In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 the Bible speaks about the coming of “The Wicked One” or the Anti-Christ. It refers that “deceit” will be used as his source of power and says:
3 Do not let anyone deceive you in any way.... 9 The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan 10 and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. 11 And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false. (Emphasis added) 12 The result is that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned. (St. Jerome Catholic Study Bible)
So error (erroneous ideas) is what leads anyone and even whole societies into doing things they should or should not do. If Satan can not subdue a persons will into disobeying God, he resorts to trying to deceive a person into believing something that is false. Even Jesus Christ was tempted by Satan quoting scripture, but Jesus saw through Satan’s deceitful fallacies. How many times then has Satan used scripture to deceive others? Could “liberalism” be the edifice of deceit upon which Satan is imposing upon the world scene today?
On December 8, 1864, Pope Pius IX published The Syllabus of Errors. In short he was condemning “liberalism.” The popes' condemnation and concern about “liberalism” is a valid one. The following distinction about “liberalism” is made in a religious context:
Liberalism is the dogmatic affirmation of the absolute independence of the individual and of the social reason. Catholicity is the dogma of the absolute subjection of the individual and of the social order to the revealed law of God. (28)
In this context every person and society conforms themselves to God’s will or defies it.
Abraham Lincoln made the comment, “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my great concern is to be on God’s side.” Since the time of Adam and Eve people have been deceived and disobeyed “Divine authority” to do their own will. Following the authority of the Church that Christ instituted should be trusted since Christ Himself said, “the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.” (Mt. 16:18)The reasoning of Protestantism is not logical or reasonable:
Protestantism naturally begets toleration of error. Rejecting the principle of authority in religion, it has neither criterion nor definition of faith. On the principle that every individual or sect may interpret the deposit of Revelation according to the dictates of private judgment, it gives birth to endless differences and contradictions. Impelled by the law of its own impotence, through lack of any decisive voice of authority in matters of faith, it is forced to recognize as valid and orthodox any belief that springs from the exercise of private judgment. Therefore does it finally arrive, by force of its own premises, at the conclusion that one creed is as good as another; it then seeks to shelter its inconsistency under the false plea of liberty of conscience. (Liberalism Is A Sin 8)
The word “Protestant” is derived from the word “protest” and in which case these people are protesting Christ’s Church. “Religious beliefs or unbelief’s have come to be mere matters of opinion.”
How do they convince others their faith is the true faith?
To effect a confusion of ideas is an old scheme of the devil. Not to understand clearly and precisely is generally the source of the intellectual error. In time of schism and heresy, to cloud and distort the proper sense of words is a fruitful artifice of Satan, and it is as easy to lay snares for the intellectually proud and for the innocent. Every heresy in the Church bears testimony to Satan’s success in deceiving the human intellect by obscuring and perverting the meaning of words. Arianism was a battle of words and owed its long-continued success to its verbal chicanery. Pelagianism and Jansenism showed the same characteristic, and today Liberalism is as cunning and obscure as any of its heretical predecessors. (Liberalism Is A Sin 55)
This is how people fall from the truth. Remember, even Satan used Scripture to tempt Jesus. Satan will decieve those he can not corrupt physically or spiritually.
2006-09-18 15:55:03
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answered by Search4truth 4
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What Pope Benedict qouted and actually said is right on, not hateful or racist, it's truthful. To force faith by sword is evil and inhuman. By the way Catholics are Christians to the uniformed and Al Killya, and fundalmentist Islamists already have the belief to kill those that don't accept Allah and have for hundreds of years. Heck check out the Lebanon civil war Christians and Muslims had armies that fought, in Darfar currently radical Muslims are killing Christians in the south, genecide. And in Asia.The islamic tidal wave aims to create a great "Caliphate" including Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern areas of Thailand and Philippines. Radical Islamist are killing Christians, the Tiger wars are happening. This all BEFORE the Pope's speach in a college. Educate yourselves. Read your bible and pray for guidence- is hate and slader what are commanded? God's the judge remember? Oh and what is Al Quedia's goal? To build the great "Caliphate" in Iraq, the ancient Babylon. The great whore is not the Catholic Church. For Catholics I think reading what else Pope Benedict said on the same day is refreshing, http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/b16bavaria12.htm
2006-09-18 16:13:51
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answered by Anonymous
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a heretic is an internal dissenter; non-Catholics are not heretics, they're simply non-belivers. Joh Kerry, for instamce would be a heretic for his cowardly positions. I would agree if you think the church needs to purge itself from within by expelling and excommunicating "Catholics" who openly defy the church: depraved priests and the bishops who idly ignored their actions as well as prominent entertainers, individuals and political figures like the one that I've already mentioned. People need to know that these people don't represent our church.
