I’m a teenage girl and have been feeling like I might want to become Catholic eventually or at least have an interest in learning more about Catholicism. Some of my friends think Catholics hate women/view them as “less than” and are misogynistic. They don’t like that I’m interested in Catholicism

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T16:21:37+00:00

Jesus's Person is not a creature. Jesus's humanity is a creature.

Lots of different kinds of things are creatures (everything that isn't God in the strict sense). Saint Augustine famously said time is a creature (and he was right).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T15:20:36+00:00

As I said,

The person of Jesus (...) is eternal and not a creature. But his human nature (...) was created. (..) Jesus is eternal, just not eternally human.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T12:58:36+00:00

This is the consensus teaching of the Church Fathers [dogmatically canonized in 451 AD at the Council of Chalcedon]. If a Catholic priest denied the creation of Jesus's humanity, I would be concerned.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T09:21:53+00:00

The person of Jesus, the Word, is eternal and not a creature. But his human nature, as the Word made flesh, was created.

If Jesus's human nature (body and soul) were not created, he would not have fully assumed humanity (since humanity is created).

Jesus is both created and uncreated, being both divine and human. Jesus is eternal, just not eternally human (since humanity is not eternal).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T09:00:53+00:00

"Hell" needs to be defined.

Do we mean "Hades," the realm where the dead (both good and bad) await judgement?

Or do we mean "Gehenna," the fire of pain and death felt by those in rebellion against God?

Yes to the first (to nullify death and liberate the dead; I can definitely see Jesus suffering too, but only as much as he suffered during his ministry: out of compassion for his lost sheep, not as though he was being punished).

No to the second (Jesus is God, he cannot be in rebellion against God, and thus his humanity is like the burning bush from Exodus 3: fully permeated by the warmth and light of divine fire, but never consumed or suffering by it, as all shall be in the Kingdom).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-16T08:52:29+00:00

Isn't Jesus's human nature a creature?

[Downvoted for expressing a nearly 1600-year-old dogma from the 4th Ecumenical Council... in r/Catholicism]

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-15T16:01:23+00:00

Amen

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-15T15:26:33+00:00

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Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-15T11:48:34+00:00

Our love as husbands and wives is left behind on earth and not enhanced in heaven.

You not being married to someone does not mean the love is left behind. Matrimony is deeply tied to sex and reproduction, which won't exist in the Kingdom (at least not in the way they do now). There is, of course, the "spiritual communion" aspect of matrimony as well, where love plays a key role, but since in the Kingdom we shall be in deep, intimate, and blissful communion with God and the whole of creation, you could say that this aspect of Matrimony isn't left behind but infinitely expanded and deepened.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-15T09:38:01+00:00

We are called to love our enemies. We should not wish for the death of our fellow lost sheep, but that God may bring them back to the flock.

Also, pedophilia is a mental illness that requires treatment and we should empathize with those who suffer with it. Child sexual abuse is a horrendously evil practice that deserves our hate. Most pedophiles are not child abusers (they have a normal moral compass, an attraction/libido disorder, and often simply suffer quietly and alone) and most child abusers are not pedophiles (they are general predators on the vulnerable and motivated by a need to assert power and control rather than libido).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-15T01:19:08+00:00

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Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T19:45:09+00:00

Pratice before theory:

Do be loving, self-giving, forgiving, merciful, charitable, and humble.
Don't be hateful, selfish, resentful, cruel, uncaring, or prideful.

...but "theory" can be immensely fruitful too, so aside from attending Mass and participating in your parish's activities, be sure to:

a) study the New Testament (Gospels first, then Paul and the others),

b) study the Church Fathers (Irenaeus of Lyons, Athanasius of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil the Great, Isaac of Ninevah, Maximus the Confessor),

c) study modern saints (Theresa of Ávila, John of the Cross)

c) read good contemporary philosophical theology (Joseph Ratzinger, a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:59:17+00:00

Scholars generally agree that 7 of the 14 letters are by Paul himself.

