After a long period of discernment I am leaving Eastern Orthodoxy for Rome on the basis on primarily Saint Celestine and Saint Agatho alongside a long plethora of witnesses to the papacy
I love all of you my brothers and sisters I’m sorry things have to end with my departure from you all and the unity we shared
I am grieved and have been grieving the reality of this for awhile forgive me all of you
May Saint Theodore the studite pray for us
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> I witness now before God and men, they have torn themselves away from the Body of Christ,** from the supreme see (τοῦ κορυϕαἲκοῦ θρόνου) [See of Rome], in which Christ placed the keys of the faith, against which the gates of hell (I mean the mouths of heretics) have not prevailed, and never will until the consummation, according to the promise of Him who cannot lie.** Let the most blessed and apostolic [Pope] Paschal rejoice therefore, for he has fulfilled the work of Peter.
`St. Theodore the Studite of Constantinople to Naucratius, [PG 99.1281, in The First Eight General Councils and Papal Infallibility, by Chapman, 76n3, 817 AD]`
“As I have said before, I regard women’s rights women and the leaders in the new school of female progress as the worst enemies of the female sex.
They teach that which robs women of all that is amiable and gentle, tender and attractive, and which gives nothing in return but masculine boldness and brazen effrontery.
They are habitually preaching about women’s rights and prerogatives, but have not a word to say about her duties and responsibilities. They withdraw her from those sacred obligations which properly belong to her sex, and fill her with ambition to usurp a position for which neither God nor nature ever intended her.”
James Cardinal Gibbons, “The Restless Woman” (1902)
After a long period of discernment I am leaving Eastern Orthodoxy for Rome on the basis on primarily Saint Celestine and Saint Agatho alongside a long plethora of witnesses to the papacy
I love all of you my brothers and sisters I’m sorry things have to end with my departure from you all and the unity we shared
I am grieved and have been grieving the reality of this for awhile forgive me all of you
May Saint Theodore the studite pray for us
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> I witness now before God and men, they have torn themselves away from the Body of Christ,** from the supreme see (τοῦ κορυϕαἲκοῦ θρόνου) [See of Rome], in which Christ placed the keys of the faith, against which the gates of hell (I mean the mouths of heretics) have not prevailed, and never will until the consummation, according to the promise of Him who cannot lie.** Let the most blessed and apostolic [Pope] Paschal rejoice therefore, for he has fulfilled the work of Peter.
`St. Theodore the Studite of Constantinople to Naucratius, [PG 99.1281, in The First Eight General Councils and Papal Infallibility, by Chapman, 76n3, 817 AD]`
Not to change the subject from burritos but when I was earning poverty wages in my 20s I used to go to Subway nearly every day and get a footlong Italian sub for 5 dollars. It was generally the only big meal I would eat in a day.
If I was hungry later at night, I could always swing by McDonald’s and grab a chicken sandwich for a dollar.
All of these people are screaming about “eating at home” but I basically never made meals at home in those days and I was able to get by. You used to be able to survive on low wages without making meals from scratch. If that’s not possible anymore then it’s a sign that our standard of living is declining. That’s a problem. You should care about that.
Anyway, I went to a Subway recently and that same sandwich was 13 dollars. McDonald’s, of course, doesn’t sell anything for a dollar anymore.
“The Roman elite have imported millions of slaves to work the fields, leaving our once-proud Roman citizens with no land and no hope and nothing to live for but bread and circuses. What should we do, Roman Neocons?”
Roman Neocons: “Take away the bread.”
It used to be vulgar to mock people who are struggling financially. Now it's almost all of conservative media. These people really are scum of the earth.
Muslim armies invaded Spain in 711 AD and ruled the country for almost 800 yrs.
The Reconquista - the centuries-long Christian struggle to reclaim their homeland - finally triumphed in 1492 when Ferdinand & Isabella captured Granada, the last Islamic stronghold.
IT’S NEVER OVER!
On the eve of the Feast of the Assumption, St. Anthony of Padua struggled with doubts about whether the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven. He prayed earnestly for light and clarity🇻🇦
In response, Our Lady appeared to him in a beautiful vision. She assured him that she was indeed assumed into Heaven, body and soul, and urged him to defend and proclaim this profound truth.
St. Anthony obeyed with zeal. He preached and wrote powerfully about the Assumption, using rich scriptural imagery. Centuries later, when Pope Pius XII solemnly defined the Dogma of the Assumption in 1950, he highlighted St. Anthony’s exceptional contributions to this teaching.
This powerful story reminds us that Mary, the Mother of God, is our greatest intercessor. Her Assumption is a sign of hope for all of us, where she has gone, we hope to follow, through the grace of her Son.
“The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” (Munificentissimus Deus)
Queen assumed into Heaven, pray for us!
I know of 4 young Evangelical couples who have divorced recently, each due to the same issue
The man was narcissistic, controlling, manipulative, and used Scripture to justify the abusive behavior and compel Submission to it
Some estimates put the incidence of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in men as high as 9%. Unfortunately, these men will be abusive in marriage and will use Scripture to justify their behavior and demand complete submission to it
Based on the statistics and my own experience with this pattern, I do not think red flags should be ignored when young women are dating
What Joshua proposes here would be a red flag and my daughter would not be allowed to continue dating a man who did this
One of the easiest ways for a man to see if a woman is worth pursuing: ask her to dress modestly in public (since most don’t these days).
If she says no, she rejects the authority of Christ, and would thus reject your authority as a husband.
Move on.