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MartiniMan
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The left's foolish embrace of Pope Francis
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12/17/2013 9:45:46 AM
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Demonstrating once again the left's complete lack of understanding of the Catholic Church, they appear to be all agog over Pope Francis. Sadly for them, they are heading toward complete disappointment, despair and eventual anger and hatred of the Pope. They seem to be ignoring his steadfast reaffirmation of many of the core tenets of the Catholic Church that the left so despises (opposition to gay marriage, abortion, contraception, women clergy, etc.). It is a wonder to witness once again unwarranted hope outstripping any reality.
It appears to me that they foolishly believe the Pope is going to change many of these fundamental beliefs and in this regard they are going to be bitterly disappointed. So he is a typical Jesuit and leans toward big government solutions......those are his personal opinions and Catholics are not held to believe or agree with him on this. That is the beauty of the papacy, we are only obligated to follow the Church on matters of faith and morals, not politics or economics or any specific ideology.
Ah the left.....once again believing so much that just isn't true.......
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MAJ USA RET
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Foolish dismissal of the Catholic Church
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12/18/2013 8:28:06 AM
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Let us not forget… during the Medieval Period (Middle Ages), sometimes referred to as the “Dark Ages” (~ 476 to the 14th Century Renaissance), only a very few people could read and write. Most kings could not. Everyone of any significant importance had a scribe who to do the reading and writing. The Visigoths had terminated the Roman Empire and its control (organization) of Europe.
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It was a time of unrecorded chaos… warfare between fiefdoms and cultures… sacking, plundering, and rape, and slavery… depopulating unfettered diseases… and very poor recordkeeping. The printing press had not been invented.
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During this time, the Catholic clergy, monks, and nuns kept alive the dim candle of Christianity. They accomplished this by transcribing and distributing the Bible… the word of God… and they did so in Latin.
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The term “catholic” means universal… for ALL people. If you are Christian, you owe your faith to the Catholic Church as protected through the bleakness of the Dark Ages. The morality and actions of the popes may be questionable. But, the simple monasteries operated in a culture of altruism to keep the faith… for you.
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MartiniMan
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Foolish dismissal of the Catholic Church
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12/18/2013 9:54:13 AM
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So true, and I crack up when I hear the canard about the Catholic Church chaining the bible up........uh, excuse me, but this was before printing presses and it took an incredible amount of time and effort for the monks to hand write each version so they kept is chained up so someone would not take it and deny others the ability to read it....to the extent they even could.....which the vast majority could not, yet another problem the Church was instrumental in solving.
As Fulton Sheen said so well, "There are not a hundred people in America who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions of people who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church."
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