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To: 9thLife
>>There is none. You're simply rendering an opinion.<<

My opinion? I think not.

The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church.[Cardinal Newman - Development of Christian Doctrine, pg 373] And you didn't think the Catholic Church incorporates paganism?

49 posted on 03/22/2015 6:12:23 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear

The Catholic Church sanctifies pagans.


50 posted on 03/22/2015 6:45:49 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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