Category Archives: heresies

Does predestination imply that salvation is not available to all human persons?

Posted on 15 January 2011 by Ron Conte

The Offer of Salvation The opportunity for salvation is offered to all persons; no one is excluded from the ability to obtain salvation by free will cooperating with grace unto eternal life. Pope John Paul II: “The universality of salvation … Continue reading →

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A list of persons who should not be receiving Holy Communion

Posted on 14 January 2011 by Ron Conte

Under the eternal moral law, anyone who is in a state of formal heresy (knowingly and obstinately rejecting a definitive teaching of the Magisterium on a matter of faith or morals) is automatically excommunicated. Heresy excommunicates by the very nature … Continue reading →

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On Direct and Indirect Abortion: the new proportionalism

Posted on 9 January 2011 by Ron Conte

There are three fonts of morality: (1) intention, (2) moral object, (3) circumstances. In order to be moral, each and every knowingly chosen act must have three good fonts. If any one or more fonts is bad, the act is … Continue reading →

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Which matters of faith or morals are open questions?

Posted on 7 January 2011 by Ron Conte

There is an alarming tendency among theologians and the laity in general to treat nearly all matters of faith or morals as open questions. Infallible Teachings Unless there is an infallible magisterial teaching on a particular point, explicitly stated in … Continue reading →

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updated post on Lisa Fullam

Posted on 6 January 2011 by Ron Conte

I’ve updated my post here, on the heresies being promoted by Lisa Fullam. Her rejection of magisterial teaching on ethics is very comprehensive, and implies that she rejects not only certain teachings of the Magisterium, but magisterial authority per se. … Continue reading →

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The single source heresy

Posted on 2 January 2011 by Ron Conte

In this heresy, a believer relies entirely or mainly on one source, such as one theologian or one Saint, as the basis for a doctrine. Instead of relying on the teachings of Sacred Tradition, and Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium, … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Akin’s heresy on intrinsic evil

Posted on 1 January 2011 by Ron Conte

In his post of November 29, 2006 titled ‘Intrinsic Evil’, Jimmy Akin teaches yet another grave heresy to his readers. This particular heresy rejects the teaching of the Universal Magisterium on the nature of intrinsically evil acts, as determined by … Continue reading →

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Veritatis Splendor – the most important encyclical on ethics in the history of the Church

Posted on 1 January 2011 by Ron Conte

In 1993, Pope John Paul II published the encyclical Veritatis Splendor (the Splendor of Truth). The encyclical was promulgated on 6 August, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. This magisterial document is the most comprehensive and authoritative set of … Continue reading →

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Catholics who hate Christ

Posted on 30 December 2010 by Ron Conte

[Luke] {19:12} Therefore, he said: “A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. … {19:14} But his citizens hated him. And so they sent a delegation after him, … Continue reading →

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The Moral Theology of Eve

Posted on 26 December 2010 by Ron Conte

In the Garden of Eden, Eve sees the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, a.k.a. ‘the apple’. Satan asks Eve if God really said that it would be wrong to eat the apple. [Genesis 3] … Continue reading →

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Fourth article on contraception and heresy

Posted on 24 December 2010 by Ron Conte

I’ve just published the fourth in my series of articles titled Contraception and Heresy. This article focuses on the moral object of sexual acts, and the evil moral object in any use of contraception, which is the deprivation of the … Continue reading →

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Sr. Margaret McBride’s canonical status

Posted on 24 December 2010 by Ron Conte

Sr. Margaret McBride is the St. Joseph’s hospital administrator who Bishop Olmsted declared was automatically excommunicated for her official approval of a direct abortion at the hospital. His declaration implies that everyone else at the hospital who were involved to … Continue reading →

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