tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post2474896500441458003..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: The Joyous Festival of Sts. Peter and Paul, ApostlesWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-13876399774854573382008-07-01T17:10:00.000-05:002008-07-01T17:10:00.000-05:00Well, the Church of Rome will be happy to have Sco...Well, the Church of Rome will be happy to have Scott. A very sobering article in this week's Our Sunday Visitor spells out in detail the sad state of Catholicism today, especially in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>The authority of peoples and nations? It's alarming how many Catholics believe that the Catholic church is only one avenue of salvation. Even more alarming is how many of them don't believe Scripture is the Word of God. Even OSV admits that the last couple of decades have been a catechetical disaster in the Catholic church.<BR/><BR/>But the door swings both ways! Having overcome my last ten years of Roman fever I am swimming OUT of the Tiber back to the LCMS, where I will again hear the gracious word of the Eternal Word who alone saves.<BR/><BR/>God be with you, Scott. After ten years I discovered that the Catholic church I thought I was joining no longer exists.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Scott, can you show me where the priestly terms "sacerdos" and "hiereus" are applied to Christian pastors in the New Testament?<BR/> <BR/>Oh, but there's "doctrinal development" and all that.<BR/><BR/>And -- speaking of 3 masses -- my suburban megaparish had 4 on Sundays -- in the door, out the door. Poor priests. No wonder they hardly knew anyone by name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-29614215859819680122008-06-29T18:39:00.000-05:002008-06-29T18:39:00.000-05:003 Masses huh? I've heard that the Nativity of St....3 Masses huh? I've heard that the Nativity of St. John the Baptist had 3 as well, but only one survives, perhaps the 3rd. one. Of the 3 for Ss. Peter & Paul, I suppose the one for St. Peter remained today, the one for St. Paul was moved to tomorrow, and the one for all the Apostles is the Mass found in the Common. I could be wrong. Much of the Mass for today in the Roman Rite is jarring to sensitive Lutheran ears (like mine).Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-58242067760863447072008-06-28T19:52:00.000-05:002008-06-28T19:52:00.000-05:00Scott,I wish you well, and pray that you hold onto...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I wish you well, and pray that you hold onto the truth you learned as a Lutheran Christian.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com