To: Gamecock
The Church has no claim of inerrancy in matters of politics, and indeed in some instances -- albeit in far less than the anti-Catholics would have you believe -- wrongs were done in the name of the Church and by her clergy. We don't have to plumb the history of the Middle Ages to find examples of that, the priest pederasty scandal is very real and very recent.
In order to disprove the inerrant character of the Church you will have to find a theological error in the Catechism or in other de fide statements of the Magisterium.
211 posted on
07/31/2008 11:19:37 AM PDT by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
To: annalex; Dr. Eckleburg; roamer_1; Quix; xzins; P-Marlowe
you will have to find a theological error in the Catechism or in other de fide statements of the Magisterium No, I don't.
If the organization is "inerrant" it would come out in the day to day practice. Doctrine impact practice.
But since you want an example, if the organization has a 2000 year track record of inerrant practice we wouldn't see controversial swings in doctrine, to wit Vatican II.
212 posted on
07/31/2008 11:27:09 AM PDT by
Gamecock
(The question is not, Am I good enough to be a Christian? rather Am I good enough not to be?)
To: annalex; Alex Murphy; blue-duncan; BnBlFlag; Dr. Eckleburg; ears_to_hear; Forest Keeper; ...
or in other de fide statements of the Magisterium. Hello?
The
Magicsterical
of ALL
large
bureaucratic
RELIGIOUS
organizations
IS INHERENTLY
POLITICAL!
--FIRST--
--FOREMOST--
--ALWAYS--
And if anyone thinks that POLITICAL PLUS INSECURITY, GREEDY, ARROGANT DRIVEN POWER-MONGERING, GRAND STANDING, TURF BUILDING AND DEFENDING . . .
results in purity of theological thought and teaching . . .
Then, I think there is no longer any rational discourse possible. The whole sheebang jumped off a very deep cliff a long time ago.
Mind boggling. About the time one thinks one has heard it all from the rabid RC's and they spring another Alice in Wonderland School of Theology pseudo pretend fact.
247 posted on
07/31/2008 6:26:30 PM PDT by
Quix
(key QUOTES POLS 1900 ON #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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