You
Must
Either
Keep
the
Whole
Law,
or
Reject
it
ALL...
"For whoever keeps the whole law, but offends
in one point, has become guilty in all."
James 2:10
Obedience is key to keeping the Law and is mandatory
for being Catholic. The Bible is full of verses admonishing us to be obedient.
Here are just a few:
"All that the Lord has said, we will do, and
be obedient." Ex 24:7.
"...so shall you too perish for not obeying the
voice of the Lord, your GOD." Deut 8:20.
"For to this very end also did I write, that
I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things."
2Cor 2:9.
"Alexander, the coppersmith, has done me much
harm; the Lord will render to him according to his
deeds. Do thou also avoid him for he has vehemently opposed our words."
2Tim 4:14-15
"Servants, obey your masters,..." Eph
6:5.
"Admonish them to be subject to princes and
authorities, obeying commands, ready for every good work,..." Tit
3:1.
"As obedient children, do not conform to the
lusts of former days when you were ignorant;..."
1Pet 1:14.
"OBEY YOUR SUPERIORS
AND BE SUBJECT TO THEM, FOR THEY KEEP WATCH AS HAVING TO RENDER AN ACCOUNT
OF YOUR SOULS; SO THAT THEY MAY DO THIS WITH JOY,
AND NOT WITH GRIEF,
FOR THAT WOULD NOT BE EXPEDIENT FOR YOU."
HEB 13:17.
I would say Heb 13:17 says
it all, wouldn't you agree?
Are you guilty of causing some
of the grief mentioned in Heb 13:17, by not being obedient to decisions
made by the Pope, the visible head of the Catholic Church, and by the Magisterium?
If so, why? Remember, they are keeping a watch over your souls...
"If in your community
there is a case at issue which proves too complicated for you to decide,
in a matter of bloodshed or of civil rights or of personal injury, you
shall then go up to the place which the Lord your GOD chooses, to the Levitical
priests (Magisterium)
or to the JUDGE (Pope) who is IN OFFICE (The
Papacy) at that
time. They shall study the case and then hand down to you their decision.
According to this decision that they give you in the place which the Lord
chooses, you shall act, BEING CAREFUL TO DO EXACTLY AS THEY DIRECT. YOU
SHALL CARRY OUT THE DECISIONS WHICH THEY GIVE YOU AND THE VERDICT THEY
PRONOUNCE FOR YOU, WITHOUT TURNING ASIDE TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT FROM
THE DECISION THEY HAND DOWN TO YOU. ANY MAN WHO HAS THE INSOLENCE TO REFUSE
TO LISTEN TO THE PRIEST WHO OFFICIATES THERE IN THE MINISTRY OF THE LORD,
YOUR GOD, OR TO THE JUDGE,
SHALL DIE (now, Spiritual death).
THUS SHALL YOU PURGE THE EVIL FROM YOUR MIDST." Deut 17:8-12
"In this breastpiece
of decision you shall put the Urim and Thummim, that they may be over Aaron's
heart whenever he enters the presence of the Lord. Thus HE SHALL ALWAYS
BEAR THE DECISIONS FOR THE ISRAELITES OVER HIS HEART IN THE LORD'S PRESENCE."
Ex 28:30
Now, just what do these verses
prefigure? This is exactly how the Pope
and the Magisterium
work in
conjunction with the Holy
Spirit today.
Oh yes, for all of you like,
'We Are The Church', who want the Church to be a democracy run by the people,
instead of the hierarchy that it is, I must remind you of something. We
are the
Church already. We are the body, and Jesus Christ is the invisible head.
The Pope is the visible head. Do you really believe the body controls the
head? I always thought the head controlled the body.
For the feminists, the squeaky wheels who demand inclusive
language in the Bible, and in the Liturgy, and elsewhere, are you really
interested in the orthodoxy of Catholic teaching, or is trying to force
your agenda upon the "Rock" more important to you? Is your "opinion"
more important to you than the truth?
GOD has no gender. GOD is pure spirit (John 4:24) and spirits have no gender.
However, for over 4000 years GOD has been of the male gender in Scripture:
In the first book of the Bible, way back in Gen 1:5, the very first page
of Holy Scripture,
"God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night."
In Gen 1:27, "GOD created man in his image. In the image of
GOD he created him. Male and female he created them."
In that one verse, GOD is referred to in the male gender three times.
Even in John 4:24, "GOD is spirit, and they who worship him
must worship in spirit and in truth."
And in the last book of the Bible, "There shall no more be anything
accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his
servants shall worship him; they shall see his face, and
his name shall be on their foreheads." Rev 22:3-4
GOD is referred to in the male gender four times in two verses.
