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To: annalex; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change; ...
Sure I can, because it is a knowledge possessed by the Church, which is not expressed in the scripture.

Then it's meaningless.

If it's not in Scripture, it's not infallible. It's merely the opinion of men.

I really don't care much what a bunch of corrupt, immoral, charlatans who claimed some sort of special spiritual insight due to the positions they awarded themselves thought.

The actions and behavior of the Catholic church for the majority of its history shows a dearth of spiritual insight and leading.

They ought to just hang a sign above the door of the Vatican that says *Ichabod*. There is no godliness there.

When they can get their act together and start acting like the Christ they claim to represent, then they'll gain some credibility and might have something worth saying and listening to.

But until they clean house and do it publicly and decisively, they have nothing to say.

6,113 posted on 12/28/2010 7:40:29 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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“Sure I can, because it is a knowledge possessed by the Church, which is not expressed in the scripture.”

Where did this “knowledge” come from? I ask. And When?


6,119 posted on 12/28/2010 7:49:58 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: metmom; annalex; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; ...
Annalex: Sure I can, because it is a knowledge possessed by the Church, which is not expressed in the scripture.

This is the heresy of Gnosticism. One of the primary beliefs in Gnosticism was the possession of "secret knowledge" by the chosen few. It would be good to repent of it.

6,125 posted on 12/28/2010 8:55:07 PM PST by wmfights (If you want change support SenateConservatives.com)
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To: metmom; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change
If it's not in Scripture, it's not infallible

Says who? Besides, there are facts that are true historical facts not inthe scripture. The assassination of Julius Caesar, for example, is not in the scripture, but it did happen.

When they can get their act together and start acting like the Christ they claim to represent, then they'll gain some credibility

So you don't believe the Church. You are free to do so. However, the behavior of some members of the Church, -- some as awful and un-Christlike as to leave the Church altogether! -- has no bearing on her witness to particulars of the life of Virgin Mother Mary 2,000 years ago.

6,615 posted on 01/04/2011 5:42:35 AM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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