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Offline requiemaeturnum

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Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
« on: October 30, 2008, 05:09:01 PM »
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  • Our Lord has said when referring to His Church "....and the gates of the netherworld will not prevail against it...."

    Are sedevacantist beliefs contrary to this?
    "Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect
    to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them."
    -Pope St. Felix III



    Offline sedetrad

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    Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
    « Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 05:12:19 PM »
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  • The answer is no because the Church has had interegnums lasting many years inbetween popes and the church has had numerous anti-popes.


    Offline requiemaeturnum

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    Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
    « Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 05:25:00 PM »
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  • Yes, for example, the Pope resigned during the Great Schism, but from what I gather from this particular forum, sedevacantists accuse the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II of worshipping Satan and exhorting others to do so as well. If you believe that, then the gates of hell have prevailed against the Church.
    "Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect
    to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them."
    -Pope St. Felix III


    Offline trad123

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    Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
    « Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 05:28:23 PM »
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  • 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 

    And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.

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    Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
    « Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 05:30:08 PM »
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  • Quote from: requiemaeturnum
    Yes, for example, the Pope resigned during the Great Schism, but from what I gather from this particular forum, sedevacantists accuse the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II of worshipping Satan and exhorting others to do so as well. If you believe that, then the gates of hell have prevailed against the Church.

    Although John Paul's personal acts are abominable, the crux of the matter is what was promulgated in Vatican II and post-conciliar docuмents - Heresy.  
    2 Corinthians 4:3-4 

    And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.


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    « Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 06:00:08 PM »
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  • The gates have not prevailed as the Holy Spirit is guiding and protecting the Church. These Vat II "Popes" make everyone think they must obey Vatican II. Ratzinger just sang the praises of Vatican II this week. But, it was not a council like Vatican I. It was more of and optional meeting of the minds (mindless) that put forth heresies that made uniformed persons think it carried the same weight as previous legetimate councils. But, the fact is that there is NOTHING binding upon Catholics that came out of Vatican II. And, the reason being they knew to invoke this would bring forth the wrath of the Holy Spirit. The Pontiff is prevented from teaching heresies when teaching faith and morals. So, they can pretend, and uninformed people can assume that they must obey Vatican II. However, as Catholics we must make it our personal duty to know the faith well enough that we can weed out rot like Vatican II and all of the many, many errors spewed since that time and toss them out.
    We must also pray for all of the misled souls due to these "Robber Barons" leading people to hell. We must also, pray that those alive now see the truth.
    We are close to the time when this will all be shown for what it is, and Christ's Church will be brought by him out of the mire that these heretics have pulled her into.

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    « Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 10:32:52 PM »
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  • Quote from: requiemaeturnum
    Our Lord has said when referring to His Church

     
    Exactly. He was talking about His Church. The Catholic Church. Not the Counter Church.

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    « Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 10:41:29 PM »
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    « Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 09:07:48 AM »
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  •   If you want to use the body analogy, what about a body in the state of coma. Alive but only sleeping. Or how about a brain that is sick and needs medication. Individual cells may be alive and healthy, but the arteries are clogged, and the heart and brain seem nearly non functional. (CINO)

       Is is possible for Catholics to ever think logically? Isn't there common ground between spirituality and common sense or can they only coexist in a schizophrenic state? The point I am trying to make is that Jesus spoke very little of the top Jєωιѕн religious authority of his day. (sons of the Devil) Definitely not the same preoccupation we have with the office of the Pope. (especially since the 1870 mantle of infallibility).  It seems to me that Jesus was more in the business of building up individual souls, especially the weakest of the human community. The primary focus was God the Father and the building of souls through the grace of God.  

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    Sedavacantism compared to the Holy Bible?
    « Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 12:20:48 PM »
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    Yes, for example, the Pope resigned during the Great Schism, but from what I gather from this particular forum, sedevacantists accuse the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II of worshipping Satan and exhorting others to do so as well. If you believe that, then the gates of hell have prevailed against the Church.


    sedevacantists aren't going to see it as "accusing" him - he accuses himself - it's just how it is, it isn't us determining that this is heresy and we now have the power of the papacy and we say he is outside of the Church - he puts himself outside of the Church by the very fact - and obviously what would be disputed would be whether what these "popes" have done actually constitutes heresy - considering that you are FSSP, you don't think that everything is all fine and dandy, or you do think that the novus ordo is a legitimate religion leading souls to heaven and the reason why you attend the traditional mass is b/c it feels more holy, it has that nice nostalgic feeling to it.  If you are going for the right reasons then you would have to admit that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Novus Ordo, and considering the responsibility for its promulgation and correction lies predominantly with the "pope" I don't really see how you can call him "the great" -other than in the most purely humanistic and modern philanthropic sense, but of course one could say the same for a whole slew of freemasons as well.

    On another note, it bugs me when people act like discussing the issue of the papacy is too...extreme or not the real issue, or acting like sedevacantists are making too much of what really comes down to a matter of semantics.  I think that people have to try and be good Catholics, regardless of what they believe regarding the papacy, and that they have to try to always know the truth - that doesn't mean brushing issues relevant to our religion under the rug as something that "Christ wouldn't have worried about."  There isn't a dichotomy between spirituality and common sense - in fact the one is supposed to direct the other.  And Jesus was God Himself, He wasn't directed by a representative of Himself on earth, so of course He had all the clarity to see what needed to be done.  He also made a point to make it clear to the rest of the disciples that He was appointing a representative and that they were to follow his lead - Our Lord didn't have any intention of impressing on His followers that authority, especially the authority of the Church, was something to be disregarded.

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    « Reply #10 on: October 31, 2008, 12:24:23 PM »
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  • 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 

    And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.


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    « Reply #11 on: October 31, 2008, 02:18:43 PM »
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  • trad 123 that last quote that you quoted was so, so sad - it's a good thing that everybody gets theirs considering how many souls they are giving full consent to to die in their false religion- tragic