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@CatholicFQ Point 4 was interesting. Not sure if priest are required to do continuing education but most secular professions require it. Is there something priest do after seminary to keep learning?

[Knights of Columbus @KofC]

The Knights of Columbus recently released a new five-episode video series that seeks to reclaim a distinctly Catholic vision of man’s mission in the world. “Into the Breach: The Dignity of Work” examines modern misconceptions about work — including the reduction of identity to productivity, the devaluation of physical labor and the lure of workaholism. The series shows that true fulfillment emerges when work is integrated with faith, humility, rest and leisure.

Read more: https://t.co/up3w9vkPcv

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@carbo_al Is this Hillary 2028?

[Beauty of the Catholic Faith @advoluntas]

♰ Two Astonishing Miracles at Lourdes, France 🇫🇷 ♰

🇻🇦 Nostra Domina de Lourdes ora pro nobis 🙏
🇫🇷 Notre Dame de Lourdes priez pour nous 🙏
🇺🇸 Our Lady of Lourdes pray for us 🙏

🎥 The television program 'Unsolved Mysteries' gives eyewitness accounts of two astonishing miracles at Lourdes, France 🇫🇷

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@PrayTheRosary Great idea. Might have to do this.

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@JackPosobiec 💯

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@PGATUOR Didn’t watch it. Heard it was terrible. I watched the all American half time by TPUSA

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@CatholicFQ It was very good. I watched on TBN.

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@JackPosobiec Awesome. Gave me chills.

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@catturd2 Need Creed next year.

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@catturd2 So much better. Hope it’s every year

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@catturd2 I’m watching on TBN

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@CatholicFQ It’s disturbing how they twist or change scripture to fit their life instead of changing their life to fit scripture.

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊 & 𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒, 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐒?

✋ Did you know that for the first 300 YEARS of Christianity… there was NO CHRISTIAN BIBLE?

Yet the Church grew, converted nations, survived persecutions, and kept the teachings of Jesus alive WITHOUT depending on a “Bible alone.”

Why? Because Jesus never said,
“Write a book!”

He said,
“Preach… Teach… Do this in memory of Me… Listen to the Church.”

Let’s uncover truths many Christians don’t know (or don’t want to admit):

📌 1️⃣ 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 & 𝙇𝙪𝙠𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙎𝙤 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝘿𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙨?

😲 Many assume apostles wrote the Gospels. But in fact:

• Mark was NOT an apostle. He was Peter’s disciple, writing Peter’s preaching.
• Luke was NOT an apostle. He was Paul’s companion, writing Paul’s account of Christ.

Now ask yourself:

❓Who told us Mark and Luke wrote these Gospels?

Not the Bible! 📖
There is NO verse that says:

“Mark wrote this gospel.”

“Luke wrote this gospel.”

The ONLY reason we know their authorship is because the Catholic Church preserved this information through Sacred Tradition.

👉 Tradition, not the Bible, tells us who wrote the Bible.

📌 2️⃣ 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙄𝙨 𝙐𝙉𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒𝙉?

Even scholars agree:

❗ No one truly knows who wrote Hebrews.

It could be Paul, Barnabas, Apollos, Luke, Clement… no one is sure.

So why did the early Church include it in the Bible?

👉 Because Sacred Tradition AND the Magisterium accepted it as inspired.

Not because the text declared its own author.
Not because of “Bible alone.”
But because the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, discerned it.

📌 3️⃣ 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙏𝙃 𝘽𝙊𝙈𝘽 💣:

The Bible Quoted Books That Are NOT in the Bible!

Did you know the New Testament quotes or references books that are NOT included in the canon?

📌 Book of Enoch — quoted by Jude
📌 Book of Jubilees — alluded to by early Christians
📌 Assumption of Moses — quoted by Jude
📌 Book of Jashar — quoted in Joshua & 2 Samuel
📌 Book of Nathan the Prophet
📌 Book of Gad the Seer
📌 Book of Samuel the Seer
📌 Epistle to the Laodiceans — mentioned by Paul
📌 Enochic literature referenced in NT theology

The Bible quotes books that the Bible did not include.

Who decided which books stay and which books do not?

👉 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH through Tradition and the Magisterium.

📌 4️⃣ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙇𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙎 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙏𝙃 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙢

🏛️ ✝️ The Catholic Church teaches that God’s revelation comes from three inseparable sources:

✅ Sacred Scripture (the Bible)

✅ Sacred Tradition (oral teachings before Scripture existed)

✅ The Magisterium (teaching authority of the Church)

These THREE form the “Three-Legged Chair of Truth.”
Remove one leg, the entire system collapses.

This is why Sola Scriptura (Bible alone) is impossible.

👇 Read this carefully:

😳 If the Bible is the ONLY source of truth…

Then there was NO truth for the first 300 years before the Bible existed.

And that is historically FALSE.

The Church lived the truth, preached the truth, defended the truth, and taught the truth before a single New Testament book was formed.

Truth existed because the Church existed.
And the Church existed because Christ founded it, not because of a book.

📌 5️⃣ 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙃𝙐𝙂𝙀 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚

Before ANY New Testament book was written:

✔ Christians were already baptizing
✔ Celebrating the Eucharist
✔ Ordaining bishops & priests
✔ Using the sign of the cross
✔ Praying liturgically
✔ Believing in the Real Presence
✔ Worshiping on Sunday
✔ Keeping Apostolic teachings orally

Tradition came FIRST.
Scripture came SECOND.
The Magisterium preserved BOTH.

The Bible did NOT create the Church.
The Church created the Bible.

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@HarryLockPicks 🏀🏀🏀

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@trad_west_ Getting my shirt delivered tomorrow.

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@ManilTrivedi @SharpFootball Tom Brady went to Tampa and won another Super Bowl.

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@HarryLockPicks After benfica scored third I was worried they were going to take him out.

[c_hess23 @c_hess23]

@PowayPatrick17 @SharpFootball Right. So he didn’t win anything before or after Tom Brady.