[metmom]

The Catholic Church has never said that there is unanimous agreement on everything in the Church. There is full agreement on the main principles. The Church has been true to the teachings of Jesus and has consistently exposed the heresies.

Just like the Scriptures are not always clear, differing understanding among the early church fathers occurred, but on the principles of faith they were clearly in substantial agreement and unanimous on the main principles.

Oh, I see now.

It's OK for Catholics to have doctrinal differences over certain issues and it shows the strength and unity of Catholicism that they are all still Catholic.

But when Protestants have doctrinal differences, it shows the weaknesses of sola Scriptura and every man being his own pope how it's wrong because of the doctrinal differences.

[daniel1212]

on the principles of faith they were clearly in substantial agreement and unanimous on the main principles.

Oh, I see now. It's OK for Catholics to have doctrinal differences over certain issues and it shows the strength and unity of Catholicism that they are all still Catholic. But when Protestants have doctrinal differences, it shows the weaknesses of sola Scriptura and every man being his own pope how it's wrong because of the doctrinal differences.

Or when evangelicals are (yet) evidenced to have more ground-level unity than Caths, then it must be due to biased pollsters.