Katholisch Leben!

GÜLTIGKEIT DER TAUFE

KONGREGATION FÜR DIE GLAUBENSLEHRE

ANTWORT AUF EINIGE ZWEIFEL BEZÜGLICH DER GÜLTIGKEIT DER
TAUFE IN DER »KIRCHE JESU CHRISTI DER HEILIGEN
DER LETZTEN TAGE« ODER
»MORMONENKIRCHE«

Zweifel: Ist die Taufe, die in der Gemeinschaft "Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage", auch "Mormonenkirche" genannt, erteilt wird, gültig?

Antwort: Nein.

Papst Johannes Paul II. hat in der dem unterzeichneten Kardinalpräfekten gewährten Audienz die vorliegende Antwort, die in der Ordentlichen Versammlung dieser Kongregation beschlossen worden war, gebilligt und zu veröffentlichen angeordnet.

Rom, am Sitz der Kongregation für die Glaubenslehre, am 5. Juni 2001.

+ Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger
Präfekt

+ Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.
em. Erzbischof von Vercelli
Sekretär

(Quelle: http://www.doctrinafidei.va/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010605_battesimo_mormoni_ge.html)

Links National

Wikipedia: Mormonentum

kath.net: Taufe der Mormonen ist nach katholischem Verständnis ungültig

Zenit: Warum die Mormonentaufe ungültig ist

Dr. Hansjörg Hemminger: Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der letzten Tage (Mormonen)

Mormonismus zwischen Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit

Mormonentum.de

Aussteiger-Infoseite Mormonen

Netzwerk Sektenausstieg

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/on-the-box

Links International

Why I'm Catholic

Ökumenische Beratungsstelle (Schweiz): Endzeit-Gemeinden

Wikipedia: Mormon

Wikipedia: Mormonism

Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Original Catholic Encyclopedia: Mormons

New Advent: Mormons

Catholic Answes: Distinctive Beliefs of the Mormon Church

Catholic Answers: The Gods of the Mormon Church

Catholic Answers: Mormon Stumpers

Catholic Answers: Mormonism's Baptism for the Dead

Catholic Answers: Problems with the Book of Mormon

Catholic Answers: Confronting the New Mormon Threat

Catholic Answers: Waylaid by Mormonism

Catholic Answers: Mormon Bashing?

Catholic Answers: Mormon Sunday Meetings

Catholic Answers: Mormon Changes in Practice

Catholic Answers: Attending a Mormon Temple

Dave Armstrong: Heresies & Comparative Religion

Zenit: Why Mormon Baptism is Invalid

Zenit: Baptism Ruling is no Reflection on Mormon Morals

phatmass: Mormonism

Comparing Mormonism

Mormons in Transition

Recovery from Mormonism

SourceFlix & Living Hope Ministries

Mormonism Research Ministry

Questioning Mormonism

Renew America: An open letter to the hierarchy of the LDS church. January 14, 2013. Tabitha Korol: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/news/130114

Renew America: Authoritarianism run amok: The excesses of 'Mormonism'. January 21, 2013. By Stephen Stone, RA President: http://www.renewamerica.com/analysis/stone/130121

Resources

Die Mormonen zwischen Familiensinn und politischem Engagement: http://www.ekd.de/ezw/Publikationen_2764.php

Paul Dupre: The Mormon Challenge (CDs)

Isaiah Bennet: Inside Mormonism - What Mormons Really Believe

Isaiah Bennet: When Mormons Call

Fr. Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham: Beginning Apologetics Vol. 2

Netzwerk Sektenausstieg: Literatur

Hauth, Rüdiger:
Die Mormonen. Geheimreligion oder christliche Kirche?
Verlag Herder
einige Stichworte: Mormonismus, Mormon, Bibel, Nebenfrauen, mormonische Christus, geheime Tempelrituale

Mössmer, Albert:
Die Mormonen.
Walter-Verlag
Die Heiligen der letzten Tage.

