Myths Exposed on Charismatic Christianity in America

Thaddeus »

Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:58 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 2

As a Charismatic Catholic (although I don't speak in tongues, one of many different gifts), I woke up the next morning after receiving the baptism of the spirt praising God.

Loving Mary as Jesus did is not sinful. It is a virtue, not a vice. And no Catholic is saved by their works. The do the works because they are saved, and in the process of being saved.

Rise of Pentecostalism Spurs Call for Catholic 'Self-Examination'

Thaddeus »

Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:46 pm Agree: 5   Disagree: 5

Praying the rosary is very scriptural. The Our Father, the Glory Be, and the Apostles Creed are all based on the Bible. The 20 mysteries of the rosary are all scriptural - We meditate on the passion, pentecost, the incarnation, etc., while we say the Hail Marys. The Hail Mary repeats the words of Gabriel - Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee - and Elizabeth - Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb . The last part of the Hail Mary - Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death - Is intercessory prayer, which is commended by Paul in 1 Timothy chapter 2. James says in James 5:16 to pray for each other, and that the prayers of a righteous man are powerful. Mary's soul magnifies the Lord, according to Luke 1, so who is more righteous than her, and who else better to pray for us than a holy person alive and well in heaven, in that great cloud of witnesses, whose very soul magnifies JESUS?

As Gabriel said - HAIL MARY !!

Pope Says Family Key to Peace

Thaddeus »

Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:35 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

The Pope is just reiterating what it has always taught. The family is under attack all over the world. God bless him for speaking the truth.

The Protestants are all preaching against sin. That doesn't mean they just "discovered" that sin is evil.

Vatican Defends Right to Spread Message

Thaddeus »

Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:29 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 2

There is only one mediator between God and man - Jesus Christ. This verse refers to our salvation. There are many mediators in prayer. You can pray for me, and I can pray for you. It isn't the same kind of mediation, any more than a mediator in a union labor dispute is the same kind of mediator as Jesus is. The problem that protestants have is that they think that Mary is dead, even though Jesus said that God is not the God of the dead, but of the LIVING. Moses and Elijah appeared to Peter James, and John during the Transfiguration of Jesus, and they were, and are, very much alive - much more alive than we here on earth.

Pope Says Family Key to Peace

Thaddeus »

Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:50 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

The Bible says that there shall be one flock and one shepherd. Paul says that it is wrong that some say "I belong to Apollos", or "I belong to Paul", or "I belong to Cephas". So when people started to follow Luther (Lutherans) and Calvin (Calvinists), that was very unbiblical.

Vatican Defends Right to Spread Message

Thaddeus »

Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:28 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 1

Mary is indeed the Queen of Heaven. St; John, who was her adopted son following the crucifixion, saw her in heaven in Revelation 12, wearing the symbols of Israel in the form of a crown - the sun, the moon, and the stars - that Joseph saw in his OT dream, Jesus said that "God is not the God of the dead, but of the LIVING ! Paul says that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses-Dead people cannot witness for us!! Jesus humbled himself by coming to us through Mary. We are also humble who approach Jesus through Mary. John the Baptist leaped for joy as a fetus in Elizabeth's womb at the mere sound of her voice ! As Gabriel once said - HAIL MARY !!