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To: Iscool; RnMomof7
St. Irenaeus, bishop and student of St. Polycarp who was student of St. John, wrote in his 180 AD book Against Heresies:

"we are in a position to reckon up those who were by the apostles instituted bishops in the Churches, and [to demonstrate] the succession of these men to our own times"

Look it up. There are mountains more of historical proof. Do you think that historical record has relevance to this issue?

1,873 posted on 11/14/2010 6:54:31 PM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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To: mas cerveza por favor; Iscool
Look it up. There are mountains more of historical proof. Do you think that historical record has relevance to this issue?

The church Fathers were not infallible and did not always agree on what Catholics would call "doctrine" , History is not infallible

The Word of God IS infallible ...please use that as your source if the point is to prove the proof of a doctrine

1,874 posted on 11/14/2010 6:59:17 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: mas cerveza por favor
St. Irenaeus, bishop and student of St. Polycarp who was student of St. John, wrote in his 180 AD book Against Heresies:

Look it up. There are mountains more of historical proof. Do you think that historical record has relevance to this issue?

NO, not Catholic history...

No doubt many Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons heard a lot of preaching from Billy Graham...So what???

This history of yours doesn't mean that Irenaeus believed anything PolyCarp had to say...Or that he taught what PolyCarp taught...

And with the track record of your religion, no one can say for certain that Irenaeus had any contact with PolyCarp anyway...

Your historical evidence amounts to, nothing...

1,895 posted on 11/15/2010 5:31:25 AM PST by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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