Posted on 01/27/2007 6:12:35 AM PST by NYer
But wouldn't you say that paganism corrupts all religions?
However, I do think the historical connotation was toward the Catholic Church. The Letters to the Churches by John in Revelation are an excellent indication that paganism has been around forever!
(Yes, I know there are examples even before the time when Revelation was written.)
**However, it also served as a hit piece on Protestants**
Huh?
Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic Ping List:
Please ping me to all note-worthy threads on Pro-Life or Catholic threads.
What does this have to do with "pro life"?
In America, paganism has chipped away at all faiths. Plenty of articles and exxamples to show that, from not holding a worship service on Chirstmas (large Protestant non-denominational church) to weirdo masses in certain dioceses.
Please ping me to all note-worthy threads on Pro-Life or Catholic threads.Now do you get it?
If you are planning on posting them anyway, I sure don't care as to the order. Go for it. The fact is that most of us don't have the time to really study these early writings in any depth, so we depend on others to break them down for us.
As an aside, if anything good came of The DaVinci Code, it may have inspired people (it did me) to check out some of these early writings to see just how far Dan Brown went off the deep end. There is a wealth of wisdom in those early writings that any Christian with an eye for history should find engrossing.
Don't you have a "Catholic" ping list apart from your "pro-life" ping list?
And why were you pinging them to my post?
As noted above, this article was posted for purposes of education to both Catholics and Protestants, alike. Catholics are sometimes talked into leaving the Church by those who claim that many of its teachings are unbiblical. They contend that such teachings were late inventions and not part of the original deposit of faith. StayCatholic.com features essays and articles that refute such contentions by presenting the patristic and biblical evidence for Catholicism. Hence, it was posted as a 'Catholic Caucus' thread. It is apologetic in nature.
Can someone please show me where there is any attack on protestantism in this article?
Waaaaaaay off.
Why do you ask me these question again and again? I post as I see fit within the TOS of this site. Those who want can be added to or removed from my ping list at will. Your constant attempts at division grow wearisome. If you haven't figured this out yet, let me be clear - you cannot control me.
Narses maintains two ping lists - one 'catholic', the other 'pro-life'.
Veritas. Truth attacks falsehood.
Actually I keep one list. :)
Wesley was also not a fan of Purgatory. His views reflect those of the Church of England of his time. I haven't seen the "anti-christ" reference. Interestingly, Catholics seem to more intuitively understand Methodism than they do the Baptists or Presbyterians; that is, at least in my own interactions with friends.
None of which were ID'd as a Proddie Caucus.
RCs were welcome to post on those threads and show me the err of my ways.
Discussing protestant reaction to catholic teaching from a CAtholic point of view isn't a slam on Protestants, per se. It is a working to understanding where the differences lie, and that's why it's in the Catholic Caucus concept. You can go start a thread of similar content from the Protestant point of view, where we can't run in and say, "You're being mean to me!" because it would be for your enlightenment more than ours.
Or, you could start a thread in the open area where it would be free-for-all.
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