[Gamecock]

pgyanke: There is more than one meaning to nearly every verse in the Bible. There can be multiple proximate meanings and a greater, eternal meaning.

A. Murphy: I've never seen any Catholic on FR claim this view before now.

Seems to me that pgyanke is speaking the truth, in spite of what is often said here on FR by other Catholics.

Let's look at divorce. Scripture forbids it. The RC church forbids it. But, we all know that there needs to be a mechanism to allow a marriage to break up. Voila! Let's invent something called an annulment and have Rome mediate. Rome can allow a marriage to break up, but not divorce. This allows for multiple proximate meanings as defined by Rome.

[OLD REGGIE]

Let's look at divorce. Scripture forbids it. The RC church forbids it. But, we all know that there needs to be a mechanism to allow a marriage to break up. Voila! Let's invent something called an annulment and have Rome mediate. Rome can allow a marriage to break up, but not divorce. This allows for multiple proximate meanings as defined by Rome.

"There is no teaching of the RCC which is so clear it cannot be denied, modified, or re-interpreted as required".