I pray that is true. However, somewhere along the way all kinds of rituals, self proclaimed authority and exclusivity have become the foundation of the RCC.
***I pray that is true. However, somewhere along the way all kinds of rituals, self proclaimed authority and exclusivity have become the foundation of the RCC.***
We have no authority except that which comes from Jesus. We have no authority over, for instance, the Jews or the Muhammedans. The rituals come from Scripture and from the earliest Church. We do not practice or preach exclusivity except to acknowledge the role of the Church.
We do not believe in either moral equivalency or church equivalency. If you do not believe that the church that you attend is the closest to the One True God, then why go?
If you do not believe that any doctrines or beliefs that you follow are the most optimal Way to salvation, then why believe?