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To: boatbums

My understaning is that you must have faith and believe all ex-cathedra pronouncements. Non-ex-cathedra pronouncements do not require faith, but still require obedience.

What is wrong with being obedient to a law that you have no faith in? Don’t you still pay taxes even though you think the rates are unjustly high? Same thing.

Can you give an example of a non-ex-cathedra Papal Bull that offends your sensibilities?


549 posted on 01/17/2011 6:25:16 PM PST by impimp1
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To: impimp1
Can you give an example of a non-ex-cathedra Papal Bull that offends your sensibilities?

For one, Unam Sanctam which states: Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff

That is not found in Scripture and, in fact, severely contradicts Scripture that says faith in Jesus Christ as Savior is what is necessary for salvation.

The bull also declared that the Church must be united, that the Pope was the sole and absolute head of the Church:

Therefore, of the one and only Church there is one body and one head, not two heads like a monster.

From Scripture we know that the head of the body of Christ is of course Jesus Christ and not a mere man on earth. There are many, many other dogmas and doctrines with which I disagree, but it is late and bed is calling my name. I was born and raised as a Roman Catholic and except for many of the invented doctrines, I still hold to the same doctrines that all true Christians have in common, I just do not "belong" to the Catholic Church anymore - the catholic, maybe, but not the Catholic. Good nite!

658 posted on 01/17/2011 10:55:18 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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