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Christian theology thread for Christians - Deus homo factus est naturam erante, mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante
Unfortunately, she passed shortly after the took her off of life support a few days ago. Her family and love ones are taking it the best they can, but the kids (all adults/young adults) are really messed up at the moment. Please keep them in your prayers and thank you all for your support.
It's interesting how the responses that i got in relation to my question about UKs leaving christianity was boiled down to caesaropapism and sane people leaving the country.
Now i ask the same but with the nords , for me it's i'm fact more interesting how they had an outright violent reaction burning churches and spearheading a whole movement against the faith despite leaving in first world paradise, that's something even normies point out when mocking black metal
A lot of them are too prideful to consider they might be a danger to themselves so they don't need to be rescued from their own poor decision-making. You can see their brains reset if they're exposed to certain sets of info that are difficult for them to avoid with mental gymnastics like they never were debunked. "That argument where I agreed you poked some holes in my worldview, actually uhhhh that never happened!"
The second time i was banned from twitter it was because I told David Bentley Hart that if he ever spoke to me again I'd kill him and his stupid dog. I still hope that all shall be saved but certain niggas need a couple trillion years in the pen, especially if they weirdly personafy themselves as their dog.
Day 158 - Humble people are not rigid exacters of things to which they have no undoubted right; they are always willing to overlook the faults of others, knowing that they have so many themselves.
May you all have a blessed Pentecost. Here are some words from Metropolitan Tikhon:
Reflection on the Great Feast of Pentecost
“Blessed art thou, O Christ our God, who hast revealed the fishermen as most wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit.” The rude fishermen from Galilee were revealed by the God and Lord of all things to be the wisest men of their day, not with the wisdom of the world, but the wisdom of Christ crucified, the wisdom of the Cross. But God’s sending of the Spirit, his revelation of the apostles’ wisdom, was not arbitrary. They were ready for him to act, waiting in the upper room.
So often we wander through our lives like men asleep, thinking only as far as the next mundane task. But Christ calls us always to be awake, watching for the movement of his Spirit, ready for his call—ready to embrace his commission, ready to take up our Cross. At a minimum, let us retreat to the upper room of hearts during times of prayer once or twice daily, reminding ourselves in this small way to be vigilant for opportunities to follow Christ through everyday self-denial, humility, repentance, service, and love.
Day 159 - Desire is to the soul what gravitation is to matter. When we know our desires, we know the direction our soul is taking. If desire is heavenly, we go upwards. If it is wholly earthly, we go downwards. Desire is like raw material out of which we fashion either our virtues or vices.
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of."
By C.S Lewis, a quote I really like despite him not being Catholic.
Day 161 - If we revolve about what happens on the outside, then the latter determines our mood and attitudes. But if we can make what is external revolve around us, we can determine the amount of their influence. Either what is outside determines our moods, or our moods determine our outlook on what is outside us.
I have been making a very conscious effort to maintain exact transcriptions, but I chose to make an exception for this one as I believe it is an obvious typo. However for the sake of full disclosure let it be noted that the book has the end of this quote saying "or our moods determine out outlook on what is outside us."
I have been making a very conscious effort to maintain exact transcriptions, but I chose to make an exception for this one as I believe it is an obvious typo.
I don't know if you just have a different strand of English but "determine out outlook" is perfectly grammatically correct to my ears, if a bit old timey, the meaning is slightly more profound; to turn out an outlook on determination (as in; to look to the future) as opposed to a more direct yet less thunk provoking our outlook (purely in the present). The meaning is limited significantly by changing this one word IMO.
Oh boy our very own Bible mistranslation moment! TAKFIR!
I don't know if you just have a different strand of English but "determine out outlook" is perfectly grammatically correct to my ears, if a bit old timey, the meaning is slightly more profound; to turn out an outlook on determination (as in; to look to the future) as opposed to a more direct yet less thunk provoking our outlook (purely in the present). The meaning is limited significantly by changing this one word IMO.
Serious? on a gossip forum? Lol, lmao even.
