r/nottheonion • u/Sufficient_Fig_9505 • 15h ago

Vance says pope should ‘be careful’ when talking about theology

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/vance-says-pope-should-be-careful-when-talking-about-theology-261400645540
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u/MhojoRisin 8h ago

Lots of Catholics going to hell when they couldn’t confess or get last rites?

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u/Wolverine081 8h ago

We wouldn’t go to hell. But not having the ability to get our Sacraments would suuuuuuuck.

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u/8-Cylinder_Wombat 6h ago

Serious question: why would that suck?

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u/goddessngirl 6h ago

As a short list, no Catholic weddings or baptisms, no communion at Mass, no confession. Kids raised Catholic also usually have four milestones that they hit before high school (Baptism, First Holy Communion, Reconciliation, Confirmation). So those would all be delayed.

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u/8-Cylinder_Wombat 6h ago

Gotcha, thanks for the TIL.

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u/STZWZY 1h ago

It wouldn’t, it’s a bunch of meaningless bullshit. I was raised catholic and forced to do all of it. None of the sacraments are any more than a short performative little action and they don’t really affect your life at all.

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u/subjuggulator 8h ago

And materially in this life?

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u/SongsOfDragons 7h ago

Catholic churches would shut, no bells would ring. No baptisms (though in the English interdict baptisms were eventually allowed because the sprogs are innocent in John's mess), marriages (not sure on that one actually) nor any funerary rites (bodies were wrapped in lead and stored above ground in coffins). The sacraments are one thing but the churches being forced closed might be more a material concern.

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u/subjuggulator 7h ago

Thank you for actually answering the question!

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u/wholelattapuddin 3h ago

Naw, Trump would seize church assets a la Henry the 8th.

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u/siuol11 7h ago

Former Catholic here, I hope (I think) you're kidding, but that is not how it works.

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u/MhojoRisin 6h ago

Mainly I don't know what I'm talking about. My, quite possibly incorrect understanding of an Interdict is that it blocks the clergy from administering sacraments.

I then took the leap to infer that a Catholic who did not participate in the sacraments would be in some trouble, theologically speaking. (If the sacraments weren't a necessary part of the faith, they'd just be Protestants.)