What makes the Catholic Church so beautiful and so attractive to many Young Adults is the stability and consistency of the TRUTH maintained by the Church. In an unstable world, the Church is Stable. It says in Hebrews 13:8 that "Christ is the same Yesterday, Today, and forever".
In my teaching, catechetical, and apologetical work the thing that breaks my heart more than anything else is meeting Catholics, especially intelligent and well studied catholics, who blatantly disregard Catholic teaching. When it comes to being Catholic, its all or nothing. Period. There is no middle ground. It doesnt mean you wont have involuntary doubts, or even struggle. But in the end. The truth is NOT a democracy. Thats what makes the Church beautiful and strong. It carries the light of TRUTH. Those who dont accept it entirely do not accept it PERIOD. We are called to be faithful to Christ and to the sacrament of salvation which he left for us, the Church. We are called to be Catholics without compromise.
The Bible is very very clear that dissenters would come and spread heresy. The bible also has grave warnings for such people.
Matthew 12:30, 2 John 1:9-11, Galatians 5:19-21, Matthew 18:15-17, Mark 9:42
The Bible is also clear on the Evils of Dissenting from the truth and that it even affects one’s salvation.
Galatians 5:19-21, Titus 3:8-9. 1 Corinthians 12:20. 1 Corinthians 14:33, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13
Furthermore, the faithful are called to be faifthful to the Church, warned not to associate with such dissenters, that dissenters must be corrected , that obedience is praised and desirable to God, and that disobedience has grave consequences
1 Tim 4:1-8, Romans 16:17-18, Romans 1:28-3, Sirach 3:1, 2 Corinthians 9:13, Philippians 2:12
, Genesis 2:17, 3:17-19
image from Jjensen used with permission via wikimedia commons. Icon from the Mégalo Metéoron Monastery in Greece, representing the First Ecumenical Council of Nikea 325 A.D., with the condemned Arius in the bottom of the icon.
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