The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Hmm... interesting that a Catholic might seek to quote King.
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I am wrong, but King, being a Baptist and therefore not having received communion nor been shriven of his sins, was almost certainly damned to hell?
Certainly, his inspiration, Mohandas Gandhi, as a Hindu, is (according to your church's doctrine) currently writhing in eternal agony for his horrible, sinful life, yes?
Or am I off-base here?
Anri: The days when we taught that only Catholics are in heaven are long gone. You are somewhat out of date with your theology.
ReplyDeleteThere is every reason to believe that MLK and Gandhi are with God. His mercy is far more expansive than is his wrath. Who knows? Maybe (God willing) we'll meet up there as well!
Fr. Tim
What date did that theology all change Tim?
ReplyDeleteLarry: Vatican II clarified the understanding of the necessity of the Church for salvation to mean the Church of Christ which subsists within, but not exclusive to the Roman Catholic Church.
ReplyDeleteFr. Tim
"There is every reason to believe that MLK and Gandhi are with God"
ReplyDeleteJohn 14:5-7 seems to disagree with you about the Mahatma and myself. Am I misreading it?
Moving on to King...
Am I to understand, then, that confession to a Priest is totally unnecessary for salvation? That the threat of excommunication therefore carries - literally - no weight?
Or, rather, that they are both strictly human-to-human interactions, with no assumption of god's involvement? I will happily admit that I am more familiar with the Medieval Catholic Church (which is to say, very slightly), and I understand that the inerrant word of god changes with the times like all other things, so I might very well be out of date on this.
Lastly:
"His mercy is far more expansive than is his wrath."
Do all humans truly deserve hell? I am under the impression that Christianity holds that they do.
Is god's justice perfect? (Deuteronomy 32:4, just for example)
Is someone getting something other than what they truly deserve justice?
I hate to hit you with so many questions all in one post, but they all seem to tie together to me.
Tim
ReplyDeleteSo are you absolutley sure that pope Benedict would agree that Christ susists in all churhes other than the catholic church ?
Larry: The Church of Christ subsists in its fullness within the RC Church. It also subsists in differing degrees in all other Christian, Jewish, and other human churches and communities. We acknowledge this at the Easter Vigil Mass each year in the intercessions and prayers that are celebrated and offered in that sacred liturgy.
ReplyDeleteEven B16 would not have the ego needed to believe that he could know the limits of God's grace and mercy throughout creation. If you need evidence of that, look at his first two encylicals, one on the subject of love, the other on hope. He offers a far more humane and loving face of God and Church than he is given credit for in the MSM.
Fr. Tim