[terycarl]

do you think that He was kidding when He said whatever you LOOSE on Earth will be LOOSED in Heaven?? What do you suppose that He meant by that???

I think that He meant that whatever the Catholic Church declares to be in error on Earth, will be considered in error in Heaven....They have the power to bind, declare truth, and to loose, declare error.....Protestantism is in error.

[Elsie]

I think that He meant ...

Bah - who cares?!

What does ROME teach about it?

[redleghunter]

I think that He meant that whatever the Catholic Church declares to be in error on Earth, will be considered in error in Heaven....They have the power to bind, declare truth, and to loose, declare error.....Protestantism is in error.

Was it error or correct practice when St. Teresa was dismembered and parts sent to various churches as relics?

[metmom]

I think that He meant that whatever the Catholic Church declares to be in error on Earth, will be considered in error in Heaven....They have the power to bind, declare truth, and to loose, declare error.....

Interesting. That puts even God subservient to the Catholic church.

[boatbums]

I think that He meant that whatever the Catholic Church declares to be in error on Earth, will be considered in error in Heaven....They have the power to bind, declare truth, and to loose, declare error.....Protestantism is in error.

So, when in 1302, Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam, which declared that outside of the Roman Catholic Church, "there is neither salvation nor remission of sins" and that, "Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.", he was not making a binding on heaven and earth infallible statement???

You come along and contradict that by saying "Protestants" CAN be Christians and be saved without belonging to and being obedient to the Roman Catholic Church. Do you, as a member of the Catholic Church, have that same authority to bind and loose? Are you your own pope by doing that?