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To: P-Marlowe
"So now we get to the issue of "What is a Catholic"? "

Now you are just trying to be contentious. For the purposes of this discussion Catholic (upper case "C") means an adherent to either the Latin or the Eastern (Orthodox) rite.

136 posted on 02/25/2010 4:07:20 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
Now you are just trying to be contentious. For the purposes of this discussion Catholic (upper case "C") means an adherent to either the Latin or the Eastern (Orthodox) rite.

Wrong. That, my FRiend is Your Own Personal Interpretation of Catholic. [YOPIOC].

I am an adherent to the founding creeds of the uInvisible and Universal Catholic Church by virtue of my fealty to Christ and to the the Nicean and Apostle creeds.

Do you have the authority to excommunicate me from that Church? Is God bound by YOUR decision to disfellowship me because I do not adhere to some non-essential doctrine that was not part of the Early Church?

Now you have a choice, you can attempt to declare my position Anathema and excommunicate me from the fellowship of Christ which I enjoy by virtue of my communion with Christ through faith or you can accept me as a brother in Christ by virtue of my declaration of fealty to Christ and my adherence to the Apostles and Nicean creeds.

My fate is in your hands, brother.

137 posted on 02/25/2010 4:26:39 PM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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