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Posting statements from the Council of Trent are his way of baiting.

Did you get that? P{osting from the original Catholic Doctrinal Statements, the very paper from the RC Church telling RC people what they must believe is bashing. If I say something that is against Scripture, post the verse, but when you post the official RC doctrine, you are being unfair. It makes it look like they think they don't have to believe it.

Thank you for posting the info on the Council of Trent. My ancestors, like many Americans', were made up of Jewish, Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian faithful. I was taught in Presbyterian Sunday school that Martin Luther protested the Catholic church of his day after a trip to Rome, witnessing his fellow countrymen paying heavy tithes to a church so far away and especially offering remission of sin for $$$.

I always believed that Christians of every sect had more in common than most anyone else inhabiting this world as long as they read the Bible and prayed, followed God's word. The Baptists I've listened to lately seem to follow the Bible most closely, but I admire all practicing Christians and think the phrase "Catholic-bashing" is not helpful. Christians across the world are persecuted (as well as Jews, of course), but the Pope is very respected in our culture and every news outlet covers the Pope's message on holidays, etc., while most evangelic preachers are the fair game of the PC crowd. It's not right.

Personally, I wish the early church has chosen a harp instead of the pipe organ, a harsh, discordant instrument for praising the Lord, IMHO.(^: