Mary is not the Mediatrix of All graces

Posted on 1 June 2011 by Ron Conte

The Virgin Mary is Mediatrix of Grace. Pope Pius XI even calls her “Mediatrix of all graces.” However, this phrasing is inexact. The Pope was not referring to all graces without exception, but to all graces to us, to fallen … Continue reading →

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Saint Thomas on Heresy

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Ron Conte

Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Summa Theologica: On the contrary, Augustine says against the Manichees [Cf. De Civ. Dei xviii, 1]: “In Christ’s Church, those are heretics, who hold mischievous and erroneous opinions, and when rebuked that they may think … Continue reading →

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Excommunication and Voting for Abortion

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Ron Conte

There is a debate about whether or not those legislators vote for the Filipino Reproductive Health Bill are excommunicated. Most Canon Lawyers say they are not. But Pope John Paul II decided, in Evangelium Vitae: “The 1917 Code of Canon … Continue reading →

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The Arab Spring as a preparation for the Tribulation

Posted on 29 May 2011 by Ron Conte

Eschatology and provability Most questions in eschatology, asked at most times throughout Church history, are somewhat academic. If you lived any time from the second century to the early 20th century, the question (we now know) as to when the … Continue reading →

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Inequality within the Trinity

Posted on 28 May 2011 by Ron Conte

In my book, New Insights into the Deposit of Faith, I discuss the speculative theological question as to whether or not the Three Persons of the Trinity are equal as concerns their Personhood. “God is One Being, and the One … Continue reading →

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Baptism forgives all sins — ALL sins.

Posted on 27 May 2011 by Ron Conte

What if an adult has committed actual mortal sins prior to Baptism, and at the time of Baptism, he has neither imperfect, nor perfect contrition? There are only two possibilities, either the Sacrament is valid and all sins are forgiven, … Continue reading →

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Why we use masculine words to refer to God

Posted on 27 May 2011 by Ron Conte

Why Masculine Words? Now there are several reasons why masculine words are fittingly used to refer to God, and feminine words are not. God is properly referred to with male pronouns, and with the figure of male family members, because … Continue reading →

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Fr. Zlatko Sudac documentary

Posted on 26 May 2011 by Ron Conte

Fr. Sudac is a Roman Catholic priest from Krk Island in Croatia. He is renown for his holiness and spiritual insight. I think that he is the long-prophesied Angelic Shepherd, who will guide the Church during the first part of … Continue reading →

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Against Catholic Fundamentalism – 1 – Private Interpretation of Scripture

Posted on 26 May 2011 by Ron Conte

There is a certain false teaching, spreading among many Catholics, which claims that the Church prohibits us from interpreting Scripture. They call this the ‘private interpretation’ of Scripture. They say that we must wait for the Magisterium to tell us … Continue reading →

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Annotations in Bible translations

Posted on 25 May 2011 by Ron Conte

Canon Law requires translations of the Bible to have annotations. “Can. 825 §1. Books of the sacred scriptures cannot be published unless the Apostolic See or the conference of bishops has approved them. For the publication of their translations into … Continue reading →

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Erosion of the Canon of Sacred Scripture

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Ron Conte

In recent decades, Biblical scholars have been removing words, phrases, and even whole verses, from the Bible. This is a very serious problem, which undermines Scripture one of the three foundational sources of truth in the Catholic Faith (Tradition, Scripture, … Continue reading →

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4th reply to Fr. Erlenbush on the knowledge of Christ

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Ron Conte

In the comments to Fr. Reginaldus’ post, Did Jesus know the day and the hour of the Apocalypse?, someone (not myself) has copied sections of my few posts on the subject of the knowledge of Christ, using the pseudonym ‘St. … Continue reading →

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