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To: Pio

Obviously, you missed the point. The Catholic Church has been corrupted, and no longer represents Christ. Christians, however, make up the Body of Christ and are His church, regardless of denomination. My faith is in Christ, not any organization of men calling themselves a church (protestant denominations included).


118 posted on 11/24/2004 4:59:56 PM PST by deaconjim (Freep the world!)
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To: deaconjim

What are you Deacon of, then? That's an ecclesial term..yet you reject ecclesiology..


120 posted on 11/24/2004 5:07:51 PM PST by Pio (There is no salvation outisde the Roman Catholic Church)
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To: deaconjim; Pio
The Catholic Church has been corrupted, and no longer represents Christ. Christians, however, make up the Body of Christ and are His church, regardless of denomination

And every one of us is equally corrupt, interpret the Bible in our own corrupt way -- including your views on the Church. Christ established the Church, gave His authority to the Apostles who, in turn give it to their bishops. You and I don't have that authority. The Protestant churches are not churches because they lack the authority to be churches.

If the Church were made up of saints it would be free of corruption; but it's made up of sinful humans. Jesus did not come to save the righteous, but the sinful. Your view seems to suggest that individually we are somehow free of corruption, but the Church is corrupt because of "others." That is a very lame excuse.

123 posted on 11/24/2004 5:52:23 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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