Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation
should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and
princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include
our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of
the spirit of God a divide."
Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
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sense and human nature is that
alone which has always existed among men.
605. The only religion contrary to nature, to common sense, and to our
pleasure, is that alone which has always existed.
606. No religion but our own has taught that man is born in sin. No sea of
philosophers has said this. Therefore none have declared the truth.
No sect or religion has always existed on earth, but the Christian religion.
607. Whoever judges of the Jewish religion by its coarser forms will
misunderstand it. It is to be seen in the Holy Bible, and in the tradition
of the prophets, who have made it plain enough that they did not interpret
the law according to the letter. So our religion is divine in the Gospel, in
the Apostles, and in tradition; but it is absurd in those who tamper with
it.
The Messiah, according to the carnal Jews, was to be a great temporal
prince. Jesus Christ, according to carnal Christians, has come to dispense
us from the love of God and to give us sacraments which shall do everything
without our help. Such is not the Christian religion, nor the Jewish. True
Jews and true Christians