Theologian criticized in Benedict’s letter had ‘seismic’ influence on Amoris Laetitia: report - CatholicCitizens.org

 German theologian Peter Hünermann

Theologian criticized in Benedict’s letter had ‘seismic’ influence on Amoris Laetitia: report - CatholicCitizens.org:



"Theologian criticized in Benedict’s letter had ‘seismic’ influence on Amoris Laetitia: report
03/31/2018 at 11:27 AM Posted by Mary Anne Hackett

By Dorothy Cummings McLean

March 27, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The theologian criticized by Pope Emeritus Benedict in his recent controversy-causing letter to the head of Vatican communications is a major influence on Pope Francis’s theology of marriage.

German theologian Peter Hünermann, 89, was mentioned by name in Benedict’s letter, which was on the topic of an 11-volume series on Pope Francis’ theology which Benedict declined to read. The Pope Emeritus expressed surprise that Hünermann had been asked to write a volume. This section of the letter was originally omitted from the public by the Vatican.

Hünermann had led “anti-papal initiatives,” Benedict stated in his letter, and “virulently attacked the magisterial authority of the Pope [John Paul II], especially on questions of moral theology.”

“Additionally, the ‘Europäische Theologengesellschaft’ [European Society of Catholic Theology], which he founded, was initially conceived by him as an organization in opposition to the papal magisterium. Later, the ecclesial sense of many theologians blocked this orientation, making that organization a normal instrument of encounter among theologians,” Benedict added."



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 It has been claimed that the Soviets were placing their agents in the Jesuit order to undermine the Catholic Church. If so, Francis is hiding out in the open.

Cardinal Burke: Pope Francis is ‘increasing the confusion’ (FULL INTERVIEW) | News | LifeSite. This Is Where UOJ Leads - Webber (ELS) and Buchholz (WELS) Agree - Everyone Is Forgiven and Saved

"We don't need a Pope in WELS/ELS.
We have Jay Webber and Jon-Boy Buchholz."Jay Webber: "This video shows the harm that can come to innocent souls when the sound and Biblical teaching of their pastor and synod is twisted and distorted into something bizarre and unrecognizable, and far different from the comforting evangelical teaching that their pastor and synod actually hold to. The WELS teaches (to quote WELS DP Jon Buchholz)..."

 Read and weep, blind followers of blind guides.
WELS proudly reprinted this monstrosity.
Former Mordor President Panning served as editor.

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Cardinal Burke: Pope Francis is ‘increasing the confusion’ (FULL INTERVIEW)
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ROME, April 5, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis is “increasing the confusion” in the Church, and the College of Cardinals constitutes a de facto check against papal error, Cardinal Raymond Burke has said in a new interview.

Speaking to the Italian Catholic news agency La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, Cardinal Burke said the alleged ‘interview’ on hell with Pope Francis, published on Holy Thursday by his 94-year-old atheist friend, Eugenio Scalfari, “went beyond what is tolerable.”

Burke also called the Vatican’s response to the “scandalized reactions” from across the globe “highly inadequate,” because it failed to reassert the Church’s teaching on the immortality of the soul and the existence of hell. He said it also failed to assert that Pope Francis repudiates the “erroneous and even heretical ideas” attributed to him.

“It has been a source of profound scandal not only for many Catholics but also for many people in the secular world who have respect for the Catholic Church and its teachings, even if they do not share them,” he said.

“This playing around with faith and doctrine, at the highest level of the Church, rightly leaves pastors and faithful scandalized,” he added.

Cardinal Burke said the situation is further aggravated by the silence of so many bishops and cardinals, some of whom “pretend there is nothing serious going on.”"

 It will be a great comfort for all the UOJ Enthusiasts to be greeted by guilt-free saints in Hell, including the citizens of Sodom.

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Another Q - Quenstedt - On Divine Revelation. This Q Is Rumored To Be Alec Satin, Prolific Publisher of Lutheran Classics

-Q- Quenstedt Bible source of peace

source: Schmid. _Doctrinal Theology_

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Further (I, 36): 

"Divine revelation is the first and the last source of sacred Theology, beyond which theological discussion among Christians dare not proceed. For every doubt concerning religion in the mind of a true Christian is removed by divine revelation, and by this the faith of the believer grows so strong, and is so firmly established, that it frees his mind from all fear and suspicion of deception, and imparts to him a firm assurance."

