THE CHURCH SPOKE ALREADY
"We are of God. [the bishops] He that knoweth God, heareth us. He that is not of God, heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." (1 John 4:6)
The "us" here are the local bishops. In Medjugorje, the local bishops have been Bishop Zanic and Bishop Peric. So there is more at stake than a possible eye injury when you gaze into the sun in Medjugorje.
The Church Spoke:
• Through the Yugoslav Episcopal Conference dated January 29, 1987
• Through the Declaration of the Bishop of Mostar dated July 24, 1987
• Through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith letter to Bp. Taverdet of March 23, 1996
• Through the June 1996: Declaration on Pilgrimages to Medjugorje
• Through the Statement by Bishop Ratko Peric as published in Present of Jan. 25, 1997
• Through the Statement by Bishop Peric of October 2, 1997
• Through the Statement by Bishop's Conference of Yugoslavia of 27-28 November 1990
• Through the July 21, 1998 Statement of Bishop Peric
• Through the May 29, 2001 Communique of the Bishop's Conference of Bosnia-Herzegovenia
Fr. Maurice Levesque, Catholic Doors:
The supernaturality is not proven (meaning there is nothing heavenly about Medjugorje.)
The non-supernaturality is proven (meaning what appears to be supernatural is the result of human manipulation for the purpose of fame and wealth.)
As previously said, official or church pilgrimages are not allowed, nor are 'private' visits allowed that have the intent of proving that the so-called 'apparitions' and alleged 'messages' are authentic!
The fruits of the alleged 'apparitions' of Medjugorje have been those of great confusion and division, and not only in the local Church. Such IS NOT, AND CANNOT BE of God!
The alleged "seers" have been proven to lie over and over during the investigations of the commissions appointed by the Catholic Church. Such IS NOT, AND CANNOT BE of God!
As mentioned above, one of the "seers" claimed that Our Lady said that all faiths are equal. Such IS NOT, AND CANNOT BE of God! SUCH A DOCTRINE IS NOT CATHOLIC!
Regarding the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation, the Catechism of the Catholic Chuch states,
846 "How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it." [C.C.C. # 846]
(Lists were compiled by F. John Loughnan)
