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To: Notwithstanding
" There are various ways to follow Christ under the leadership of the pope - but there is a unity of leadership, belief, morality, doctrine and the essentials of worship (sacraments). These are not denominations at all. "

Right. I would like to see the collective Protestant churches try to write a Universal Catechism like the one the RCC has. They could NOT do it because one denomination does not believe in water baptism, another goes to church on Saturday a third won't sing in church, some are Armenians, some Calvinists, some are pre-trib some post trib. The RCC has ONE Catechism, it is the NORM for of all Catholic beliefs about the Bible and Tradition.

14 posted on 09/24/2002 10:58:27 PM PDT by Theresa
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To: Theresa
Right. I would like to see the collective Protestant churches try to write a Universal Catechism like the one the RCC has. They could NOT do it because one denomination does not believe in water baptism, another goes to church on Saturday a third won't sing in church, some are Armenians, some Calvinists, some are pre-trib some post trib. The RCC has ONE Catechism, it is the NORM for of all Catholic beliefs about the Bible and Tradition.

If men tried to write a collective Protestant Catechisn like the RCC, it would be as disjointed and self-contradictory as the RCC catechism. For every difference in Protestant belief you can find, I can find contradictions in the RCC catechism.

I can also find for you hundreds of statements right out of the Catechism where everyday ordinary Catholics would say, "That's stupid, Catholics don't believe that!"

27 posted on 09/25/2002 7:12:36 AM PDT by Onelifetogive
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To: Theresa
Do you really believe that most RCs believe the doctrine??
37 posted on 09/25/2002 7:35:12 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: Theresa; Siobhan; american colleen; sinkspur; Lady In Blue; Salvation; Polycarp; narses; ...
The RCC has ONE Catechism, it is the NORM for of all Catholic beliefs about the Bible and Tradition.

And the greatest challenge for "christians" would be to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It begins as follows:

I. The life of man - to know and love God

1 God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Saviour. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life.

2 So that this call should resound throughout the world, Christ sent forth the apostles he had chosen, commissioning them to proclaim the gospel: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."[4] Strengthened by this mission, the apostles "went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it."[5]

3 Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from the apostles, has been faithfully guarded by their successors. All Christ's faithful are called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer.[6]

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

115 posted on 09/25/2002 6:02:38 PM PDT by NYer
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