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To: sinkspur

"How do you expect Catholics to reach those outside our Faith, narses?"

How? The way we did for 1962 years before V2. Why was it WRONG to attend, support and participate in pagan, heretical and schismatic services for 195 decades and then VOILA`, excepting the SSPX, all is OK? God changed? The Church changed?


414 posted on 07/16/2004 10:13:14 PM PDT by narses (If you want ON or OFF my Catholic Ping List email me. +)
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To: narses
Why was it WRONG to attend, support and participate in pagan, heretical and schismatic services for 195 decades and then VOILA`, excepting the SSPX, all is OK? God changed? The Church changed?

The Church's understanding has developed. It has caught up with God's understanding.

417 posted on 07/16/2004 10:18:26 PM PDT by sinkspur (There's no problem on the inside of a kid that the outside of a dog can't cure.)
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To: narses

I'm old enough to remember this--and the rule is still applicable.

In the good old days, no Catholic was allowed to PARTICIPATE in a non-Catholic service. However, they could OBSERVE (sit in the back, act civilized) such services.

Of course, there were the Scrupulous, who simply would not go into a Prot church for any reason whatsoever.

Scruples evidently still have a few adherents.

Perhaps you can demonstrate where saying an "Our Father" with a Prot is, say, disobedient to the Pope, or is a violation of Canon Law...1917 or 1983?

You must have a citation which definitively proves that these activities are sinful, right?

Well, then, come up with it!


452 posted on 07/17/2004 6:55:26 AM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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