Oh, please. Your church dates no earlier to that St. Gregory the Great in the 6th Century, and arguably no earlier than the Catholic/Orthodox Schism of 1054. Your doctrine has certainly evolved over the years. This "only church dating to the Apostles" bit is exhausting. Certainly the Orthodox could give y'all a run for your money for being traceable to the Apostles, and they - unlike the Roman Catholic Church - have had a largely static body of theology since the Early Church Fathers.
I posted evidence that suggests he was a sodomite.
You most certainly did not. You posted an unsubstantiated allegation that someone, once upon a time, ran into rumors that he was homosexual. Show me some documentary evidence. Put up, or shut up.
Furthermore, this homosexuality charge is irrelevant. What he did in his pre-conversion life no more disqualifies him as a Christian theologian than Augustine's playboy days disqualify the most articulate theologian ever to live.
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“Oh, please. Your church dates no earlier to that St. Gregory the Great in the 6th Century, and arguably no earlier than the Catholic/Orthodox Schism of 1054.”
That is simply an insipid comment. Clearly some church elected Gregory to pope. If the Catholic Church only existed with Gregory accession to the papacy then how do you explain his existence as a Catholic priest beforehand? How is it that Gregory served the previous Catholic popes Benedict I and Pelagius II. Also, how was it that two of his relatives had already served as pope if there was nothing to serve as pope of? A thing cannot exist prior to itself. Students learn that in basic philosophy.
“Your doctrine has certainly evolved over the years.”
My doctrine? I have had no doctrine of my own evolve. Or develop. Or even exist. The Catholic Church has had doctrine develop. I have no doctrine of my own.
“This "only church dating to the Apostles" bit is exhausting. Certainly the Orthodox could give y'all a run for your money for being traceable to the Apostles, and they - unlike the Roman Catholic Church - have had a largely static body of theology since the Early Church Fathers.”
Irrelevant. Static does not translate to proper authority.
“You most certainly did not. You posted an unsubstantiated allegation that someone, once upon a time, ran into rumors that he was homosexual.”
Untrue. I posted information which conveyed the names of a man who saw the document. Care to dispute that fact? Also, I posted the names of Protestants who knew the charges to be true.
“Show me some documentary evidence. Put up, or shut up.”
I posted their names. Post whatever you have to the contrary. Don't like it? Too bad.
“Furthermore, this homosexuality charge is irrelevant. What he did in his pre-conversion life no more disqualifies him as a Christian theologian than Augustine's playboy days disqualify the most articulate theologian ever to live.”
Incorrect. God works through men – even bad men. God, however, does not establish His church through sinful men, but through His sinless Son. Calvin was not Christ. The calvinists sects are not from God.