[MayflowerMadam]

“THE Church”? Huh? If you mean R.C., it’s A denomination, not THE Church.

Maybe this denomination rates sin, and assigns levels to specific types of sins, but the Bible does not. Anybody can make up stuff, pointy hat or not; it doesn’t make it true. Come Judgment Day, they’re gonna have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.

[miss marmelstein]

Great alias for an Evangelical, lol.

You know, in all the religious threads for the past 5 weeks, I’ve not seen one comment on the BBC’s brilliant series “Wolf Hall” in which many of these issues are discussed by the characters of Cromwell, Wolsey & Henry 8.

[NYer]

“THE Church”? Huh? If you mean R.C., it’s A denomination, not THE Church.

RC? You mean Catholic Church

Catholic Church

Denomination? Since the Catholic Church is the original (first) church founded by Jesus Christ, it is not a denomination. The word denomination means branch of. As the Church founded by Christ, denomination does not apply.

[Grateful2God]

Yes, to a Roman Catholic, it is "The Church." Does that mean we believe we have a monopoly on Heaven? No!!! We do, however, regard It with respect, and by other titles, such as Holy Mother Church...

**Come Judgment Day, they’re gonna have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.**

Aren't we all? I know I'm not perfect. So does God. And He's the One Who will be doing the judging.

PS: It's called a mitre and is derived from the headpiece worn by the High Priests in the Jewish Temple.