AN OPEN LETTER TO KELLY BOWRING
Dear Mr Bowring,
Having read through your letter, full of conjecture. I feel it is my duty as a faithful Catholic to point out YOUR errors. It is YOU Mr Bowring who is actively encouraging schism by teaching Catholics not to acknowledge the Pope as the successor of Peter. The official teaching of the Church is that the office of Peter will not collapse into apostasy, but by Christ’s command...“Peter, you are rock”.. and the power of the Holy Spirit, it will remain a lasting and visible sign of unity for ever.
"In order to preserve the Church in the purity of the faith handed on by the apostles, Christ who is the Truth willed to confer on her a share in his own infallibility. By a “supernatural sense of faith” the People of God, under the guidance of the Church’s living Magisterium, “unfailingly adheres to this faith”… The supreme degree of participation in the authority of Christ is ensured by the charism of infallibility. This infallibility extends as far as does the deposit of divine Revelation; it also extends to all those elements of doctrine, including morals, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, explained, or observed… The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, 889, 891, 2035
You ask the Pope...".....Why have you been deemphasizing the doctrines of homosexuality, cohabitation, abortion, and contraception?
Pope Francis has not been de-emphasising the doctrines Mr Bowring. Regarding homosexuality the Pope says ….“At the present time there are those who, basing themselves on observations in the psychological order, have begun to judge indulgently, and even to excuse completely, homosexual relations between certain people. This they do in opposition to the constant teaching of the Magisterium and to the moral sense of the Christian people.”
Pope Francis also stated...."The prospect that same-sex couples could adopt would deprive children "of the human growth that God wanted them given by a father and a mother..... "Here again is the envy of the devil, by which sin entered into the world, that cunningly seeks to destroy the image of God: man and woman who are mandated to grow, multiply and dominate land."
On abortion.. Pope Francis denounced today's "throw-away culture" that justifies disposing of lives, and said doctors in particular had been forced into situations where they are called to "not respect life."
"Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord," he said. He urged the gynecologists to abide by their consciences and help bring lives into the world. "Things have a price and can be for sale, but people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things," he said.
Mr Bowring you asked the Pope...."Are you about to direct the Catholic Church to make a number of alarming statements.........?.....Is there a single doctrine of the Faith that you refuse to believe in? Or are trying to change? Or will in fact soon change?"
Here is your answer Mr Bowing...."Many Christians, the Pope said, suffer from “a hope too watered down, not strong: a faint hope, they do not have the strength and the courage to trust in the Lord. But if we Christians believe confessing the faith, and safeguarding it, taking custody of the faith, and, entrusting ourselves to God, to the Lord, we shall be Christian victors. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.” (Plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue)
You tell the Pope that..."...some see your approach is that of seeking to adapt and compromise doctrine to current trends in secular thinking and behavior and bend it to accommodate other religious orientations."
Pope Francis answers.." the faithful must not renounce their own identity", the Pope explained, “nor does it mean accepting compromises on faith and Christian morality..Confess the Faith all of it, not part of it! Safeguard this faith, as it came to us, by way of tradition: the whole Faith!,”
Mr Bowring you go too far here....."But while God cannot deceive, a pope can, especially with a deceptive badge of (false) humility and (false) love for humanity that is displayed and not genuinely practiced. Some have expressed concerns about your true intentions in this regard."
You are accusing the Pope of being false and deceitful. How dare you! Who gives you the right to slander anyone? This is a grave sin.
Mr Bowring... "but you cannot change the Church’s doctrine, not even one iota, not even regarding the least significant doctrine (e.g., communion for the remarried,"
Pope Francis criticised the “gnostic solution” of elite groups of “enlightened Catholics” who offer a “higher spirituality.” He said "some advocates of ordaining nuns to the priesthood or of giving communion to the divorced and remarried fall into this error."
Bishop Schneider is best known for arguing that Holy Communion should be received on the tongue while kneeling, which he insists is the more efficient way to foster respect for the Sacrament and to prevent abuse of the Sacred Hosts. The 53-year-old bishop has called also for clarification (a new Syllabus of Errors), aimed at the clergy, to put a stop to liturgical and doctrinal freewheeling on a range of issues in the “spirit of Vatican II”.
This is what this good Bishop says of the Pope...."Pope Francis is perceived to be at the forefront of a new liberal attitude coming from Rome But Bishop Schneider says: “Thanks be to God, Pope Francis has not expressed himself in these ways that the mass media expect from him. He has spoken until now, in his official homilies, very beautiful Catholic doctrine. I hope he will continue to teach in a very clear manner the Catholic doctrine.”
You then ask the Pope....."Are You Leading the Church Toward the Great Apostasy and Schism?"
No the Pope isn't Mr Bowring, but you just might be causing the very schism you are warning against!
Pope Francis..."The Church cannot be made to suit the modern world, nor can her doctrine be changed to become inclusive, in order to suit other denominations and religions and fashions."
.." the faithful must not renounce their own identity", the Pope explained, “nor does it mean accepting compromises on faith and Christian morality
You wrote.."Our Lord too repeatedly warned about the false teachers who will lead many to spiritual ruin. "
Yes Mr Bowring.. this is why we worry about you and the false seers you support.
You asked the Pope....."Are you the prophesied false prophet of lies and deception who will lead the Church into schism? Are you the anti-John the Baptist and precursor of the antichrist who will rule over the world? Will you soon be at death’s door, as the Book of Revelation prophesizes, only then, just as if a miracle has taken place, seem to have risen from the dead?"
What a lot of nonsense you talk Mr Bowring and you sell books that are filled with this garbage too!
St. Paul warned in his first letter to Timothy “that in the latter times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and (false) doctrines of demons through the pretensions of liars” (1 Timothy 4:1).