Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.
-G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy
Did you know?
An explosion of zinc fireworks occurs when a human egg is activated by a sperm enzyme, and the size of these “sparks” is a direct measure of its ability to develop into an embryo.
In other words, life begins with a flash of light.
@Edob46546631@lovinqthelord I must have misread my Bible, my Catechism, and Church documents then misunderstood Church history including yesterday when you became Pope. Whoops.
You should confess your sin of pride, brother.
2010. President Obama shoots down the whole "stop deportations and just let the illegal immigrants be" argument that the Democrat party is currently pushing.
@NateDOG1962@hegemonikos@BibleInContext1 Thank you for quoting from a Tradition of the Catholic Church to show why you shouldn't interpret scripture outside the frame God gave us.
@SecretFire79 Great post! Thank you for sharing. God bless our priests.
Lots of ignorance, pride, and lack of charity in the comments. ..."call no man father." etc.
Tell me you haven't spent time looking into the biblical reasons for Catholicism without telling me.
@hegemonikos@johnstaugustine@BibleInContext1 The office of Pope was established by Jesus in the Bible. You ought to look into this before throwing out something established by Jesus in Matthew 16 and witnessed in Acts 15 and elsewhere. Christians for the first 1000 years were united on this.
@hegemonikos@johnstaugustine@BibleInContext1 Mary worship doesn't exist in the Catholic Church. Because of your tradition of men handed on to you, when you see a religious statue, you've been told it's worship.
@hegemonikos@BibleInContext1 Paul:
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
@Wonder_B0Y_@DrFrankTurek Totally fair point. Skepticism is the first stance of the Catholic church when it comes to miracle claims. If proven wrong, how bad would that make us look? https://t.co/6388OziNKC
@Wonder_B0Y_@DrFrankTurek You're not an atheist, you're just bad at looking for things. If you want evidence (not proof) check out Eucharistic miracles: atheist heart surgeon can't explain - converts; Our lady of Fatima: 70,000 witnesses; Juan Diego's tilma: inexplicable image; Shroud of Turin...