Posted on 09/21/2014 1:29:09 PM PDT by marshmallow
“Catholics seek to inform their consciences according to reason and revelation as guided by Church teachings.”
Being a practicing Catholic since I was a kid, and I’m in my sixties, the Church has had ample opportunity to inform my conscience I would say... The Church “teaches” almost nothing.
Even on issues like abortion, they come up short IMHO. For example, when priests, and even bishops, give Communion to politicians who support abortion, what are they “teaching” the faithful?
That said, it’s the Holy Spirit that has trained my conscience, not the Church. The same Holy Spirit, by the way, that trains the consciences of our brothers and sisters who are not Catholic.
I know...thanks.
bumpus ad summum
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