[WHO HOLDS THE KEYS? [POPE OR PROPHET] By Steve Clifford-REPRESENTING THE ONE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH ON "APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION" #1."THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD" 1.I AM THE LORD THY GOD;THOU SHALT HAVE NO STRANGE GOD'S BEFORE ME.
2.THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
3.REMEMBER THOU KEEP HOLY THE LORD'S DAY.
4.HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER.
5.THOU SHALT NOT KILL.
6.THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.
7.THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
8.THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.
9.THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.
10.THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS. #2."THREE EMINENT GOOD WORKS" 1.PRAYER.
2.FASTING.
3.ALMSGIVING. #3."SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY" 1.ADMONISH THE SINNER.
2.COUNSEL THE DOUBTFUL.
3.INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT.
4.COMFORT THE SORROWFUL.
5.FORGIVE THE INJURIES.
6.BEAR WRONGS PATIENTLY.
7.PRAY FOR THELIVING AND THE DEAD. #4."SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY" 1.FEED THE HUNGRY.
2.GIVE DRINK TO THE THIRSTY.
3.CLOTHE THE NAKED.
4.SHELTER THE HOMELESS.
5.VISIT THE SICK.
6.VISIT THE IMPRISONED.
7.BURY THE DEAD. #5.(" THE SEVEN SACRAMENT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ") [BAPTISM] "THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT" CLICK HERE [THESE ARE SEVEN GREAT CHANNELS OF THE GRACE OF GOD CALLED SACRAMENTS:[Isaiah 11:15]....Click Here 1.BAPTISM
2.CONFIRMATION
3.PENANCE
4.HOLY EUCHARIST
5.HOLY ORDERS
6.MATRIMONY
7.EXTREME UNCTION (WHY SHOULD I CONFESS MY SINS TO A MAN?CLICK HERE AND YOU WILL KNOW WHY MY FRIENDS..By Bob Stanley.. [QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EUCHARIST AND TRANSUBSTANTIATION] CLICK HERE #6."THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS" 1.PRIDE~UNRESTRAINED APPRECIATION OF OUR OWN WORTH.
2.GREED~IMMODERATE DESIRE FOR EARTHLY GOODS.
3.LUST~HANKERING FOR IMPURE PLEASURES.
4.ANGER~INORDINATE DESIRE OF REVENGE.
5.GLUTTONY~UNRESTRAINED USE OF FOOD AND DRINK.
6.ENVY~SORROW OVER ANOTHER'S GOOD FORTUNE.
7.SLOTH~LAXITY IN KEEPING THE FAITH AND THE PRACTICE OF VIRTUE,DUE TO THE EFFORT INVOLVED. #7."THE FOUR LAST THINGS" 1.DEATH.
2.JUDGMENT.
3.HEAVEN.
4.HELL. #8."HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION FOR U.S.A." 1.ALL SUNDAYS.
2.CHRISTMAS(dec-25).
3.CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST(JAN.1).
4.ASCENSION(40 DAYS AFTER EASTER).
5.ASSUMPTION(AUGUST 15).
6.ALL SAINTS DAY(NOVEMBER 1).
7.IMMACULATE CONCEPTION(DECEMBER 8).
8.FOR THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH,ADD EPIPHANY,ST.JOSEPH(MARCH 19).
9.CORPUS CHRISTI(JUNE 9)
10.ST.PETER & ST.PAUL(JUNE 29) #9."SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 1.WISDOM.
2.UNDERSTANDING.
3.COUNSEL.
4.KNOWLEDGE.
5.FORTITUDE.
6.PIETY.
7.FEAR OF THE LORD #10."TWELVE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST" 1.CHARITY.
2.JOY.
3.PEACE.
4.PATIENCE.
5.BENIGNITY.
6.GOODNESS.
7.MILDNESS.
8.LONG-SUFFERING.
9.FAITH.
10.MODESTY.
11.CONTINENCY.
12.CHASTITY. #11."SIX SINS AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST" 1.FRIVOLOUS PRESUMPTION OF SALVATION.
2.DESPAIR OF SALVATION.
3.RESISTING DEFINED DOCTRINE.
4.ENVY OF ANOTHER'S SPIRITUAL GOOD.
5.STUBBORNNESS IN SIN.
6.FINAL OBSTINACY IN SIN. #12."FOUR SINS CRYING TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE" 1.MURDER (GENESIS 4:10).
2.HOMOSEXUALITY (GENESIS 18:20)
3.OPPRESSION OF THE POOR (EXODUS 2:23)
4.DEFRAUDING LABORERS OF THERE WAGES (JAMES 5:4) #13."NINE WAYS OF SHARING GUILT" 1.ADVISING ANOTHER TO SIN.
2.COMMANDING ONE TO SIN.
3.PROVOKING ANOTHER TO SIN.
4.CONSENTING TO ANOTHER'S SIN.
5.SHOWING ONE HOW TO SIN.
6.PRAISING ANOTHER'S SIN.
7.CONCEALING,SAYING OR DOING NOTHING TO PREVENT SIN.
8.TAKING PART IN,OR ENJOYING RESULTS OF ANOTHER'S SIN.
