Sounds like the Catholic Church and the Mormons have a lot in common. Hmm...
Thought you may enjoy this thread.
Where does it say in the Bible that the Pope has to wear that funny hat? Jesus Christ has saved me, whether the Pope thinks so or not is irrelevant.
“Other Christians not true churches”, says the Popster...and many priests are not pedophiles....
I would never rely on AP for correctly reporting on Catholic or Protestant.teaching. I will read the original which I am sure will say something quite different from what the article reports.
These Popes, all the time trying to stir 'em up ~ maybe the Jews should pray for him to be converted.
I usually appreciate that he does not dither. In this case he would have done well to do a little dithering and forgo this sort ecclesiastical arrogance that divided the church long ago and continues to keep it divided.
....... it said they were not true churches but merely ecclesial communities and therefore did not have the "means of salvation." "Christ 'established here on earth' only one church," the document said.
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That's fine. I'll stick with Jesus Christ as my Savior - not the "church."
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No, nor should he. Our beloved Pope Benedict is concerned with the souls of all, and is brave enough to fight for them.
This is a labour of love.
I see the RC freepers are in their full “it doesn’t mean what is says” spin mode. Which is always their fall back position when their true arrogance is exposed by their leaders.
I’ll forgive the leader of the RCC Sect his arrogance since he is trying to save Europe and also sounding the alarm about Islam.
The arrogance of the Catholic Church knows no bounds.
No synagogues in the Church either.
(And earlier, we worshipped Jim and Tammy!)
Just as I thought the article is reeking of BS. Here is a link to the original. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html
From the document. “It follows that these separated churches and Communities, though we believe they suffer from defects, are deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation.
It is possible, according to Catholic doctrine, to affirm correctly that the Church of Christ is present and operative in the churches and ecclesial Communities not yet fully in communion with the Catholic Church, on account of the elements of sanctification and truth that are present in them
Fifth Question: Why do the texts of the Council and those of the Magisterium since the Council not use the title of “Church” with regard to those Christian Communities born out of the Reformation of the sixteenth century?
Response: According to Catholic doctrine, these Communities do not enjoy apostolic succession in the sacrament of Orders, and are, therefore, deprived of a constitutive element of the Church. These ecclesial Communities which, specifically because of the absence of the sacramental priesthood, have not preserved the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic Mystery[19] cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called “Churches” in the proper sense[20].”
Most Protestants do not believe in a visible Church. Their definition of Church is not the same as it is for Catholics. This does not mean that the Protestant denominations are invalid but that they do not meet the Catholic definition of Church.
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Another stunning example of misinterpretation.
I guess everyone is a Mormon these days... LOL... all you Mormon haters, I told you many think of you in the same ilk.....
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