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New Apostolic Exhortation: Francis Is Patronising the Gospel

Infovaticana.com (April 8) leaked the original Spanish version of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et exsultate” which is due to be published on April 9. The exhortation rejects a caricature …More
Infovaticana.com (April 8) leaked the original Spanish version of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et exsultate” which is due to be published on April 9.
The exhortation rejects a caricature of contemplative life, “It is not healthy to love the silence and avoid the encounter with the other, to desire rest and reject activity, to seek prayer and to despise service” (26). This statement follows the unfortunate pattern of Francis to compare fresh apples with rotten pears.
Talking about the Gospel's moral teaching - such as condemning adultery - Francis presents another caricature by criticising the attempt “to reduce Jesus’ teaching to a cold and hard logic that seeks to dominate everything” (39).
Supposing that he is more clever than Holy Scripture, Francis claims that the biblical authors had a "limited conceptual baggage to express some realities" suggesting that they may have confused an epilepsy with a demonic possession (160).
However, he graciously concedes that at least …More
Seidenspinner
Labelling and insulting his orthodox Christians does not promote dialogue. I’ve never met the people he describes as pelagians.
De Profundis
Best footnote is Nr 73
73. Paul speaks of meekness as one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (cf. Gal 5:23). He suggests that, if a wrongful action of one of our brothers or sisters troubles us, we should try to correct them, but “with a spirit of meekness”, since “you too could be tempted” (Gal 6:1). Even when we defend our faith and convictions, we are to do so “with meekness” (cf. 1 Pet 3:16…More
Best footnote is Nr 73

73. Paul speaks of meekness as one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (cf. Gal 5:23). He suggests that, if a wrongful action of one of our brothers or sisters troubles us, we should try to correct them, but “with a spirit of meekness”, since “you too could be tempted” (Gal 6:1). Even when we defend our faith and convictions, we are to do so “with meekness” (cf. 1 Pet 3:16). Our enemies too are to be treated “with meekness” (2 Tim 2:25). In the Church we have often erred by not embracing this demand of God’s word.
Seidenspinner
'Christ distinguished between possession which he exorcised & illness which he healed' Fr Jeremy Davies, exorcist
DefendTruth
Does that mean that a person may not be able to stop having sex?
De Profundis
How about the footnotes?
Sólo Díos basta
Another ridiculous straw man: "When some of them tell the weak that all things can be accomplished with God’s grace, deep down they tend to give the idea that all things are possible by the human will"
Don Reto Nay
@asdlljsadf : I would be happy if this were slander, but unfortunately it sounds like the original.
asdlljsadf
This might be slander. Why not wait for the document before criticizing it?
paul grech
Usual Bergoglian heresy to which we are, by now, becoming accustomed. When will this spawn of satan stop damaging the Lord's church?