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To: A.A. Cunningham

Maybe you will take your argument to the Catholic church which, if what you are arguing IS true, would then need to excommunicate the eastern rite churches.

Further your assertions are not facts no matter how vehemently you might make them.


28 posted on 10/13/2005 11:23:59 AM PDT by x5452
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To: x5452
Maybe you will take your argument to the Catholic church which, if what you are arguing IS true,

I'm not arguing and that's just one more fact that's lost upon you. I'm effectively refuting your bogus argument and you resent that.

would then need to excommunicate the eastern rite churches.

You are laughable. There are 22 Churches sui juris in six separate rites, five Eastern and one Western, that in union comprise the Catholic Church. The discipline in the West is for celibacy of all of those, with a relatively few dispensations granted under Pope John Paul IIs Pastoral Provision, ordained to the Priesthood. The discipline in the Eastern Rites are that married men may be ordained to the Priesthood but once ordained single Priests may not then get married. Bishops in the Eastern Rites are chosen exclusively from amongst celibates. Someone as learned as you claim to be on the topic should know all of this but you and I and everyone else reading this realizes that you aren't as learned as you want people to think you are.

Further your assertions are not facts no matter how vehemently you might make them.

Once again, I've stated facts not made assertions and you have demonstrated that you are ignorant of the topic as well as Sacred Scripture.

Still waiting for you to translate that statement.

31 posted on 10/13/2005 12:04:50 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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