Posted on 07/10/2007 8:14:04 AM PDT by Between the Lines
The Earth Times:
Vatican document reaffirms Catholic Church's supremacy
Forbes/Associated Press:
Pope: Other Christians Not True Churches
Monsters & Critics:
Vatican document reaffirms Catholic Church's supremacy
Washington Post/Reuters:
Vatican says other Christian churches "wounded"
Australian Broadcasting Corp.:
Vatican hits 'wounded' Christian churches
International Herald Tribune:
Vatican repeats other Christian denominations are not true churches
See related FR threads:
Vatican says other Christian churches "wounded" (Non-Catholics not fullly Christian)
Vatican reiterates hardline on primacy of Catholic Church
Why would we send our kids to sunday school when they can get the same thing in religion class at Catholic school?
We don’t HAVE Sunday school class!! What an idiot writer.
1 out of 4 are Born Again Catholics? There’s no such term.. This writer knows NOTHING.
This writer is so wrong on so many things.
I know someone who claims to be just that. She refers to herself as an "Evangelical Catholic." Her local priest doesn't seem to have any problem with that....
"Born again Christians" are defined as people who said they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today and who also indicated they believe that when they die they will go to Heaven because they had confessed their sins and had accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. Respondents are not asked to describe themselves as "born again."
No such thing....except in Baptism.
Catholics are not Born Again Christians, even though the definition is the same.
Yikes! Screwtape is ahead on points!
to believe that eternal salvation is earned,
Double yikes! Are they sleepwalking?
and to contend that Jesus Christ sinned while on earth.
Okay, who are these people really?
I’m just telling you what I know.
I think the Priest has more authority on this than you do. After all, he represents Rome and you are a lay person.
Catholics are not Born Again Christians
It’s Barna talk. They mean something in particular within their articles when they use this term. It may not be the same thing you mean.
Many Catholic churches do have Sunday schools, though they may not be called Sunday school.
IMO the article is written from a evangelical POV, and suffers for it. But the survey results definitely reflect the varied beliefs of those Catholics that I know personally (not counting my FR Catholic friends), giving me reason to believe the study itself gets it right.
Where?
In Barna Research Group studies, born again Christians are not defined on the basis of characterizing themselves as “born again” but based upon their answers to two questions. The first is “have you ever made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in your life today?” If the respondent says “yes,” then they are asked a follow-up question about life after death. One of the seven perspectives a respondent may choose is “when I die, I will go to Heaven because I have confessed my sins and have accepted Jesus Christ as my savior.” Individuals who answer “yes” to the first question and select this statement as their belief about their own salvation are then categorized as “born again.”
I doubt if ANY devout Catholics would agree. Ask your FR PRACTICING CATHOLIC friends.
Catholic “Sunday school”
Barna might call them Born AGain, but Catholics don’t.
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