CastoffCaptain
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Pagan henotheist following Hermes.
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I hadn't heard of Misotheism before but I wouldn't say I could bring myself to care enough to hate something I don't believe in
Question...
What is the stance of the Catholic Church as far as the existence of an Immortal Soul?
I've done my research, and after reading countless articles, I came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a soul. When we die, we simply sleep in the grave until the final resurrection. We are, in our entirety, a soul. We don't have a soul, we are a soul.
Yay! A Questiong about the Catholic Faith for me to answer! *Runs to get Catechism*
Oh yeah, and I'm a Catholic Theologian (in training) in case you didn't read my last post.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that we do have Immortal Souls which give us consciousness and freedom; both soul and body. At death the soul is sepperated from the body to await the final resurrection at which time the soul will be reunited with the body, now glorified. (Catechism Paragraphs: 363, 366, 1703)
So the human soul dose not remain with the body in the grave but instead goes for personal judgement before God. It cannot remain with the body because it is what gives the body life.
Wow. This is really refreshing...! Finally, a group of people discussing religion without any hate! Just goes to show what a wonderful community RPN really is!
I'm not sure what label I can apply.
Like I don't think a god is what most religions depict them as, but I'm thinking that they're a far more abstract, vast, ever-present thing that we're also a part of.
In essence, this entire universe, our conscious, just everything and all laws of physics and whatnot is connected as one sort of "being".
Also I believe in ghosts and spirits big time, yup.
I have a question for you, that is, if you don't overly offended:
How would you classify Jesus in Christian Catholicism? Is he a prophet? Or something much more?
And, what's the difference between reformist Christianity, and Catholic Christianiy? Why is the latter more popular?
How did the pope/bishop/priest (the system) come to be in Catholicism? Was it something created by humans? Or was it a commandment of the God?
I don't get offended easily. It's literally my job to answer questions.
Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man. He is not a prophet, He is God himself in human flesh.
I'm assuming you mean Catholicism Vs. Protestantism? Roman Catholicism can trace it's roots all the way back to the time of Christ. The Catholic Church was in fact founded by Jesus Christ Himself while he was on Earth and this founding is chronicled in the Bible, of which the Catholic Church both wrote and compiled. (Even protestants will admit we wrote the Bible.) There is a saying among Catholics, "to study history is to cease to be protestant". The vary name "Protestant" means to "Protest". The "Reformed" Christianity began as a protest against Catholicism. It was a revolt of sorts. Protestants, while they are well intentioned, lack the fullness of the Christian Faith and are called, "Separated Brothers and Sisters in Christ".
The first Pope was appointed by Jesus Christ himself, his name is "St. Peter". Peter in the language Jesus would have been speaking means "Rock" and Jesus says in the Bible, "Upon this rock I shall build my Church." and he says this right after renaming Peter who's birth name was "Simon". (This is why every once in a while you might hear, "Simon Peter" mentioned. The writers were trying to prevent confusion due to the name change.) The Priesthood was also instituted by Jesus Christ, this is where the "Washing of the feet" comes into play. The 12 disciples were our first priests. (Yes, some of them were married, but that's a different story.) The office of Bishop is just a Priest who has been hand picked by the Pope to take another set of vows and then he is responsible for a group of Priests. He makes sure all of his Priests are teaching the Faith properly and no one falls off the rails. This job was also instituted by Jesus Christ, though the 12 disciples and their followers who wanted to be sure everyone was teaching the same things Christ teaches. (To ensure nothing is changed on purpose or mistake.)
We believe as Catholics that God still chooses Our Popes and Bishops through the Holy Spirit.
Dose that answer your questions?
By God those were excellent answers! I must really applaud your knowledge of our faith! xD
I'm a Catechetics major at Franciscan University. So I've kearned from the best.
Oh nice. I´m just one of those worrywarts that just gets a bit annoyed at how many claim to be catholics without actually believing (in practice) or even knowing what we believe in (and I don´t mean nitpicks, just basic information such as the one you posted there), it's quite the relief to see someone putting them so eloquently (is that misspelled? I don´t think so...)