I find it hard to believe that what you are claiming is true. Is it your contention that your wife,
"my wife was Catholic for a little over 30 years"
never recited the Confiteor in all that time? I say BS.
As a linguistic literalist you obviously are not familiar with the teaching of Calvin, Luther and Zwingli; for starters, on the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary either.
>>I find it hard to believe that what you are claiming is true. Is it your contention that your wife,
“my wife was Catholic for a little over 30 years”
never recited the Confiteor in all that time? I say BS.<<
OK, believe what you want.
>>As a linguistic literalist you obviously are not familiar with the teaching of Calvin, Luther and Zwingli; for starters, on the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary either.<<
I’m more interested in the teaching of Jesus and the authors of the books of the Bible. With earthly teachers, God has given me the right and authority to accept what I believe edifies and is truthful and reject that for which I cannot find any scriptural support. That is why I am not a Mormon.
The Jews in Jesus time followed their teachers, who were dead wrong. After all, they were just men.