Lutheran
Do we go to church as an obligation, or as an opportunity to fellowship with believers, to provoke one and other onto love and good works, exhorting each other, encouraging yourselves while anticipating His return?
Antilegomena -specifically that Luther held the notion of sola scriptura, yet took it upon his own authority to decide which scriptures were more important than others.
ETA: Most recently, my misgivings have less to do with Lutheranism itself, but more with the tradition of scholasticism in general
Antilegomena -specifically that Luther held the notion of sola scriptura, yet took it upon his own authority to decide which scriptures were more important than others.
ETA: Most recently, my misgivings have less to do with Lutheranism itself, but more with the tradition of scholasticism in general
I'm going by Redemptionis Sacramentum, "...each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, at his choice..."
I think the difference between this and sign of peace is that one appears to be a right, whereas the sign of peace is an optional component of the new liturgy (I know priests who always omit it for reasons unrelated to hygiene).
This seems like an appropriate time and place to let everyone here know that this Sunday, I become a confirmed Catholic. The last year of my life has been the best ever. I found an inner peace and happiness I had no idea was attainable. I wake up every morning with true gratitude for what I have, and go to bed every evening examining my conscience and working to be a better human being. It’s a great place to be in this life.
It’s almost too obvious, but I chose St. Paul for my Confirmation Saint. Like him, I persecuted Christians before finding my way (well, I said lots of mean things about them, basically felt superior to them and their simple-minded beliefs in things I could never possibly come to believe myself!). I was blind, then my sight was restored. And now it’s my time to go forth and share the Good News as I live out the remainder of my temporal life. The best is truly yet to come, here and beyond.
This seems like an appropriate time and place to let everyone here know that this Sunday, I become a confirmed Catholic. The last year of my life has been the best ever. I found an inner peace and happiness I had no idea was attainable. I wake up every morning with true gratitude for what I have, and go to bed every evening examining my conscience and working to be a better human being. It’s a great place to be in this life.
It’s almost too obvious, but I chose St. Paul for my Confirmation Saint. Like him, I persecuted Christians before finding my way (well, I said lots of mean things about them, basically felt superior to them and their simple-minded beliefs in things I could never possibly come to believe myself!). I was blind, then my sight was restored. And now it’s my time to go forth and share the Good News as I live out the remainder of my temporal life. The best is truly yet to come, here and beyond.
This seems like an appropriate time and place to let everyone here know that this Sunday, I become a confirmed Catholic. The last year of my life has been the best ever. I found an inner peace and happiness I had no idea was attainable. I wake up every morning with true gratitude for what I have, and go to bed every evening examining my conscience and working to be a better human being. It’s a great place to be in this life.
It’s almost too obvious, but I chose St. Paul for my Confirmation Saint. Like him, I persecuted Christians before finding my way (well, I said lots of mean things about them, basically felt superior to them and their simple-minded beliefs in things I could never possibly come to believe myself!). I was blind, then my sight was restored. And now it’s my time to go forth and share the Good News as I live out the remainder of my temporal life. The best is truly yet to come, here and beyond.
Lutheran
Does the Pope poop in the woods?
Congrats!
They are maggots and parasites at best, feeding off the isolation of addiction and broken families, and offering to replace any current frustration and anxiety with more misery and greater resentment. The message of peace that comes to us in Christ is the gospel we carry in common with the Orthodox Churches and other Christians. We must stand in solidarity with our brethren across the world to oppose this malevolent force. Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and the other nefarious acolytes of their persuasion are not the friends or allies we have been led to believe. They are serpents in the garden, seeking only to uproot and replant a new species of human made in the likeness of men and not in the image of God. Their poison is more toxic than any pandemic we have endured.