Subject: deeds of the law |
Bible Note: Dear Emmaus You said "Catholics believe the atoning blood of Christ" In words and doctrines you are correct... but not in actually walking out in faith. I was raised in the Catholic faith. Yes I learned the words "saved by the blood of Jesus"... yet followed it up by years of penance and indulgences... telling me that these had to be done to wipe away the stain of the sin and the fear of the fires of purgatory. Following are the words I was given as a child to memorize from the Baltimore Catechism... Glossary - Purgatory - The state in the life to come where souls are punished for a time who have died in grace but in venial sin or with a debt of temporal punishment unpaid. #184 Who are punished in purgatory? Those are punished for a time in purgatory who die in the state of grace but are guilty of venial sin, or have not fully satisfied for the temporal punishment due to their sins. Temporal punishment - The punishment which one is obliged to endure for a time, either in this life of in purgatory, for sins that have been for given. Indulgence - The remission of temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven granted by the Church from her spiritual treasury. Partial indulgence - The remission of a part of the temporal punishment due to one’s forgiven sins, effected by the Church through the application of her spiritual treasury. Plenary indulgence - The remission of all the debt of one’s temporal punishment, granted by the Church through the application of her spiritual treasury Penance - The virtue disposing us to be sorry for our sins; also, one of the sacraments, whereby sins committed after Baptism are forgiven by the absolution of the priest to sinners who confess them with true contrition. Confession - The telling of our sins to an authorized priest in order to obtain their forgiveness. If Catholics truly believe in the atoning blood of Jesus... then their “religion” would manifest it! When I knew the truth... I became free indeed. |