. :)

[ironmonk]

Launch.

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God Bless,

ironmonk

[ironmonk]

Catholic teaching on Purgatory

III. The Final Purification, or Purgatory

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All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

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The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.606 The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:607

As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.608

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This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."609 From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.610 The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:

Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.611

607: Cf. 1 Cor 3:15; 1 Pet 1:7.

608: St. Gregory the Great, Dial. 4, 39: PL 77, 396; cf. Mt 12:31.

609: 2 Macc 12:46.

611: St. John Chrysostom, Hom. in 1 Cor. 41, 5: PG 61, 361; cf. Job 1:5.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, "Woe is me, I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

7 He touched my mouth with it. "See," he said, "now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, your sin purged."

Sins are purged so he may enter Heaven. If sins are purged, then he will be saved.

Matt 12:32

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

How can someone be in Hell, and then be forgiven??? The age to come people can be forgiven, it can't be Heaven because there is no need for forgiveness because in Heaven there will not be sin... it can't be Hell because once your in Hell, it's for eternity.

Rev 20:13

The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead. All the dead were judged according to their deeds.

14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second death.)

15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire.

Death and Hades (not the pool of fire) gave up their dead and they were judged according to their deeds.... THEN Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire (HELL as we know it)

Death and Hades is not Hell, and is not Heaven... then what could it be??? The Catholic Church calls it Purgatory.

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.

Rev 21:27

but nothing unclean will enter it, nor any (one) who does abominable things or tells lies. Only those will enter whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Nothing Unclean can enter Heaven, but not all sin is deadly (1 John 5:16) therefore we must have our sin purged (Isaiah 6:6-7) before we enter Heaven if we are guilty of lesser sins.

1 Cor 3:15

But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire.

How can we be saved from Hell, because Hell is eternal? This being saved as through fire can only be Purgatory, where our lesser sins will be purged from us.

Luke 12:59

"I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."

We will pay for all our sins in one way or another (Purgatory). All our sins must be paid for.

2 Macc 12:43

He then took up a collection among all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as he had the resurrection of the dead in view;

44 for if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death.

45 But if he did this with a view to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy and pious thought.

46 Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be freed from this sin.

If we make it to Heaven, we don't need atonement. If we go to Hell, there is no atonement.... There must be Purgatory

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials,

7 so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Ask Father: Purgatory

http://www.cin.org/mateo/m921216a.html

[ironmonk]

We have an obligation to know our Catholic Faith

The special obligation of the laity, as Vatican II pointed out, is the renewal of the temporal order (Apostilicam Actuositatem, n.7). Pope John Paul affirms this, reminding us that the laity are called to "consecrate the world itself to God" (Familiaris Consortio, n. 56).

The special obligation of the laity, as Vatican II pointed out, is the renewal of the temporal order (Apostilicam Actuositatem, n.7). Pope John Paul affirms this, reminding us that the laity are called to "consecrate the world itself to God" (Familiaris Consortio, n. 56).

Faith

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Our moral life has its source in faith in God who reveals his love to us. St. Paul speaks of the "obedience of faith"9 as our first obligation. He shows that "ignorance of God" is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations.10 Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him.

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

Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief. Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.

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Incredulity is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it. "Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, 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."11

9: Rom 1:5; 16:26.

10: Cf. Rom 1:18-32.

11: CIC, can. 751: emphasis added.

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OBEDIENCE TO ONE'S VOCATION

In my mind, Catholic freedom is protected by two main principles: The Freedom of the Church and The Sanctity of the Family. The strength of the Church is in the domestic Church. The destruction of the family threatens human freedom and the preservation of the Faith in ways that are unimaginable. In this sense, we are the Church and the full power of the hierarchy can not ultimately defend Catholicism from our self-destructive attacks on her Domestic Church. If we want the Faith to flourish in America, we must recognize this as our most essential service. We have an obligation to know our faith, to live by our faith and to raise our children in the Faith. We are obliged to fix our families, to fulfill all of our obligations to our families and to adhere to the moral and sexual teachings of our Church.

The Church in America can survive any and all damages that the hierarchy might impose on her. She will not survive the damage of our careless neglect of our first and most authentic lay responsibility. If we are mothers, our true vocation is motherhood. If we are fathers, we have been called to be fathers. We are called to marriage as a primary calling. Everything else we do is in service to the family. The 'true' best interests of the family must be our primary concern.

I am not claiming that women should be second class citizens. We live very long lives. We can afford sequential commitments. We can raise our children and later, participate in 'all the works of man'. Our parents made the sacrifice for us and I believe it to be indecent that we do not make the same sacrifice for our children. If any of you are old enough to remember, this was the original game plan of the feminist movement. Society was to change to meet the needs of women. It wasn't supposed to work in reverse. It simply can't work in reverse.

-http://theonomyz5.blogspot.com/

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God Bless,

ironmonk

[ironmonk]

The reason why we make it to Heaven.... (remember this one the next time an anti-Catholic brings up salvation to you)

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The Council of Trent emphasizes the unique character of Christ's sacrifice as "the source of eternal salvation"449 and teaches that "his most holy Passion on the wood of the cross merited justification for us."450 And the Church venerates his cross as it sings: "Hail, O Cross, our only hope."451

Our participation in Christ's sacrifice

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The cross is the unique sacrifice of Christ, the "one mediator between God and men."452 But because in his incarnate divine person he has in some way united himself to every man, "the possibility of being made partners, in a way known to God, in the

paschal mystery" is offered to all men.453 He calls his disciples to "take up [their] cross and follow [him],"454 for "Christ also suffered for [us], leaving [us] an example so that [we] should follow in his steps."455 In fact Jesus desires to associate with his redeeming sacrifice those who were to be its first beneficiaries.456 This is achieved supremely in the case of his mother, who was associated more intimately than any other person in the mystery of his redemptive suffering.457

Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.458

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sec...chpt2art4p2.htm

[VeraMaria]

Thanks for the links, I'll check them out! :)

[ironmonk]

Bump for our new non-Catholic friends

God Bless, Love in Christ & Mary,

ironmonk

www.MoralTruth.com

A few resources for ya:

www.ScriptureCatholic.com

www.USCCB.org

www.Catholic.com

[Dave]

gotta keep on bumpin' 'em up

[ironmonk]

bump

[Dave]

still more bumps

[ironmonk]

You know your Catholic if....

