tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136009582011-04-22T00:26:13.953-04:00Hopefully an Apologetic reference for Catholic This Blog should be about Apologetics. I would like for Catholic's of Catholic Chat to be able to come here as a quick reference against the bashers. I will post my own arguments and I will allow others to post theirs'. I reserve the rights to edit anyone else's posting and I will listen to anyone’s criticizing on mine. Although I may not agree with them.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705218862287282073noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13600958.post-36315558376244013782008-09-27T15:19:00.002-04:002008-09-27T15:54:52.805-04:00

Papal infallibility is the dogma in Catholic theology that, by action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error[1] when he solemnly declares or promulgates to the Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at least being intimately connected to divine revelation. It is also taught that the Holy Spirit works in the

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(Latin miraculum, from mirari, "to wonder").In general, a wonderful thing, the word being so used in classical Latin; in a specific sense, the Latin Vulgate designates by miracula wonders of a peculiar kind, expressed more clearly in the Greek text by the terms terata, dynameis, semeia, i.e., wonders performed by supernatural power as signs of some special mission or gift and explicitly ascribed

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This post is going to stay at the top so that you can give me your impressions of the site in general, or if you just want to say "Hi". Say what you want, like I'll be able to stop you. Rest assure that I will listen to constructive criticism. But Troll’s dingleberry soup will just be poured down the toilet.

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I. NAME AND DEFINITIONRitus in classical Latin in means primarily, the form and manner of any religious observance, so Livy, 1, 7: "Sacra diis aliis albano ritu, græco Herculi ut ab Evandro instituta erant (Romulus) facit"; then, in general, any custom or usage. In English the word "rite" ordinarily means, the ceremonies, prayers, and functions of any religious body, whether pagan, Jewish, Moslem

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APOSTOLIC LETTERORDINATIO SACERDOTALISOF JOHN PAUL IITO THE BISHOPSOF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATIONTO MEN ALONEVenerable Brothers in the Episcopate,1. Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by Christ to his Apostles of teaching, sanctifying and governing the faithful, has in the Catholic Church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. This

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Origin of the Name of JesusIn this article, we shall consider the two words -- "Jesus" and "Christ" -- which compose the Sacred Name..The Holy Name of JesusWe give honour to the Name of Jesus, because it reminds us of all the blessings we receive through our Holy Redeemer..Early Historical Documents Concerning Jesus ChristIn this article, we discuss the ancient historical documents -- pagan,

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A theological term used with reference to the Incarnation to express the revealed truth that in Christ one person subsists in two natures, the Divine and the human. Hypostasis means, literally, that which lies beneath as basis or foundation. Hence it came to be used by the Greek philosophers to denote reality as distinguished from appearances (Aristotle, "Mund.", IV, 21). It occurs also in St.

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The Catholic custom of addressing priests as “father” dates back to the early years of Christianity. The writings of the early Church Fathers brim with examples of priests, bishops, and popes being referred to as “father.” In fact, the term “pope” derives from the Latin papa, an affectionate form of address given to many bishops in the early Church, though now, in the Western Church, it refers

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God created men sinless, Adam and Eve was without sin in Eden. Both Adam and Eve disobeyed God and introduced Sin into the world. Eve was the first to sin but the Original Sin is credited to Adam. This is an important point.The Blessed Mother was the Immaculate Conception because she was to be the Mother of the incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. By the will of the Father, the Holy Spirit took

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This article is divided as follows:I. Dogma of the Trinity; II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture; III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition; IV. The Trinity as a Mystery; V. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Greek Theology; VI. The Doctrine as Interpreted in Latin Theology. I. THE DOGMA OF THE TRINITY.The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion --

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The subject is treated under these heads:I. Catholic DoctrineII. ErrorsIII. ProofsIV. Duration and NatureV. Succouring the DeadVI. IndulgencesVII. Invocation of SoulsVIII. Utility of Prayer for the Departed I. CATHOLIC DOCTRINE.Purgatory (Lat., "purgare", to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this

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Naturalism is not so much a special system as a point of view or tendency common to a number of philosophical and religious systems; not so much a well-defined set of positive and negative doctrines as an attitude or spirit pervading and influencing many doctrines. As the name implies, this tendency consists essentially in looking upon nature as the one original and fundamental source of all that

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(Also called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.).This religious body had its origin during the early part of the nineteenth century.Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of the sect, was the son of a Vermont farmer, and was born in Sharon township, Windsor County, in that state, on 23 December, 1805. In the spring of 1820, while living with his parents at Manchester, Ontario

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(Lat. Vicarius Christi).A title of the pope implying his supreme and universal primacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ. It is founded on the words of the Divine Shepherd to St. Peter: "Feed my lambs. . . . Feed my sheep" (John 21:16-17), by which He constituted the Prince of the Apostles guardian of His entire flock in His own place, thus making him His Vicar and

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Islam, an Arabic word which, since Mohammed's time, has acquired a religious and technical significance denoting the religion of Mohammed and of the Koran, just as Christianity denotes that of Jesus and of the Gospels, or Judaism that of Moses, the Prophets, and of the Old Testament.Grammatically, the word Islam is the infinitive of the so-called fourth verbal form of the regular intransitive

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Many a time the Catholic has been accused that the Hail Mary is not in Holy Scripture, but it is. The Hail Mary can be broken down in into four section and three of the four is directly taken from Holy Scripture. While the fourth part, (the pention) is alluded to Revelations.@Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with you (LK 1:28) Blessed are you Among Women and Blessed is the fruit of your womb

