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I am not a Catholic with a capital C, but a catholic with a small c.
Most Protestants are unaware of truly intellectual Catholic authors who do indeed find scripture for almost every one of their traditions.
E.g., just read an explanation of the veneration of relics - right here on FR. The veneration of relics was supported by the woman touching Jesus’ garment, and the handkerchief that Paul had touched that brought healing to others.
So it is not necessarily that our Catholic brethren (not all are brethren - but some certainly are - just as not all Baptists or Presbyterians are brethren - but some are. Only God knows....) don’t have scripture on which they base all their doctrines. It’s just like almost every denomination, sometimes their use of scripture is......a stretch.....
Who among us is correct on everything? We all “see through a glass darkly...” If you think you have it all nailed down and are 100% correct on everything - you are deceived. 10 years from now, you should be able to look back and see where you were off base, and be glad your understanding has progressed........
Christian unity will never come from wrestling over doctrine (attaining “the unity of the faith”, Ephesians 4:13, but by maintaining the unity of the spirit (Eph. 4:3) in the bond of peace. No - this is not ecumenism - which is a false declaring of unity where there is none.
We err because we seek to preserve that which we do not have - the unity of the faith - something we will attain only when we see Him......and because we try to attain the unity of the spirit - which we are rather commanded to preserve......not to attain.
We’ve got it backwards from Ephesians 4.
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Thank GOD that SOME of their 'traditions' are now ILLEGAL!!!
