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02 Dec

Humility

“We are told to accept heaven as children, not because we are to see ourself as less than we are, but because we are but children. We do not know where we are, or who we are, or right from wrong, or anything- until we realize that we know nothing above that of God’s voice. [...]

01 Dec

Jesus Christ

Note to reader
I would firstly like to state, that the information I can put on Christ here is less than the smallest summary. All the books in the universe could not cover the smallest fraction of the Redeemer, even with our historic notes.
Definitions
Jesus

Meaning God saves, or Yahweh is Salvation.
It is the Latin translation of the [...]

24 Nov

Curruption

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 [...]

18 Nov

Contraception- negative effects, and moral evil

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 [...]

10 Nov

The Family structure relating to the degree of submission required of wives

Bible verse in question (often misrepresented)
Eph. 5:21-33 New Jerusalem Bible
“21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,
23 since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife;
24 and as [...]

05 Nov

Faith- the gift of

Faith- the gift from God.
Belief, the act on this ability given- the act of altering one’s entire life, because of the truthful message-
As one would alter their lives, and visit the doctor often, if one had cancer- as we visit the church every Sunday and on the Holy Days when the church requires.
As one does not [...]

04 Nov

Deeds and evangelism- 2 Corrinthians chapter 3

Preach the Gospel to all the world
“Preach the Gospel (good news) to all the world- if necessary- use words” - St. Francis of Assisi.
Bible on deeds of the saints and how this is God’s letter to all
“1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves to you afresh-as though we needed, like some others, to have [...]

01 Nov

The Sacrament of Christian Matrimony

 Marriage- The Sacrament
The Bible and the Sacrament of marriage
Matthew 19 verse 4 to 6
“4 He answered, ‘Have you not read that the Creator from the beginning made them male and female
5 and that he said: This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the two become [...]

25 Oct

Eucharist/Communion

Communion is a uniting, Godly, experience.
God is directly present in the communion bread, (and the wine), which are literally his body and blood. Partaking in God, unites the believers in spirit to one another (1 Corinthians 10:17). They become one body, by partaking in the Eucharist, what else could St.Paul have meant when he said: [...]

24 Oct

Reconciliation/Confession

Reconcilliation is the sacrament, whereby mortal sin is forgiven, by the priest. It was initiated in the Gospel of John chapter 20 verse 23. It is often avoided, because it is very very awkward to tell someone who has given up everything for God, that you have betrayed God, by sinning. The very fact that [...]

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