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@mfjlewis Hopefully, the objective is truth and not to present political messages.

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@Truth_matters20 All revelation is to be found within the written scriptures. However, not all is to be explicitly derived from the written scriptures alone.

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@Truth_matters20 How do you know? Does the Bible tell you how many books are included?

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@Truth_matters20 Great, please let me know which are those "empty phrases" that you're referring to.

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Why is this controversial? I have never received while kneeling, but why should a bishop try to suppress this traditional sign of reverence toward the Eucharist?

At best, this is someone who is out of touch with a faction of the faithful, not acting in a "synodal way" accounting for the pastoral needs of his flock.

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@FeserEdward Did I miss something?

This is officially a police action that occurred to acquire a foreign dignitary in order to execute justice. Why is this illegitimate?

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@Truth_matters20 Why would Mary being the ark of the new covenant be considered blasphemy? Is the child Jesus not worthy enough for a holy dwelling place?

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@FeserEdward The US is not taking Greenland by force. Trump did not just show up on the scene, so there is no reason to misinterpret his rhetoric, no matter how inappropriate it may be.

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Once again false. Please read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is online and it is free.

1) The Church, in a normative sense, one (no matter the age) needs to have the "stain" of original sin in a spiritual sense removed through baptism, being reborn through water and the Spirit (John 3:5).
2) The Bible speaks of two basic categories sin - venial and mortal. While venial sins wound our relationship with God, mortal sins cut us off from His divine grace (1 John 5:16-17).
3) One in a state of mortal sin cannot through good works be justified or in your words "re-justified". Rather, the grace necessary for forgiveness of mortal sins cannot be merited by anything we do.
4) For those in a state of grace and if we are properly disposed, we can receive and benefit by the graces received through the sacraments that may help one live according to God's commandments and avoid mortal sin.

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@TraviXai @Sola_GPT Ok, let's put this another way. LDS theology is not monotheistic, such that the LDS believe that a multitude of gods, uncreated beings, exist. Fair?

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It’s not about assumptions, but rather it is based on revelation that the Holy Spirit guides the Church not through the of the first century, but until the end of the world (Matt 28:20).

The Bible is clear that the continuity of the Church is guaranteed and not up for discussion.

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It is true that the LDS does not profess the doctrine of the Trinity, but it is a core Christian teaching.

Jesus, according to Christian theology, has two natures, both human and divine. His divine nature is eternal and of the same substance of the Father and the Spirit.

From scripture, it states in different places Jesus' humanity as well as his divinity. We also see the Trinity acting in concert with one another. Not only our we baptized in the Trinity (Matt 28:19), but we also see that Jesus himself was raised from the dead by the Trinity (Rom 6:4, Rom 8:11, John 10:17).

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Not sure why you picked Irenaeus, as he pointed to apostolic tradition, kept their successors (i.e., bishops), to discern the true faith.

This included the scriptures, but it is also important to understand that different local churches did to have the same set of New Testament writings prior to the canon being formalized. It was a decision by the Church based on Sacred Tradition (i.e., Apostolic Tradition) and not Sacred Scripture that determined the cannon.

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I am sure Pope Francis and those counseling him had their reasons at the time for not responding to the Cardinals’ Dubia in 2016.

What I think gets missed regarding this issue and others like this is Rome is no longer simply responding a Cardinal or even a group of Cardinals in private, but now with the advent of the internet, Rome is responding or failing to respond to Catholics at large.

It was a missed opportunity, in my view, not to reaffirm doctrine and put the focus squarely on the issue at hand. That is changing sacramental discipline, taking into account one’s personal culpability vs muddying the water with questions about intrinsic evils and the role of the conscience. Rome's failure in this regard, in my view, caused harm to many of the faithful.

I realize Pope Leo will not address the Dubia directly, but I still hope in various ways he will reaffirm those teachings associated with the Dubia.

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@katiakitty1234 @TrevorSheatz We see that the good works of the believer do indeed have merit (1 Cor 3:13-15). If not, then why would those who are saved that have good works be rewarded and those that do not be punished?

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@TeeplesCY There is no ambiguity regarding this question. In the very same gospel, Thomas explicitly declares that Jesus is God (John 20:28).

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I appreciate you digging out this information. When I first read Amoris Laetitia, specifically chapter 8, I was perplexed by the following statement on conscience.

In 303, it says regarding our conscience in terms of marriage “It can also recognize with sincerity and honesty what for now is the most generous response which can be given to God, and come to see with a certain moral security that it is what God himself is asking amid the concrete complexity of one’s limits.”

Apart from questioning the wisdom of providing access to the sacraments based on a discernment of one’s culpability, I would hope Pope Leo addresses the Dubia related to Amoris Laetitia, even if indirectly, as I believe that is a necessary step for unity and to help all move forward.