“No disagreement from Rome either, despite what others say of us.”
Then what’s with the confessional box and penance? Both apparently thought up by man, not God.
1Ti 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.You write
I don't understand the relevance of the second sentence. I was at a service in a Baptist Church some time back and at the end one of the pastors or leaders or whatnot issued an altar call, saying that doing so was a tradition in his denomination. So here we have a guy saying that this is a traditional aspect of worship, which sure sounds like it was "thought up by man" and I certainly wouldn't say it was not motivated by the Holy Spirit.
Being "thought up by man" to me does not necessarily imply that it was not also "thought up by God".
And that's probably why we may not reach understanding on penance and confession. If I thought that they implied that there is more than one God or that having recourse to Fr. So-and-So or to our Lady constituted an impingement on the mediatory activity of Jesus, I wouldn't participate.