RE: Ask a Traditional Catholic
June 28, 2015 at 10:26 am
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2015 at 10:27 am by PiousPaladin.)
(June 28, 2015 at 10:16 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ok, three questions for a traditional Catholic (full disclosure: I was reared in the Church. I was baptized and confirmed a Catholic, studied my catechism and won prizes for Scripture at Sunday school).
1. Eucharist tastes awful, like a specially low grade of pasteboard. Since it is going to transubstantiate into the flesh of Jesus anyway, why can't the Church make it taste better?
2. I am male, I was confirmed and have not been excommunicated. Therefore, I am eligible to be elected Pope (seriously, those are the only requirements). Isn't there something deeply, seriously flawed with that?
3. Do you miss the good old days where you could silence heretics by the simple expedient of lighting them on fire?
Thank you in advance for your answers, which I'm sure will bring me closer to God.
Boru
It saddens me to hear one so reared in the word, even the watered down Novus Ordo has left the faith. In any case
1. It is the the tradition to use unleavened wafers in the Church. Though the sacrament becomes for us the body and blood of Chirst the accidents of the bread and wine remain. Previous Popes have made clear their preference for use of communion wafers, and there seems little reason to change it. A few moments distaste of the flavor surely is meaningless compared to the wonder of the gift you obtain?
2. No you are not. An apostate cannot be the leader of the Catholic faithful and the College of Cardinals has not elected one outside their number for several centuries. While in the ancient past this was so the Church has resolved to only select candidates it knows well who have demonstrated several decades of exemplary service. You may not have been excommunicated by candle and crook, but you have excommunicated yourself by not fulfilling your Sunday obligation at least.
3. I take no pleasure in the thought of anyone being burnt, but I am not happy that the heretics are allowed to preach. They do need to be silenced and prevented from leading others further astray into the jaws of hell. It is a very grave matter, the sins of the modern age such as liberalism, feminism and relativity will lead you to hell.
