A question for Catholics.?

Question

1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons.

Regarding this verse, have you ever wondered if the falling away from the truth faith and giving heed to doctrines of demons could pertain to the protestant reformation? Think about all the thousands of denominations and interpretations, yet the Holy Spirit isn't a spirit of confusion. Please share your perspective as fellow Catholics.

cristoiglesia, I'm in total agreement with you. The question was more about if you thought the posted scripture could relate to the dangerous doctrines of protestantism. But other than that, you hit the nail right on the head. Let us continue to pray that one day we might all be one. God bless.

Answer 1

I have to agree with Father K on this.

There are some very serious problems with Protestant theology that has eternal consequences. There is the problem of the forbidding of the Eucharist in Protestant worship denying the faithful not only the grace of endurance but Christ said that if you do not receive the real Body and Blood of our Lord you have no life in you. There is the further problem of the denial of the necessity of Baptism which puts people in grave danger.

As for the tens of thousands of exponentially increasing schisms, this is primarily the fault of Sola Scriptura and the denial of the truth of Sacred Tradition. Certainly this is not a fruit of the Spirit leading the church to divide and have a contentious spirit towards each other. The Lord prayed His last prayer in the garden that we all be one and may that be the desire and goal of all the faithful.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 2

No doubt,protestanism has been very bad for Christianity,but I also think the Roman erred in it's dealings with the Church in Constantinople. You have to admit,their nationist structure has prevented the kind of wholesale balkanization we've seen on our end. We have to accept responsibility for opting for an imperial structure. if that isn't the source of all the shabby differentiation we call the reformation,then why didn't this happen with the Eastern orthodox Church? Hm. Food for thought,is it not.

Answer 3

Well, I'm not Catholic of the "Roman" Variety.....but let me give this one a shot:

I think there was some serious Protestant influence at Vatican II - and I think that the RCC has suffered greatly for it. I think that this Pope is doing all he can be trying to reverse the damage (allowing the Latin Mass, changing the Creed back to the original "visible and invisible" instead of the heretical "seen and unseen" - changing the ridiculous "and also with you" back to "and with thy spirit", etc.) done by that kind of Protestant influence.