9.DEFENDING ANOTHER'S SIN. #14."HOW TO BAPTIZE IN TIME OF NEED" ~ANYONE WITH THE USE OF REASON MAY BAPTIZE IN TIME OF NEED,BUT THE SAME PERSON MUST SAY THE WORDS WHILE POURING THE WATER.POUR PLAIN WATER ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE ONE TO BE BAPTIZED,AS YOU SAY:"I BAPTIZE THEE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,AND OF THE SON,AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." #15."SIX PRECEPTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH" 1.KEEP SUNDAY'S AND HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION HOLY BY HEARING MASS AND RESTING FROM SERVILE WORKS.
2.FAST AND ABSTAIN ON APPOINTED DAYS.
3.CONFESS OUR SINS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
4.RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION DURING EASTERTIME.
5.CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH.
6.OBSERVE CHURCH LAW CONCERNING MARRIAGE. Page 1 of 2
Bible Verses That Condemn Homosexuality:
(Nowhere in the Bible are horn sexual acts approved)
(Gen. 19:4 -13)
"But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house both young and old, all the people together. And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither that we may know them: Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said: no not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil. I have two daughters who as yet have not known man : I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof. But they said. Get thee back thither. And again. Thou earnest in, said they, as a, stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors. And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door: And them that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door. And they said to Lot: Hast thou here ally of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city: For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them."
(1 Tim 1:8-10)
"We know that the law is good, provided that one uses it as law, with the understanding that law is meant not for a righteous person but for the lawless and the unruly, the godless and the sinful, the unholy and profane, those who kill their fathers or mothers, murders, the unchaste, practicing homosexuals, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound teaching,"
(Lev. 18:22)
"You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination"
(Lev 20:13)
"If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives."
(1 Cor. 6:9-10) "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
(Rom. 1:26-28)
"For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper."
(Jude 7)
"In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."
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(2 Peter 2:6)
"And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly."
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The Bible And Homosexuality:
Peter and Paul Ministries
" Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times
some will turn away from the faith by paying attention
to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions through the
hypocrisy of liars with branded consciences." (1 Tim 4:1-2 )
The debate over this controversial subject usually centers around Bible passages that clearly condemn homosexual acts, but often overlooked is God's fundamental teaching on human sexuality found in the book of Genesis "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply." (Gen 1:27-28) Jesus reaffirms this teaching with His explanation of the sacrament of holy matrimony. "... that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (Mattl9:4-6). Same sex unions unquestionably deny the sacrament of marriage and homosexual acts by their very nature are contrary to God's moral law because they intentionally close the sexual act to procreation, and therefore are empty and can never unify those who engage in them.
Pro-homosexual theologians in every denomination have been hard at work offering new and heretical interpretations for specific Bible passages that condemn homosexual acts in order advance their radical agenda . Some even have the audacity to suggest that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality because Lot forbid the inhabitants of Sodom to get acquainted with God's holy angels. If one reads Genesis 19, the nature of Sodom's sin is revealed, "the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house; and they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may have intimacies with them." Lot went out of the door to the men, shut the door after him, and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men..." (Gen 19: 5-8) The evidence is conclusive that the transgression of Sodom and Gomorrah was positively not inhospitality but one of unnatural fornication and rampant immorality and is further supported by the following passages from the New Testament. " Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. " (Jude 7) "And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites, into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly." (2 Peter 2:6)
Many Catholics like to use passages from the Old Testament such as, "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (Lev 18:22) as proof positive that same sex relations are immoral, but homosexual advocates argue Christians can not quote the Old Testament moral code because they are no longer under the Mosaic law. This is an old trick used to take these condemnations out of the equation in this debate. In order to respond to this trickery, one must understand the difference between the dietary and ceremonial laws that were abolished by Christ from the moral law that He reinforced and is still in force today. Jesus said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." (Matt 5:17-18) So faithful Catholics must quote passages in love and kindness in order to help their brothers and sisters from the grip of homosexuality because the Bible say,"When a man knows the right thing to do and does not do it, he sins." (Jm 4.17)
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The New Testament also provides amble evidence that homosexual acts are wrong. The book of Romans gives a clear disapproval of same sex relations and even contains a specific reference to the abomination of lesbianism. "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." (Rom 1 :26-27 ) Homosexual advocates try to dispel this Bible passage by saying it is culturally bound and irrelevant to our contemporary society in which homosexual relationships feel natural and loving. This argument does not hold water, because God's moral law is not limited by time and space. "Though the grass withers and the flower wilts, the word of our God stands forever." (Isa 40:8) People also forget that we live in a fallen world where sin can distort one's perception of truth. "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth." (Rom. 1:18). So it does not matter what an individual may think or feel, the Bible is crystal clear that homosexual acts just like adultery and fornication are wrong in the eyes of God.
The ace used by many homosexuals to knock Christians off balance in this debate is when they ask the perplexing question: Why was Jesus silent about homosexuality? First, there are many sexual perversions that Christ did not formally address such as, incest, rape, and bestiality but that doesn't mean they are permissible. Second, one must remember that a house divided will not stand, and Jesus being in perfect union with God the Father and Holy Spirit always upheld the moral law which strictly condemns same sex relations. Third, unrepentant homosexuals are listed in a long list of people that will not inherit the kingdom of God. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Cor 6: 9-10). It is true Christ never specifically said anything about homosexuality, but He also never endorsed it. People today need to reminded that Jesus always reserved marriage for one man and one woman as the exclusive forum for both sexual intimacy and procreation.
" Woe to you that call evil good and good evil:
that put darkness for light and light for darkness:
that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." (Is 5:20)
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