[Apologetics] Henry VIII defends the seven sacraments against Martin Luther!
Art Kelly
arthurkelly at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 3 14:41:16 EDT 2008
This was ghost written by Thomas More.
It resulted in King Henry VIII being awarded the title
of Defender of the Faith.
Of course, what Henry was trying to do was win favor
with the Pope so that he would be granted an annulment
of one of his many marriages.
I don't think it will cut any ice with Anglicans, even
if they thought Henry was sincere, which he was not.
And of course, everyone knows what happened to Thomas
More (and Anne Boleyn).
Art
--- Stephen Korsman <skorsman at theotokos.co.za> wrote:
> Hi
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> Attached e-mail from St Gabriel's Communications.
> I've heard this guy speak, and he's really good.
> (De Souza, not Henry VIII.) I think that it's an
> excellent idea to use Henry VIII's apologetics as a
> unifying factor for Christianity. It would
> certainly get the Anglicans thinking.
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> God bless,
> Stephen
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> Subject: Henry VIII defends the seven sacraments
> against Martin Luther!
> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:09:12 -0600
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> DEFENCE OF
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> If Europe and the Christian West are
> to survive as Christian and as Western in this
> new millennium, with
> any hope of repelling the Islamization of
> European culture, the
> reunification of Christians is necessary, so
> thinks international
> Catholic apologist and EWTN host, Mr. Raymond de
> Souza.
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> He echoes the declarations made
> last year by the personal secretary of Pope
> Benedict XVI, Fr. Georg Gaenswein,
> who alerted the international community about
> the threat of the islamization
> of Europe: One must not ignore the attempts to
> Islamize Europe, and the Catholic Church clearly
> sees this danger.
> This kind of attitude may present a risk for
> European identity. (cf. German paper Sddeutsche
> Zeitung (26 July 2007)
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> If Europe and the Christian West are
> to survive as Christian and as Western in this
> new millennium, with
> any hope of repelling the Islamization of
> European culture, the
> reunification of Christians is necessary.
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> De Souza has edited a new millennium
> edition of a historical book written by King
> Henry VIII titled,
> Defense of the Seven Sacraments, which is now
> available through
> Saint Gabriel Communications International.
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> Most Christians identify King Henry
> VIII as a co-founder of the Protestant
> Reformation, along with
> Martin Luther. However, when he wrote his magnum
> opus, Henry was an
> accomplished theologian and staunch defender of
> the Catholic Faith.
> He was even granted the title, Defender of the
> Faith, by Pope Leo X.
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> By editing and re-printing King
> Henry's book, De Souza is determined to show how
> King Henry VIII
> never intended to discard the seven sacraments.
> On the contrary, he
> delivered what is one of the most compelling
> arguments ever penned
> to maintain the sacramental life of the Church in
> full form and
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> It is clear from the book that Henry
> VIII believed the Reformation of Martin Luther
> was a destructive
> force in Christendom, spawning thousands of sects
> with competing
> interpretations of Scripture. De Souza goes a
> step further,
> believing that Luther's Revolution led to the
> religious
> fragmentation and gradual de-Christianization of
> Europe, bringing
> about a dangerous apathy toward the rise of Islam
> within its
> borders.
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> That fragmentation of Christianity
> continues today, racked by doctrinal novelty and
> moral decay. The
> World Anglican Communion appears to be crumbling,
> especially after
> more than 400,000 members, including bishops and
> priests, have
> already sought reunification with Rome. Issues
> such as the
> ordination to the episcopate of practicing
> homosexuals and women are
> seen as totally irreconcilable with authentic
> Gospel teaching
> and scandalous to the faithful, de Souza says.
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> De Souza believes the first step to
> counter this trend is Christian reunification in
> 'one Lord, one
> faith, one baptism' (Eph. 4:5). Ironically, it
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> King Henry VIII's own pen that can ignite unity
> en route to save
> Christendom.
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> Once unthinkable to Church of England
> members, reunification with the Catholic Church
> is now seen as a
> return to their Christian roots and the Faith of
> their Fathers. And
> for this reason, King Henry VIII's treatise in
> Defense of the Seven
> Sacraments is not only timely but providential as
> well, according to
> De Souza.
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> The new Millennium edition of Henry
> VIII's book is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II,
> the twenty-first
> monarch to accede to the Throne of England since
> Henry VIII, and
> published in memoriam of the Crusader of the
> XXth Century,
> Plinio Correa
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> Lord, one faith, one baptism'
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> Defence of the Seven
> Sacraments is aimed to reach concerned
> Christians in North
> America, the United Kingdom, throughout the
> British Commonwealth
> and eventually in German-speaking countries. The
> book raises the
> standard of Catholic orthodoxy and helps refute
> the various
> forms of false ecumenism in our days, which
> instead of gathering
> together all peoples in one Faith, aims to
> gather all faiths
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> "Adult and mature is a
> faith that gives us the measure to discern
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> true and what is false, between deceit and
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> www.KeysofPeter.org and on the publisher at
> www.SaintGabriel-International.com
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> Raymond de Souza may be contacted for
> comments and interviews at 570-788-5400 or
> Raymond at KeysofPeter.com
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> DEFENCE
> OF THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS AGAINST MARTIN LUTHER
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> From the Author
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> Henry VIII's letter
> to Pope Leo X
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> Cardinal Gibbons letter of introduction
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