As I see it Catholics accord is primarily based on the Pope and church memebership in the Catholic church.... Where as the accord which we non-Catholics hold to is Christ, His death, Burial and Ressurection,and Coming King. We may differ on secondary issues but Christ and His word are our authority and the ultimate authority. This is what the threads have revealed to me...regardless of the church denomination.
. . . which sounds as if you don't bother to read Catholic post -- you maintain the opinion you started with.
Where as the accord which we non-Catholics hold to is Christ, His death, Burial and Ressurection,and Coming King.
Not that I've seen in these posts. What I see from the non-Catholics on this thread is the relegation of the "role" of Christ to that of a mere functionary whose whole role is to "Save ME." We learned too that, if one of us were the only fallen creature, Christ would have come to save us -- but we don't stop there.
We may differ on secondary issues but Christ and His word are our authority and the ultimate authority.
"Secondary" issues like the nature of God? the nature of Christ's divinity? the import (if any) of Christ's own words? the nature of man? If you seem to agree on these, it's only because many of you seem to agree that none of these are important . . . compared to "ME". Many of you do agree that you "believe in faith", but it sounds like the way a moony teenager might be "in love with love." Granted, this is not true of all the non-Catholics -- just the loudest.
I you really take Christ's word as your ultimate authority, it puts you definitely in the minority of non-Catholics on this thread.
This is what the threads have revealed to me...regardless of the church denomination.
This what the threads have revealed to me.