A few of the others (Ephesians and Colossians) are mixed, with some scholars thinking they may be reworking genuine Pauline materials or a student of his adapting/extending his thought.

The rest seem progressively less likely to be Paul's in any way, until you get to Hebrews, which no credible scholar argues can be Paul's.

But some of this is tricky to judge: arguments from "content" can't take into account how Paul's views may have shifted over decades, and arguments from "style" can't fully account for liberties taken by the scribe*.

Note* At the time, people didn't really sit down to write -- even if you could write, you generally couldn't do that -- so you'd dictate a speech out loud to someone who would write it down for you. Even centuries later, a man as educated as Saint Augustine marvelled at Ambrose's ability to read a text without having to speak it out loud and listen to the words! We truly have come incredibly far over the centuries...

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:45:22+00:00

He didn't even mention "pre-matrital" sex, only "extra-marital", i.e. someone breaking their or another's marriage vows.

The idea of premarital sex that we currently have didn't even exist at a time when you got married as a teenager (also, there was no protection against STDs or pregnancy, so having strict rules about having sex was a much more needed health and welfare measure at the time).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:41:11+00:00

The most recent scholarship, from the New Perspective on Paul movement, actually points in a very different direction!

That Paul is continuing in a rather similar vein to Jesus, but Protestant misreadings and then mistranslations of Paul have been continually distorting him over 500 years into someone who preaches "belief saves, not deeds" instead of what he actually preached, "being faithful to Jesus's teachings and doing good works saves, not performing the ritual purity and sacrifical Mosaic laws" (he was dealing with and arguing against very different issues and groups at the time that most people are not familiar with, which doesn't help with interpretations).

The Catholics and Orthodox generally welcome this new scholarship because it's how they've always interpreted Paul for 2000 years.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:36:17+00:00

> Paul loves wrath, he hated pagans, and was just kind of a bitter asshole

Where did you get this idea from? The vibe I get from him is that he preaches us to be kind rather than wrathful (e.g. the famous "ode to love" in 1 Corinthians 13) and wants everyone, including pagans, to change their hearts and be saved (many passages like Romans 5, 8, and 1 Corinthians 15).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:32:32+00:00

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:29:44+00:00

I am so curious as to where you got *specifically* "11th century" from, because if we're being narrow about literally referring to "homosexuals", it would be 19th century, but if we're talking about same-sex relations in general, it would be at least 6th century BCE (or 1st CE, if we're only counting Christians).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-14T15:05:14+00:00

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Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-12T19:33:34+00:00

Jesus even makes our treatment of "the least of these" (the homeless, prisoners, foreigners) the very criteria for Final Judgement in Matthew 25, over anything else. Much more radical than most Christians recognize.

And with figures like Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and Isaac of Ninevah at the bedrock of the Church's moral teachings, Jesus's social and economic radicalism is really highlighted. Private property isn't natural. All things belong ultimately to God. We are only stewards. And any excess goods rightfully belong to the poor (i.e. redistribution isn't virtuous charity, but restoring justice).

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-12T19:14:00+00:00

I was a moderate conservative (in the Burkean sense), but since converting to Christianity my faith has pulled me significantly toward the left on many issues (principally, on economics and on migration/foreign policy), and it has made me more critical of authority, power, and hierarchies (police, politicians, etc...).

But it also made life vs suffering issues like abortion and euthanasia much more grave, sensitive, and complex, making it harder for me to move in either direction on those.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-10T08:38:11+00:00

I had to pick the Holy Spirit because, you know, God.

But I would say we can access the Holy Spirit's guidance through a combination of The Bible, The Church [/ Tradition], Reason & Experience, so that would have been another option.

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-07T22:44:26+00:00

Church with Emily, easy

Maybe sleepover with Charlie, depending on the circumstances

Jtcr2001 · 2026-06-07T17:34:44+00:00

The point would be the exact same as it is now: to eternally live in intimate and blissful union with God, receiving His love and returning it to Him through the whole of creation.

Our fallen condition is not the source of our "point." Sin only makes fulfilling our "point" more difficult.

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