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Offline anonymouscatholicus

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Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
« Reply #60 on: September 15, 2024, 02:41:37 PM »
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  • How lucky are we, no one to correct saint Alphonsus' "error" for centuries until two youtubers from NY came along. No pope, no bishop, no theologian, no catechism, nor canon law to pick this "error" up. I mean this "devilish grave sin" was being promoted left right and center. How absurd are you!

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #61 on: September 15, 2024, 03:03:19 PM »
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  • How lucky are we, no one to correct saint Alphonsus' "error" for centuries until two youtubers from NY came along. No pope, no bishop, no theologian, no catechism, nor canon law to pick this "error" up. I mean this "devilish grave sin" was being promoted left right and center. How absurd are you!

    This idiotic/monronic rant is filled with about a dozen logical fallacies and outright lies.  This demonstrates clearly your malice and bad will.  St. Alphonsus was not infallible.  Theologians disagree with him on a fair number of points.  St. Peter Canisius, who was actually AT Trent, has a different reading of Trent than St. Alphonsus.  Majority of Church Fathers rejected (explicitly) Baptism of Desire, so, no, its rejection was not a novelty invented by the Dimond Brothers, you lying scuмbag.  Then in the 12th century it remained a disputed question.  Of course, obviously, long before the Dimond Brothers, Father Feeney was questioning it.  Nevertheless, Fr. Feeney correctly pointed out that Trent was teaching about justification, not salvation.  Several post-Tridentine theologians made the distinction between justification and salvation, including Melchior Cano, who held that infidels could be justified but not saved ... and so Father Feeney did not invent the distinction.  Explain how exactly Fr. Feeney denies Trent when he held that people could be justified by the votum for Baptism ... when that is a verbatim re-statement of Trent's teaching (according to your reading of the grammar).

    You're a lying dirtbag and this post here proves it.


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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #62 on: September 15, 2024, 03:50:11 PM »
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  • Lad, lad, lad.. You poor man. Do you think Our Lord is happy when you call someone a lying scuмbag when you have zero evidence to substantiate such a calumny. You indeed might be better off forum, seems like you lost your patience and means of normally communicating with others when disagreeing. Or you have simply morphed with how your NY mentors normally communicate to others. 

    You Dimond cult followers do not understand the difference between explicitly rejecting the BOB/BOD (or as you say “Theologians disagree with him on a fair number of points”) and quoting what no one here disputes (namely the necessity of being baptised to be saved).

    See, if in this case if you could quote one single theologian that says- Alphonsus teaches it is de fide that men are also saved by Baptism of desire, by virtue of the Canon 'Apostolicam De Presbytero Non Baptizato' and the Council of Trent, Session 6, Chapter 4” however he is in error because of a, b and c I would agree with you in a heartbeat, but of course you cannot do that. 

    That would be a true disagreement with this saint. When saint Thomas Aquinas argues something, he cites what the objection is or what he intends to dispute and then goes on to dispute it. When saint Alphonsus teaches moral theology and tells us this is mortal sin, he quotes the other side he disagrees with and goes on to dispute it.

     If the so called majority of Church Fathers rejected it, you’d be quoting these “rejections” out of your sleeve which you of course cannot. All you can do is find what Dimond brothers have fed you to interpret or explain.

     I don’t care to explain the actions of a rouge non theologian priest contra canon law of 1917 and consensus theological teaching at the time of canon law promulgation.
     
     Canon 1239 declares that “Catechumens who, through no fault of their own, die without baptism are to be treated as baptized.” Now go on Lad, rip it apart. Go on explain (and don't forget to add insults while doing so) how code of canon law 1917 teaches grave sin and heresy. :facepalm:



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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #63 on: September 15, 2024, 04:02:25 PM »
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  • How lucky are we, no one to correct saint Alphonsus' "error" for centuries until two youtubers from NY came along. No pope, no bishop, no theologian, no catechism, nor canon law to pick this "error" up. I mean this "devilish grave sin" was being promoted left right and center. How absurd are you!
    The Council of Trent, Session Seven, Sacraments in General, Canon 4 states:
    CANON IV.- "If any one saith, that the sacraments of the New Law are not necessary unto salvation, but superfluous; and that, without them, or without the desire thereof, men obtain of God, through faith alone, the grace of justification;-though all (the sacraments) are not indeed necessary for every individual; let him be anathema."

