Posted on 02/24/2010 9:36:26 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
It was Constantine that started what we call the Roman Catholic branch of the catholic church.
The churches I attended always had "St. So&so Roman Catholic church" on there signs and they still do. That distinguishes them from some of the orthodox churches and makes sense
As a catholic that was not "insulting", the mass at one time was in Latin, the popes were always Italian, the Vatican is in Rome and the church was started by a Roman emperor . Before that time, there were home churches and most of what Catholics call tradition came after his "conversion ". The roots of the RC are from Italy/Rome
They just project on others what they do themselves maybe?
I AGREE.
I don’t see how I can answer that without making it personal.
;-)
I don’t think that disagreeing with us is a conclusive sign that the disagree-er is anti-Catholic.
The word is a reformation word.. today the politically correct see it as an insult or something.. but it is a historically valid word (as is protestant:)
Nonsense. Everyone has a tradition, everyone has an interpretation.
what a hoot!!!
The title Bishop means overseer, there is no apostolic succession taught in scripture.
Christ picked His apostles, He never transfered the right to men or He would have told us that in scripture..
The Roman Catholics want it both ways. They want to define the term Catholic in a manner in which it only refers to Romanists, and then apply the term Anti-Catholic to all who find error in the Romanist tradition.
Inasmuch as I believe fully in the gospel once given to all the saints and the gospel preached by Paul and the Apostles (as enunciated in Galatians) that would make me Catholic.
So anyone who would disparage my theological views would, by definition, have to be considered "Anti-Catholic".
I’ll join you all in a minute....
I was just thinking of that but could not remember the citation
Amen
Some folks are only capable of cheering on the angry mob from the sidelines like the tormentors of Christ as he carried the cross. Take a wild guess on which side you fall in this analogy.
Champion, what is the gospel, if Trent did not anathematize that held to it?
wear pink
In my Bible, Paul embues Timothy with his authority.
Who’d Timothy embue?
Not relevant. The point is that the Apostles (Paul, in this case) are clearly in Scripture passing on their authority to other new leaders as the Church grew into new areas.
That’s apostolic succession.
Right. I can not find that in Scripture anywhere.
Where did that come from any way?
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