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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Eastern Rite and Ukrainian Rite priests (both fully valid Catholic Rites) are permitted to marry.

Roman Catholic priests are not allowed to marry...We all know that...

Its not a prohibition against a certain food. Catholics are fully entitled to eat meat -- yes, even on Fridays if they so desire.

Guess someone forgot to tell the Catholic kids I grew up with...

But the earth was created in 6 days? Protestants: the bible is completely literal, except when it isn't.

You got it...Not just Protestants tho, is it??? You as a Catholic are taught not to take a large amount of the scripture literally, so why the comment???

The bible condemns your religion...No way your religion can get out of it...

72 posted on 07/22/2013 6:08:57 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool
Roman Catholic is just one rite. One of the only in which priests remain celibate (I'm sure you know, Jesus praised celibacy as the best course for those who can bear it.)

And who says Catholics are not supposed to take the bible literally? Except for things that are clearly allegorical (eg much of revelations) or in parable form, I consider the bible to be literal.

I'd say the bible condemns Protestantism.

77 posted on 07/22/2013 6:18:52 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: Iscool

RCC are generally not allowed to marry, but this is due more to human weakness. It is where the RCC fails to meet the goals of God’s church and exercised its authority to combat a weakness rather than allow a sin to continue. The abuses by Bishops in ordaining their children for power rather than seeking the good of God’s people. It is unfortunate, but hopefully the RCC will see some other acceptable of dealing with this in the future.

There is no prohibition against met even on Friday. Rather this is a day of fasting and prayer for spiritual growth. Even our Lord spoke of the need for fasting and did so himself, unless you would consider him a poor example. The abstaining from meat is a general guideline and I believe not a strict one. Other items can be given up and in a monastic fast it would be much stricter as the monks are likely to come under greater attacks from evil.

The bible isn’t a science textbook and you’ve effectively made that argument yourself with the Revelation of Saint John the Divine. He didn’t properly describe 21st century weapons but you felt it was an acceptable description from a first century perspective. Perhaps the beginning of Genesis is an acceptable 1st century perspective of the Big Bang, the formation of our planet and the creation of life. Science and evolution do not negate what God as done.


168 posted on 07/22/2013 8:25:38 PM PDT by JosephW (Mohammad Lied, People die!)
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