tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212747024604809827.post2005118763892741038..comments2017-12-09T22:35:52.555+08:00Comments on Fiat Volvntas Tua: False teaching and discerning the Body of our LordFr. Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01591981421166316816noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212747024604809827.post-43427651785685466342010-12-16T00:55:05.530+08:002010-12-16T00:55:05.530+08:00Yes, the writings of some of the Church fathers di...Yes, the writings of some of the Church fathers did contradict each other as some of the fathers turned out to be heretics like the heretic Arius.<br /><br />I think that if you study history you will find that in the 17th century the Protestants murdered more Catholics than Catholics did Protestants. Men are sinners and sin is present among all.<br /><br />The reason for the Reformation had more to do with the rebels desire for a syncretic faith of Christianity and Secular Humanism. They wanted a God that served man instead of the orthodox God that man is called to serve. It had almost nothing to do with any corruption but a lust for power among the rebels.<br /><br />Most people do not have a problem with Christian art as you seem to have.Most people think that these images are a good way to teach and are certainly pleasing to God according to Scriptures.<br /><br />Calvin was one of the most evil of the rebels and was known as the butcher of Geneva. His was a quest for power and he went after that quest without mercy on his opponents.He was wrong in most everything he taught as one might expect from a Secular Humanist lawyer that thought himself a theologian. God bless!<br /><br />Fr. JosephFr. Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591981421166316816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212747024604809827.post-71532016330955112512010-12-14T02:43:45.695+08:002010-12-14T02:43:45.695+08:00I attended a Catholic High School growing up, bein...I attended a Catholic High School growing up, being immersed in catholic doctrine in High school- I gained a better understanding for it and also a respect for it. I understood the point and how it fit in with the doctrine of the church- <br /><br />What I objected though- as I took history classes and read other sources- is the corrupted Roman Catholic Church. The writings of the early fathers are very influental- however- the writings of the church fathers many times contradict each other. <br /><br />The Roman Catholic Church murdered hundreds of people in the 17th century (the protestants did as well, but not to the same extent as the Catholics).<br /><br />The reason there was a reformation was because of the Corrupted Christian Church - which was the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther did not want to split from the church, he wanted the church to be cleansed of its sin. But the Church at that time was not willing to do such a thing. Not until the counter reformation, the Council of Trent and the Jesuit movement - the church was very corrupt. You can see its corruptiveness today with many of these abuse cases. <br /><br />You can see the corruption of the Catholic Church in contrast to the teachings of the Apostolic Church and the early church Fathers in many writings-<br /><br />ie- Epiphanius, from Epis. ad Joann. Hierosolym - said- It is a horrid abomination to see in Christian temples a painted image either of Christ or any saint" <br /><br />Have you been to a Roman Catholic Church without images of Christ, Mary, the saints etc<br /><br />Although Calvin is only a man with his faults and fallacies- He made a very good point [on trying to stop the corruption of the Catholic church] when he said "We on the contrary, maintain,both that the church may exist without any apparent form, and moreover, that the form is not ascertained by that external splendor which they foolishly admire, but by the very differrent mark, namely, by the pure preaching of the word of God and the due [and proper] administration of the Sacraments.<br /><br />Sola fide<br />Sola scriptura<br />Solus Christus-Jordan-https://www.blogger.com/profile/07935569460011578115noreply@blogger.com