To: smvoice
This would be a good analogy except for one important difference: The Vatican is ITS OWN INDEPENDENT STATE. The world's smallest SOVEREIGN NATION. With its own GOVERNMENT, FLAG, POSTAL SYSTEM, COINS, RADIO STATION, and DIPLOMATIC CORPS. It has POLITICAL POWER. Not just religious. Countries have pacts and treaties with ROME. Church and State are ONE. Calvin tried for this and failed. Jealous?
542 posted on
11/04/2010 6:41:41 AM PDT by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
To: MarkBsnr; smvoice; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; ...
sv:
This would be a good analogy except for one important difference: The Vatican is ITS OWN INDEPENDENT STATE. The world's smallest SOVEREIGN NATION. With its own GOVERNMENT, FLAG, POSTAL SYSTEM, COINS, RADIO STATION, and DIPLOMATIC CORPS. It has POLITICAL POWER. Not just religious. Countries have pacts and treaties with ROME. Church and State are ONE. MB:Calvin tried for this and failed. Jealous?
NO!!!! God forbid!
Jesus did NOT establish the church to be a political power or country of its own. The church is in the world but not OF the world.
557 posted on
11/04/2010 7:42:04 AM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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