Here are some examples of the settled Catholic points which Classiccom "questions:"
. . .
1. Classiccom's posts insinuating, to strongly insinuating,that Catholics are erring in devotion and prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and, in so many words, calling us "Mary worshippers;"
--The heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds by the heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, asserting that Catholics are sinful in their devotion and prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary (and hurling the slur "Mary worshippers" out of his ignorance and heresy!)
2. Classiccom's posts hurling the slur "Club Infallible;"
--The heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds by the heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, deriding Papal infallibility and claiming that Popes think the are God!
3. Classiccom's posts seeming to indicate a theological persuasion toward sola scriptura;
--The heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds by the heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, advocating sola scriptura.
4. Classiccom's posts crying about the Inquisitions, and thereby attempting to malign the Catholic Church and the Papacy all the way back to the middle of the thirteenth century;
--The heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds by the heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, crying about the Inquisitions, and thereby attempting to malign the Catholic Church and the Papacy all the way back to the middle of the thirteenth century!
It seems to me that the appropriateness of devotion and prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Papal Infallibility, and not being sola scriptura are clear non-negotiable Catholic positions which one truly professing to be Catholic must hold out of necessity, and which are not legitimately deemed "crisis" and are not open for argument among true Catholics!
Classiccom quoting language maligning the Church and Popes all the way back to the middle of the 13th century, conjuring up the Inquisitions (a common rambling point for heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestants), from a source clearly touting an anti-Catholic perspective, and which is, shall we say, less than scholarly (a travel guide website):
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php?a=topic&t=12202&f=3&min=20&num=20And again he hits the Inquisitions:
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Inventors-of-Evil-ThingsThe heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, also uses the Inquisitions as one of his talking points in one of his heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds, “Man in Black.”
Classiccom posted the following at
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php?a=topic&t=9164&min=20&num=20“Please don't take anything here personal. Even if it were personal, a
Christian roast is like prepping for the final exam where the imperfect works are burned so that you may still be saved.
Ephesians 2: 8-10.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Is Classiccom not implying support for the heresy of justification by faith alone?
The heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, also adheres to the heresy of justification by faith alone as one of his talking points in one of his heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds, “Last Rites.” And this, too, ties in with Classiccom’s more-or-less expressed disdain for indulgences.
Classiccom has failed to provide a clear, unambiguous response to my insistent questioning as to whether he believes the Apostolic chain is in peril of ceasing, and whether he believes it is possible or impossible for the Apostolic chain to cease. Also, Classiccom apparently (Classiccom provides few, if any, clear unambiguous answers to questions) holds heretical fundamentalist anti-catholic protestant views on praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary. See pages 7 – 9 of the following thread:
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php?a=topic&t=12181&min=120&num=20I finally got tired of waiting for Classicom to tell me his position regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary, and started searching the forum to get a better read on him. I found a thread which was running over a year and a half before I joined the forum, and found that he considers Catholics “Mary-worshippers,” as I had suspected, that same demented view and slur I have had hurled at me numerous times by heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestants throughout my life here in the “Bible-belt:” Classiccom’s exact words:
“The Fatima Hoax - How many Catholics will loose their faith when they figure out they have been deluded by various Popse for many years. Scripture warned us about worshiping the creature more than the Creator. Mary is a creature, not a god.”
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Open-letter-to-the-PopeThe heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant recluse publisher, Jack Chick, also condemns the Catholic perspective of the Blessed Virgin Mary as one of his talking points in his heretical fundamentalist anti-Catholic protestant cartoon tracts for simple minds, “Last Rites” and “Why is Mary Crying.”
In the same thread, in light of what Classiccom would have us believe is the state of the Church, I asked Classiccom to respond to the following:
1) How many of the Sacraments do you believe are still available today?
2) Are there any valid bishops still around, in your view, and please identify them?
3) Suppose you wanted to convert someone with little or no current knowledge of Catholicism to the Faith, what reasons would you present as to why they should convert?
4) What specific Catechism or other CATHOLIC source, in addition to the Bible, would you use to train a new Catechumen?
I didn’t think I was asking too much. But, true to form, Classiccom never, or only partially, responded to most of this questioning.
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Open-letter-to-the-PopeClassiccom’s eventual response to the effect “there must be some old Catechism which would be appropriate” (a paraphrased quote from this thread) doesn’t quite set him apart as a man with a suitable plan for jumping ship from the Church our Lord founded. I wonder how old an appropriate Catechism would have to be to gain Classiccom’s approval—I doubt whether the Catechism of the Council of Trent would even suffice, if for no other reason than its chronological proximity to the Inquisitions for which Classiccom sheds so many tears and loses so much sleep!
In yet another thread,
http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/The-last-sermon-of-Martin-Luther, Classiccom quoted the following, from a piece flattering and quoting the heretic Martin Luther:
“
http://johnkaminski.info/pages/articles/the_last_sermon_of_martin_luther.htm
The last sermon of Martin Luther
Condensed from his final book: ‘The Jєωs and Their Lies’
The famous religious reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546) nailed his famous Theses on the front door of the Church at Wittenburg as a reaction to what he would later learn was Jєωιѕн corruption inside the highest offices of the Catholic Church in Rome. His ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western Civilization.
. . . .
What follows is a truncated redaction of Martin Luther’s final book: The Jєωs and Their Lies. It is written by a writer who is neither Catholic nor Jєω, but merely a seeker of truth in a world besieged and nearly destroyed by the dishonesty of those who seek to hurt, deceive and destroy others, especially true believers of any type. This redaction consists of selected but unchanged passages from this work, and as such, is more an edited condensation and reshuffling than an actual redaction.
••• “
And, of course, Classiccom ignored my simple query, “So is this what your think of Martin Luther?”
Here is a direct quote from the rusjournal.com website to which I previously referred: "This project is an independent publication of the True Orthodox Church and dedicated to the struggle against the nєω ωσrℓ∂ σr∂єr.
It centers around an interest in the idea of Sobornopravna, combining a dedication to social-nationalism,
communitarianism and medievalism."
Here's the anti-Catholic article attacking Catholicisim and the Papacy: http://www.rusjournal.com/popery.pdf
If Classiccom didn't quote heretical anti-Catholic sources and constantly make anti-Catholic seemingly protestant points with which no rational TRUE Catholic (whether Sede, SSPX, SSPV, FSSP, CMRI, Independent, NO) would agree, I wouldn't be so hard on him. But I feel stern rebuke necessary such as to protect others from being lured by heresy.