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To: Hermann the Cherusker
The Catholic Church doesn't care a whit what it says or does not say in the Bible about attending Church. The Catholic Church KNOWS what Jesus and the Apostles left it in the Deposit of Faith, and this includes the obligation to attend Mass every week on Sunday.

Hmmm, a strong case of "do as I say, not what our faith is supposed to be based on"

The Pharissees held thier faith/belief in the letterof Law and traditions...Just as the Catholic Church does, and not into the spirit of the law

If you do not have the Bible, the only true book of books that are the standards of the faith, then your foundation is on the sand and the waves of tradition and dogma will wash it away.

There isn't any record that church was on Sunday.

Sabbat/Sabbath is on the 7th day/Saturday...

Remember the Sabbat and Keep it Holy!

So, do you keep Saturdays Holy for God and rest? That is the only reference to giving a day to God. And, none of it says you must attend church. The early Christians were converted Jews, they still followed thier holidays and kept the laws. The only thing that has changed is the sacrificial law... Jesus came and fulfilled that Law!

The Crucifix and Eucharist are a daily reminder of a constantly dying Christ... Jesus isn't Dead... He is Alive! He has Risen! And he didn't establish a church, he is the redeemer for all mankind! I would rather follow God's laws that are written for us, before just taking someone's word for it. God's plan for salvation is simple. Read your Bible. The path is even in your Catholic Bible, too bad you are told not to read it.

475 posted on 06/28/2005 9:14:56 AM PDT by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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To: Zavien Doombringer; SoothingDave
If you do not have the Bible, the only true book of books that are the standards of the faith, then your foundation is on the sand and the waves of tradition and dogma will wash it away.

I'm still looking for a divinely inspired table of contents to the Bible, to make sure I have the right books, no more, and no less.

There isn't any record that church was on Sunday.

Precisely. Which is why the Church does not care one whit what you believe the Bible does or does not say about Sunday attendance.

So, do you keep Saturdays Holy for God and rest? That is the only reference to giving a day to God. And, none of it says you must attend church.

No I don't. I keep Sundays, since the Catholic Church transferred the obligation to Sundays in view of the Lord's Resurrection. Also we interpret "keep holy" as commanding worship of God be done in a corporate manner on Sunday. I'm sure you have your own personal interpretations of this phrase justifying abstention from Church worship. Perhaps you can explain them to us.

And he didn't establish a church

"Upon this rock I shall build my Church"? Is that a Catholic interpolation in the Gospel of St. Matthew? "I shall build" is a pretty forceful statement of action by the Lord Jesus otherwise.

The path is even in your Catholic Bible, too bad you are told not to read it.

By who? You?

I guess you aren't aware we read through the Bible every year at Mass and Matins. Or maybe that doesn't count since we do it at Church rather than home alone.

495 posted on 06/28/2005 9:30:26 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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