MiserereNobis

Have You Been to Jail for Justice? (great song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-LfN3V3id8&t=2131s

Brethren are there:

Why are Jehovah's Witnesses on the list? They don't serve in the military.

Everyone knows that Latin is the heavenly language

Unfortunately I don't have a good book of the history to recommend. It was just things I picked up when I lived there. And yes, you should go!

Moravia was on and off directly a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia or part of the Lands of the Bohemia Crown. It is confusing nomenclature when we go back to the Middle Ages. If you go back even farther, you have Great Moravia, which encompassed Bohemia. I haven't studied that part of their history in depth. My post was more tongue-in-cheek, though the Moravians have long considered themselves distinct, regardless of the political situation of who is ruling them. Today it is very distinct: Bohemia refers to the eastern part of the Czech Republic, and Moravia the western part (with Silesia up north). There is even a small Moravian separatist movement, that would like to see them become their own country.

Again, I miss mfbukowki. He would have some interesting things to add here about humanism, since he views LDS beliefs as the highest form of humanism.

Yeah, no, missionaries should not be saying that. Or maybe they don't have an understanding of the Blessed Virgin, her role in Catholicism and Mexican culture, and the devotion to Her.

Jan Komensky is rolling in his grave that you said Bohemia I lived in the Czech Republic for a couple of years and my favorite town was Uherske Hradiste and the villages nearby, including Uherske Brod, the birth place of Komensky. This is on the Morava river and the center of Moravian Slovakia. The Moravians are a proud people and very much distinguish themselves from Bohemia. It is an absolutely wonderful area, full of traditions, folklore, songs (oh, the folksongs are so good, with dulcimers and fiddles), wine, on and on. I fell in love with it immediately and still love it dearly to this day.

Do you mean literally in the universe? That one could hypothetically travel to God? The scientific materialism of some/most LDS has always intrigued me.

American Christian Nationalists are not your friends (nor friends of Catholicism, either).

LDS friends, is there ever a situation where Our Father is prayed together?

Could this anti-establishment attitude have anything to do with your foray into the Grateful Dead world? Those Oregon ‘93 shows were hot!

I’ve always loved this phrase of yours. The Trinity may be wrong, but it’s not stupid. The brightest minds in Western civilization have believed it and argued for it.

I miss mfbukowski.

The Catechism teaches this: God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments. I think that is similar to what you are saying, perhaps. I do like the idea: there are boundaries/fences, but not around God.

True, but it is impartial. You would have to be confirmed and then receive communion as well, and those are specific Catholic sacraments requiring Catholic priesthood. In the case of confirmation, it is traditionally performed by the bishop, though bishops often delegate to priests.

Do you believe Christians who have fences are wrong with their fences? Do you believe the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church’s fences for 1500+ years were/are wrong? This comes across as a very contemporary Protestant view. How do you account for Christian history? ETA: Our Mormon friends are very accommodating, and that is in the spirit of Christ. But sometimes hard questions of doctrine need to be addressed, hence Paul and all the following ecumenical counsels.

This was my experience from the times I went to your services. The speakers were the practical point of the meeting, even if it was said otherwise. Do you think this is something that came from low church protestant roots? Or is there a doctrinal reason for it?

September 22nd is indeed a VERY important day. It's Bilbo and Frodo Baggins birthday. Hobbit Day!

I love liturgy. The sanctification of time is a pretty dang cool idea. I can get why you wouldn't "celebrate" Holy Week in the sense of engaging in a liturgical service, but the idea of remembering the last week of Christ during the week leading up to Easter isn't bad, right? Nothing wrong with thinking about the resurrection on Good Friday, for example. It's a great way to prepare for Easter, the culminating feast of Christianity. The sanctification of time is really made evident when you spend some time in a monastery.

They were both beautiful souls.

I imagine Czechoslovakia is well represented in the book. You have quite a history there. Yoga retreats as LDS recruitment is unexpected. Any mention of Edwin Morrell?

So, you have no objections to the historical Catholic accumulation of wealth? The Papal States? Vatican City? Just checking for consistency 🙂

We’d love for all non-Catholic Christians to return home to Rome 😉