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To: MarkBsnr
Those who leave the Faith do so for personal reasons. Those who join the Faith do so for theological ones.

So Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin and a host of others left because of their personal reasons and not for a host of theological reasons? I guess the 95 theses were actually a book on self-fulfillment instead of treatises on the theological reasons that Catholicism was in grave error.
36 posted on 12/28/2011 6:45:58 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: wbarmy
Those who leave the Faith do so for personal reasons. Those who join the Faith do so for theological ones.

So Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin and a host of others left because of their personal reasons and not for a host of theological reasons? I guess the 95 theses were actually a book on self-fulfillment instead of treatises on the theological reasons that Catholicism was in grave error.

The 95 theses contained much truth. In the end, what ensured the success of the Reformation in creating their own churches was personal gain. Look at what Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Knox, etc gained as a result of their 'theological advancement'. The estate of JPII consisted of a few sets of clothes and his personal writings - you may have seen the thread about that posted some months ago.

232 posted on 12/29/2011 6:58:00 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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