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To: Tax-chick
"The Church permits a variety of interpretations."

I don't believe that is an accurate statement. In fact, I believe the truth is exactly opposite. The Church teaches that only the Church can provide accurate interpretations.

6 posted on 11/14/2005 5:24:31 AM PST by Rokke
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To: Rokke

Then I'm afraid you've been misinformed. On many matters of Biblical interpretation, the Church permits a variety of interpretations, unless they conflict with authoritative rulings. For instance, the "interpretation" that the universe is the result simply of random chance, with no action of God's, is not within the bounds of permitted opinion, if one claims to be teaching the Catholic Faith.

For some areas of Scripture, the Church has determined that one interpretation is accurate, and others are erroneous, but these cases are far fewer than those for which various opinions may be held.


7 posted on 11/14/2005 5:29:00 AM PST by Tax-chick (I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
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To: Rokke

The Church teaches that they don't truly know if God created the world in 6, 24 hr daysbut He could have but that however long it took God created it and created us and created our souls.


22 posted on 11/14/2005 6:30:28 AM PST by tiki
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