Can anyone else make this offer and deliver
2006-11-12 06:23:18 · 9 answers · asked by maybe 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. No one else can make this offer and deliver.
2006-11-12 06:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Profundity of Catholicism
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by Jim J. McCrea
People of the world have a very false conception of Catholicism.
They think of it as dry old dogmas which are not connected to real
life and arbitrary moral rules that stand in the way of our true
freedom. The mainstream media presents the Catholic Church this way.
However, there is an infinite distance between the caricature and
the reality.
In reality, Catholicism expresses the deepest dynamism and nature of
life and reality. It is the perfect expression of the true, the
good, and the beautiful.
The world that is in opposition to it is an expression of extreme
ugliness. Take the example of the modern "progressive" immodestly
dressed woman or girl. Here, both modesty and femininity have been
departed from. We have a specter of round fleshy bodies with faces
as hard and sharp as nails. The modern world is imbalanced one way
or the other, while avoiding the mean where the true good is found -
where Jesus Christ is found.
Many are of the impression that Catholicism is for stupid people.
This misconception is held also by many evangelical Protestants with
their too-bright and too-much-on-the-surface joy.
However, as far as truth goes, nothing is deeper or more profound
than the intellectual tradition of the Catholic Church.
It says in the "Imitation of Christ"
"The more a man is united within himself, and interiorly simple, the
more and higher things doth he understand without labor; because he
receiveth the light of understanding from above."
(Bk. I, Ch. 3)
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The more *pure* a person is, the subtler, profounder, and higher
realities he is able to grasp with his mind.
In heaven, as we ascend through the nine choirs of angels, which are
the nine grades of being in heaven, the knowledge there becomes
subtler, deeper, and more profound.
But as it becomes subtler, deeper, and more profound, it also
becomes simpler, easier, more obvious, and more intelligible - and
there is an increasing delectability in that knowledge.
There exists infinite potential grades of depth and profundity of
knowledge (outside of what has actually been created) going higher
and higher, leading right to the abode of the Blessed Trinity. In
the abode of the Blessed Trinity there is infinite profundity and
infinite simplicity at the same time. Only God is capable of
understanding all truth absolutely simply and comprehensively. The
rest of us are given more or less a share of that.
But it is all important to point out that our love must grow in
proportion to the truth that we have; for the knowledge that we have
is only there for the sake of our expressions of love or agape.
Catholicism has all truth and all love contained within it, which is
incarnated in Jesus Christ. It is our life's journey to unpack that
more and more.
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2006-11-12 06:27:56 · answer #2 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
John 14:16 - Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit would be with the Church forever. He said Himself not all would go to heaven)The Spirit prevents the teaching of error on faith and morals. It is guaranteed because the guarantee comes from God Himself who cannot lie.
John 14:26 - Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit would teach the Church (the apostles and successors) all things regarding the faith. This means that the Church can teach us the right moral positions on such things as in vitro fertilization, cloning and other issues that are not addressed in the Bible. After all, these issues of morality are necessary for our salvation, and God would not leave such important issues to be decided by us sinners without His divine assistance.
John 16:12 - Jesus had many things to say but the apostles couldn't bear them at that point. This demonstrates that the Church's infallible doctrine (not impeccable leaders) develops over time. All public Revelation was completed with the death of the last apostle, but the doctrine of God's Revelation develops as our minds and hearts are able to welcome and understand it. God teaches His children only as much as they can bear, for their own good.
John 16:13 - Jesus promises that the Spirit will "guide" the Catholic Church into all truth. Our knowledge of the truth develops as the Spirit guides the Church, and this happens over time.
1 Cor. 2:13 – Paul explains that what the ministers teach is taught, not by human wisdom, but by the Spirit. The ministers are led to interpret and understand the spiritual truths God gives them over time.
Eph. 4:13,15 – Paul indicates that attaining to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God to mature manhood is a process. We are to grow up in every way into Christ. Doctrine (which means “teaching”) develops as we understand God’s Revelation.
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Matt. 16:18 - Jesus promises the gates of Hades would never prevail against the Church. This requires that the Church teach infallibly. If the Church did not have the gift of infallibility, the gates of Hades and error would prevail. Also, since the Catholic Church was the only Church that existed up until the Reformation, those who follow the Protestant reformers call Christ a liar by saying that Hades did prevail.
John 11:51-52 - some non-Catholics argue that sinners cannot have the power to teach infallibly. But in this verse, God allows Caiaphas to prophesy infallibly, even though he was evil and plotted Jesus' death. God allows sinners to teach infallibly, just as He allows sinners to become saints. As a loving Father, He exalts His children, and is bound by His own justice to give His children a mechanism to know truth from error.
2006-11-12 06:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, human knows
[049:015] Only those are the believers who have believed in Allâh and His Messenger, and afterward doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives for the Cause of Allâh. Those! They are the truthful.
[049:016] Say: "Will you inform Allâh of your religion while Allâh knows all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allâh is All-Knowing of everything?"
[049:017] They regard as favour to you (O Muhammad [sal-Allâhu 'alayhi wa sallam]) that they have embraced Islâm. Say: "Count not your Islâm as a favour to me. Nay, but Allâh has conferred a favour upon you that He has guided you to the Faith if you indeed are true.
[049:018] Verily, Allâh knows the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. And Allâh is All-Seer of what you do.
2006-11-12 06:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Caramilk bar" line was great, but that sounds like a "searchable" thing.
2006-11-12 06:47:05 · answer #5 · answered by Calvin James Hammer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
those issues in which you'll be searching for at that particular time, and in case you have a actual intimate relationship with JESUS CHRIST the son of GOD then he will demonstrate to you mysteries.
2016-10-17 04:49:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear, as far as I can tell he hasn't delivered either.
2006-11-12 06:28:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh great and magnificent god, how DO they get the caramel in the Caramilk bar?
still waiting, apparently he doesn't know, either.
2006-11-12 06:25:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
no
2006-11-12 06:26:27 · answer #9 · answered by Robert K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