Our Church Attorney Glen Kotten Has Renewed the 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status of Bethany Lutheran Church

Lito Cruz earned a PhD in math and is a rostered Lutheran pastor. He encouraged Bethany to obtain a PayPal account for international giving and convenience.

Click on the graphic for the account.

The mailing address for Bethany Lutheran Church is -

Bethany Lutheran Church
1104 Letha Drive
Springdale AR  72762

email - bethanylutheranworship@gmail.com

Bethany Lutheran Church is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. 

Our tax-exempt status is managed by Attorney Glen Kotten, Sleepy Eye, Mankato, Minnesota.

I have finished setting up this account. Many people like PayPal.

This is where you set up your own Pay Pal account, to transfer funds. Many use it on e-Bay to provide goods for the online garage sale. Others use it for all their payments online.

You do not need a PayPal account to send funds. You can use any of the following:

If someone lives in another country, getting a draft in US funds is very awkward and also expensive, as I understand.

Donations will go toward supporting Bethany Lutheran Church, worship services and publishing. People can use various forms of payment, including credit cards, to send funds via PayPal.

The Bethany Lutheran Church account was set up a long time ago, when the congregation was established as an ecclesiastical corporation in Minnesota, a favored state for denominational headquarters.

Dr. and Mrs. Lito Cruz

Former Arkansas College President Pleads Guilty to Fraud. Oren Paris III Received Largest Tax Grant in the State, Will Testify Against Partners in Crime

Former Arkansas college president pleads guilty to fraud:

 Shelton and his lawyer leaving an earlier session.

"Neal, a Republican, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count on Jan. 4, 2017, for his role, admitting he took two kickbacks totaling $38,000 in exchange for directing grants to two nonprofit groups. He has not been sentenced.

The indictment doesn't give a total figure of what Wood is accused of receiving in kickbacks because portions of it were reportedly paid in cash.

Ecclesia College is still listed by the U.S. Department of Education on a watch list affecting its cash flow, according to the department's website. And the school is a defendant in an ongoing Washington County Circuit Court lawsuit over its refusal to release financial documents concerning the Improvement Fund grants.

Paris had tried to distance himself from Woods since the indictments were handed up March 1, 2017. He asked for a separate trial on April 24 of last year -- a month after the indictments were served. Paris argued the indictment against Woods alleged wrongdoing outside of the Ecclesia grants. Brooks denied the request."

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Timeline - same source

Former state Sen. Jon Woods of Springdale faces fraud charges in a federal indictment. Woods is accused of taking kickbacks from Oren Paris III, president of Ecclesia College in Springdale, in return for directing state grants to the college. Randell Shelton of Alma is accused of being the middle man who passed the bribes to Woods through his consulting firm in return for a share.

Paris and Shelton are also charged with wire fraud. All three are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. Woods is also charged with one count of money laundering.

Woods faces one count of fraud involving a second nonprofit, a job training program called AmeriWorks. The nonprofit was incorporated by Rusty Cranford, a onetime executive for Decision Point, a Bentonville-based drug treatment program.

The following timeline is based on federal court records, records from the Northwest Arkansas Economic Development District and reporting by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

2013

• Feb. 18: Woods files and sponsors bill to steer state money to the Northwest Arkansas Development District in Harrison, which would later distribute Improvement Fund grants.

• March 18: Woods votes to OK $2 million disbursement to the development district for improvement fund grants.

• April 22-23: Woods votes to appropriate the $2 million previously OK’d.

• June: Woods tells Rep. Micah Neal, R-Springdale, that Rusty Cranford of AmeriWorks will give 20 percent kickback on improvement fund grants.

• June 26: Cranford emails Decision Point employees telling them to fill out application for AmeriWorks for $250,00 and assuring them it will be approved. Cranford represents Decision Point as a lobbyist.

• July 9: Cranford sends Decision Point employees a revised application increasingy the amount to $400,000.

• July 26: Neal emails development district to say he’s partnering with Woods to give AmeriWorks $400,000.

