tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29041386.post8844152055086616241..comments2023-07-07T04:26:08.872-05:00Comments on RECONnecting to the TRUTH: Blessed Silent Retreat, Here I Come! ...Joyful Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16763631591924925063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29041386.post-24275270931115591842010-02-09T22:19:49.740-06:002010-02-09T22:19:49.740-06:00There are 22 different 'rites' in the RCC,...There are 22 different 'rites' in the RCC, too. That's what's cool, the real cultural "diversity" with out being a PC diversity for the sake of PCness, like many Protestant denoms. (though there are those "leftists" who long for "hope and change" to "transform the Church." Not gonna happen. My former Methodist Church, though, bought into the PC madness to the max... I don't even recognize it anymore! See my comment above under the JMT's, Only In God. Blessings. JOYfulJoyful Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763631591924925063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29041386.post-84660916473765304062010-02-09T20:02:53.749-06:002010-02-09T20:02:53.749-06:00Hi Joyful Catholic-
Have a great retreat, I'll...Hi Joyful Catholic-<br />Have a great retreat, I'll read those links, and reply at some point.<br />I do, and have made an effort to learn the RC doctrine, and will continue to do so. <br /><br />Just so you know, I've been to many masses, including a few masses at the Vatican. I've talked to liberal priests and conservative ones, I've read many articles, many complete books of the Church Fathers, many entries in the CC, etc- so I am not coming from a place where I feel at liberty to just make stuff up without seeing what your side of the river teaches and believes.<br /><br />Part of the problem is, for instance- if you learn about purgatory from Roman Catholics from 100-200 years ago, you will run into being told that you don't understand purgatory today- it happened to James White in his debate, see the link I gave on my blog to the debate and post debate reply. James was blown off as an ignorant protestant, but is quoting popes and RC scholars of the last 200 years who were clearly teaching the stance he portrayed! For instance, the modern notion that Purgatory is not temporal, versus the older version that clearly teaches that you will suffer for decades or even centuries while purgation happens. So which pope do I believe, the one who says purgation is NOT temporal, or the one who says you will suffer for decades without respite? Different topic -Which of the several accepted but incompatible views on free will do I accept in the RCC- Augustinian, Thomist or Molinism? Your Church allows for many different views under one roof, so the objection about different denominations and their theological differences is meaningless, as the RCC has theological chaos and confusion in its halls as well.<br /><br />God bless,<br />GarretGarret Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270243322391761689noreply@blogger.com