And to the biggots who don't like Catholics: I don't agree with and nor do I bash your religion; if you don't ike ours then don't join it, and keep you're opinion to yourself.
I dont agree that we should be waging a global holy war or crusade. the church's position on unjust and unprovoked wars has been pretty clear and firm; as were the completely justified statements of the Holy Father this week.
2006-09-18 16:10:04
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answered by kujigafy 5
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Heresy, by definition is a falsehood that is preached about the Catholic faith by another Catholic.
Islamic beliefs are false because they're simply not true, but they don't constitute heresy, as such.
Just falsehoods.
The stuff White Tiger just wrote is much closer to heresy than the stuff Muslims believe.
White Tiger and Muslims are both totally wrong, though.
2006-09-18 19:35:40
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answered by Anonymous
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confident, i'm a training Catholic. I do experience undesirable while, at Christmas and Easter, all those "two times a 365 days" Catholics come out - yet then I understand that it must be worse. it ought to ok be achievable they do no longer come out in any respect. that's trouble-free for somebody, who attends Church a week, to circulate to Mass on Christmas, Easter, and Holy Days of criminal duty. I often ask your self in simple terms how lots greater durable that's for human beings, who do no longer attend Mass often, to get out and visit Mass some time consistent with 365 days. we will not think of it, because of the fact all of us understand what we would be lacking. i do no longer think of those "two times a 365 days" varieties can totally delight in what that's they are lacking. in the event that they did, they had be at Mass greater suitable than two times a 365 days. i'm proud to be Catholic, so that's all the greater disappointing as quickly as I see human beings taking an "oh hum: strategies-set in direction of their vocation as lay Catholics. All we are able to truly do approximately that's pray, and want that they occasion we set will, sometime, inspire them to start up residing the Catholic existence variety all 365 days around.
2016-10-15 03:51:36
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answered by ? 4
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Our pope spoke the truth but was forced to apologize, the world is not quite ready for a holy war we have to wait till Iran has a nuclear bomb first, then we will be able to justify a holy war if any of us are still left after they drop one or two on us.
2006-09-18 15:52:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes there's only one true christian church indeed, and it's the gnostic one. The Catholics (St. Peter & Co.) hijacked the Lord's church (operated by Jesus & his Consort MM, Thomas, James, Judas) and introduced all sorts of Roman Mythos.
Greatest lie ever told ==> "Jesus is god"
Muslims are right it's not heresy: Jesus was a prophet, nothing more.
2006-09-18 15:48:23
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answered by Anonymous
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true, but your arguements will only ignite harsh criticism, even if it is the truth! When someone (the pope) reveals the truth about islam then muslims get mad because they don't want to admit what islam is causing terrorism! PRAY for the world to find Jesus Christ!>
2006-09-18 15:44:31
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answered by Anonymous
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The enemies of Catholicism shall not prevail against the Roman Catholic Church because Jesus says so himself,
"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven’" (Matt. 16:18-19).
2006-09-18 15:50:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Your religion is starting a war and hatred among other christians, in that way they will see your true colors, it reminds me of the INQUISITION. Jesus is coming back, i know that this religion will fail.
2006-09-18 15:42:06
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answered by jp 6
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