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To: ConservativeDude
There are many good things within the Roman Catholic Church, and I do not hate Roman Catholics. The reality is that Lutherans and Roman Catholics have fundamental differences. There is a difference between disagreement WITHIN the church structure and the difference that occurs OUTSIDE the church. Once Luther was excommunicated and the various irenical confessions were rejected by Rome, the differences grew too wide for any reconciliation. If Rome had been willing to Reform herself earlier, instead of waiting for the Council of Trent, history could have been very different for all concerned. There is no way to undo centuries of disunity and theological differences at this point.
10 posted on 02/22/2010 11:32:52 AM PST by Nosterrex
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To: Nosterrex

well stated


12 posted on 02/22/2010 11:38:45 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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