Keep in mind I’m a married adult completely independent of my parents.
Anyway, I stopped by their house today and they both started pestering me about recent socio-political and religious view changes my husband and I have had since we got married.
They’re upset we’ve gone more traditional (Anglican) and think we’re “going down the wrong path” (they’re boomer-brained evangelicals who couldn’t care less about tradition or Church authority). They think my husband is a “tyrant” (he leads and I follow, the way it should be). They basically shot down every explanation I had for them about my current views of the church, polity, sacraments, etc.
Then the jews came up.
Now, I’m not exactly *quiet* about (((them))) but I don’t go out of my way to talk about them either. Just a remark here or there. Well, they think I have “bitterness and hate” in my heart. They think my views on them are unfounded. They think I’m not educated about the situation.
Not really sure what to do about this. I stormed out before I said anything I would’ve regretted. My mom already apologized via text. But I’m obviously really upset and distraught about how they’re handling my rapid shift toward traditional values.
Have you guys been in this situation before? How in the world do I handle this? How do I not disappoint my own parents?
These “extreme acts” are often admired or mocked but can also frighten those who enjoy the lawlessness like a criminal sees the markings of a police car. Their fear comes from seeing the Law of God their knowledge of the sins they have, still are, and will commit therefore they will do what they must to get the law out of their sight. The eyes are the window to the soul. They’d rather pressure you to give up the natural and traditional laws, so they no longer witness what is good, than to give up their sins.
This is exactly what Henry VIII did and why he made the Anglican sect. But now even the Anglicans are too much for this wicked world to bear.
Its best not to interact with those that demand your return to degeneracy. I am the only Catholic in my family and the town but no one has done an “intervention” and demanded I cease Catholicism.
If that were to happen, I would not speak to them since, according to Luke 14, we are to renounce our father and mother and everyone else who does such things against the Lord.
Anyway, before I get too into the weeds and start arguing with you, I appreciate your advice and respect your opinions. I love my Roman Catholic brothers, I’m just not totally convinced to cross the Tiber.
Christianity does not need a denomination. Everything is already covered in the Gospels. And there is some context in the rest of the texts but Gospels is enough on its own
If your family can have peace and drop the matter, so be it. But if they ask you to choose sin and slander your husband behind his back, it is best not to be with them until they change their behavior.
This is also why jews and commies hate Christianity so much, they know God is real, and they know what theyre doing is evil, but their pride is so great that if you actually point it out to them and recommend they repent, it causes them to go absolutely mad. We are sadly seeing this more and more in society as it becomes more judaized and communist.
I'm pretty sure that is not what the Catholic Church teaches.
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Sess. 8, Nov. 22, 1439, ex cathedra: “Whoever wishes to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic faith; unless each one preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity… But it is necessary for eternal salvation that he faithfully believe also in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ...the Son of God is God and man...– This is the Catholic faith; unless each one believes this faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.”
There's no reason to bicker over trivialities because every Church is created and run by man, not God. They're intermediaries between us and what is truly important.
You said in your previous comment that "you'll only find salvation in the true Church of St. Peter". Do you agree?
You were speaking to someone who believes in Orthodox Christianity. Agree?
Now, I am going to draw a conclusion based on these two facts that you meant that belonging to the Orthodox Church would deny her "salvation in the true Church of St. Peter". Agree?
Finally, I want you to carefully consider the word "church" in the context of your statements by Pope Pious XII or pretty much any other pope or priest or teacher or any other context within the Catholic Church. Answer this question: Are Orthodox believers members of that church or not?
Therefore, and this is my conclusion, you were misrepresenting what the Catholic Church teaches about salvation and "church".
In the future, do a better job of defending your own faith. Or stop pretending to be a catholic.
https://vaticancatholic.com/outside-the-church-there-is-no-salvation/
It sounds like you disagree with my interpretation of what the catholic church teaches is the "Church".
Or maybe you reject catholic doctrines altogether. I don't know.