• Aug. 5: Paris hires a female friend of Woods as an assistant at Ecclesia College to be paid $43,000 in salary and a $4,000 hiring bonus. The college’s improvement fund application is drafted.

• Aug. 7: The college increases the grant amount requested from $105,000 to $130,000. The friend of Woods’ who is hired has her hiring bonus increased to $7,000.

• Aug. 19: Woods texts Paris to increase request to $200,000.

• Sept. 3: Cranford applies to district for $400,000 for AmeriWorks.

• Sept. 22-27: Paris hires Shelton as consultant.

• Sept. 26: Cranford receives $275,000 from Woods and $125,000 from Neal in grants. Checks made out to Decision Point doing business as AmeriWorks.

• Sept. 26: Shelton incorporates Paradigm Consulting.

• Sept. 27: Paris signs grant agreement; pays Shelton $50,000; Shelton opens Paradigm account at bank and deposits $50,000.

• Sept. 30: Checks deposited in AmeriWork’s account.

• October: Cranford pays Woods an undisclosed amount of cash. Woods pays Neal $20,000.

• Oct. 1: Shelton wires $40,000 to Woods’ personal account; Woods withdraws $33,000 and buys a cashier’s check.

• Oct. 3: College deposits $200,000 into its account; Paris gets $25,000 bonus payment from college’s board of directors.

• Oct. 15: Cranford writes check for $16,500 to his consulting business from AmeriWorks account.

2014

• Aug. 13: Federal officials interview Cranford about his dealings with Woods. Cranford returns grant money, saying he couldn’t acquire the necessary facility.

• November: Development district tells Woods and Neal that AmeriWorks returned its grant. They agree to send $200,000 to Ecclesia.

2015

• Feb. 11: Woods files bill, which later becomes law, making millions more in Improvement Fund money available to work study colleges. Ecclesia was the only college in Arkansas that qualified for the money.

• June 2: Paris submits two grant applications for $33,000 and $250,000.

Oct. 23

2016

• April 13: U.S. Attorney’s office subpoenas Northwest Arkansas Development District, AmeriWorks, Cranford and any entities associated with him; also for records of any grants involving Paris and Ecclesia College.

2017

• Jan. 4: Neal pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.

• January: Cranford replaced as executive director of Arkansas operations for Decision Point and related groups.

• March 1: Woods, Shelton and Paris indicted.

• April 19: U.S. Attorney files revised indictment.

• May 23: Remarks at a pre-trial hearing reveal the federal investigation is still underway and more indictments are expected of other parties before Woods, Paris and Shelton’s Dec. 4 trial.

• Sept. 13: A second revised indictment is filed against Woods, Paris and Shelton, adding a count of conspiracy to commit fraud.

How To Plant Roses - Much Easier Than People Imagine

 Edith's Darling grew well last summer but did not last the winter.

 The baby's name was Marigold, so you can see why the rose has this name.

The former landscaper pointed at the bare root roses in the rain-barrel and demanded, "What are those?"

Roses are harvested and stored in refrigeration. When people buy roses at most locations, they are potted, leafing out, and often in bloom. All those locations get their roses bare root, or at least the main distributors do.

I buy from Edmunds Roses, so they send bare root roses in a bag with damp moss. If they do not grow, I can ask for free replacements. They arrive early, because roses tolerate the cold, long before the local stores have them.

And I get to choose instead of going through what is left.

1. I open the package, slit open the bag, and sink the bag of roses in the rain-barrel. My minimum is 24 hours, but I have soaked them for days when necessary.
2. If possible, I plant them before a long rain. 
3. Last fall, I ended with bags of peat compost, which are a combination of peat and manure. Another way to improve the start is to buy topsoil or generate compost. Red wiggler earthworms will improve ordinary soil and make good soil even better.
4. I dig out the heavy clay soil for each rose and cut tree roots away.
5. The rose is positioned to keep the bud union under the soil surface, to protect against hard freezes. I also use role collars to protect the rose in the winter. One reader found our hose by spotting the 27 white rose collars.
6. The rose will grow better if the canes and roots are pruned somewhat. The best start I ever had came from a long soak and heavy pruning of the canes and roots. I always prune both sides of the rose equation.
7. I fill around the plant with peat compost and clay.
8. If no rain is coming, I water the canes and base each day if dry and windy, or every other day. The canes really need extra watering before the leaves pop out.
9. I planted yesterday and will water today. Friday will be a heavy rain and thunderstorm, God willing.

