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To: Blogger
Uh, the Catholic church has gone through a few splits of its own. Much larger, I might add, than any of the Protestant splits.

No. There has always been only One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. There is only one Pope, and one Catholic Church. Schismatics and heretics have indeed separated from the Church, but not by following the bishop of Rome. The Catholic Church remains always one, no matter how many schismatics and heretics leave her.

-A8

2,763 posted on 12/22/2006 1:47:28 PM PST by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8

Then by the same respect, schismatics and heretics have separated from the Protestant Church. So there!

A8. Don't you see that such is a ridiculous point to be making? The church of Christ is those who have Him as their Savior. Man tends to organize Himself into people of like mind with Himself - but the true CHURCH is not an organization but rather is a living breathing organism. It's the people of God. That includes Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, and yes - even a few Mormons (if that last one needs clarifying I will clarify but suffice it to say it would be dependent upon whether they believe what they are taught or whether they are in that institution for other reason).


2,766 posted on 12/22/2006 1:56:47 PM PST by Blogger
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To: adiaireton8

So you've decided to abandon help from the East on this one and argue the unity of the Church based on the Papal claims?


2,805 posted on 12/22/2006 7:51:50 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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