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To: presently no screen name

You ought to look in the mirror before accusing Catholics of being pagans.

The Jews say you are one if you believe in the Trinity. Not to mention much of your scriptural interpretation was borrowed from St. Augustine who made copious use of Neoplatonism in his theology.

Additionally, Augustine’s thought led to the development of the theology of the Reformed thinkers including John Calvin, who was heavily influenced by Augustine’s theology of total depravity and irresistible grace. Other reformers held high Augustine’s soteriological position on God’s direct revelation to mankind and the powerful psychological notion of the individual self. These themes would later captivate Protestantism and evangelical Christianity.
http://www.apologetics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=443:augustines-philosophical-theology-a-neoplatonism&catid=74:jeremy-livermore&Itemid=71

If I’m a pagan then so are you. :)


3,611 posted on 12/11/2011 3:30:13 PM PST by rzman21
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To: rzman21; presently no screen name; metmom; caww

The Catholic mind cannot function without believing that all men follow some carnal man rather than Christ. The just can’t imagine that we don’t really care what Calvin, Luther, or any other carnal man believed.


3,614 posted on 12/11/2011 3:39:18 PM PST by CynicalBear
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