The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

George, I'd like to start by making clear where I'm coming from, as I think that is already getting lost. I'm not defending Papism in so far as it genuinely errs. Nor do I pretend to defend any partisans of error, or have any desire to do such. However, what I do object to, are poor arguments agains...

OOD, Thank-you for the information you've provided. It seems remaniscent of a webpage I remember reading on a (apparently?) now defunct website. Vatican I devotion ascribed to the pope the title "King of Kings" and "'Supreme Ruler of the World." This excessive veneration included...

Justin, I'm a bit perplexed by your approach to this. On the one hand, I completely understand where you are coming from. Thinking someone a heretic (even if if you never say so aloud) is a fearful thing, and something we will be judged for--whether we were right or wrong. However, it seems to me th...

George, Firstly, correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that according to RC dogma, purgatory will cease to exist at the end of the age, and that, for all souls in pugatory, it is a temporary situation- in this sense, is it not a partial, temporary "damnation"? Well, if it's tem...

Justin, Regarding whether the views condemned were the "official" beliefs of the Latin Church, I think we can cite some things going on today that might help convey what I mean by that. The Antiochians, for instance, "officially" (so far as I know) say that the non-chalcedonians ...

OOD, I believe if you read the documents on the Council of Florence, and you research a bit on the definition of Indulgences at the time this was written, I think you will find the the RCC has just put a new spin on things. Actually I'm familiar with Ferrara-Florence, and the Council of Trent; neith...

I was just re-reading over the Sigillion of 1583 (which first condemns the Gregorian Calendar) and several things became apparent up close examination. 1) The fifth anathema in the document is about the RC dogma of purgatory. It reads as follows... V) Whosoever says that when they die the souls of t...