Schism Makes Baby Jesus Cry
This is upsetting.
Schism makes Baby Jesus cry.
The Ecumenical Catholic Church differs from its cousins … in its beliefs that priests can marry, men and women can be ordained and the Eucharist is open to all those baptized and in its discernment of contraception, divorce and sexual orientation.
Ecumenical Catholics say they adhere to the ever-constant beliefs of the first 800 years of the Catholic Church and differ only on fluid organization and policies.
Right…
Let’s explore this then.
•The first 800 years of the Church did not have ordained women.
•The Church from Christ on has always felt that divorce is an evil that should not be allowed. Shall I quote from scripture? How about Matthew 19 (3-12)?
Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate." They said to him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss (her)?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery." [His] disciples said to him, "If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." He answered, "Not all can accept [this] word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it." (Emphasis mine of course)
•As for contraception and homosexuality, the early Church is quite clear on what it believed.
Clement of Alexandria offers on contraception:
"Because of its divine institution for the propagation of man, the seed is not to be vainly ejaculated, nor is it to be damaged, nor is it to be wasted" (The Instructor of Children 2:10:91:2 [A.D. 191]). "To have coitus other than to procreate children is to do injury to nature" (ibid. 2:10:95:3).
For homosexuality see 1st Corinthians 6:9. St. Augustine also offers the following:
[T]hose shameful acts against nature, such as were committed in Sodom, ought everywhere and always to be detested and punished. If all nations were to do such things, they would be held guilty of the same crime by the law of God, which has not made men so that they should use one another in this way" (Confessions 3:8:15 [A.D. 400]).
As for ordination of women look no further than Catholic Answers.
Thanks to Catholic Answers for the wealth of information they always are. Thanks also so Mark Shea on whose blog I found the story.

1 Comments:
Hey Andrew, glad you are back with some more good stuff that Catholics need to hear. At the risk of disagreeing with Dr. Ruth, you must include masturbation in the mix. Sorry Catholic-lite but this can be a mortal sin. I like the internet. UF
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