{"id":8491,"date":"2020-11-01T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8491"},"modified":"2020-11-01T13:45:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:45:54","slug":"adventist-and-catholic-news-views-017-1-nov-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8491","title":{"rendered":"Adventist and Catholic News &#038; Views 017 &#8211; 1 Nov 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DiscussingAdventismBook\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8491\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"400px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8491\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3e0ab\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Adventism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Coronaviruses - electron microscopy\" class=\"wp-image-7147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-1024x730.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-768x547.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-1536x1094.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Coronaviruses &#8211; electron microscopy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/adventism\/comments\/j7wa7t\/how_are_you_all_going_with_covid\/\">How are you all going with Covid?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Reddit, r\/adventism<\/em><br>I thought that Adventists were, on the whole, more on the responsible side. At least that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve seen on the Adventist news sites and blogs and forums I&#8217;ve looked at. It looks like there are crackpot Adventists too, but that&#8217;s not surprising given the nature of their beliefs and their susceptibility to conspiracy theories. As a Catholic, I am utterly disgusted with the blithering idiots we have spouting their nonsense all over the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/exAdventist\/comments\/il90tf\/putting_the_sunday_law_teaching_in_context\/\">Putting the Sunday Law teaching in context.<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Reddit, r\/exAdventist<\/em><br>An ex-Adventist&#8217;s view on the Adventist&#8217;s feared Sunday Law, with some discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/exAdventist\/comments\/ijachr\/do_any_sdas_realise_they_dont_need_to_demonize\/\">Do any SDAs realise they don&#8217;t need to demonize Catholicism to be decent Adventists?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Reddit, r\/exAdventist<\/em><br>A reality check for Adventists.Interesting discussion. I&#8217;ve always said that a religion that needs to demonise other faiths in order to look good is not worth much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5e7f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Catholicism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2020\/10\/16\/masks-keep-churches-from-being-superspreaders-but-they-make-sermons-tough\/\">Masks keep churches from being superspreaders. But they make sermons tough<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Religion News Service<\/em><br>When a sermon is a conversation, as the article claims, then masks are a hindrance to that conversation. Hopefully time will correct that. When a sermon is just another attempt to preach at people who know less than you, just record the bloody thing and get it over with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jack-o-Lantern-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"Jack o' Lantern\" class=\"wp-image-2797\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jack-o-Lantern-300x294.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jack-o-Lantern-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jack-o-Lantern.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Jack o&#8217; Lantern<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2020\/10\/16\/church-losing-touch-working-class-catholics\">The church is losing touch with working-class Catholics<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>America<\/em><br>Sometimes it&#8217;s the Church losing touch, and sometimes the other way around &#8211; people losing touch with what the Church means and teaches. The first example here is someone who works 60-72 hour weeks. He says: &#8220;<em>You can\u2019t live on 40 hours a week<\/em>\u201d. I think that is a case of the world losing touch with humanity &#8211; the evils of corrupted capitalism, which are sometimes, as in this case, identical to the evils of corrupt socialism. Others becomes tools for another person&#8217;s wealth &#8211; in effect, some form of slavery. (This is what I see the USA as having become.) What should the Church&#8217;s answer be? Pope Francis has said it. The world won&#8217;t listen. What next? Where can the Church compromise in order to assist the faithful in this condition? When only those who are in the higher earning groups can afford to go to church \u2026 what then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/ireland-s-mass-rocks-are-becoming-popular-again\">Ireland\u2019s \u2018Mass Rocks\u2019 Are Becoming Popular Again<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>National Catholic Register<\/em><br><em>&#8220;Since March 2020, with the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland, people have begun returning to the Mass Rocks to pray while the churches up and down the country were closed. While some faithful priests offered the Mass with small groups of the faithful at the Mass Rocks, other groups of laity would gather and place priestly vestments on a Mass Rock while praying the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy together. This way, in the face of the lockdown and other obstacles, the Catholic faith and prayer is being preserved in the rural countryside of Ireland.<\/em>\u201d<br>Wonderful! Catholicism practiced in a new era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"color\"><span style=\"color:#950000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And finally, today is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Society of St Pius X. Ironically, All Saints Day.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=8490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"SSPX - 50 years anniversary\" class=\"wp-image-8490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-1024x533.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-150x78.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-768x400.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a-847x441.jpg 847w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SSPX-50-years-a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Darth-Vader-SSPX-50y.jpg\" alt=\"SSPX - Darth Vader Lefebvre\" class=\"wp-image-8488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Darth-Vader-SSPX-50y.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Darth-Vader-SSPX-50y-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Darth-Vader-SSPX-50y-150x142.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><span style=\"color:#009202\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SSPX &#8211; Darth Vader Lefebvre<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=8489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lefebvre-and-McCarrick.gif\" alt=\"Lefebvre and McCarrick - moral equivalence\" class=\"wp-image-8489\"\/><\/a><figcaption><span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"color\"><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Lefebvre and McCarrick &#8211; moral equivalence<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?page_id=6954\"><strong><span style=\"color:#065b12\" class=\"color\">More in New and Views \u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: Conspiracy theories, COVID-19, Masks, Mass Rocks, SSPX, Sunday law, Working class<\/p><p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8491\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Adventist and Catholic News & Views 017 - 1 Nov 2020\n#happysabbath #sspx #SundayLaw #sspx50 #CatholicTwitter","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1234],"tags":[1367,1372,1577,1654,350,148,1655],"class_list":["post-8491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-views","tag-conspiracy-theories","tag-covid-19","tag-masks","tag-mass-rocks","tag-sspx","tag-sunday-law","tag-working-class","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3fpVQ-2cX","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Darth-Vader-SSPX-50y.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}