Trobisch, Paul:
Mormonen - die Heiligen der letzten Zeit?
wissenschaftl. Darstellung, incl. Rezeption des Buches Mormon

(Quelle: https://www.weltanschauungsfragen.de/material-und-literatur/literatur-sekten/ 23.08.2012)

A book that you guys really should read if youy want to give Catholics a chance to bring up what they have to say against all those accusations being made against them and their beliefs (and shouldn't you at least read their side, too, if you attack them? Wouldn't that be fair?):

Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" (Taschenbuch)
von Karl Keating (Autor)
Taschenbuch: 360 Seiten
Verlag: Ignatius Pr (Mai 1988)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0898701775
ISBN-13: 978-0898701777

Warning: After having read that book you might probably not be the same as before and not believe whatever you believed in before!

Here some books by Prof. Dr. Scott Hahn, that might have the same effect:

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism (Taschenbuch)
von Scott Hahn (Autor), Kimberly Hahn (Künstler)
Taschenbuch: 210 Seiten
Verlag: Ignatius Press (August 1993)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0898704782
ISBN-13: 978-0898704785

The Lamb's Supper: Experiencing the Mass: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Scott Hahn (Autor), Benedict J. Groeschel (Künstler)
Gebundene Ausgabe: 174 Seiten
Verlag: Bantam Dell (November 1999)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0385496591
ISBN-13: 978-0385496599

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God (Taschenbuch)
von Scott Hahn (Autor)
Taschenbuch: 208 Seiten
Verlag: Bantam Dell; Auflage: Reprint (19. September 2006)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0385501692
ISBN-13: 978-0385501699

Und hier unser Glaubenszeugnis auf Deutsch. Was glauben Katholiken wirklich und warum glauben sie es? Gibt es dafür wirklich keine biblischen Grundlagen?

Katholischer Erwachsenenkatechismus. 2 Bände: Band I: Das Glaubensbekenntnis der Kirche. Band II: Leben aus dem Glauben (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (Herausgeber)
Gebundene Ausgabe: 976 Seiten
Verlag: Herder, Freiburg; Auflage: 1 (August 2006)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3451291533
ISBN-13: 978-3451291531

Katechismus der Katholischen Kirche: Kompendium (Broschiert)
von Vatikan Vatikan / Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (Autor)
Broschiert: 256 Seiten
Verlag: Pattloch; Auflage: 1 (12. August 2005)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3629021409
ISBN-13: 978-3629021403

Catechism of the Catholic Church

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults (Taschenbuch)
von United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Herausgeber)
Taschenbuch: 664 Seiten
Verlag: Usccb Pub (August 2006)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 1574554506
ISBN-13: 978-1574554502

Hier noch einige Bücher von Prof. Dr. Scott Hahn, die ebenfalls eure bisherige Sichtweise von der Katholischen Kirche radikal verändern dürften, wenn ihr Nicht-Katholiken seid:

Unser Weg nach Rom (Taschenbuch)
von Scott Hahn (Autor), Kimberly Hahn (Autor), Ludger Hölscher (Übersetzer)
Taschenbuch: 219 Seiten
Verlag: Christiana-Verlag; Auflage: 5 (2004)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3717110691
ISBN-13: 978-3717110699

Das Mahl des Lammes. Die Messe als Himmel auf Erden (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Scott Hahn (Autor), Ludger Hölscher (Übersetzer)
Gebundene Ausgabe: 176 Seiten
Verlag: Sankt Ulrich Verlag; Auflage: 1 (Februar 2003)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3929246945
ISBN-13: 978-3929246940

Die Königin des Himmels: Maria suchen und finden (Gebundene Ausgabe)
von Scott Hahn (Autor), Ludger Hölscher (Übersetzer)
Gebundene Ausgabe: 157 Seiten
Verlag: Sankt Ulrich Verlag; Auflage: 1 (Februar 2004)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3936484228
ISBN-13: 978-3936484229

Saint Joseph Communications: Fr. Mitch Paquwa: Answering Missionaries at Your Door (CD)

Beitrag von I Love Being Catholic.

Tweets by Mormon_Leaks

When Jesus talks about "other sheep," is he referring to the Mormons? http://t.co/tzirrnjcDM
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) February 4, 2015

"The men who (excommunicated me) literally think they kicked me out of heaven. Luckily, I do not think that." #KateKelly
Posted by Charisma News on Montag, 27. April 2015

A Former "Heretic" on Trinity Sunday - Aleteia http://t.co/3QdKCntJHV
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) June 19, 2014

Mohler to Mormons: 'We May Go to Jail Sooner Than We Thought' http://t.co/eINg4AXdRs
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) February 26, 2014

Mormonism and the Question of Authority http://t.co/O7L1qi01l1
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) February 8, 2014

Head of Mormon church Thomas Monson summoned by British magistrates' court over Adam and Eve... http://t.co/cmQYkCulom
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) February 8, 2014

Beitrag von Catholic and Proud.

