To be more specific, I’m referring to this pagan babylonian goddess nonsense and the “hocus pocus” attitude towards the Eucharist. Where a protestant can chant the “magical” words of, “I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior” and they are saved, a miracle, but deny the same to the Eucharist and castigate it as some sort of medieval chant.
You mean like saying five “Our Fathers” and five “Hail Mary’s” to be forgiven?
I grew up in a Catholic household. I remember the rituals. I also remember the Priest placing the crown of flowers on a statue. The Romans did practiced similar activities in the Pantheon. But I guess your identical practices aren’t pagan worship. Is that what you’re claiming?
You mean like saying five “Our Fathers” and five “Hail Mary’s” to be forgiven?
You remember poorly.
The form of the sacrament of penance, in which its efficacy chiefly consists, are those words of the minister: I absolve thee, etc., to which are indeed laudably added certain prayers according to the custom of holy Church, which, however, do not by any means belong to the essence of the form nor are they necessary for the administration of the sacrament. . . (Council of Trent, Fourteenth Session, Chapter III)
I also remember the Priest placing the crown of flowers on a statue. The Romans did practiced similar activities in the Pantheon. But I guess your identical practices aren’t pagan worship. Is that what you’re claiming?
Are they similar or are they identical? I suggest you ask yourself this question: Are you identical post-baptism?