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Ein Wort zu Allerheiligen.
»Aus der Schrift aber kann man nicht beweisen, daß man die Heiligen anrufen oder Hilfe bei ihnen suchen soll. Denn es ist allein ein einiger Versöhner und Mittler gesetzt zwischen Gott und den Menschen, Jesus Christus, 1. Tim. 2,5. Welcher ist der einige Heiland, der einige Hohepriester, Gnadenthron und Fürsprecher vor Gott, Röm. 8,34. Welcher allein verheißen hat, daß er unser Gebet erhören wolle. Welches ist auch der höchste Gottesdienst nach der Schrift, daß man denselbigen Jesum Christum in allen Nöten und Anliegen suche und anrufe, einen Fürsprecher bei Gott, der gerecht ist, Jesum.«
- Philipp Melanchthon et al.
Augsburger Bekenntnis, 1530
Filioque retweeted
Daß ein verbarrikadiertes Tiffany Geschäft trotzdem ästhetischer wirkt als ein neu eröffnetes (nicht-barrikadiertes) Geschäft für arabische Hochzeitskleider, ist schon vielsagend.
Filioque retweeted
Warum müssen Deutsche jetzt die phonetischen Feinheiten der türkischen, arabischen und vietnamesischen Sprachen erlernen? Wie wäre es mit ein wenig Integrationswillen seitens der Migranten?
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🎃Warum Halloween based und zutiefst europäisch ist:
Viele tun Halloween als amerikanischen Kulturimport ab und kritisieren seine komplette Kommerzialisierung. Die Art und Weise wie Halloween heutzutage gefeiert wird ist natürlich ekelhaft degeneriert und gehört abgelehnt, dennoch hat das Fest eine tiefe Wurzel in der europäischen Spiritualität!
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Why didn't Bishop Barron say this to Ben Shapiro, when Ben asked him if he was going to hell?
Why didn't he tell Ben that baptism is necessary for salvation?
Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.
A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.
Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”
Excuse me, but…what?
Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.
When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!
Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.
Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.
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Can’t wait for this post to be disproven in 2626.
Written account of Jesus rising from the dead identified in 2,000-year-old manuscript, study suggests trib.al/caFpzVT
