@johnkonrad Hey this is unrelated (good post though). I saw in an earlier post you went to Maritime and was wondering if you might have met my grandfather. He was the chief engineer there for quite a long time. I’ve been looking to reach out to the alumni association about getting some…
@DavidFischer The Douay Rheims. The reading is a bit harder than something like the NIV, but the message is far more accurate than more modern translations
@redeemed_zoomer Genuinely never met a Catholic who’s faith is conditional on the church. On the contrary, I’ve met many atheists who left their Protestant churches because of the milque toast teachings, and many who did not give up their faith and became Catholics instead
@PolakwKanadzie@FrMatthewLC We as Catholics answer to God. The pope is the figurehead of our faith, the successor of Peter, but he is not God himself. We submit to Rome because submission is the only thing the devil cannot do. And all other churches, who may be equally faithful, but refuse to submit…
@capauri Randomly woke up and happened to catch this. A poignant reminder of the beauty found in the everyday. I have to concur, from classrooms to the backs of ambulances, I find that there are far more good hearted people here than bad. Hope you had a happy 4th.
@Hebro_Steele True. A remarkably poignant sentiment not only about Catholicism, a faith I love dearly and am proud to call myself a follower of, but also of my country, which seems intent on tearing itself down via uneducated and self centered leftists, arguably applicable to Europe aswell.
@lambeth981 Don’t believe that works proceed from faith and that one can do works without faith or have faith without works.
We both agree in the necessity of works but differ as to whether or not those works are a side effect of faith or its own path to salvation
@lambeth981 Correct me if I’m wrong but the ultimate difference is simply that Protestants believe that if one has true faith they will likewise do works motivated by said faith and in accordance with it, thusfore not doing works means you don’t have faith, as opposed to Catholics who