Two Natures of the Catholic Church
Jan 26, 2018 15:17:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 15:17:05 GMT
What goes by the wayside in so many conversations in this crisis, is that the Catholic Church has two natures: one Divine, the other human. The Catholic Church is the Mystical body of Christ. In the two natures, the Church is therefore "incarnate" in the sense of the baptized (members) are incorporated into the divine live of Christ; one with God.
"Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him." (John 14:23)
"That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." (John 17:21)
Yet in time, the Catholic Church in Her human nature is indeed suffering Her way of the cross following our Lord: mocked, burdened, ridiculed, scourged, disfigured..unto crucifixion while the divine part of the Church is in peace; untouched; infallible.
"Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Matthew 16:24)
Knowing also the Church is eternal and manifests Her Glory when the Father so pleases, communicating -"This is my beloved Son; Hear ye Him" as Christ is the Head of the Church, it is necessary that these things happen for God's honor. She too must suffer in Her members like Christ.
"Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?" (Luke 24)
So the Catholic Church has two natures we know, yet by sin in her human part, which is a revolution in a soul and society against God, dwells only on the human condition; the acts of the mundane having a lateral horizontal understanding of the faith. Rudimentary if you will as having a "bottom-up" understanding of God resulting in a dog chasing tail going nowhere. By sin, the light is diminished or is dark to fathom the comprehension of the faith and God. We see this spiral in endless 'legalism', 'sedevacantism', 'clericalism' (one who puts an inordinate attachment to a prelate over the faith), ambiguous language, obfuscation...it is understandable, they cannot see until the obstacle is removed.
"But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death." (Proverbs 8)
The same understanding too with some of the fallen patriarchs, prophets, and priests in the Old Testament (Solomon, Samuel, Caiaphas...) falling into idolatry preaching a new religion, a new sacrifice (mass) away from God. Yet they remained in authority over the visible Church. They were in sin, heresy even, but still sat on the throne of Moses. Our recent pope(s) too are in sin, heresy even, but still sit on the throne of Peter. The authority comes from God; not from the persons in vessel of that authority.
Our trust is in God alone.
We also know that the object of unity is faith; the object of the faith is God. So the Catholic faith is naturally a vertical understanding of God. It is a "top-down" understanding by the fullness of revelation God and his Church communicates and we must listen with the same solicitude provided in the beginning of Genesis without altering or alienating it. Truth is objective; it is outside of us. There is no ambiguous language in God; only in man.
It follows that all crisis' are a revolution against God's order; man made and man produced. But the solution is above -if we look for it.
"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it." (1 Corinthians 10)
"Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him." (John 14:23)
"That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." (John 17:21)
Yet in time, the Catholic Church in Her human nature is indeed suffering Her way of the cross following our Lord: mocked, burdened, ridiculed, scourged, disfigured..unto crucifixion while the divine part of the Church is in peace; untouched; infallible.
"Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Matthew 16:24)
Knowing also the Church is eternal and manifests Her Glory when the Father so pleases, communicating -"This is my beloved Son; Hear ye Him" as Christ is the Head of the Church, it is necessary that these things happen for God's honor. She too must suffer in Her members like Christ.
"Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?" (Luke 24)
So the Catholic Church has two natures we know, yet by sin in her human part, which is a revolution in a soul and society against God, dwells only on the human condition; the acts of the mundane having a lateral horizontal understanding of the faith. Rudimentary if you will as having a "bottom-up" understanding of God resulting in a dog chasing tail going nowhere. By sin, the light is diminished or is dark to fathom the comprehension of the faith and God. We see this spiral in endless 'legalism', 'sedevacantism', 'clericalism' (one who puts an inordinate attachment to a prelate over the faith), ambiguous language, obfuscation...it is understandable, they cannot see until the obstacle is removed.
"But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death." (Proverbs 8)
The same understanding too with some of the fallen patriarchs, prophets, and priests in the Old Testament (Solomon, Samuel, Caiaphas...) falling into idolatry preaching a new religion, a new sacrifice (mass) away from God. Yet they remained in authority over the visible Church. They were in sin, heresy even, but still sat on the throne of Moses. Our recent pope(s) too are in sin, heresy even, but still sit on the throne of Peter. The authority comes from God; not from the persons in vessel of that authority.
Our trust is in God alone.
We also know that the object of unity is faith; the object of the faith is God. So the Catholic faith is naturally a vertical understanding of God. It is a "top-down" understanding by the fullness of revelation God and his Church communicates and we must listen with the same solicitude provided in the beginning of Genesis without altering or alienating it. Truth is objective; it is outside of us. There is no ambiguous language in God; only in man.
It follows that all crisis' are a revolution against God's order; man made and man produced. But the solution is above -if we look for it.
"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it." (1 Corinthians 10)