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There is nothing in my post claiming that the earth is the Church. Really, Bud? You are only attacking my interpretation simply because I am Catholic...and that is all. The original poster of this thread asked what our interpretation is. I don't see you attacking other people's...

I did answer the question. Where in my post did I say that the earth was the Church? :huh: I stated that the parable spoke about the Church that Christ built. The earth is still the earth. The Apostles were sent out into the world and through the Holy Spirit will plant the Churches (the...

Jesus said to baptize all nations and spread the Gospel to all the world. God wanted everyone on the earth to know Him and be part of His Church.

Of course, the SSPX has been found to be preaching heresy inside the Catholic Church and they were excommunicated by Pope John Paul II in 1988. We know that there are both bad and good inside our Church. After all, Christ called sinners to His Church. Are you claiming that everyone in your...

The parable speaks about the Church that Christ built. The Apostles whom Christ sent into the world built churches through the Holy Spirit. The Apostles planted these good seeds, which bore fruit. But the enemy would attack the Church by planting false prophets among them. There are both...

To be holy and perfect like our brother Jesus and our Father in Heaven is indeed a process that takes time. And I agree that this can only be done with and through the Holy Spirit for with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). Matthew 19:16-21 And behold one came and said to him...

Does this mean that you are no longer a sinner?

Hi Templar, I have the Jerusalem Bible. If you get the one with the footnotes and references, it's even better. It has more footnotes and references than the New American Bible. Personally, I prefer the Douay-Rhimes or the New American Bible. In Christ, Selene

I hope that you are not referring me to a wolf. Under this thread, I have been saying that Hell is a separation from God, which is true. I also said that the existance of Hell shows God's love for all His creatures because He respects the choice of His creatures and would not force them to be...

There are people in this world who enjoy pain and who even enjoy seeing other people suffering. They're the sadists. The consequences of their sin will be their torments, which is worse than fire. They will suffer all the physical, emotional, and mental anguish and misery because they are...

Every person is different. And the torment that one will experience in Hell is not going to be fire. Hell is separation from God. So, those in Hell will be suffering not from fire, but from being separated from God, who is the source of all joy, happiness, and peace. That is the torment that...

Yes, they chose Hell. God gave us free will. He is not going to force anyone to follow Him or force anyone to love Him. We all have a choice. Do we accept God or not? The rich man did not ask to be taken out of the fire. He asked for his thirst to be quenched. That was what he was...

How would you know? Satan was in Heaven and saw God, and he chose to reject God and Heaven. There are also atheists in this world who have read the Bible and they know about Heaven and Hell; yet, they chose to refuse to believe in God and therefore reject Heaven. It was their choice.

Hello Duckybill, I think you misunderstood what I said. The existance of Hell shows God's love because God does not force anyone to go to Heaven. There will be people who reject God and Heaven, and God is not going to force them to go into a place they don't want to be. So, they will be in...

I think what Aspen means is that when a person does not choose Heaven, then it would be torture to be in God's presence since that is not what he wanted in the first place. In my retreat, we learned that the existance of Hell is God's love. God loves everyone that He will not force anyone to...

Hi Rach, Yes, I can see that you truely love Jesus, and that is all that matters. God bless you, my sister! :) In Christ, Selene

No, that is found in Scripture. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to His Church (See John 14:26 and John 20:22). And the Holy Spirit uses sinful, fallible men to proclaim the teachings infallibly and correctly.

No, I am not saying that the Pope's words are the words of God. I am saying that, like the Apostles, the Pope together with the Magesterium, is infallible when teaching about matters of faith and morals. That means that they cannot err when teaching about faith and morals. Why? Because...

I would also like to add that the disagreement between St. Barnabus and St. Paul showed that the Apostles were normal men like the rest of us. They have disagreements just like all of us. They can sin like all of us. But their teachings of the Christian faith and morals were infallible...

Hello Rach, Jesus said that He would be with His Church until the end of the world (Matthew 28:20). In every church, one will always find wolves together with the sheep. This is true for all churches, not just the Catholic Church. The devil will always attack the Christian churches. The...