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The Roman Catholic Church is misunderstood by almost everyone and so has acquired a pretty bad name. I was visiting a Protestant website and the publisher said he had the requirements that Roman Catholics believe are necessary to enter Heaven, here they are:

"The Vatican teaches that salvation is through the church.
According to the Catholic church you must do all of the following in order to receive salvation:

Confess your sins to a Roman Catholic priest.
"Receive" all appropriate Roman Catholic sacraments.
Believe that Grace comes only via Rome's sacraments, and only through Mary.
Buy or earn as many indulgences as possible so as to avoid Purgatory.
Believe that Grace can only be distributed to you by Mary.
Attend the Roman Catholic Mass on all Sundays and holy days.
Obey all of Rome's rules (i.e., precepts of the Church).
Be a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Submit yourself to the Pope."

Clearly this uninformed individual has know idea what he is talking about. As a Roman Catholic I know Grace does not come from Mary, but from The Holy Spirit good works, good faith, etc. We do not buy or earn indulgences to get out of purgatory, though I see what he is doing here.

Roughly 500 years ago there was a false Priest selling indulgences to Catholics and he was unchecked by the leaders of the Church because they were lazy and cared mainly for money. Actually this guy was one of the reasons Martin Luther tried to reform the Church. Of course we attend Church on Sundays and Holy days, God told us to in the third commandment: "Remember to keep Holy the Lord's Day." We obey all of Romes rules because They are given to us by Christ, duh. You do not have to be a member of the Church to enter Heaven, as Vatican 2 asserted, but if you are it may mean less purgatory time if you were a true Catholic. As Catholics we must submit ourselves to the Pope because Jesus started the whole Pope thing anyway.

Here is the link to his website: www.prophecyandtruth.com

Faith (continued)

If Lutherans believe in scripture alone then why do they have the book of Concord? It only proves that Lutherans are more similar to Catholics than they realise, seeing as we Have the Catechism to translate the Bible. Please note that when I talk about my Lutheran family that I am not talking about the ELCA, a liberal branch of Lutheranism that promotes Homosexuality.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Faith

On Face book My Lutheran Uncle sent everyone a happy Halloween and reformation day ( the day Martin Luther broke from the Church is celebrated on Halloween) and then said: "Faith alone; Scripture alone; and Grace alone." This is a popular Protestant belief. We as Catholics do believe grace saves you ( grace is the life of God in us). "Faith alone" contradicts the Roman Catholic teaching that faith plus works saves you. The Bible doesn't teach "Faith alone," or at least, Jesus doesn't. Listen to this: James 2:14-17-"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well, but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead."

Wow, that seems kind of obvious.

Elections

Today is election day, Hurray!!!! The candidates seem pretty likely, and their percentage is higher than the Democrats.

Rapture?

Have you heard!? We're all gonna' be raptured on May 21st!! Well, that's what I've heard, the only reason I'm kind of in doubt about this is that this same guy (Harold Camping) prophesied the rapture a few years ago and quite a few people flocked to his church to wait for Christ. And wait for Christ. And wait for Christ. Well, Christ didn't show, so the people went away, to wait for the next prophesy. I also just so happen to not believe in the rapture, I mean, what about fighting the AntiChrist? You can believe what you want but I would like to warn you that no one will know the day or the hour.