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catholicism and the occult	stacey	Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Question: Tonite I was looking up a testimony given by a man who had come out of the occult and how he gave his life to Christ. I then clicked on a web site that seemed like it might have some good information on dangerous occult activities. It had a list of occult practices to beware of. The list goes-"Watch out for ouija boards, esp, tarot cards, wicca, etc. (so far so good)." Then after the next comma was "Roman Catholicism." I remember months ago when I was researching information on the occult which led me to this site, I clicked on several websites that lumped Roman Catholicism in with occult practices. Why do people do this especially since Catholicism is usually the religion that people who are going through these kind of problems resort to for the best approach in dealing with spiritual warfare issues?
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Stacey: The reason that these people consider the Catholic Church to be occult is ignorance and outright bigotry. These people have a nonsense idea about what the Catholic Church teaches and practices. They commit the sin of rash judgment like to no end. They see us praying to Mary and call it necromancy. They see the statues and call it idolatry. These judgments are stupid, but that is the nature of sin and rash judgment. I think it was Bishop Sheen who said something to the effect that there are few people who disagree with the Catholic Church, but there are a lot of people who disagree with what they THINK is the Catholic Church. I have not met or read even one Protestant who understands the Catholic Church. The misinformation, bigotry, need for face-saving is so great that trying to climb over the mountain of misinformation so that we can discuss the real Catholic Church is like trying to climb Mt. Everest. Ultimately, the reason for all this is Satan. He will do anything, deceive anyone, promote any cause that will tear down the Catholic Church. By this Satan uses anti-Catholics, general public misinformation among non-Catholics, poorly catechized Catholics, liberal Catholics, ultra-traditional Catholics, ignorant Catholics, and various other detractors from the faith to serve his ends to try to destroy the Catholic Church. But, Jesus promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church. Jesus keeps his promises. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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stacey

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Tonite I was looking up a testimony given by a man who had come out of the occult and how he gave his life to Christ. I then clicked on a web site that seemed like it might have some good information on dangerous occult activities. It had a list of occult practices to beware of. The list goes-"Watch out for ouija boards, esp, tarot cards, wicca, etc. (so far so good)." Then after the next comma was "Roman Catholicism."

I remember months ago when I was researching information on the occult which led me to this site, I clicked on several websites that lumped Roman Catholicism in with occult practices.

Why do people do this especially since Catholicism is usually the religion that people who are going through these kind of problems resort to for the best approach in dealing with spiritual warfare issues?

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Stacey:

The reason that these people consider the Catholic Church to be occult is ignorance and outright bigotry.

These people have a nonsense idea about what the Catholic Church teaches and practices. They commit the sin of rash judgment like to no end. They see us praying to Mary and call it necromancy. They see the statues and call it idolatry. These judgments are stupid, but that is the nature of sin and rash judgment.

I think it was Bishop Sheen who said something to the effect that there are few people who disagree with the Catholic Church, but there are a lot of people who disagree with what they THINK is the Catholic Church.

I have not met or read even one Protestant who understands the Catholic Church. The misinformation, bigotry, need for face-saving is so great that trying to climb over the mountain of misinformation so that we can discuss the real Catholic Church is like trying to climb Mt. Everest.

Ultimately, the reason for all this is Satan. He will do anything, deceive anyone, promote any cause that will tear down the Catholic Church. By this Satan uses anti-Catholics, general public misinformation among non-Catholics, poorly catechized Catholics, liberal Catholics, ultra-traditional Catholics, ignorant Catholics, and various other detractors from the faith to serve his ends to try to destroy the Catholic Church.

But, Jesus promised that the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church. Jesus keeps his promises.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.