Atheism is the rejection of the principle of sufficient reason and is therefore a fundamentally irrational worldview
Muslims: watch David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi
If the Church focuses on its mission to shepherd souls into heaven, then it will as a byproduct solve the other issues it cares about. Maybe the best solutions to political problems is NOT getting bogged down in political squabbles.
World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of men and women, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul.
It's time for Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians to unite against our common enemy
We can debate theology once every Muslim has been sent home
The rape gang report is not a deviation or corruption from the inherent values in Islam. The rape gang report shows Islam working as intended. Islam is a religion invented by a demon and given to Muhammad. Muslims, please consider Catholicism instead.
This is approximately a million times worse than Epstein. It’s not even remotely close. The scale. The nature of the crimes. The powerful institutions implicated. And yet something tells me that many of the Epstein obsessives will have nothing at all to say about this.
In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years.
1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state.
2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state.
3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens.
However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity".
🚨 Pope Leo XIV has sent a WARNING to migrants, telling them how to behave when they arrive into new countries:
'Learn its language, to respect its laws, to get to know its customs, to participate in communal life and to offer your gifts with gratitude'
Three cheers for Pope Leo's comments regarding the Christian foundations of Europe and the defense of the unborn. Echoing the sentiments of Pope Benedict XVI, Leo reminded his audience that the essential structures of European society and Europe's commitment to human rights are unthinkable apart from Christianity. And speaking before a hard-left Spanish Parliament, the Pope presented an admirably consistent ethic of life, defending migrants, to be sure, but also insisting that no society which "casts into the shadows" the unborn can be called truly just. With bracing clarity, he insisted, "Every human life must be recognized and safeguarded from conception to its natural end, in every circumstance of its existence." And he concluded that "the moral greatness of a nation" is manifested in this principle. That he has been received so warmly in Spain I take to be an encouraging sign that the people of that country, especially the youth, have finally had it with a soul-flattening secularist ideology.
In strictly theological terms, Catholics do not consider Mormons (Latter-day Saints) as Christians for these reasons:
Rejection of the Trinity: Catholicism affirms one God in three co-equal, co-eternal Persons (Nicene Creed). Mormonism teaches three separate gods (God the Father, Jesus, and Holy Ghost) united in purpose, not in substance (tritheism).
Different understanding of God: Catholics hold God as an eternal, immaterial Spirit who has always been God. Mormonism teaches God the Father has a physical body, was once a mortal man who progressed to godhood, and that humans can become gods.
Additional scriptures and revelation: Catholicism holds that public revelation ended with the apostles; Scripture and Sacred Tradition are sufficient. Mormonism adds the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price as equal or superior scripture, plus ongoing prophetic revelation.
Fundamentally different Christology: Catholic teaching is that Jesus is the eternal, uncreated second Person of the Trinity. Mormonism views Jesus as the literal spirit-brother of all humans, a created being who became divine (similar to other gods in their cosmology).
Apostolic succession and authority: The Catholic Church traces its priesthood directly to the apostles through unbroken succession. Mormonism claims the original Church fell into total apostasy, requiring Joseph Smith’s restoration with new authority.
These are only a few of the differences which places Mormonism outside historic, orthodox Christianity as defined by the early Church councils. Bottom line: LDS theology is a radical departure from the fundamental tenets of what one holds as a Christian.
@spencerpratt Even if Pratt loses this election, your votes for him still mattered. The huge amount of fraud needed in order to overcome Pratt's margin makes the fraud that much more obvious and undeniable. Your vote for Pratt exposed the fraud. Your vote was not meaningless.
@BasedMikeLee Anyone can read anything and come to their own interpretation. This process does not ultimately produce Christian unity. It's the same problem with Protestants. This is why I am Catholic and I have faith in the Catholic Church. Only the Church has legitimate teaching authority.
Muhammad and Joseph Smith performed ZERO miracles to give testimony to their new doctrines.
Jesus Christ and His Apostles performed hundreds of public miracles.
Catholic Saints have performed public miracles for 20 centuries.
@sakebu_cheese_ It's a little sloppy looking, but I can still read it. This is pretty good. Honestly, most Americans don't use cursive in everyday life and many probably don't know how to write it anymore. We mostly use it to sign our names on things and nothing more than that.