RayneBeau
Well-known member
Many non-RC's imagine that relics are used in Roman Catholicism merely as symbols of faith and devotion. But nothing could be farther from the truth. The Roman Catholic Church, still operates a full-blown system of fetishism and sorcery in which physical objects are supposed to accomplish physical miracles. Sometimes it is claimed that these physical objects also accomplish spiritual miracles and change the physical or spiritual destiny of any fortunate Roman Catholic who relies on them.
I've got a circular called The Scapular Militia issued by the Carmelite National Shrine of Our Lady of the Scapular, in New York. It bears the official Imprimatur. The slogan emblazoned on its cover is "A Scapular for Every Catholic Service Man," and it carries, underneath a picture of Mary, Joseph and Roman Catholic St. Simon Stock. The specific guarantee in heavy capital letters states:
WHOSOEVER DIES CLOTHED IN THIS SCAPUALR SHALL NOT SUFFER ETERNAL FIRE.
Originally the circular contained, in a pocket on the back page, a small cloth scapular to be tied about the neck. The circular not only makes the flat promise, quoted from the Virgin Mary, that the wearer cannot go to hell, but it cites the miraculous effects of the charm in protecting soldiers from death in a war.
I've got a circular called The Scapular Militia issued by the Carmelite National Shrine of Our Lady of the Scapular, in New York. It bears the official Imprimatur. The slogan emblazoned on its cover is "A Scapular for Every Catholic Service Man," and it carries, underneath a picture of Mary, Joseph and Roman Catholic St. Simon Stock. The specific guarantee in heavy capital letters states:
WHOSOEVER DIES CLOTHED IN THIS SCAPUALR SHALL NOT SUFFER ETERNAL FIRE.
Originally the circular contained, in a pocket on the back page, a small cloth scapular to be tied about the neck. The circular not only makes the flat promise, quoted from the Virgin Mary, that the wearer cannot go to hell, but it cites the miraculous effects of the charm in protecting soldiers from death in a war.