Beitrag von I Love Being Catholic.

How I Escaped the Mormon Temple http://t.co/IstyNjMwyw
— Robert Gollwitzer (@gollwitzer) December 30, 2013

Sun Gazing
Posted by Sun Gazing on Samstag, 16. Januar 2016

Beitrag von Robert Gollwitzer.

Beitrag von Catholic and Proud.

Beitrag von I Love Being Catholic.

Beitrag von Catholic and Proud.

Mormonism must come up with a new narrative of the religion's importance that doesn't center on simple numerical growth.
Posted by Patheos on Donnerstag, 6. August 2015

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Father Joseph Ratzinger 1969 Prediction of the Future of the Church

In a 1969 German radio broadcast, Father Joseph Ratzinger offered this prediction of the future of the Church:

“The future of the Church can and will issue from those whose roots are deep and who live from the pure fullness of their faith. It will not issue from those who accommodate themselves merely to the passing moment or from those who merely criticize others and assume that they themselves are infallible measuring rods; nor will it issue from those who take the easier road, who sidestep the passion of faith, declaring false and obsolete, tyrannous and legalistic, all that makes demands upon men, that hurts them and compels them to sacrifice themselves.

To put this more positively: The future of the Church, once again as always, will be reshaped by saints, by men, that is, whose minds probe deeper than the slogans of the day, who see more than others see, because their lives embrace a wider reality. Unselfishness, which makes men free, is attained only through the patience of small daily acts of self-denial. By this daily passion, which alone reveals to a man in how many ways he is enslaved by his own ego, by this daily passion and by it alone, a man’s eyes are slowly opened. He sees only to the extent that he has lived and suffered.

If today we are scarcely able any longer to become aware of God, that is because we find it so easy to evade ourselves, to flee from the depths of our being by means of the narcotic of some pleasure or other. Thus our own interior depths remain closed to us. If it is true that a man can see only with his heart, then how blind we are!

How does all this affect the problem we are examining? It means that the big talk of those who prophesy a Church without God and without faith is all empty chatter. We have no need of a Church that celebrates the cult of action in political prayers. It is utterly superfluous. Therefore, it will destroy itself. What will remain is the Church of Jesus Christ, the Church that believes in the God who has become man and promises us life beyond death. The kind of priest who is no more than a social worker can be replaced by the psychotherapist and other specialists; but the priest who is no specialist, who does not stand on the [sidelines], watching the game, giving official advice, but in the name of God places himself at the disposal of man, who is beside them in their sorrows, in their joys, in their hope and in their fear, such a priest will certainly be needed in the future.

Let us go a step farther. From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow will emerge — a Church that has lost much. She will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes, so it will lose many of her social privileges. In contrast to an earlier age, it will be seen much more as a voluntary society, entered only by free decision. As a small society, it will make much bigger demands on the initiative of her individual members. Undoubtedly it will discover new forms of ministry and will ordain to the priesthood approved Christians who pursue some profession. In many smaller congregations or in self-contained social groups, pastoral care will normally be provided in this fashion. Along-side this, the full-time ministry of the priesthood will be indispensable as formerly. But in all of the changes at which one might guess, the Church will find her essence afresh and with full conviction in that which was always at her center: faith in the triune God, in Jesus Christ, the Son of God made man, in the presence of the Spirit until the end of the world. In faith and prayer she will again recognize the sacraments as the worship of God and not as a subject for liturgical scholarship.

The Church will be a more spiritual Church, not presuming upon a political mandate, flirting as little with the Left as with the Right. It will be hard going for the Church, for the process of crystallization and clarification will cost her much valuable energy. It will make her poor and cause her to become the Church of the meek. The process will be all the more arduous, for sectarian narrow-mindedness as well as pompous self-will will have to be shed. One may predict that all of this will take time. The process will be long and wearisome as was the road from the false progressivism on the eve of the French Revolution — when a bishop might be thought smart if he made fun of dogmas and even insinuated that the existence of God was by no means certain — to the renewal of the nineteenth century.

