tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22704303.post3962705382970318584..comments2024-03-28T10:33:58.720-07:00Comments on The Catholic Monitor: EWTN's World Over: Vatican "Pagan... Ceremony" was "Syncretism" & Francis's Pantheistic "New Age... Syncretism" Beliefs?Fred Martinezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11938859619399753890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22704303.post-3659707766591861152019-10-14T16:52:34.036-07:002019-10-14T16:52:34.036-07:00That is the only choice? No Eastern Orthodox, Prot...That is the only choice? No Eastern Orthodox, Protestant or other Christian? I was baptized, confirmed and married as a Congregationalist. I hope we are not pagans.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22704303.post-53876119238441508022019-10-14T12:17:10.103-07:002019-10-14T12:17:10.103-07:00Are you a Catholic or a pagan?Are you a Catholic or a pagan?Fred Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938859619399753890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22704303.post-38467320101758006172019-10-14T11:27:29.694-07:002019-10-14T11:27:29.694-07:00Among Roman Catholics, there are 36 Doctors of the...Among Roman Catholics, there are 36 Doctors of the Church. Most of them were considered as mystics.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22704303.post-75381034258025420912019-10-14T11:13:55.759-07:002019-10-14T11:13:55.759-07:00To say the soul is united with the divine does not...To say the soul is united with the divine does not deny supremacy of the divine, any more than a ripple can reject the greatness of its ocean. Mysticism may seem pantheistic “The divine is in all,” theistic, “but all are not yet in the divine,” polytheistic, “It is called by many names,” and non-theistic, “but One underlies the many.” Most of the mystics were panentheistic: the divine is within and beyond all, both immanent and transcendent. That view is not total heresy.<br /><br />Some mystics in ancient history, and a few in modern times, had been denounced, banished or persecuted by their religion for their beliefs during their lifetime. Many of those same persons became recognized as inspirational leaders of their faith and have been idealized - some as saints - usually long after they had passed on.Ron Krumposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371279514024960026noreply@blogger.com