Thousands of times throughout the entire Bible, GOD is referred to in the
male gender .
I.C.E.L., the "International Committee on English in the Liturgy",
are the ones responsible for putting
the inclusive language into the NAB (New American
Bible), which was done under pressure to appease the feminists.
Lo and behold, ICEL has been called
on the carpet by the Vatican who is making them change it
back. Inclusive language is now being removed.
A persons private opinion has no bearing whatsoever on doctrinal truth.
Why should anyone want to deviate from what is true,
to what is not true?
Notice to ALL dissidents. All who
want female priests. All who want an end to priestly celibacy. All who
want to change this or to change that, please read very carefully. Church
dogma cannot be changed by anyone but Jesus Christ. Please do not put the
blame on our Holy Father for something he cannot do. The Catholic Church
is a Hierarchy, setup by Jesus Christ Himself in Matt 16:18. It is governed
by the visible head, the Pope, in conjunction with the Magisterium and
the Bishops and Cardinals, and of course the Holy Spirit. It is not a democracy
run by the people. If 98% of the laity want something changed, IT WILL
NOT CHANGE if it is in opposition to dogma.
"...but for those who are factious and do not
obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury."
Rom 2:8
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there
is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted
by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed,
and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to
good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority?
Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s
servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not
bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on
the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God’s wrath
but also for the sake of conscience." Rom 13:1-5
"I appeal to you, brethren, to take note of those who create dissensions
and difficulties, in opposition to the doctrine which you have been taught;
avoid them." Rom 16:17
"I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that
you be united in the same mind and the same judgment."
1Cor 1:10
"Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor."
1Cor 10:24
"Do not be a stumbling block to Jews or to Greeks and to the Church
of God." 1Cor 10:32
"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace." 1Cor 14:33
"Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these
things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore
do not associate with them,..." Eph 5:6-7
"Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in
accord with the tradition that you received from us."
2Thess 3:6
James 2:10, holds true for our beautiful
Catholic Church. Either you accept all of its teachings, or you
reject them all. Either you accept all of the teachings of
the visible head of the Church, Pope John Paul II, or you reject them all.
Either you accept all of the teachings of the invisible head of
the Church, Jesus Christ, or you reject them all. There are no exceptions.
LETTER OF THE HOLY OFFICE TO THE ARCHBISHOP
OF BOSTON, AUG. 8, 1949.
This letter, proposed on July 27 and approved the
next day by the Supreme Pontiff, is directed against that rigorism by which
certain members of the institutions "St. Benedict's Center" and
"Boston College" interpret the saying "Outside the Church
there is no salvation" to mean that all non- Catholics--catechumens
having the explicit intention of entering the Catholic Church excepted--are
excluded from eternal salvation. One of these rigorists, Leonard Feeney,
unmoved by the warning of Church authority, was excommunicated on Feb.
4, 1953.
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Among those things which the Church has always proclaimed
and never leaves off proclaiming is contained the infallible proposition
by which we are taught that "outside the Church there is no salvation."
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Nevertheless, this dogma must be understood in the
sense in which the Church itself understands it. For our Savior did not
give the contents of the deposit of faith to private judgments, but to
the magisterium of the Church. The Church does in fact teach how this most
severe precept of Jesus Christ is to be interpreted. For He Himself charged
His apostles to teach all nations to carry out all the things which He
had commanded. Moreover, not the least among the commandments of Christ
is that by which Christ orders us to be incorporated by baptism into the
mystical body of Christ, that is, the Church, and to cling fast to Christ
and to His vicar, through whom He governs the Church on earth in a visible
manner. THEREFORE NO ONE WILL BE SAVED, WHO KNOWING THE CHURCH TO BE DIVINELY
INSTITUTED BY CHRIST, NEVERTHELESS REFUSES TO SUBJECT HIMSELF TO THE CHURCH
OR DENIES OBEDIENCE TO THE ROMAN PONTIFF, THE VICAR OF CHRIST ON EARTH.
What Blessed Anna Emmerick had to
say...
1820-1821
"I see many excommunicated ecclesiastics who do
not seem to be concerned about it, nor even aware of it. Yet, they are
excommunicated, whenever they cooperate with enterprises, enter into associations,
and embrace opinions on which an anathema has been cast. It can be seen
thereby that God ratifies the decrees, orders, and interdictions issued
by the Head of the Church, and that He keeps them in force even though
men show no concern for them, reject them, or laugh them to scorn."
- Bl. Anna-Katarina Emmerick (German Augustinian Nun and Stigmatist)
Rome
Has
Spoken.
The
Issue
Is
Settled.
Written by Bob
Stanley, 1997
Updated November 25, 2001
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