That said I am not winding you up; to "look out" on something is a common turn of phrase which indicates a future tense, it's grammatically correct and changing it changes the tense and alters the meaning somewhat, it isn't a typo IMO.
In 1000 years I hope our spiritual heirs don't excommunicate each other too hard over this.
Day 162 - Our humor and disposition are no so much the reflection of the weather or the wrong side of the bed, as they are the reflections of the state of our soul.
Day 162 - Our humor and disposition are no so much the reflection of the weather or the wrong side of the bed, as they are the reflections of the state of our soul.
Love that quote! It reminds me of people who use sarcasm or irony to hide their real feelings, like they’re bitter or disconnected inside. Our humor shows what’s in our heart.
Day 163 - Be mindful that a happy conscience makes a happy outlook on life, and an unhappy conscience makes us miserable on the inside and everyone else miserable on the outside.
For anyone here who's not, though: all of these projects are protestant-centric at the current time. ThML isn't too hard, though, so making new works for these projects shouldn't be too hard, and I'd encourage anyone who wants to put the effort to make new stuff regardless of your denomination to do so simply so that it's out there for people.
Truth be told, though, I just pop open a million web browser tabs and copy stuff down into note taking apps when I'm thinking about things. Never really got too much into things like these.
With the approval of my priest, I’ve been working with a Belgian monk to bring French Catholic Bibles, commentaries, lectionaries, and more into open-source Bible apps like Xiphos and AndBible. It’s a massive task, but honestly, it’s about time. These tools are incredibly powerful, and Catholics should be making the most of them.
We’re also uploading as many Patristic texts and traditional Bible commentaries as we can to Wikisource, to make them freely accessible and easy to cite. So, we're building tools to automate that process as well.
On top of that, we’re developing a website that cross-references the Bible with the Church Fathers, classical commentaries, and the Roman Catechism. And, if God wills it, and the Libreria Editrice Vaticana grants permission, we’ll also include the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Compendium, and other Magisterial documents.
So far, we’ve mapped out over 50 major themes of the Catholic faith, backed by 500+ citations from 57 Church Fathers, 18 Councils, and 25 other foundational texts. We used Jimmy Akin’s The Fathers Know Best as a starting point, tracing quotes back to the original Greek and Latin to avoid any translation issues. And, yes, there are some pretty significant discrepancies between the English, Latin and Greek.
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[H]ow dare any man speak against his bishop, by whom the Lord gave the Holy Spirit among you upon the laying on of his hands, by whom you have learned the sacred doctrines, and have known God, and have believed in Christ, by whom you were known of God, by whom you were sealed with the oil of gladness and the ointment of understanding, by whom you were declared to be the children of light, by whom the Lord in your illumination testified by the imposition of the bishop’s hands
[Apostolic Constitutions 2:4:32 (c. A.D. 400)].
For if anyone calls a layman a fool or 'Raca,' he is condemned by the Church as one of those who rise up against Christ. This is because he calls his brother 'empty'—his brother in whom Christ dwells, who is not empty but full, or 'foolish,' when the Holy Spirit of God dwells in him, filled with all wisdom, as if that same Spirit who dwells in him were foolish.
If, therefore, someone is found guilty of this universal condemnation for saying such a thing to a layman, how much more so if he dares to speak against a deacon or a bishop, through whom the Lord gave you the Holy Spirit, through whom you learned the Word and came to know God, through whom you were known by God, through whom you were sealed, through whom you were made children of light, and through whom the Lord, in baptism and the laying on of the bishops’ hands, gave witness by uttering His sacred voice over each one of you, saying: 'You are my Son; today I have begotten you.'
Therefore, O deacon, if you know that someone is in distress, after informing the bishop, give [aid] in this manner, but do not do so secretly, becoming a cause of reproach to him, so that you do not pass judgment or stir him up.
For the murmuring will not be against men, but against the Lord God; and the deacon and the others will hear it, just as Aaron and Miriam, when they spoke against Moses, heard [the Lord say]: ‘Why were you not afraid to speak against Moses, my servant?’
