Pili anei mākou i ka ʻĀina Kāpena?

Question:

Ua lohe nō wau ma ka bapetizo ʻana ua loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻānela kahu. Heʻoiaʻiʻo nō paha, a he manaʻo paha ʻaʻole nā ​​keiki a nā Karistiano e mālama i nā ʻānela kahu?

Pane:

ʻO ka manaʻo ke kiʻi i ko mākou mau ʻānela mālama i ka bapetizo ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he aʻo mai ka Ekalesia. ʻO ka manaʻo maʻamau ma waena o nā poʻe Katolika Katolika ʻo ia nā kānaka a pau, inā he bapetizo ʻia lākou, he ʻānela kahu ma kahi o ka wā o ko lākou hānau ʻana (e ʻike iā Ludwig Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma [Rockford: TAN, 1974], 120); ua manaʻo kekahi e mālama ʻia nā pēpē e ko lākou mau kahu hānai a ko lākou makuahine ma mua o ka hānau ʻana.

ʻO ka nānā ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka he ʻānela kahu hānai ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka Palapala Hemolele. I ka Mataio 18:10 ʻōlelo mai ʻo Iesū: "E nānā ʻoe, mai hoʻowahāwahā i kekahi o kēia mau mea ʻuʻuku; no ka mea, ke hai aku nei au ia oe e ike mau ana ko lakou mau anela i ka maka o koʻu Makua ma ka lani. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ma mua o ke keʻa ʻana o ke Kaiole ʻana a ʻōlelo ʻo ia no nā keiki Iudaio. A no laila, ʻae, he mau keiki ʻole nā ​​Karistiano, ʻaʻole wale nā ​​Kristiano (bapetizo) i nā ʻānela kahu.

E haʻi ʻo Iesū e ʻike mau ana kā lākou mau maka i nā maka o kona Makua. ʻAʻole kēia wale nō kahi ʻōlelo e hoʻomau mau nei lākou i mua o ke Akua, akā he ʻōlelo ia no ka loaʻa mau o ka Makua. Inā pilikia kekahi o kā lākou ʻoihana, hiki iā lākou ke hana ma ke ʻano he mea kōkua ma ke keiki i mua o ke Akua.

ʻO ka manaʻo o nā ʻānela a pau he poʻe ʻānela mālama, aia ma hope o nā ʻĀina o ka Ekalesia, ʻoiai nō iā Basilio lāua ʻo Girolamo, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka manaʻo o Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologiae I: 113: 4).