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To: Orual
Very good article, but ...and Rome is not well obeyed.

Rome rarely, if ever, chastizes its Bishops. When the Church is failing, the man at the top has to take the responsibility.

The irony here is that RCs often criticize Protestants for having thousands of denominations and differing doctrines, but the practical result of the current RC policy of no sanctions for erring bishops and priests is that every priest becomes pope to his congregation.

It's practical protestantism.

17 posted on 01/03/2002 8:50:58 AM PST by topcat54
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To: topcat54
It is no the policy of letting local pastors ignore doctrine that is the practical protestantism. Rather it is the local pastors' own actions that are practical protestantism.

If good bishops are timid about reigning wayward local pastors in it, perhaps it is either a tactical mistake or a long range tactical strategy that looks bad now but may bear fruit later.

27 posted on 01/03/2002 9:26:29 AM PST by Notwithstanding
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To: topcat54
RCs often criticize Protestants for having thousands of denominations

The RC's you are talking about are living like Catholics and believe ALL that the Church preaches and teaches, and have every right to call a spade a spade. We normally label those who are CINOs (Catholics in name only as cafeteria Catholics), and you're right, they are very much like prots, they pick and choose what they want or move on. Are there priests who are disobedient to the faith, even Bishops? Yes! Does that change anything the Catholic faith teachs and preserves? NO!

33 posted on 01/03/2002 9:48:42 AM PST by ThomasMore
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