Well, that’s not because it’s not against the Son and the Father. You can’t sin against Holy Spirit without sitting against the Father or the Son. That is your sins are against God, period, and God is concretely the Blessed Trinity. When he specifies the person, it means that ther...
Through the sacrament of reconciliation, and by confession our sins to a priest,we have the assurance of Jesus' own words that we shall be forgiven of our sins. This is especially true for mortal or very grave sins. ... By confessing our sins to a priest, we are given a vehicle by ...
Before I attack God, Catholics, evangelical Christians, and Trumplicans, I’ve got to attack the Supreme Court. The Court voted 8-1 that a foul-mouthed bratty teenaged cheerleader, with parents who want be “friends” instead of parents, had had her First Amendment rights violated. She had...
Penanceis an action designed to show sorrow and repentance of sin. Penance as a sacrament was instituted by Rome for people who committed mortal sins. Catholics believe committing mortal sins destroys the grace of justification, but a person who has “shipwrecked” their soul can be restored by ...
There are a lot of things you could say in response to this. For instance, when St. Paul talks about how the church is a pillar in bulwark of the truth and that it gives us a model for how we should act, how do we do that if we can’t even find it because only God can find...
Catholics believe that purgatory is the destination of those who do not go to hell and do not go directly to heaven. It is a temporary state – like a halfway house for souls – where those with unresolved venial sins are sent to undergo purification. After they have been purified, they...
for the differences in, for example, British and American Freemasonry. Freemasonry isevil. It is of Hell. Catholics are forbidden to belong to any type of organization with ties to Freemasonry. It gives demons access and can result it oppression and possession. Once involve...
s why the “absolution”—“May Almighty God have mercy on us…”—is imprecatory, not declaratory, and doesnotinclude any sign of the cross). Those whose sins are serious (i.e., mortal sin) need recourse to another sacrament to participate fully (Vatican II’s criterion) in the ...
The Holy Trinity is basis in all Christianity, not just Catholics. They are all the same God, in different forms (for lack of a better informed word). God created Man in His image. That doesn’t mean 10 fingers, 10 toes. It means God the Father is the Mind. God the Son is the ...
By adopting a policy of tolerance the Queen successfully maintained a balance of power between the feudal lords and the rising burghers as well as between the Protestants and the Catholics. Another historical event that greatly strengthened the power of the monarch and accelerated the awakening of ...