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To: wideawake
So you believe the RCC as it stands today was the full extent of Christ’s Church and no longer does God call those to serve the the Church unless those employed by the Church agree they are acceptable. To serve the word of God, teach the word and live the word is superseded by those in the RCC that demand you be part of a human organization or you really can not be part of the Church of God. That is really some arrogance. In other words you can believe and partake in exactly everything the Organized RCC teaches, if you want to believe that is the proper interpretation of the word of God, but you can not be part of that church unless men deem it so. The Lord may call you but it is up to men whether you are worthy. Do you not even see how our Lord might take offense to that.

It is solely up to God whether you are part of his Church, whether you are worthy of being saved, to be part of the Catholic Church, the Church of God, that which is not a institution run by man, but made up of those God calls...not man.

158 posted on 07/10/2007 10:54:05 AM PDT by never4get
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To: never4get

We Catholics believe that Christ established the Church, so it is “human” only in that it consists of human beings.


160 posted on 07/10/2007 10:58:26 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: never4get; wideawake
So you believe the RCC as it stands today was the full extent of Christ’s Church and no longer does God call those to serve the the Church unless those employed by the Church agree they are acceptable.

Try reading the passages both wideawake and I (and others) have posted. I'll wait.

They clearly indicate that the Church believes that all baptised Christians (of any denomination) are joined to the One Church.

165 posted on 07/10/2007 11:04:42 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: never4get
So you believe the RCC as it stands today was the full extent of Christ’s Church and no longer does God call those to serve the the Church unless those employed by the Church agree they are acceptable.

I reiterate: the Catholic Church teaches that all the baptized are members of Christ's Church.

The Lord may call you but it is up to men whether you are worthy.

The Lord ordained that there is one Church, not men.

241 posted on 07/10/2007 12:53:18 PM PDT by wideawake
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