    Saint Alphonsus Commentary on Canon 4:
    "The heretics say that no sacrament is necessary, inasmuch as they hold that man is justified by faith alone, and that the sacraments only serve to excite and nourish this faith, which (as they say) can be equally excited and nourished by preaching.  But this is certainly false, and is condemned in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth canons:  for as we know from the Scriptures, some of the sacraments are necessary (necessitate Medii) as a means without which salvation is impossible. Thus Baptism is necessary for all, Penance for them who have fallen into sin after Baptism, and the Eucharist is necessary for all at least in desire ( in voto)."

    It seems you do not understand that a BOD is not a sacrament, yet you wrongfully claim that the Church teaches that a BOD is salvific.

    Per St. Alphonsus' beginning statement above, and him saying in no uncertain terms that the sacrament of baptism is necessary for all, how is it that you claiming a BOD saves does not make you a heretic?

    "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #64 on: September 15, 2024, 05:00:18 PM »
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  • Stubborn, we have a problem, don't we.

    -St Alphonsus teaches the above quote.
    -St Alphonsus teaches that BOD is de fide.

    St Alphonsus was either forgetful (as to what he wrote), contradicted himself gravely or simply taught BOTH (which of course is the only possible answer).

    Now for you mathematicians, logic professors etc.. it might come as a surprise that both can stand on its own without mutual contradiction and not everything can always be put through syllogism. That's why we have had Church approved theologians who unanimously taught on the subject, but to hell with their heresies too, right? We have forum members and NY bros to clarify instead right?

    I will give you a very simple example:
    -For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.  (Rom 3, 23)

    Now all of course does not mean Our Lord, Our Lady, St Joseph etc. Yet, if we follow your tunnel vision approach it would have to be all as all is all, isn't it? No ifs or buts.

    Church teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation and all without it will perish. Church also teaches that there could be exceptional circuмstances through where person would be treated as baptised. (see Canon 1239)

    If I am heretic because of it, guilty as charged. But don’t you dare not call st Alphonsus one and canon 1917 as well. Because as sure as the sun comes out, they have put those words out black on white.

    Matter a fact, you might as well amp it up and blame all others for the sin of omission who had a duty of correcting this “grave heresy” in these writings for centuries and canon law for decades and did not. And we had valid popes in the period who allowed it to stand like that in canon law, didn't we?






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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #65 on: September 16, 2024, 05:19:57 AM »
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  • Stubborn, we have a problem, don't we.

    -St Alphonsus teaches the above quote.
    -St Alphonsus teaches that BOD is de fide.

    St Alphonsus was either forgetful (as to what he wrote), contradicted himself gravely or simply taught BOTH (which of course is the only possible answer).
    No, we actually do not have a problem, you might, but "we" don't. We all know that even great saints can err and have erred in one or another of their teachings, it is something that happens to all humans.

    As for St. Alphonsus' commentary, his commentary is all about Canon 4 which canon Trent put under the heading: "On the sacraments in general." 

    BOD proponents mis-use that canon as a proof that a BOD is de fide via the words: ""the desire thereof," apparently as if that canon is ignoring the sacraments and is rather teaching only about a BOD - which is not even  a sacrament. This makes the whole idea of BODers using canon 4 to prove a BOD an error, St. Alphonsus calls them heretics.

    What St. Alphonsus explains in his commentary is that the meaning of those words are actually referring only to the sacrament of the Eucharist, which we all know is the "Spiritual Communion," and he does this after saying that the sacrament of baptism is necessary for all. His commentary is in complete harmony with what Trent defines in canon 4 and what the Church has always taught. 

    We cannot say why in his writings that he goes contrary on this subject, but because of canon 4 we can agree with him in his commentary on canon 4 - again, because of canon 4.
    "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #66 on: September 16, 2024, 07:09:49 AM »
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  • Oh Stubborn, it seems you cannot decide what position you are holding in regards to Alphonsus’ writings. So which one is it? Did he err or did he explain everything according to your interpretation? Because if it is explained in your commentary vis-a-vis mentioned canon, he did not err, right? Why would you say he erred? Where did he err my friend?

    Of course saints can err, normally before doctrine is defined or someone corrects them. Non of that applies in this case. This does not get left unattended for centuries to come. Get serious.

    And if he did err, he did not merely err, he was spewing heresy (God forbid) that you are telling me I hold? Do you not get this? Stubborn, you have admitted in the past Dimonds twist truth? When did you lose the ability to see that? Sometime in the last year it seems. Because this “new revelation” or better yet  interpretation which we lacked for centuries is mainly coming from no other source than them as much as you might claim the contrary.

    No mis-use there, we rely on Church teaching, canon law, catechisms, unanimous theological writings, canon law, etc.

