[Legatus]

You know....this assumption that catholics have a "deeper" theology that Christians is nonsense.

This is the theological work of one man, I have half a dozen of his books, they're eight and nine hundred pages long. In all I've read of his I don't think he wasted a word. Then consider the theological work of the last pope. It's some amazing stuff with insights that are leaps and bounds beyond my simple understanding.

Your list of what we can hopefully agree on is agreeable to me, but there's so much more... I'm sure I'm wasting words here but Benedict XVI's three books on "Jesus of Nazareth" are phenomenal. Borrow the first one from your local library. (Here I got caught up reading the account of the Crucifixion so I've lost my train of thought)

Benedict's Christology is beyond "profound". Give it a chance, just skim through his Encyclical on Love (Sorry, got caught up reading that too. I have no idea where I was going with this.)

[ealgeone]

In early Christianity the term "mystikos" referred to three dimensions, which soon became intertwined, namely the biblical, the liturgical and the spiritual or contemplative.[1] The biblical dimension refers to "hidden" or allegorical interpretations of Scriptures.

If this is part of the mystical that your boy was writing on, we're off to a rocky start already.

The allegorical interpretation of scripture is what has produced so much that is wrong in Catholicism.....Mary being the new Eve for starters.

[ealgeone]

22.We do not perceive by an immediate intuition that God exists, nor do we prove it a priori. But we do prove it a posteriori, i.e., from the things that have been created, following an argument from the effects to the cause: namely, from things which are moved and cannot be the adequate source of their motion, to a first unmoved mover; from the production of the things in this world by causes subordinated to one another, to a first uncaused cause; from corruptible things which equally might be or not be, to an absolutely necessary being; from things which more or less are, live, and understand, according to degrees of being, living and understanding, to that which is maximally understanding, maximally living and maximally a being; finally, from the order of all things, to a separated intellect which has ordered and organized things, and directs them to their end.

Did your boy read Romans 1:18-21??

[metmom]

But that by no means proves that Catholicism has a DEEPER theology than anyone else.

All it does is show that some Catholics do.

And some non-Catholics do.

It’s NOT based on religious affiliation. It’s based on the person’s individual relationship with Christ.