But Mark the catholics I know do indeed believe that it all must pass thru the church and their teachings...I have yet to meet one catholic who knows more than attendance at Mass and none know the scriptures. They don’t understand what “relationship” with Christ is about...let alone the Holy Spirits workings in their life. It’s all about ‘practicing catholicism’. So yes, those I’ve met do believe it all comes thru the church.
Sad to say, but it appears that FRoman Catholics are seriously out of touch with mainstream, grassroots Catholicism.
They don’t seem to have any idea what the average lay Catholic thinks, knows, and believes. We former Catholics keep trying to tell them and they either deny it or change the subject or accuse us of making it up, or we’re *poorly catechized*.
ANYTHING but admit that we know what we’re talking about from honest to goodness, real life experience and conversations.
WE’RE not the ones who don’t know what’s going on in the Catholic church.
Jesus commanded the Church to spread the Gospel to the whole world; He taught and corrected and taught and corrected them and instructed them over and over again. Paul's letter are most instructive in that he uses that model - and emphasizes that these new Christians have to listen to him and his delegates and nothing else.
I have yet to meet one catholic who knows more than attendance at Mass and none know the scriptures.
Do you mean in person? Roughly how many do you know?
They don’t understand what “relationship” with Christ is about...let alone the Holy Spirits workings in their life.
I find that many evangelicals dismiss Catholic teachings and practices in many cases because the terms and definitions differ.
It’s all about ‘practicing catholicism’. So yes, those I’ve met do believe it all comes thru the church.
Scripture indicates that the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth - we are not instructed on any other and cannot teach any other.