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To: jo kus

Praying to saints, worshipping Mary, celebacy as a requirement for priesthood, transubstantiation, the Pope, you know, the usual things :>)


9,799 posted on 10/24/2007 6:54:54 PM PDT by irishtenor (How much good could a Hindu do, if a Hindu could do good?)
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To: irishtenor
Praying to saints, worshipping Mary, celebacy as a requirement for priesthood, transubstantiation, the Pope, you know, the usual things

Asking prayers of the saints comes from the second century, it is Catholic.

We don't worship Mary as God.

Celibacy as a requirement for priesthood is a legitimate complaint.

Transubstantiation is a first century Catholic belief, just not called that until the eleventh century. We also believed in the Trinity, although the term didn't come about until the end of the second century, well after the writing of the NT...

The Pope. Well, that is also a Catholic belief that is at least from the second century. While his powers have certainly developed as God's Spirit required, it is a legitimate Catholic teaching from Scriptures.

Thanks for telling me what you thought. Perhaps if you were to read Church history and the development of doctrine, you might be convinced that these Catholic beliefs are not "Roman Catholic", but were part and parcel of our beliefs from practically the beginning. They all are found in Scriptures, whether implicitly or explicitly.

Regards

9,801 posted on 10/24/2007 7:14:06 PM PDT by jo kus
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