 Purple Splash is a climber that I gave to a helper,
and it is still growing well.

Why Are the UOJ Pharisees So Irritable?

 The WELS Discussion Pharisees ignore the Augsburg Confession, the Apology, and the Chief Article.

Someone directed me to WELS debating UOJ on Facebook - again. They do not discuss Justification by Faith, the Chief Article of Christianity, because UOJ comforts them and makes them feel superior.

Am I maligning the Pharisees by associating them with WELS and the Little Sect on the Prairie?

Everyone should concede that the WELS/ELS blokes preening about their UOJ have no excuse - given our volume of material teaching the Gospel. As we can see from John's Gospel, which they also ignore, some of the Jewish leaders believed in Jesus and were forgiven and saved.

Fools Gold from the WELS Discussions

Marzan Ozarraga Venus Tnx Donald Hochmuth I found out that he is ELDONA. It came across as a shock to me when he claims that wels believed that by UOJ we mean justification even for those who are in hell. It is obvious to me at face value that it was off the rails observation for him. But I was just trying to test him here on that accusation. tnx for the time.

GJ - Yes, WELS teaches that everyone in Hell is a guilt-free saint.

David Ude Yes Marzan Ozarraga Venus, the folks in eldona only get to their view either by completely rejecting what the Bible is saying or by completely ignoring what we are actually saying. Lutherans have always been clear on this, stressing uoj and sj at the same and steadfastly refusing the idea that everyone will go to heaven.

GJ - Ude admitted faith in those guilt-free saints in Hell and sealed the deal with the comment above.

Gerard Johnson The WELS rightly kicked out the false teacher Paul Rydecki when he denied the beautiful biblical doctrine of UOJ, that all men are justified whether they believe it or not, instead teaching that only those with faith in Jesus are justified. He went to the ELDoNA which is why they get so riled up about it. Like brother Tembreull pointed out above, the ELDoNA nuts may maintain the universal atonement, but OJ is about justification, not atonement. Jutification (sic) means forgiveness and declared righteous according to our shared confession. All sinners are forgiven and declared righteous like your wonderful WELS "This We Beleive (sic)" says. That is the end of the matter, and if ELDoNA rejects that, shake the dust off your feet and ignore their works! 

Once again i just want to thank the WELS for their stalwart confession in this matter. Would that my beloved LCMS had the same intestinal fortitude!!!

GJ - Denying the Chief Article is "stalwart"? Oh my.

Ron Pederson Think about the implication of denying objective justification: God has not forgiven my sins but if I believe He has, then He has.

GJ - Their Objective Justification term is from the Calvinist translator of a Halle Pietist professor - Knapp. And yet the act of questioning this newly invented dogma is converted into a sin.

Someone asked pertinent questions about UOJ's contradictions. This was a response - 

Joe Jewell Thomas Alan: going forward, you need to disagree WITHOUT the name-calling (it’s especially ironic that you would need to be told this given that many of your ad hominems have been in the vein of “snot-nosed kid”).

It’s not helpful, contentless, and completely uncalled for. Please refrain. The most gratuitous of your comments has been deleted. To be clear: The debate is fine, welcome even (confrontation too!), but no reason we need to call names.

GJ - Funny how only one side gets dressed down by the WELS/ELS moderators. Beware the wrath of the UOJ Pharisees.

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Major Factual Errors in This UOJ Discussion

Various people make these claims, which are patently false:

1. WELS/ELS - "They have always taught UOJ." No, the Gausewitz catechism did not, and it served the Synodical Conference decades until "improved by WELS" and then kicked under the bus. The much newer, verbose, and pedantic Kuske catechism is UOJ.
2. The LCMS has never officially taught UOJ. Its catechisms teach Justification by Faith. However, the UOJ faction does control the Missouri Synod.
3. Jay Webber - who constantly links his pathetic essay and the Buchholz debacle - tries to call Justification by Faith "synergism." That proves he does not grasp Biblical doctrine or the history of doctrine. He reminds me of Tim Glende, who invented Inuitu Fidei!