Biblia

RUSH

Great haste makes great waste. Adopt the pace of nature. Her pace is patience. Author unknown Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. Max Ehrmann Good and quickly seldom meet. George Herbert Haste in every business brings failures. Herodotus God never imposes a duty without … Continue reading “RUSH”

SACRAMENTS

If anyone says that the sacraments of the New Law are not necessary for salvation but are superfluous, and that without them or without the desire of them men obtain from God through faith alone the grace of justification, though all are not necessary for each one, let him be anathema. Council of Trent

PUNISHMENT

God in His supreme goodness and clemency, by no means allows anyone to be punished with eternal punishments who does not have the guilt of voluntary fault. Pius IX

PURGATORY

We believe … That the souls, by the purifying compensation are purged after death. Council of Lyons II (1274): “If they have died repentant for their sins and having love of God, but have not made satisfaction for things they have done or omitted by fruits worthy of penance, then their souls, after death, are … Continue reading “PURGATORY”

POPES

Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors. Did not the ancestors of those who are now entangled in the errors of Photius and the reformers, obey the Bishop of Rome, the chief … Continue reading “POPES”

MARY’S ASSUMPTION

Therefore the Virgin is immortal to this day, seeing that he who had dwelt in her transported her to the regions of her assumption. Timothy of Jerusalem And from that time forth all knew that the spotless and precious body had been transferred to paradise. John the Theologian