But when the trial of this sifting is past, a great power will flow from a more spiritualized and simplified Church. Men in a totally planned world will find themselves unspeakably lonely. If they have completely lost sight of God, they will feel the whole horror of their poverty. Then they will discover the little flock of believers as something wholly new. They will discover it as a hope that is meant for them, an answer for which they have always been searching in secret.

And so it seems certain to me that the Church is facing very hard times. The real crisis has scarcely begun. We will have to count on terrific upheavals. But I am equally certain about what will remain at the end: not the Church of the political cult, which is dead already, but the Church of faith. It may well no longer be the dominant social power to the extent that she was until recently; but it will enjoy a fresh blossoming and be seen as man’s home, where he will find life and hope beyond death.”

https://www.romancatholicman.com/father-joseph-ratzinger-1969-prediction-future-church/

Beitrag von Evangelical Catholics.

Michael Card: "Why?"

Why did it have to be a friend who chose to betray the Lord?

and why did he use a kiss to show them, that's not what a kiss is for?

Only a friend can betray a friend, a stranger has nothing to gain.

and only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain.

Why did it have to be a thorny crown place upon his head?

It should have been a royal one, made of jewels and gold instead.

It had to be a crown of thorns, because in this world that we live,

all that would seek to love a thorn is all the world has to give.

Why did it have to be a heavy cross he was made to bear?

and why did they nail His feet and hands; His love would have held him there.

It was a cross for on a cross, a thief was supposed to pay.

and Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away.

Yes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away.

Posted by Julie Bilodeau on Freitag, 22. Januar 2016

Posted by Wolfgang Pastötter on Donnerstag, 7. April 2016

Posted by Machine Gun Preacher on Donnerstag, 7. April 2016

"Interesting that they call it "gay pride" because pride is the worst of sins and the root of all other sins - in essence a stubborn rebellion against God and his commandments. This parade in Tel Aviv is awful and shameful not only because Israel promotes sexual perversion and the distortion of God's purpose for the human person, but it's even worse because they celebrate it with "pride". Remember that God will extend His protection upon you, Israel, only to the extent that you keep his commandments. In other words, you are inviting disaster upon your nation. Repent!"

Andre Villeneuve on the Gay Pride in Israel

“We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.”

― G.K. Chesterton

If the Church becomes more and more like the world, why would we need the Church then anymore? The world does what the world does - and it can do that way better than Church people will ever be able to. If we don't have more than this, if we are no different than anybody else, what's the point of being a follower of Jesus Christ?

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

Wisdom of the ancients:
"Should we look to kings and princes to put right the inequalities between rich and poor? Should we require soldiers to come and seize the rich person's gold and distribute it among his destitute neighbors? Should we beg the emporer to impose a tax on the rich so great that it reduces them to the level of the poor and then to share the proceeds of that tax among everyone? Equality imposed by force would achieve nothing, and do much harm. Those who combined both cruel hearts and sharp minds would soon find ways of making themselves rich again. Worse still, the rich whose gold was taken away would feel bitter and resentful; while the poor who received the gold from the hands of soldiers would feel no gratitude, because no generosity would have prompted the gift. Far from bringing moral benefit to society, it would actually do moral harm. Material justice cannot be accomplished by compulsion, a change of heart will not follow. The only way to achieve true justice is to change people's hearts first - and then they will joyfully share their wealth."
-- St. John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople (died in 407 A.D.)

My goal in life? I want to cross the finish line with nothing else left to give for my Lord, hearing those words: "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter in!"

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Wetter München

"But do you and I realize what we are doing at this point? We are molding Jesus into our image. He is beginning to look a lot like us because, after all, that is whom we are most comfortable with. And the danger now is that when we gather in our church building to sing and lift up our hands in worship, we may not actually be worshiping the Jesus of the Bible. Instead we may be worshiping ourselves"

David Platt

Hat immer ein offenes Ohr für Besucher - unser Kollege am Empfang. #Caritas #München #Oberbayern

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Caritas München und Freising (@caritasmuc) am Aug 16, 2018 um 6:42 PDT

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