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To: dangus
The Church is the body of Christ. But I've never heard the Church call itself that.

I've appreciated your comments, and I include this comment as well. Let me ask: how do you respond to comment #3?

58 posted on 01/11/2007 2:23:29 PM PST by My2Cents ("Friends stab you from the front." -- Oscar Wilde)
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To: My2Cents

I mostly agree with it. I would clarify that Protestants are (usually) Christian, but yes, I believe that the Catholic church is the one, true Church. As Pope Benny infamously said, Protestant churches are substantially defective. He backtracked because the statement could lead to misleading presumptions, but he never said it was untrue. They are defective in that, absent valid sacraments, they can offer no guarantee of salvation, and that defect is one of their substance.


68 posted on 01/11/2007 2:35:57 PM PST by dangus (Pope calls Islam violent; Millions of Moslems demonstrate)
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To: My2Cents; Teófilo

The Church is the Body of Christ......We are the Body of Christ.

#3 summarizes the article very well. It was definitely too long-winded.


114 posted on 01/11/2007 6:56:15 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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