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Whats new? The RCC is filled with church doctrinal hogwash from the 3rd century on!
Bible scholars know that miraculous signs do not all stem from God. After citing the miracles accomplished by the Egyptian magicians before Pharaoh and Moses...
The Dictionnaire de la Bible, edited by F. Vigouroux, mentions that “in the final days, false prophets and false Christs, all agents of the Devil, will work many miracles to the point of deceiving the faithful disciples of Jesus Christ themselves, if that were possible.”—See Matthew 24:24; Exodus 7:8-13.
Ah, But what if, as was the case at Fátima, the apparition invites mankind to repent and asks believers to pray for the conversion of sinners? Interestingly, a book in favor of apparitions, entitled...
Fàtima—Merveille du XXe siècle (Fátima—Marvel of the 20th Century), quotes the priest, who was at that time in Fátima, as expressing his doubts about the origin of these messages in spite of their content. He stated: “It could well be demonic trickery.”
Indeed, the Bible shows that Satan “goes disguised as an angel of light” and that “his servants, too, disguise themselves as the servants of righteousness.” (2 Corinthians 11:14, 15).
A questionable message is therefore no proof that an apparition really comes from God, IOW, pure Hokum!
This is also the conclusion drawn by Calmet’s [Catholic] Dictionnaire historique de la Bible, which states:
“Miracles and wonders are not always a sure sign that those performing them are holy or that their doctrine is correct, nor are they sure testimony of the visionaries’ having received a mission.”
In contrast, Jesus proclaimed the following:
"BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’” ~ Matt. 15:9, NASB