Is Hell Empty or Full?

JMJ

I had some time this morning so I've pulled together some more articles (kind-of a house cleaning).

In the course of the article on evil, I came across this youtube by Bishop Barron. Skip ahead to 5:15 and you'll hear the Bishop Barron accepts Von Balthasar's theory of universal salvation. Which is inconsistent with Catholic Truth (ie if it ain't heresy in the formal sense, it really casts a blind eye on the scriptures and logic).

So, Bishop Barron is pretty clear - he believes that it is possible that all may be saved.

This article on Commonweal (ie Liberal / Modernist) echoes Bishop Barron. However, you have to have a pretty strong confirmation bias to ignore the following the demonstrate that this theory (already condemned) is pretty hard (read: IMPOSSIBLE) to reconcile with the following:

The Demons (ie Fallen Angels) are in Hell.
Logically we can conclude (as many theologians have) that Judas is in hell. Otherwise Matthew 26:24 does not make sense.
Kinda hard to believe no one is in hell when you have these words for OLJC: "Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels." (Matthew 25: 41)

Kinda hard to believe in universal salvation eh?

So, in order to believe with the Catholic Church, you have to believe that there are souls as well as fallen angels (ie demons) inhabiting that place.

You can also believe that while not empty, it isn't full, there's always room for one more.

I've noticed this same confirmation bias in a number of modern Catholics. They seem to have a difficulty dealing with harsh realities.

Once Catholics start to understand and adhere to the basic tents of the Catholic Faith, then we'll start emerging from this crisis.

The last things are a good spot to start:

Death
Judgement
Heaven
Hell

P^3

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A Look Back: A short history of the SSPX

+ JMJ I started a timeline a while back but never finished it. Fortunately, here's one that brings us up to 1994!!! P^3 http://archives.sspx.org/SSPX_FAQs/a_short_history_of_the_sspx-part-1.htm A short history of the SSPX A presentation given by Fr. Ramon Angles in Kansas City, MO, on the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the SSPX and reprinted from the January 1996 issue of The Angelus . Part 1 The history of the Society of St. Pius X begins, of course, in the mind of God. But do not believe that its temporal origin is to be found solely at the time of the post-conciliar crisis. The Society of St. Pius X was made possible ...

Hermeneutic of the Hermeneutic of Continuity - sspx.org

+ JMJ Since I'm looking at the 'four things', I thought this article would be good. Unfortunately, with the new SSPX.org website, I've been unable to locate the original article. This is a copy the I emailed to myself. This is an article that, I believe, was written in response to a conference given by Msgr. Pozzo. P^3

SSPX and the Resistance - A Comparison Of Ecclesiology

Shining the light of Church Teaching on the doctrinal positions of the SSPX and the Resistance. Principles are guides used to aid in decision making. It stands to reason that bad principles will lead to bad decisions. The recent interactions between Rome and the SSPX has challenged a number of closely held cultural assumptions of people in both sides of the disagreement. This has resulted in cultural skirmishes in both Rome and the SSPX. Since it is the smaller of the two, the skirmishes have been more evident within the SSPX. The cultural fault-line that Bishop Fellay crossed appears to be linked to two points of Catholic Doctrine: Ecclesiology and Obedience. The cultural difference of view points is strong enough that it has resulted in the expulsion of a number of members. It should also be noted that some other priests expelled since the beginning of the latest interactions (starting in 2000) held the same view points and have joined with the l...

Morning and Evening and other sundry Prayers

+ JMJ Along the theme of P^3 (Prayer, Penance, Patience), and for my own reference ... here is a collection of Morning and Evening prayers from the Ideal Daily Missal along with some additional prayers. In this crisis of the Church, I do not think it is possible to do too much prayer, penance and have patience. P^3

Dogmas of the Catholic Faith (de fide) - Expanded Listing: Answer for Reader

+ JMJ A reader asked the following question in the 2015 version of the article on the Dogmas of the Catholic Faith (link) : 117: "In the state of fallen nature it is morally impossible for man without Supernatural Revelation, to know easily, with absolute certainty and without admixture of error, all religious and moral truths of the natural order." Where can you find this in the documents of the Church? ( Link to comment ) Here's the reference from Ott: The citation that Ott provided was Denzinger 1786 and the source document is Dogmatic Consitution Concerning the Faith from the First Vatican Council (Papal Encyclicals - link) : Chapter 2 On Revelation, Article 3: It is indeed thanks to this divine revelation , that those matters concerning God, which are not of themselves beyond the scope of human reason, can, even in the present state of the human race, be known by everyone, without difficulty, with firm certitude and with no intermingling of error. Here's ...

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