It isn’t even really Catholic dogma anymore to assert that the Catholic Church is the only path to salvation. The Pope regularly talks about Christians broadly and defends Protestantism. For those of us that were taught differently, we just kind of nod our heads and take the gaslighting.
Some priest dropped one word and it’s going to cause a lot of strife for the Catholics in phoenix that were impacted. Yet we went from prayers in Latin to every language under the sun and nobody bats an eye at what was lost in translation there? There are a lot of (now outdated) catechisms that warned against this.
The dogma hasn't changed, the stomach of modernist clerics has. Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus is in force, no matter how many times the Pope kisses the Koran.
> Yet we went from prayers in Latin to every language under the sun and nobody bats an eye at what was lost in translation there?
Well said.
How to turn people against formal religion.
I always thought that if one approached a sacrament with an open, honest and clear conscience that the action was valid. Conversely, if you follow the form with a hard, closed heart it’s invalid. Guess there’s a lot of souls in the deep who are in trouble unless the ship’s captain had the correct form.
The profession of faith of the one being baptized is what I believe God cares about.
“The error also means that because baptism is the first of the sacraments, some people will need to repeat other sacraments, according to the diocese webpage for frequently asked questions.”
“According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are seven sacraments in the Catholic church: baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, reconciliation, anointing the sick, marriage and holy orders.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/us/pastor-invalid-baptisms-re...
Sorry, your sacrament is being recalled. If you think you have been notified in error contact the repentance office at your earliest convenience. You will be given a case number and be allowed to remain in limbo until a decision is made whether your benefits can be reinstated.
Says an intuition full of child groppers.
* a priest cannot change the formula as he wishes
> to modify the sacramental formula implies a lack of an understanding of the very nature of the ecclesial ministry that is always at the service of God and his people and not the exercise of a power that goes so far as to manipulate what has been entrusted to the Church in an act that pertains to the Tradition
* when saying "We" instead of "I" he is probably meaning something different as well and acting out a different role
> When the minister says “I baptize you…” he does not speak as a functionary who carries out a role entrusted to him, but he enacts ministerially the sign-presence of Christ, who acts in his Body to give his grace and to make the concrete liturgical assembly a manifestation of “the real nature of the true Church”
I also enjoyed this quote from the footnotes:
> in personal prayer the believer can follow the impulse of the heart, in liturgical action “he must open himself to a different kind of impulse which comes from a more powerful source: namely, the heart of the Church which beats through the ages. Here it does not matter what personal tastes are, what wants he may have, or what particular cares occupy his mind...”
