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Tom
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One Love
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| Posted 12/8/2010 2:07 PM (GMT -6) | | God did not create man perfect, but relatively weak; yet He infused man’s being with a spark of longing for perfection; a sort of germ of eternal life, impulse, creative power; which brings it to pass that man goes on through the centuries, from stage to stage, continually climbing higher, developing and approaching perfection both as an individual and as the human species. Since man is not omniscient nor all powerful and does not know fully the laws that govern his physical and spiritual nature, he often deviates from the sure path of life; he goes astray, struggles, falls then rises with sorrow, relives the whole immensity of his physical, moral and spiritual experiences, until cleansed through these sufferings and struggles, through these creative thoughts, through toil and yearning, he enters upon the way of partial liberation and then in due time, that of a freer, more perfected existence, until at last he becomes united with the goal of his life – God.
Some people attain this goal sooner, even in this temporal life, others later; some in a higher others in a lower degree, depending on the manner in which they make use of the Divine gifts of will, intellect, inspiration and of the meditations of Jesus Christ and His Church.
Lord willing, I want to experience this in THIS temporal life. I don't want to wait for when I die physically. I want the Spirit like this in THIS life. If that's wrong or selfish of me, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 12/8/2010 1:10:18 PM (GMT-6) | | Back to Top | | |
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Similitude
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"Expressions such as: eternal fire, undying worm, fiery place, depths of hell, place of torment, outer darkness where there shall be wailing and the gnashing of teeth, a lake burning with fire full of brimstone and pitch and similar phrases, are expressive illustrations, having the purpose of depicting the greatness of guilt and punishment for sinners; but were not meant to indicate hell in the Roman Catholic sense of the term. Such an eternal hell as taught by the Roman Catholic Church was not known either by the Pagan people, the Jewish synagogue nor the Christians of the first centuries and it was not until the Fourth General Lateran Council held in the year 1215 AD that it was finally decided that “the wicked receive with the devil eternal punishment; and the good with Christ, eternal glory.” (Deuz. in.429 Cap. Firmitr)"
So the Polish Catholic church is not Roman Catholic, then? Is that the case today? Wasn't the last Pope Polish?
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Tom
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