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I believe it was Iscool who earlier used to write about the good shepherd leading his sheep OUT of the fold

That wasn't me...

So the "fathers" whom we cite just didn't get it. They passed the hidden in plain sight teaching on without understanding it. And in every generation the Spirit informs certain people, illuminating them, giving them knowledge and wisdom about the true faith, which we, sort of like worker bees bringing royal jelly to larvae who will become our queens, service without understanding.

That pretty much sums it up except that the Holy Spirit gives every Christian knowledge in every generation but far too many people are too intellectual to accept it as it is...

Referring to your great teacher Aquinas again; he adds words to scripture, he leaves out scripture to give you his version of what the scriptures mean...Does anyone correct him for doing this??? No, just continue to follow his teaching...

Thanks for clarifying that it was somebody else who was the "Church of no church" member. Dang, I wish I could remember who it was.

No, just continue to follow his teaching...

Personally, I'm far more likely to be attracted to the teaching of someone who takes the trouble to understand my thought than somebody who is too busy stating how wrong I am to know what I think and why I think it. The reason I was so tart with nmh, who seems to think I am rude, is that he at once exhibited a misunderstanding of Catholic thought and piety together with a certainty that it supported Satan somehow. I am especially impatient with the "often wrong, never in doubt" crowd.

The folks I hang with don't "follow" Aquinas's teaching. They try to understand it and, sometimes, to criticize it.

And yes, I think it's been established that we approach Scripture differently.