    You already said canon law is in error there, so what chance do I stand do convince you if canon law can be in error. ::)

    P.S What I find most striking with you fennyites (even more than ignoring what Church teaches) is how you give a light pass to Church giants, they are merely in slight "error", a slip up, maybe an incorrectly spilled ink on their paper. But when it comes to us worthless worms that try to follow it, well hey you get that Dimond full armour out, you don't forget to brush up on the insults and go on full attack with H-bombs. Very consistent, ey? :trollface:



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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #67 on: September 16, 2024, 07:21:34 AM »
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  • Oh Stubborn, it seems you cannot decide what position you are holding in regards to Alphonsus’ writings.
    I said:
    "because of canon 4 we can agree with him in his commentary on canon 4 - again, because of canon 4."

    Where he teaches contrary, whatever he says, is simply his opinion.

    It's not complicated.

    You do not accept his commentary on Canon 4, not surprising as that is a trait shared by all BODers far as I know.
    "But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

    The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse


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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #68 on: September 16, 2024, 07:22:47 AM »
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  • Oh Stubborn, it seems you cannot decide what position you are holding in regards to Alphonsus’ writings.

    So you're claiming that he's infallible or something?  We disagree with St. Alphonsus on the matter.  Various theologians have disagreed with him about one matter or another.  He was clearly mistaken in his theory that initial justification by BoD does not necessarily remit all temporal punishment due to sin, since it contradicts Trent.  Trent taught that there can be no initial justficiation without rebirth/regeneration, and then defines rebirth/regeneration explicitly as removing all temporarl punishment due to sin so that nothing remains to impede entry into Heaven.

    You're some one-trick pony here just throwing out the name of St. Alphonsus.  If you want to argue from actual Magisterium, go ahead ... but you're just being an idiot now.

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #69 on: September 16, 2024, 08:34:04 AM »
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  • Too bad even tridentine catechism did not manage to follow its dogmatic council of the same name it wished to call itsefl, but apparently failed miserably. 

    You are correct that we don’t have to hang on st Alphonsus alone. He is not the sole rule of faith, of course. Wish you could say same about Dimonds. I guess these great saints just wanted to make a fool of themselves knowing well what they wrote and just decided to give us their fallible heretical opinion so we can have something to talk about. 

    How about this:

    Francisco Suarez, S.J. (1548-1617) cites St. Robert Bellarmine S.J. on Baptism of Desire in his 1602 work Opus de triplici virtute theologic, a Tractus de fide, Disp.XII, sect.4, n.22 : [As to] what is further added, that outside the Church there is no salvation, some say, as Cano, that this proposition is to be understood of the Church in general, as it always was, and not only of the Church, as it was specially instituted by Christ. But this response is unsatisfactory, both because the Church is always one, and also because the Councils really speak of this Church of Christ, and one must hold as true in some sense concerning it, that outside of it nobody is saved. Thus it is better to reply according to the distinction given between necessity in fact, or in desire [in re, vel in voto]; for thus nobody can be saved, unless he should enter this Church of Christ either in fact, or at least in will and desire. Bellarmine responds thus to a similar question. And it is manifest, that nobody is actually inside this Church, unless he is baptized, and yet one can be saved because the will to be baptized is sufficient, and likewise the will to enter the Church; thus we say the same of any faithful person who is truly penitent and is not baptized, whether he shall have come to explicit faith in Christ, or only to implicit faith : for by that faith he can have at least an implicit desire, which is sufficient with regard to baptism, as St. Thomas teaches in the aforesaid places.”

    Is this good enough? All of them saints and doctors were just spilling ink giving us their erroneous fallible opinions, right? Lol

     1917 Code of Canon Law
    On Ecclesiastical Burial - (Canon 1239. 2)
       "Catechumens who, through no fault of their own, die without Baptism, are to be treated as baptized."

    The Sacred Canons by Rev. John A. Abbo. St.T.L., J.C.D., and Rev. Jerome D. Hannan, A.M., LL.B., S.T.D., J.C.D.
    Commentary on the Code:
       "The reason for this rule is that they are justly supposed to have met death united to Christ through Baptism of Desire."

    Let me guess, first is opinion, second is wrong interpretation, and last 2 are fallible theologians. Maybe they even crept up as hidden modernists at the time? 

    But what else is new?

    P.S. Lad, I wanted to say I’m proud of you. You almost managed the full post without an insult. Managed right there to the end. But improvement already. Keep it up.


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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #70 on: September 16, 2024, 08:54:46 AM »
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  • Quote
    1917 Code of Canon Law
    On Ecclesiastical Burial - (Canon 1239. 2)
       "Catechumens who, through no fault of their own, die without Baptism, are to be treated as baptized."
    This doesn't prove they made it to heaven through BOD.  