And again, Moses himself said to those gathered: ‘Your murmuring is not against us, but against the Lord our God.’
For if the people, merely saying someone is ‘empty’ or ‘foolish’, are not left unpunished, having insulted the name of Christ, what might one say against a bishop, through whom the Lord gave you the Holy Spirit in the laying on of hands; through whom you learned the holy doctrines, came to know God, believed in Christ; through whom you were known by God, were sealed with the oil of gladness and myrrh; through whom you were declared sons of God; through whom the Lord, at your illumination [i.e. baptism], bore witness by the bishop’s laying on of hands, extending His sacred voice over each of you, saying: ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you’?
And on the day of our Lord’s Resurrection, which is the Lord’s Day, meet more diligently, sending praise to God who made the universe by Jesus, and sent him to us, and condescended to let him suffer, and raised him from the dead. Otherwise what apology will he make to God who does not assemble on that day to hear the saving word concerning the Resurrection, on which we pray three times standing in memory of him who arose in three days, in which is performed the reading of the prophets, the preaching of the gospel, the oblation of the sacrifice, the gift of the holy food?
[Apostolic Constitutions 2:7:60
(c. A.D. 400)].
But as you teach, command and exhort the people to attend church regularly and never to be absent at all, but always to gather together and not to diminish the Church when they withdraw themselves, thereby making the body of Christ a lesser body. And let each person not think of this about others, but about himself, since it is written: He who does not gather with me, scatters.
Therefore, do not scatter yourselves from the Church, you who are members of Christ, by failing to come together; for since you have Christ as your head, present and communicating with you according to His promise, do not neglect yourselves, nor alienate the Savior from His members, nor tear apart or scatter His body, nor place the temporary needs of your life above the Word of God; but on the Lord’s Day, setting everything else aside, gather together at church.
For what kind of excuse will someone be able to offer to God who does not come together on that day to hear the saving Word and to be nourished with the divine food that endures forever
Therefore, O bishop, teach and exhort the people to be constant in attending the church at early morning each day, and not to absent themselves from the whole assembly, but to gather together continually, not diminishing the Church by withdrawing themselves, nor making the body of Christ a partial body by separating themselves as though they were not members.
For the instruction is not only for the priests, but let each one of the laity also consider himself, since the Lord has said: 'He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me, scatters.'
Do not therefore, being members of Christ, scatter yourselves by failing to gather;
having Christ as your Head, who, according to His promise, is present and communicates with you.
Do not neglect yourselves, nor deprive the Savior of His own members, nor tear apart His body, nor scatter His members, nor prefer the worldly needs of life over the divine word.
But each day gather early, and especially on the Lord’s Days, singing and praying in the morning, Psalm 92 (The Lord reigns), and in the evening, Psalm 140 (Let my prayer rise like incense).
And in the middle of the week (on Friday),
and on the day of the Lord’s Resurrection (Sunday), come together with greater diligence, offering praise to God who made all things through Jesus, and sent Him to us as Savior, who condescended to suffer, and rose again.
For what excuse will someone give to God who does not gather on this day to hear the saving word about the Resurrection?
And we celebrate three days in memory of the One who suffered and rose again over three days, on which the readings of the Prophets, the proclamation of the Gospel, the offering of the sacrifice, and the distribution of holy food are fulfilled.
We’ve also drafted around 1,000 articles, most of them centered on the biblical and theological defense of the Catholic faith. Bible study tools are planned for later as well.
Basically, we're combining CatenaBible.com, CatholicCrossReference.online, and ChurchFathers.org, but in French. We’d love to do an English version too, but there are only so many hours in the day, and the English-speaking world already has a lot of great resources.
And lastly, all our source texts formatted for online use will be uploaded to GitHub for reuse, so if any developers want to build on this work, it’s there for you.
So, if anyone wants to join our tiny team, or wants help doing something similar, dms are open. Your prayers are also welcome.
Saint Isidore of Seville, pray for us. Blessed Carlo Acutis, pray for us. Most Holy Virgin, Queen of the Universe, pray for us.