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Since by His holy sacrificial death upon the Cross Christ sanctified this former instrument of shame and ignominy, it must have very soon become in the eyes of the faithful a sacred symbol of the Passion, consequently a sign of protection and defence (St. Paulinus of Nola, "Carm. in Natal. S. Felicis", XI, 612; Prudent., "Adv. Symm.", I, 486). It is not, therefore, altogether strange or

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Angels(Latin angelus; Greek aggelos; from the Hebrew for "one going" or "one sent"; messenger). The word is used in Hebrew to denote indifferently either a divine or human messenger. The Septuagint renders it by aggelos which also has both significations. The Latin version, however, distinguishes the divine or spirit-messenger from the human, rendering the original in the one case by angelus and

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(Greek Antichristos).In composition anti has different meanings: antibasileus denotes a king who fills an interregnum; antistrategos, a propraetor; anthoupatos, a proconsul; in Homer antitheos denotes one resembling a god in power and beauty, while in other works it stands for a hostile god. Following mere analogy one might interpret antichristos as denoting one resembling Christ in appearance

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Man is in various ways subject to the influence of evil spirits. By original sin he brought himself into "captivity under the power of him who thence [from the time of Adam's transgression] had the empire of death, that is to say, the Devil" (Council of Trent, Sess. V, de pecc. orig., 1), and was through the fear of death all his lifetime subject to servitude (Heb., ii, 15). Even though redeemed

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The subject will be treated in this article under the four heads:I. Belief in Inspired books; II. Nature of Inspiration; III. Extent of Inspiration; IV. Protestant Views on the Inspiration of the Bible.I. BELIEF IN INSPIRED BOOKSA. Among the JewsThe belief in the sacred character of certain books is as old as the Hebrew literature. Moses and the prophets had committed to writing a part of the

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Sacred Scripture is one of the several names denoting the inspired writings which make up the Old and New Testament.I. USE OF THE WORDThe corresponding Latin word scriptura occurs in some passages of the Vulgate in the general sense of "writing"; e.g., Ex., xxxii, 16: "the writing also of God was graven in the tables"; again, II Par., xxxvi, 22: "who [Cyrus] commanded it to be proclaimed through

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A collection of writings which the Church of God has solemnly recognized as inspired.The name is derived from the Greek expression biblia (the books), which came into use in the early centuries of Christianity to designate the whole sacred volume. In the Latin of the Middle Ages, the neuter plural for Biblia (gen. bibliorum) gradually came to be regarded as a feminine singular noun (biblia, gen.

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To our beloved and most reverend fellow-ministers of the Catholic Church in every place, Alexander sends greeting in the Lord:1. Since the body of the Catholic Church is one, and it is commanded in Holy Scripture that we should keep the bond of unanimity and peace, it follows that we should write and signify to one another the things which are done by each of us; that whether one member suffer or

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BY ALEXANDER OF ALEXANDRIAI.--TO ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE.To the most reverend and like-minded brother, Alexander, Alexander sends greeting in the Lord;1. The ambitious and avaricious will of wicked men is always wont to lay snares against those churches which seem greater, by various pretexts attacking the ecclesiastical piety of such. For incited by the devil who works in

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St. AlexanderPatriarch of Alexandria, date of birth uncertain; died 17 April, 326. He is, apart from his own greatness, prominent by the fact that his appointment to the patriarchial see excluded the heresiarch Arius from that post. Arius had begun to teach his heresies in 300 when Peter, by whom he was excommunicated, was Patriarch. He was reinstated by Achillas, the successor of Peter and then

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The territory on the right bank of the Tiber between Monte Mario and Gianicolo (Janiculum) was known to antiquity as the Ager Vaticanus, and, owing to its marshy character, the low-lying portion of this district enjoyed an ill repute. The origin of the name Vaticanus is uncertain; some claim that the name comes from a vanished Etruscan town called Vaticum. This district did not belong to ancient

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For current procedures regarding the election of the pope, see Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic Constitution UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS. See also PAPAL ELECTIONS and CONCLAVE.The supreme headship of the Church is, we have seen, annexed to the office of Roman bishop. The pope becomes chief pastor because he is Bishop of Rome: he does not become Bishop of Rome because he has been chosen to be head

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I read in the newspaper that the Old and New Testament clearly state that homosexuality is an abomination and [homosexuals] were stoned to death. The letter goes on to say moral values as per the Bible teaches a true believer should hate homosexuals.My question is, where in the Bible does it state homosexuals are an abomination and were stoned to death? I want to see it for myself. I cannot bring

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When I arrived one evening at a suburban Chicago parish to conduct an apologetics seminar, I noticed a life-sized statue of our Lady of Fatima on the rectory lawn. Kneeling before that statue were three smaller statues of Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta — the children to whom our Lady appeared. Their statues were kneeling in prayer, heads bowed before the larger statue.Turning to my colleague in

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We believe (I believe) in one God,the Father Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,and of all things visible and invisible.And in one Lord Jesus Christ,the only begotten Son of God,and born of the Father before all ages.(God of God)light of light,true God of true God.Begotten not made,consubstantial to the Father,by whom all things were made.Who for us men and for our salvation came down from

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by Fr. Andrew Apostoli4/22/04Words of Archbishop Fulton SheenIt was the tremendous lesson of the Resurrection that every follower of Christ would understand until the end of the world, the lesson that meant unlearning all the wisdom the world ever taught and ever will teach; and that lesson, which still thrills our hearts today, is that: It was not Christ Who died — it was death! The Resurrection

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