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To: MarkBsnr
No. The Catechism is quite clear. I feel ashamed that you were not properly catechized so that you would truly understand it and not take the positions that you do on here.

I am sorry you do not understand the difference between a catechism and a commentary..

A catechism is a statement of faith not a line by line teaching of the meaning of every verse of scripture.. There is no such thing as a catholic commentary so when one preaches or teaches they are free to find what ever they want in the text.. YOPIOS is what every priest and teacher does in the RC... I heard some terrible hermeneutics in my days as a catholic .

2,317 posted on 05/07/2010 6:36:06 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
A catechism is a statement of faith not a line by line teaching of the meaning of every verse of scripture.. There is no such thing as a catholic commentary so when one preaches or teaches they are free to find what ever they want in the text.. YOPIOS is what every priest and teacher does in the RC... I heard some terrible hermeneutics in my days as a catholic .

And that is a shame that the Church has to face up to. Yet, a verse by verse commentary is not necessary when the teachers are catechized properly. I will say again that the lack of catechization is what has driven so many people from the Church into the arms of the organizations that are ready to receive them.

2,327 posted on 05/07/2010 9:27:17 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: RnMomof7
A catechism is a statement of faith not a line by line teaching of the meaning of every verse of scripture.. There is no such thing as a catholic commentary so when one preaches or teaches they are free to find what ever they want in the text.. YOPIOS is what every priest and teacher does in the RC...

Fascinating statement. The Church teaches, as it has always taught, in those statements of faith and belief. There is no need of a line by line teaching because the Faith is a composition of the whole Bible. A line here goes with a paragraph there goes with an entire chapter over there. This again is nonCatholic teaching and very different than the first 1500 years of Christianity. The Faith comes first, then the Bible.

I heard some terrible hermeneutics in my days as a catholic .

And so have I. I cringe sometimes.

2,403 posted on 05/09/2010 3:11:12 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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