Author Topic: Unspeakably evil (Read 1669 times)

Patman · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2010, 07:35:58 PM »

Quote from: Matto

I was thinking...

Yes, Matto, YOU were thinking. The Church has NEVER come out with anything like that. That is like saying after the Church decides against canonizaton, it therefore means the priest is evil!!

No, there are all degrees of sanctity and evil among priests.[/size]

Matto · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2010, 08:19:04 PM »

Patman, there are a lot of things I do not know. I admit I may be wrong, I am a bit of an imbecile, though I used to be considered intelligent. How would I know that the Church never said anything like that? You don't know that either and are just saying that because you do not agree with me.

Patman · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2010, 08:46:42 AM »

Quote from: Matto

Patman, there are a lot of things I do not know. I admit I may be wrong, I am a bit of an imbecile, though I used to be considered intelligent. How would I know that the Church never said anything like that? You don't know that either and are just saying that because you do not agree with me.

I just gave you one example, because if what you said is true, priests denied being canonized would therefore be declared evil. But we do have degrees, venerable and blessed. Commonly, even on a descriptive level, a good man, without necessarily having the heroic virtue of a Saint. It is not all or nothing. You can also simply be mistaken without being an imbecile.

Matto · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2010, 09:14:08 AM »

I admit I was mistaken in saying that priests could only be very evil or saints. A priest can attain many different levels of goodness. I see now that a priest can also be lukewarm, sinning often, but then confessing. My main point was that because the priest says Mass often, and saying Mass while in mortal sin is one of the greatest sins because it is torturing Our Lord, once a priest falls into sin he will become more and more evil every time he says Mass until he is completely evil. Thank you for correcting me.