To: sinkspur
Lots of anti-Americanism in the Vatican, and there has been, for a very long time. In fact, "Americanism"--a desire to bring some of America's democratic principles into the Church--was decried as a heresy by Pius IX and Leo XIII in the last century.
a) The Church is not a democracy.
b) The Church is not subservient to any country or its particular dogma.
c) The Church is not an American institution.
25 posted on
10/04/2003 8:26:24 PM PDT by
Conservative til I die
(Scratch an evangelical long enough and you'll uncover a heretic or even a blasphemer.)
To: Conservative til I die
The Church is not an American institution. It's not a French institution either, but it's very hard to tell that it's not, these days.
27 posted on
10/04/2003 8:28:12 PM PDT by
sinkspur
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