You believe everything the Church teaches. :D

If not, you could be either a schismatic or heretic.

God Bless,

ironmonk

[ironmonk]

Apostle's Creed Bible Breakdown

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. (Gen. 1:1)

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. (Mt 16:16, Jn 1:14, 3:16; 18; 1Jn 4:9, Acts 10:36; Rom 10:12 )

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. (Is 7:14; Mt 1:18-25; Lk 1:27; 34 , Is 9:6; Mt 1:23; Lk 1:32; 35; 43; 2:11; Gal 4:4, Is 7:14; Mic 5:2-3)

He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. (Ps 22:69; Wis 2:10-20; Is 1:5-6; 53; Jer 11:19; Lam 1:12; Zech 1:12-13; (Cf ) Lk 24:46, Is 53:4-10; Mt 20:28; Lk 24:46; Jn 12:24; Rom 5; Eph 5:2; 1Pet 1:18; 2:24 1Jn 2:2; 1Thess 5:10 )

He descended to the dead. (1 Pet 3:19)

On the third day He rose again. (Ps 16:10; (Cf ) Acts 13:35, Mt 17:23; 20:19; Mk 9:9; 14:28; Lk 9:22; 18:33; Jn 2:19; 10:18, Mt 28:9; Mk 16:9; Lk 24:13-35; Jn 20:26; 21:1; Acts 1:3; 1Cor 15:6 )

He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. (Mk 16:19; Lk 24:50; Jn 20:17; Acts 1:3-9; Eph 4:10; 1Tim 3:16; 1Pet 3:22)

From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. (Jn 5:22; Acts 10:42; 17:31; 2Tim 4:1; 1Pet 4:5; Rev 20:12-13, Acts 10:42; Rom 2:16;2Tim 4:1; 1Pet 4:5 )

I believe in the Holy Spirit, (Jn 14:16; 26; 15:26; 16:7, Jn 15:26. 1Jn 5:7 , Jn 15:26; 16:7; 16:13, Mt 3:11-16. Lk 3:16. Jn 1:33. Acts 1:5; 2:38; 11:16 , Acts 1:8; 8:15; 10:44; 19:6, Jn 14:17. Acts 2:33. Rom 5:5. 1Cor 3:16; 6:19 Gal 3:14. Eph 1:13. 2Tim 1:14, Jn 14:26; 16:13; Acts 5:32; 9:31; 1Cor 2:10; Eph 3:5, Acts 4:8; 6:10; 7:55, Acts 3:21; 2Tim 3:16; Pet 1:21)

the holy Catholic Church, (Tobit 13:11-18; Is 2:2-3; Bar 5:3; Hos 2:14-24; Mic 4:1-3, 1Tim 3:15 , Mt 16:18; 28:19; Mk 16:15; 1Cor 3:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pet 2:4-6 , Rom 12:4; 1Cor 12:12; Eph 1:22-23; 5:22; Col 1:18, Eph 1:22; 5:23; Col 1:18 , Mt 16:18; 28:20 , Mt 5:14; Mk 4:30-32; Eph 2:19-22 , Mt 16:18-19; 18:18; Jn 20:23 , 1Cor 1:2; Col 3:12 , Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 20:17; Acts 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pet 2:4; 7 ,1Cor 3:10; Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14 Acts 1:15-26; 2 Tim 2:2; Tit 1:5 )

the communion of saints, (Tobit 12:12-13, Psalm 103:20-21, 141:2, 148:1-2, Isaiah 6:6-7, Baruch 3:4, Zech 1:12-13, 2 Macc. 15:12-16, 2 Chron. 32:33, Jn 15:5; Rom 12:4; 1Cor 6:12-20; 10:17; 12:4-27; Eph 2:19; 5:30; Col 1:18; 24; 2:19; 3:15, Jer 15:1; Acts 12:5; Rom 15:30; 2Cor 13:7; Eph 6:18; Col 4:3 1Thess 5:25; 2Thess 3:1; Heb 13:18; Jas 5:16 , Tobit 12:12; 2Mac 15:14; Rev 5:8; 8:4 , Heb 12:1, 1Thess 3:13; Heb 11:40; 12:23; 1Pet 3:19; Rev 6:9, Acts 5:15; 19:11-12 , Eph 1:4-6; 12; 14 )

the forgiveness of sins, (Mk 2:7; Lk 5:21, Mt 9:6; Mk 2:10; Lk 5:24; Col 3:13, Jn 20:22-23, 2Cor 2:10 , 5:18, Rom 5:11; Col 1:20; Heb 1:3 , 2 Cor 2:5-8 , Mt 18:18 )

the resurrection of the body, (Rom 6:5; 1Cor 15:49; 2Cor 4:14; Phil 3:21)

and the life everlasting. (Rom 6:8; 10:10; 2Cor 4:13-14; Eph 1:19; Col 2:12; 1Thess 4:14; 2Tim 1:10; 1Pet 1:5 , Rom 6:5; 8; 8:17; 2Tim 2:11)

Amen.

God Bless,

ironmonk

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