U.S. Army Cavalryman • Iraq Combat Veteran • Spiritual Warfare Specialist • The Unapologetic Catholic Apologist • Catechist • Sarcasm is a gift from God
@GigaZen210@needGod_net .. the Book of Life) until true repentance and restoration. Faith and an initial act of repentance do not make final salvation irrevocable. We must persevere to the end (Mt 24:13; Heb 10:26-29).
@GigaZen210@needGod_net “He who conquers” will not be blotted out. Conquering is ongoing, not a one-time event.
Those who have received grace can still forfeit it by deliberately choosing sin over God (Galatians 5:4). Mortal sin after justification removes one from the state of grace (and thus from 👇
@ChevelDavila@CatholicDrip___ Nemo Scripturas possidet — nos modo eas compilavimus, servavimus, et librum quem in ramo illo legis sedes tibi tradidimus.
Day 1 Novena prayer against spiritual cowardice
@LeeFoo9
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti
Lord Give us the courage of the Apostles after Pentecost:
courage does’t flee from truth but trusts in Your strength; courage fears offending You more than men.
Amen
@DrShayPhD Wait until she finds out about Mit brennender Sorge or the thousands of Catholic clergy sent to Dachau.
There was another group in history that spread false propaganda about a religion they didn’t like wasn’t there?
@DrShayPhD, do you remember who that was? Help me out.
@GigaZen210@needGod_net True acceptance of Christ includes repentance and striving to keep the commandments (Jn 14:15; 1 Jn 2:3-6). But Scripture never teaches that this makes final salvation irrevocable the moment one “accepts” Him.
Names can be blotted from the book of life (Rev 3:5; Ex 32:32-33).
#OTD 1940 — Leon Trotsky assassinated 🇲🇽
Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky was mortally wounded by an assassin in Mexico City. He died the following day. The killing was part of Joseph Stalin’s campaign against Trotsky and his supporters.
🇳🇬 Kidnapped #Nigerian seminarian escapes
A Nigerian seminarian who had been abducted from a bishop’s residence escaped unharmed, according to @VaticanNews. The Diocese of Otukpo thanked God for his return and called attention to other captives who remain in danger.
North Korea launched more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea today, just as the U.S. and South Korea are conducting a scaled-back version of their annual military exercises. Seoul condemned the launches and raised surveillance.
@_PinkThug@sola_chad “I should not believe the Gospel except as moved by the authority of the Catholic Church.”
St. Augustine of Hippo (Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental, 5, 6; c. 397 AD)
@LutheranAnswers I really don’t understand the argument that Catholics don’t read the bible. It’s literally read, by parishioners, publicly, from the alter, at every mass, every day, in every Catholic Church in the world- it’s literally why we compiled these divinely inspired books into one.