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The Rosary is way more effective when you sufficiently meditate on the mysteries and you do that best with the Scripture. Try it today and see the result today.
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“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 25,1-13)
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.
Since the bridegroom was long delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
At midnight, there was a cry, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
But the wise ones replied, 'No, for there may not be enough for us and you. Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.'
While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked.
Afterwards the other virgins came and said, 'Lord, Lord, open the door for us!'
But he said in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.'
Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
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Blatantly man-made (non apostolic) traditions:
1. Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone as the sole infallible rule of faith)
2. Sola Fide (justification by faith alone)
3. Forensic (imputed) righteousness as the basis of justification
4. The five solas as the essential summary of the gospel
5. Private interpretation of Scripture as the ordinary means of determining doctrine
6. The concept of an “invisible Church” as the true Church of Christ
7. The priesthood of all believers as eliminating a distinct ministerial priesthood
8. Rejection of apostolic succession as necessary for valid ministry or sacraments
9. Only two ordinances/sacraments (baptism and the Lord’s Supper)
10. The Lord’s Supper as primarily a memorial or symbolic act (Zwinglian view)
11. Rejection of the Mass as a propitiatory sacrifice
12. Believer’s baptism only (rejection of infant baptism)
13. Baptism as a purely symbolic ordinance with no regenerative efficacy
14. Eternal security / “once saved, always saved”
15. The pre-tribulation Rapture (popular dispensational view)
16. Dispensationalism as a comprehensive hermeneutical system
17. The “sinner’s prayer” or altar call as the ordinary means of conversion
18. “Asking Jesus into your heart” as the decisive moment of salvation
19. The doctrine of the “age of accountability”
20. Total depravity (in the popular Calvinistic sense)
21. Rejection of the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament
22. Assurance of salvation as a present, subjective infallible certainty irrespective of one’s works
23. Congregational or non-episcopal polity as the biblical model of church government
24. The claim that the true Church was largely corrupted or lost until the Reformation
25. Rejection of prayers for the dead
26. Rejection of the intercession of the saints
27. No special veneration of Mary beyond basic honor as a believer
28. Ordination of women as pastors or elders (in many Evangelical denominations)
29. Contemporary worship styles (praise bands, informal services) as normative
30. Rejection of fixed liturgical forms or traditional liturgy
31. Denominationalism as an acceptable outcome of Sola Scriptura
32. Creeds and confessions as optional or secondary to private Bible reading
33. “Personal relationship with Jesus” as the primary category of Christian life
34. Rejection of the necessity of the visible hierarchical Church founded by Christ
35. Separation of justification from sanctification in a way that minimizes the role of works in final salvation
36. The claim that the early Church was essentially Protestant in doctrine and practice
Did I miss anything?
Blatantly man-made (non-apostolic) traditions:
1. The Immaculate Conception (Mary’s preservation from original sin)
2. The perpetual sinlessness of Mary
3. The bodily Assumption of Mary
4. The perpetual virginity of Mary
5. Mary as Queen of Heaven
6. The invocation of Mary as an intercessor
7. The attribution of titles such as “Mediatrix of All Graces” to Mary
8. The religious veneration of icons and statues
9. The practice of bowing before and kissing sacred images
10. The invocation of departed saints
11. The veneration of relics
12. The distinction between latria, dulia, and hyperdulia as a justification for religious veneration
13. Purgatory
14. The treasury of merit (as though Christ’s finished work were insufficient)
15. The granting of indulgences
16. The distinction between temporal and eternal punishment as the basis for indulgences
17. The doctrine of supererogatory works
18. The distinction between mortal and venial sins
19. The sacrament of penance as a means of obtaining post-baptismal forgiveness
20. Sacramental confession to a priest as an ordinary requirement for absolution
21. The papacy as a divinely instituted office
22. Papal supremacy over the universal Church
23. Papal infallibility
24. The claim that the Bishop of Rome is the successor of Peter in a unique office of universal jurisdiction
25. The claim that submission to the Roman Pontiff is necessary for salvation
26. The doctrine of an infallible ecclesiastical Magisterium
27. The elevation of unwritten Sacred Tradition alongside Sacred Scripture as an infallible rule of faith
28. The claim that one particular episcopal communion exclusively constitutes the Church of Christ
29. Mandatory priestly celibacy in the Latin Church
30. The requirement of episcopal succession as a necessary condition for valid ordination
31. Transubstantiation
32. The Eucharist as a propitiatory sacrifice offered by a unique priestly class
33. The reservation and adoration of the consecrated Eucharist
34. Baptismal regeneration as an ordinarily necessary means of justification
35. The automatic remission of original sin through infant baptism
36. Seven Sacraments
Did I miss anything?
But as for you, man of God, shun all this; aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men,
for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.
This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.
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You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel.
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“When the Holy Rosary is said well, it gives Jesus and Mary more glory and is more meritorious than any other prayer.”
~Saint Louis de Montfort
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God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:10-11
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If sola scriptura truly mean to not contradict the Scripture as they try to sell it, many protestant doctrines will not exist in the first place.
But, no. What they mean is for you to accept their personal interpretation as the correct one.
i.e solaMyscriptura: I get to decide for all when the scripture should be taken by its words and when it should be directly contradicted and I am never wrong even when the majority of Christians past or present believe that I am.
