Freemasonry is a secret society that claims to be compatible with Christianity, but is it really? In this article, a former Freemason explains the origins, beliefs and rituals of this organization, and why he left it after discovering its true nature.
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Father Michael Heinrich Weninger, a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and also an Austrian Freemason – belonging to the Grand Lodge of Austria AF&AM (Ancient Free and Accepted Masons)
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[the-subtitle] his essay will explore an explanation to resolve the theological contradiction in saying that the Church (the Body of Christ) has a preexistent nature (i.e. ‘there was never a time when the Church did not exist’) against the reality that the Church is a created thing and not a person with selfhood. The communication of
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he creeds pronounced at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople are not the earliest instances of the declarative statements by the fathers about the nature, personhood, life, and works of the Triune Godhead, but they do provide a well-organized place to begin the discussion about what the Church believes about the nature of God and
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Introduction his exegesis paper will concentrate on John 11:1-44 (the Raising of Lazarus) and will offer a particular focus the historical aspect of the passage in regards to the historical reliability concerning the family of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. It is noteworthy that this is the only extensive narrative about a family in the entire
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Introduction ogether with chapter six, chapter seven lays the groundwork for the entire book of Isaiah. These are linchpin chapters that must be valued and understood first for their literal meaning, so that the beginning, remainder, and all of the book can be understood harmoniously with the full Catholic sense of Scripture. The tropological, didactic
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Introduction enerally, the scope by which the Catholic Church is examined in the second and early third century is narrowed down to the internal threat it faced from false teaching and from the external threat of persecution it faced as a result of local and national Roman laws and edicts. Yet, what should not be
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Using sacred Scripture, writings from the fathers, councils, popes, doctors, Catholic theologians and those who are opposed to the Catholic teaching on the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, I intend to communicate the history of the Catholic idea of marriage and then offer a series of propositions on the role that grace and sacrificial love plays in husband and wife becoming one flesh through the Sacrament made specifically for it.
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What is clearly inferred out of Jesus’ commissions is that this is an ongoing work that will naturally extend beyond the lifespan of the Apostles.
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There remains to be fewer greater errors in regards to man’s historical perception of the Church than when he, sometimes in forgivable ignorance, posits that the Church emerged only after the Death of Jesus.
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