Is Catholicism A Cult?: Revealed - The True nature of Roman Catholicism

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The Church investigates alleged revelations—particularly when they are used to justify the founding of a new movement.

Don’t do anything around the house, don’t clean men’s things, don’t feed them, don’t treat them like equals — until they fight for your equality. Since the faithful departed now being purified are also members of the same communion of saints, one way we can help them is to obtain indulgences for them, so that the temporal punishments due for their sins may be remitted. True or not, the ‘atrocity tale’ allowed anti-cult activists and families worried about their children’s wellbeing (or their suspicious politics) to replace sociological or legal arguments with emotional ones.Additionally, sacraments such as baptism and Eucharist (Holy Communion) play an essential role in Catholic faith as sacred rituals uniting faithful with God. An indulgence is obtained through the Church who, by virtue of the power of binding and loosing granted her by Christ Jesus, intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints to obtain from the Father of mercies the remission of the punishments due for their sins. This “cult” or special devotion and veneration also applies to each of the saints, including the greatest veneration owed to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Particularly gruesome anecdotes (often told by emotionally compromised former members) worked to place the entire religious movement beyond the bounds of cultural legitimacy and to justify extreme measures – from deprogramming to robust conservatorship laws – to prevent vulnerable people falling victim to the cultic peril. Catholic teachings promote critical thinking and personal discernment to foster individual responsibility rather than manipulation or control of individuals by institutions or other means.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed (anathema). In French, for example, sections in newspapers giving the schedule of worship for Catholic services are headed Culte Catholique, while the section giving the schedule of Protestant services is headed culte réformé. The feeling of shame that comes after sin is useful insofar as it leads us to contrition and repentance. We reserve the right to delete comments or ban users who engage in personal attacks, use an excess of profanity, make verifiably false statements or are otherwise nasty.

The Church has recognized many legitimate apparitions and private revelations throughout its history. The consequences of making a decision to place one’s goods in common are lifelong, and the potential for abuse is great.