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Question: First, I'll jog your memory: I was a parishioner at St Adelaide, a regular member at Wed classes with Bob at K of C, and mostly because I asked you to see if my granddaughter could use help with high school Algebra when she lived in Grand Terrace many years ago. Ques: where can I find brief overview of Vatican II council i.e: major topics, proposed changes, participants and their views, results. Recently I heard a comment by Bishop Barron that sparked my interest, about which I'd like to read ((maybe a bit over my head but I'll give it a try)!   You were my go-to-person when I had questions and lived in So. Cal. I now live north of Sacramento. You're probably still a pretty busy person; thanks for your time and lots of blessings your way. M Answer: Hi M, Of course you didn't have to jog my memory. I remember you quite well. I'm surprised you found my contact info. I haven't been actively sharing the faith in quite some time.  To your question....

Do Protestants Need to Believe Catholic Doctrine? Hey There man... long time no talk.   Question:  Can you post the link to download the program that can make word documents pdf. files?  I remember you posting a purgatory study and it had the link on the bottom.  Also...  if the Bible is clear on salvation, believing in Jesus... would we as protestants have to worry about our salvation because we don't believe in Catholic doctrine?? Posted  10/10/2005  at  7:17 PM  by  Lemoyz  - Hi Lemoyz, In regards to the PDF, my Bible Study document on Purgatory can be found at the following link, if the link does not work, the program is called "Win2Pdf": http://www.geocities.com/laurence_gonzaga/StAnneYouth/Purgatory-ScriptureStudy.pdf Glad somebody was paying attention to that Purgatory doc. You never know really what fruits your personal work can cultivate. Your second question is tough, for our teachings on Sa...

Analysis of John 21:15-17: Peter’s Love for Christ and his Mission to Feed Christ’s Sheep and Lambs Laurence Gonzaga http://laurencegonzaga.co.cc   A friend asked me this morning about some significant points in the passages below. So after answering his questions I decided to put together this study. Unfortunately, as many people know already, sometimes it is difficult to pick up on some nuances in the original language when one is attempting to translate into another language. The same is true for the Bible. Below I will point out some significant nuances in the Greek which one misses out on when one only refers to the English translations.   Joh 21:15-17 Douay-Rheims Bible (Catholic) (15)  When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John,  lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I  love  thee. He saith to him:  Feed my lambs. (16)  He saith ...

The formulas of the faith and the conversion of the heart 2008-12-18 Laurence: I have five minutes to myself today, a rare occasion in my life over the last 6 weeks.  I look at this book, and others that you have reviewed and I have a deep reservation about the value of these essays.  The reservation is that they are constructed in the mathematical logic style of Thomas Aquinas.  They do not present the soul of Scripture and the invitation of Jesus to be His disciple.  This is the methodology of the theology that I was taught and which I have put behind me for many years now.  At the risk of sounding too Protestant, I have to make the point that the Scripture holds the foundation of our sacramental life.  The books you present are products of rules, regulations and Canon Law.  It is not very fulfilling to follow rules, regulations and laws.  It is much more fulfilling to choose a Master, listen to the teachings and follow the moral b...

The Literal Interpretation of the Scriptures: How I Understand It By: Laurence Gonzaga November 2007, originally posted on Xanga.com Download PDF I think it is very important, especially in this age, to reflect upon how we read the Sacred Scriptures. I would recommend that the reader abandon their preconceived notions and labels for a few moments as they read further. Personally, I think the word "fundamentalist" is a term popularized by a spirit in the Church which seems to be influenced by the doctrines of  Gnosticism (Hidden knowledge)  and Modernism (Denial of the Supernatural) , which therefore fosters a sense of  relativism (Truth is not objective and universal, it is subjective and particular) . After all, the "fundamentalist" asserts there is a concrete and exact sense of the Scriptures. I think it's a clever tactic they cooked up, since nobody wants to be labeled a "fundamentalist", since that often calls to mind the approac...

Facebook Thread There's so much to learn and so little time to learn it. There's also so much to share, and so little time to do it. My various work commitments have been preventing me over the years from devoting much time to writing as much as I used to in my mid- to late 20's. Just as well, I've lost the luster of youth anyway. I recently sat down with an old friend at lunch. A former seminarian, and by all measures that I could think of, he was a well-formed son of the Catholic Church. We don't have much opportunity to chat as much as we used to. I do recall a chat we had at lunch about a year ago where he asked me about my religious status, for lack of a better description. My response was to simply say that I believe there is a God, and His nature is understood best and taught best by the Catholic Church. In other words, I told him I am what I called "philosophically Catholic" . There's a whole story behind what likely brought that about b...

Last year I purchased a used book at the local Good Will, with a 1959 copyright, titled, Jung and St. Paul: A Study of the Doctrine of Justification By Faith and Its Relation to the Concept of Individuation . I recently received a question from a friend through Facebook about whether Jungian ideas are compatible with Christianity , and Catholicism in particular. Here were my comments: "I'm not so sure yet how much or to what extent Jung has influenced him (Dr. Jordan Peterson). I've never really read his work; I just know it from generalities. I do believe that his ideas could be used as a way of replacing religion with a new age spirituality . But I think historically Christianity has been able to transform ideas of pagan origin and Christianize them. So I think if this guy has good core Catholic or Christian values then I don't see how he couldn't do the same thing with Jung." So, this got me to start reading this book again. As I read through the...