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To: lastchance
The Church is the guardian and the true home of Scripture.

And if Scripture doesn't agree with RC doctrine you can always fall back on: "The Pope is of so great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws."  Able to over-rule "Divine Law"!!!!  Anyone who is able to over-rule divine law must have more authority than the original author!!!!

90 posted on 10/06/2005 10:34:39 AM PDT by gscc
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To: gscc
And if Scripture doesn't agree with RC doctrine you can always fall back on

Are there any occasions when you DON'T make it a point to spread your hate and bigotry toward Catholics?

94 posted on 10/06/2005 10:43:34 AM PDT by JohnnyZ ("I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country" -- Mitt Romney)
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To: gscc
And if Scripture doesn't agree with RC doctrine you can always fall back on: "The Pope is of so great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws." Able to over-rule "Divine Law"!!!! Anyone who is able to over-rule divine law must have more authority than the original author!!!!

I wonder what you would have said if you were present at the first Council of Jerusalem when the earlier Church used their power to "bind and loosen" and remove the necessity of circumcision for people coming into the Church. "Where is that in the Bible? What gives you the authority to remove a law of God? And so forth.

Regards

123 posted on 10/06/2005 12:37:32 PM PDT by jo kus
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To: gscc

Your ignorance of Catholic teaching is typical of anti catholic rants on this thread. One claim I always hear is that the Holy Spirit will explain Scripture to the individual as he or she reads it. Making any outside authority or even Church ( whether Catholic or not) unecessary. Indeed church is seen as symptom of religion and a barrier to true spirituality. If this is true why would the Holy Spirit be so diverse in the meanings it reveals. Also if Scripture can stand alone without the Church- how is it that there are so many Protestant sects.
Despite the many merits these churches do have. And I have never denied the grace present amongst most any sect. I do have to wonder, is such a subjective faith too vulnerable to the personal patina we coat over everything in our lives?


128 posted on 10/06/2005 12:40:36 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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