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To: caww
"...Rome limits their access to literature outside that of the catholic faith."

What an absolutely preposterous statement. The Church has never restricted my access to any literature and has never restricted the access of anyone I know. I was actually introduced to many of the defining works of the world's major religions and sects as part of my formal Catholic education. I was taught this by incredibly intelligent and well educated professors. When we have the truth on our side we do not have to fear lies.

162 posted on 01/01/2011 7:32:13 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
The Church has never restricted my access to any literature ...

Must be why William Tyndale (1st translator of an English Bible) was burned at the stake, eh? Or why all of Luther's works (and Hus'es, 100 years before, and Wycliffe, 200 years before...) were ceremonially burned in the 16th Century, and everyone arrested who had copies of them in Catholic controlled areas.

Rome has for (many) centuries--demonstrably, provably, historically-recorded--limited access a LOT of literature, particularly the Bible (one reason its very hard to find a biblically literate Roman Catholic, even today) for those under her control, and only in the last couple centuries has it become tolerant.

165 posted on 01/01/2011 8:07:16 PM PST by AnalogReigns (No, neither I nor anyone in my family married our cousins...)
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To: Natural Law
I was actually introduced to many of the defining works of the world's major religions and sects as part of my formal Catholic education. I was taught this by incredibly intelligent and well educated professors. When we have the truth on our side we do not have to fear lies.

You then are a member of the Catholic clergy???

168 posted on 01/01/2011 9:04:02 PM PST by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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