South African Catholic News Service- Founded by ScripturelinkDefining love
Love is the action, and force behind such, which is credited as the very nature of God.
Charity- that love shown in I Corinthians 13, which is the focus of the Christian life, and a driving factor.
“Love is obedient to the command”. The state in which the Christian acts in the nature of God (”In [...]
Definitions
Tolerance is the allowance of an event to occur or a situation to exist.
Tolerance is the allowance of an event to occur or a situation to exist.
Limits of Tolerance
Tolerance and duty must never collide for the Christian. Tolerance can be and must be afforded in some circumstance, but can never be allowed and must never compromise the [...]
Defining heaven
The domain of God.
The presence of God.
The rule of God.
Heaven’s has come
“3 How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” Gospel according to st. Matthew- chapter 5; New Jerusalem Bible
http://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=40&bible_chapter=5
“4:17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at [...]
Defining Personal interpretation
Views and perceptions of the individual person on any matter.
Personal likes, dislikes that together with societal factors, create perceptions of certain statements.
Views of peoples and individuals as to the meaning of the message of God.
Opinions that are not infallible.
Prophesy and personal interpretation
The bible clearly states that prophesy is not the realm of personal [...]
Definition
State of decay.
Process, action or effect of moral decay.
The process whereby real spiritual beings and creation becomes less real, to the extent that over eternity, it loses the ability to exist in the presence of God. This decay is due to the perversion of good.
The natural decay of all visible, “physical” things after the advent [...]
“Our Eastern Orthodox brothers are both a proof of Catholicism, in maintaining their almost mirror doctrinal and sacramental existence, and in their similarities and differences. They are also a paradox in existing.
For me, one of the greatest mysteries of Catholicism, lies in the state of the Eastern Orthodox churches. They are rightly called our separated [...]
Contraception and societal decay
Contraception, once accepted as evil by almost all Christians, has been largely credited with the degradation in the respect for human life, the large divorce rate, as well as problems such as the shortage of priests. It is intrinsically evil, as it contradicts natural law, by engaging in actions contrary to the [...]
“ 20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent [...]
“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. Test everything; retain what is good” (1 Thess. 5:19–21).
“11 Now I want to make it quite clear to you, brothers, about the gospel that was preached by me, that it was no human message. 12 It was not from any human being that I received [...]
Authority
Definition
Power given, or taken by one over another- or due to one over another- whereby consent, reverence to knowledge, or obedience is “required”, either for membership to a group, or by the principal of justice, or by consequences rendered for non-compliance.
Influence, or domain over specific matters, within a specific jurisdiction in certain circumstance, given to [...]
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