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To: Mrs. Don-o
In other words, the betrayers of the Church are not "the Church," and the infidelity of those who betray the Church does not cancel out God's fidelity. The Church is not the Mystical Body of Francisco Coccopalmerio or Ted McCarrick or Jorge Bergoglio, it's the Mystical Body of Christ.

Which would contract the RCs who denigrate the one true church as being the Mystical Body of Christ, since unlike the visible body, it always and only consists of true believers at any given time.

Except that certain papal teaching is that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing, with the necessity of belonging to the true Church in order to gain eternal salvation, thus excluding those without.

401 posted on 12/21/2018 4:25:21 PM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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402 posted on 12/21/2018 5:16:20 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama (Self Defense is a Basic Human Right!)
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To: daniel1212
"Which would contract the RCs who denigrate the one true church as being the Mystical Body of Christ..."

Could you please re-word this? I don't see anything contracting, I don't see RC's denigrating the one truth church, etc. What are you talking about?

403 posted on 12/21/2018 5:49:28 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All -- how can I love Thee as I ought?)
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