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 + JMJ Principle 2: Know the Faith as the Catholic Church Teaches or Taught it. A knowledge of the Faith and familiarity with the history of the Catholic Church for at least the past 200 years provides a good foundation for weathering this storm. Bias, Opinions and Misbeliefs One landmine that undermines principle #2 is the mixing of personal opinion with doctrine. These opinions, beliefs by another name, are sometimes held in a death grip. In some cases they are just prejudices against various real groups such as immigrants, Jews, communists, masons etc. In some cases it extends to conspiracy theories such as sedevacantism. These firmly held beliefs prevent people from both understanding Doctrine as Taught by the Church and making the necessary distinctions. For example, which religions offer worship to the True God? Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jews and Muslims. Some people suck in their breath through their teeth creating an noticeable hiss at the above statement....

 + JMJ  I once had an argument on Ignis Ardens with Catholicam (link: Cognitive Dissonance ) that took issue with Lumen Gentium 16 - particularly the distinction that Muslims "adore the one and merciful God" and "professing to hold the faith of Abraham". Below is an annotated version of Lumen Gentium 16.  16. Finally, those who have not yet received the Gospel are related in various ways to the people of God.(18*)  In the first place we must recall the people to whom the testament and the promises were given [Tradicat: Jewish People] and from whom Christ was born according to the flesh.(125) On account of their fathers this people remains most dear to God, for God does not repent of the gifts He makes nor of the calls He issues.(126)  But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Muslims , who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on...

+ JMJ   I know where I was:In a leadership training class. I remember when the organizer popped his head through the door and said that two aircraft had hit the World Trade Centers and that one had already collapsed.  I thought he was joking. Later, I found out that the brother of one of my classmates was in the South Tower when it got hit.  The story goes that people were looking at the other tower talking about evacuating, but they hadn't been given the word. He felt the South Tower get hit and saw debris falling.  He immediately went for the staircase and heading down as fast as he could. He broke into a sprint as soon as he was outside, running as far and as fast as he could. He survived. RIP the victims of 9/11. P^3         Attribution: UA_Flight_175_hits_WTC_south_tower_9-11.jpeg: Flickr user TheMachineStops (Robert J. Fisch) derivative work: upstateNYer , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The four flights were: American Air...

+ JMJ I was going through the thread on Restore DC Catholicism and found the reference to bishop schneider: Looks like Bishop Athanasius Schneider will have to join that SSPX priest in going to confession - he says essentially the same thing in the Life Site video below, even acknowledging a valid consecration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azhqg4nUVqs&t=239s Time mark 35:40 Non-Trad "Conservatives" always seem to reserve their fire for the SSPX, as if they are the "real problem" in the Church today... The blogger's response was: Whatever, it was regrettable. Frankly, the blogger's response is regrettable.  First, they continue to mislabel the alleged offense as being against the Third Commandment of the Decalogue, when it is the first precept of the Catholic Church.  This is actually an important distinction because there are a number of ways in which one can keep holy the sabbath.  Second, instead of answering the question...

+ JMJ The pressure on Catholics to give up their faith is enormous.  Good to see that at the same time, hard evidence that the Bible is true emerges. P^3 Courtesy of FSSPX.news The Bible and Modern Discoveries (1): The Hittites July 29, 2019 Source: fsspx.news This title refers to a valuable work by Fr. Fulcran Grégoire Vigouroux (Nantes, 1837 - Paris, 1915), member of the Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians) who taught Holy Scripture at the Seminary of Saint Sulpice (1860-1895) and then at the Catholic Institute of Paris (1890-1903). He was then called to Rome to become secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. A prolific author, he published numerous articles and volumes. This summer column intends to present some of those discoveries which regularly illustrate a dogma of the Catholic Faith—the inerrancy of Holy Scripture. For God, who has revealed Scripture, wh...

+ JMJ Update 1 at bottom of post. I found the following waiting for me when I opened my email on Oct 16th. Gullible has left a new comment on your post " Angelus Press Conference, Fr. Sean Kilcawley and a... ": https://sspx.org/en/lefebvre- church-priesthood-and-indult Archbishop Lefebvre comments on Theology of the Body starting at the paragraph "You may have noticed this in the pope's Wednesday conferences" I have a feeling you won't post it. God Bless Gullible ... well Gullible, I don't know why you felt that I wouldn't post the section of TOB (see whole talk below) ... but for convenience, I have added below the sections on TOB.  Interestingly, TOB is so vague and confusing that it spawned a cottage industry of interpreters and 'consultants'.  Just like the US tax laws. I've even had one Modern Catholic tell me that the Church (Catholic) needed this 'teaching for this age'.  Well, I'm pret...

+ JMJ There's a whole lot of electrons being spilt over the invitation of Fr. Kilcawley to present at the Angelus Press Conference. When I saw the article by Louie Verrechio and the angst that was being caused ... I suspected that they didn't listen to the whole 2 minute presentation and place what they deemed offensive to their ears in context. Frankly, I doubt that they would do that because it goes against the belief that the Novus Ordo Priests are actually members of the Catholic Religion and priests. How did they alter the perception of the act?  By employing confirmation bias and poor grammar they succeed in altering the perception of the action by excluding the key point that Fr. Kilcawley was  making: That OLJC dispels the temptation. First here's what Louie quoted: … simply invite Our Lord into our temptation and into our thoughts in the present moment. To say, “Jesus, I want to look at pornography right now.” Or, “Jesus, I’m having an i...