“Then every church mediates its members’ relationship with God, not just the Catholics, given that definition.”
I didn’t give a definition, but I do agree there’s always some kind of mediation going on. But it’s a question of degree, and as a matter of observation, it seems obvious to me that the Catholic church does more such mediation than Protestant churches do, just as a matter of doctrine.
As for Jesus weeping, note that I never condemned Catholicism for being what it is. I’m making an observation, and you (among others) are taking it as some sort of slight against Catholics.
OK, let me go back and reread what I wrote this morning.
This will just take a few seconds.....
Nope, I didn’t say you were slighting Catholics. Not even close. Maybe all the replies to you are getting jumbled up together in your mind?
I do think the Catholic church has a huge hierarchy, what with being almost 2,000 years old. But mediation is a too strong a word. It’s more of a voluntary intercession. But that’s just my opinion.
Anyway, I was making an observation (aren’t we all on this web site?) about how sad it is that as Christians, we can’t, in the words of Rodney King, “Just all get along.”