tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post4161570086766162041..comments2024-03-28T18:15:24.322+11:00Comments on Cardinal Pole's Blog on Church and State: “More blood pressure a risin’?” No, my dear aCatholics, but thanks for the link!Cardinal Polehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15606972767215157799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-51493989959115274592010-01-04T21:00:24.060+11:002010-01-04T21:00:24.060+11:00Anyone who imagines - as Elmer does - that the ter...Anyone who imagines - as Elmer does - that the term "medieval" can be used about someone who (like the original Cardinal Pole) died as recently as 1558, is not merely geographically and theologically but historically challenged.Jeffrey Waltersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-74795790519691157662009-12-02T13:57:37.295+11:002009-12-02T13:57:37.295+11:00Lord... Catholic "education"... it's...Lord... Catholic "education"... it's almost enough to induce one to despair...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-55611621993688692862009-12-02T04:17:10.280+11:002009-12-02T04:17:10.280+11:00"... you are arguing with people who haven..."... you are arguing with people who haven't grasped the most basic concepts of the Faith!"<br /><br />And yet he's involved in training Catholic teachers. It's disgraceful.<br /><br />"I would venture to suggest that few, if any, of the aCatholics have grown up children who still practice the Faith. My guess is that most or all of their grandchildren are unbaptised."<br /><br />Sadly, you're probably right. And more sadly, if those grandchildren grow up and seek Baptism, but have only the mutilated faith of the Ian Elmers and Peter Dressers, then that is an <i>obex</i> and the graces of the Sacrament will lie dormant, availing them nothing towards salvation (though they will receive the indelible spiritual character of a Christian, of course).<br /><br />"[Dr. Elmer] discounts the work of God ."<br /><br />True, Matthias.Cardinal Polehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606972767215157799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-64614008697636025772009-11-28T13:30:08.914+11:002009-11-28T13:30:08.914+11:00Cardinal ,if I my reading of history is correct,an...Cardinal ,if I my reading of history is correct,and i am only a proddy heretic who sings from different hymn sheet to the pressies,if your namesake had been elected Pope,the reformation would not have happened,which was a great pity.<br />As for Dr Elmer,i have posted my thoughts over at Schutz's place, in that he discounts the work of God . I could be wrong,afterall i barrack for Collingwood,go to a Baptist Church,vote prolife,and live in Melbournematthiasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-7256078974524123752009-11-27T16:01:49.118+11:002009-11-27T16:01:49.118+11:00“Adam and Eve sinned; God had to sacrifice his son...<i>“Adam and Eve sinned; God had to sacrifice his son to pay the debt!”</i><br /><br />Good Lord, Pole, you are arguing with people who haven't grasped the most basic concepts of the Faith!<br /><br />I would venture to suggest that few, if any, of the aCatholics have grown up children who still practice the Faith. My guess is that most or all of their grandchildren are unbaptised.<br /><br />Look at it any way you like, their brand of "Catholicism" isn't worth living for much less dying for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5632463161266737914.post-28042110067575034732009-11-27T07:20:13.138+11:002009-11-27T07:20:13.138+11:00And of course, as ray(o) rightly noted at the disc...And of course, as ray(o) rightly noted at the discussion thread in question, this blog is not a mere mutual admiration society, so speak up, my dear aCatholics.Cardinal Polehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606972767215157799noreply@blogger.com