Another One Jumps the Tiber
Tim Troutman posted about this. Dr. Jonathan Deane, former reformed presbyterian, is now a rabid papist. Give him the hearty Welcome Home from the Catholic Blogosphere.
posted by Russ Rentler, M.D. | 5:47 PM
10 Comments:
And me still dippin my toes in :D sheesh!
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George, even if you never make the plunge, there are still great riches treasures and graces to be had at the banks of the Tiber. God bless you .
An awfully scary plunge there :D What with the eternal damnation awaiting and all that ;) However, the possibility of an apostate pope freaks me out... however, I don't get how they would think the next one would be that in a specific way, and yet they say the entire old church is that in total...*scratch* *scratch*
Bless you my friend!
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I'm not sure what your getting out with that last comment George. But a protestant blogger once wrote:
"I have to either pick A or B? A: Rome is full of it or just plain insane, or B: Rome has it all alllllright."
G.K. Chesterton(a famous 20th century convert) says that "it is impossible to be just to the Catholic Church because once men cease to pull against it, they feel the tug towards it.
The moment they cease to shout it down they begin to listen to it with pleasure. The moment they try to be fair to it they begin to be fond of it. But when that affection has passed a certain point it begins to take on the tragic and menacing grandeur of a great love affair. "
God bless
My comment was nothing more than the rambling of all sorts of stuff spewing out. I sure wish I had you round to talk through some of these things. I have a great friend in a priest, but as you know those fellas are rather busy... especially this time of year.
Thanks for the thoughts and for stopping over my way!
Big Blessings,
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Allentown's not far from Lancaster, I'll meet you half way sometime.
Hangeth in there.
BTW, regarding penance, I wrote something about it here to explain its purpose in our lives.
Yeah, We will have to do that sometime :)
Your post on penance was great. Ya know I have a Catechism here (my pastor gave it to me... how weird is that?). I would do well to look into these things right within those pages.
Thanks for caring Russ :) Oh, but how do the HMs fit as a penance? That part confuses me. The penance the priest gave you made total sense, and it is also a way to bless you... pretty cool.
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Rabid has a quasi-harsh tone, methinks....
How about "afflicted with Magisterial Myxomatosis"...
myxomatosis? Methinks you must be in the medical profession!
God bless
TJ
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