[drstevej]

Jude24: You said, on another thread...

***Using a medieval superstition (which I doubt was ever official Catholic dogma, and probably very few still believe it anymore) to try to discredit Catholicism is a cheap shot, and doesn't really prove anything.***

Perhaps this thread is a better place to discuss the issue of relics. The topic was certainly not irrelevant to the beginning of the Reformation. Indeed, many of Luther's 95 Theses [1517] address what he believed to be abuses of relics and indulgences. This concern led to a biblical reassessment of the myriad of religious practices that surrounded him.

Perhaps the particular relic(s) of the Holy Prepuce is not in vogue today, but the issue or relics is hardly moot. The plethora of relics and aparitions are "devotions" which are no less and issue between Protestants and Catholics then as now.

As Protestants we affirm Sola Scriptura and reject "Holy Tradition" which brings with it the superstition of aparitions and relic veneration.

[TexConfederate1861]

Sir:

The Eastern Orthodox follow Holy Tradition, but we didn't have the Problems the Roman Catholics did. Holy Tradition is simply the oral teachings of the apostles, handed down.

The abuse of relics, etc. came from the Western Church.