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Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/26/21 8.93. Why are traditional Catholics so rigid and judgmental? Didn’t Jesus teach us to love and accept everyone? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/20/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/20/21 8.99. Isn’t going to a Latin Mass just going backwards? Doesn’t God want us to move forward? The Church should adapt and stay relevant in today’s modern world, right? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/19/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/19/21 8.100. Inviting a non-believer to Latin Mass is pointless. It’s a dead language, they won’t get it, and it’ll scare them off. They’ll just think we’re strange or part of a cult. Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/17/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/17/21 8.102. I tend to keep my faith simple—I just pray directly to Jesus. Isn’t that what matters most? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/16/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/16/21 8.103. I feel embarrassed when Protestants ask if calling Mary Co-Redemptrix or Queen of Heaven puts her equal to Jesus. Isn’t that too much? I honestly don’t know how to answer this. Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/15/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/15/21 8.104. I'm embarrassed to confess to a priest I don’t respect. I just tell Jesus—and I feel forgiven. Why confess to a man? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/14/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/14/21 8.105. I have Protestant friends. Vatican II calls them "separated brethren" and says their communities can save. So why convert or invite them to Mass? Aren’t we basically the same? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/13/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/13/21 8.106. Isn’t it arrogant to say the Catholic Church has the fullness of truth? I feel embarrassed saying that to Protestant or non-Catholic Christian friends. Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/9/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/9/21 8.110. Why are traditional Catholics so focused on rules and rituals instead of just loving God? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/8/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/8/21 8.111. Things feel too narrow and divided. It’s getting ridiculous. God is still God. I’ll keep it simple and stay in my Novus Ordo parish. Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/7/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/7/21 8.112. Isn’t Jesus more concerned with our hearts than with what liturgy we attend? Read More 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/6/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/6/21 8.113. You sedevacantists can’t even agree on how to elect a new pope. What a joke! Doesn’t that prove your position is false? 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8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/8/21 8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges Steve John 3/8/21 8.111. Things feel too narrow and divided. It’s getting ridiculous. God is still God. I’ll keep it simple and stay in my Novus Ordo parish. Read More
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