    Let's remember what Christ told us in Scripture.  "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.  He who does not believe, shall be condemned."

    So, this means there are 3 categories of people:
    1)  Believes and is baptized (i.e. Catholic)
    2)  Believes and is not baptized (i.e. catechumen)
    3)  Does not believe (i.e. non-catholic)

    Neither Christ, nor Scripture, nor the Church Fathers, nor any Church Council, nor any Pope has definitely told us where those people in group #2 go.  It is clear that they aren't damned.  It is also clear that they can't be saved.  So, where do they go?  Some say they go to Limbo.

    This is why Fr Feeney said:  "I don't know, and neither do you."


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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #71 on: September 16, 2024, 09:03:14 AM »
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  • Too bad even tridentine catechism did not manage to follow its dogmatic council of the same name it wished to call itsefl, but apparently failed miserably.

    How about this:

     1917 Code of Canon Law
    On Ecclesiastical Burial - (Canon 1239. 2)
      "Catechumens who, through no fault of their own, die without Baptism, are to be treated as baptized."

    Better, but still false.  Canon Law is not Magisterium but discipline.  This is taken out of context.  Feel free to post the entire Canon.

    1) Only the baptized can receive Christian burial.
    2) Catechumens ... are to be treated as baptized.

    This legal language is the equivalent of saying ...

    1) Only US citizens may hold jobs in the United States.
    2) Holders of Green Cards are to be treated as US citizens.

    This does not mean that Holders of Green Cards are US citizens broadly speaking and for all intents and purposes, just in this particular context, i.e. they're allowed to hold jobs in the US.

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #72 on: September 16, 2024, 09:10:19 AM »
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  • This doesn't prove they made it to heaven through BOD. 

    Let's remember what Christ told us in Scripture.  "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved.  He who does not believe, shall be condemned."

    So, this means there are 3 categories of people:
    1)  Believes and is baptized (i.e. Catholic)
    2)  Believes and is not baptized (i.e. catechumen)
    3)  Does not believe (i.e. non-catholic)

    Neither Christ, nor Scripture, nor the Church Fathers, nor any Church Council, nor any Pope has definitely told us where those people in group #2 go.  It is clear that they aren't damned.  It is also clear that they can't be saved.  So, where do they go?  Some say they go to Limbo.

    This is why Fr Feeney said:  "I don't know, and neither do you."

    Correct.  As per my post above, the Church permits and has permitted Catholics to entertain hope for the salvation of Catechumens, but even that is merely only implied by the Canon.  As I wrote, the notion that Catechumens "are to be treated as baptized" simply means that they are permitted to receive Christian burial.

    There has always been some ambiguity regarding the status of the unbaptized Catechumen.  In the early Church, they were allowed to call themselves "Christian", and could attend part of the Mass.  They were considered partly in and partly outside the Church.  St. Robert Bellarmine makes the analogy that they're "in the vestibule" of the Church.  One could then debate what the implications of this were.  Early in the Church, Christian burial was NOT permitted for Catechumens who died without Baptism.  This was changed in 1917.  Did Church doctrine change?  We know that it doesn't.  Church discipline merely changed, and Canon Law is discipline, not doctrine.

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #73 on: September 16, 2024, 09:35:04 AM »
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  • This doesn't prove they made it to heaven through BOD. 

    A new category for Feenyites? This is not in Dimond's handbook so I'm not sure what to think. :confused:
    BOB/BODs are in hell as well as anyone who promote this "heresy" (according to Dimonds) but now we have a special place for them apart from Heaven and Hell?  Where is st. Emerentiana? People pray to her but she is not in Heaven? Or is it another falsehood that crept up that she died as catechumen? Maybe we should remove her from calendar? Or as sspx simply have that prerogative to strip saints of their sainthood? The hoops you have to jump through, my oh my...

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    Re: Baptism of Desire is Church Teaching
    « Reply #74 on: September 16, 2024, 09:39:39 AM »
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  • Shall we consult the Dimond's handbook - "For instance, in the case of St. Emerentiana – who was martyred while praying publicly at the tomb of St. Agnes during the persecution of Diocletian – one could point out that the account of her martyrdom provides a situation that, in itself, suggests she was already baptized; for she wouldn’t have endangered herself in that fashion during the persecution had she not been baptized.  Or even if she wasn’t baptized before she was attacked (which is highly unlikely), she certainly could have been baptized after the attack by her mother who accompanied her (according to accounts) to the tomb to pray." :fryingpan: A lot of speculation if you ask me. But if all else fails you can always quote them on- " Besides, the Roman Martyrology is not infallible and contains historical errors.":jester: