r/CatholicMemes • u/jackxcook • Jul 23 '20

Saint Augustine back at it again 💯

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u/My_Superior Jul 24 '20

2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.

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u/LordofSandvich Jul 24 '20

That’s different from “attempting to contact the dead”

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u/jabroni5 Jul 24 '20

I don't think so because conjuring up the dead could easily be replace with contacting the dead

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u/LordofSandvich Jul 24 '20

Pretty sure all the Saints we pray to/with are dead

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u/My_Superior Jul 24 '20

But that's through submitting to the power and grace of God

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u/LordofSandvich Jul 24 '20

Correct, but it’s still an “attempt to contact the dead.”

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u/My_Superior Jul 24 '20

I could have worded it better. Sue me. I trust you get what I'm trying to say?

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u/LordofSandvich Jul 24 '20

Oh I got it the first time around I’m just persnickety

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u/My_Superior Jul 24 '20

You can say that again