To: ebb tide
To say that we are in communion with other Catholics is to profess that we believe what they believeI've had plenty of experience with Evangelical churches and Catholic churches, and it is certainly true that there is MUCH more diversity of belief among Catholics than there is among Protestants.
The stream of dissent in American Catholic parishes is deep and wide, and it is often led by priests or, more commonly, religious sisters.
I once worshipped for five years or so at a suburban Boston parish with about 1200 people at Mass on Sunday. If they had been Evangelicals, there would have been so much shaking of dust off of sandals that they would have formed 50 new and different churches by the time I left.
It cracks me up every time a Catholic poster here declares that all Catholics, or even most Catholics, believe the same thing. Nothing could be further from the truth.
2 posted on
09/24/2016 6:32:33 PM PDT by
Jim Noble
(Rise)
To: Jim Noble
Well, there is only one Catechism. Many Catholics are not educated to know this.
3 posted on
09/24/2016 6:56:00 PM PDT by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: Jim Noble; Religion Moderator
I missed that it was a caucus thread. Please delete my post.
4 posted on
09/24/2016 6:59:27 PM PDT by
Jim Noble
(Rise)
To: Jim Noble; redleghunter; Springfield Reformer; kinsman redeemer; BlueDragon; metmom; boatbums; ...
I've had plenty of experience with Evangelical churches and Catholic churches, and it is certainly true that there is MUCH more diversity of belief among Catholics than there is among Protestants. The stream of dissent in American Catholic parishes is deep and wide, and it is often led by priests or, more commonly, religious sisters. I once worshipped for five years or so at a suburban Boston parish with about 1200 people at Mass on Sunday. If they had been Evangelicals, there would have been so much shaking of dust off of sandals that they would have formed 50 new and different churches by the time I left. It cracks me up every time a Catholic poster here declares that all Catholics, or even most Catholics, believe the same thing. Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, Profess does not even necessarily equate to believe, while what they profess is variegated beliefs. Then trad. RCs condemn divisions among evangelicals while they themselves must engage in the same.
11 posted on
09/24/2016 9:12:49 PM PDT by
daniel1212
( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
To: Jim Noble
We are *supposed* to believe the same things. There has been no unity in the Church since Vatican II.
16 posted on
09/25/2016 4:45:46 AM PDT by
piusv
(The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
To: Jim Noble
A whiff of schism: when different Catholics hold radically different beliefs
It cracks me up every time a Catholic poster here declares that all Catholics, or even most Catholics, believe the same thing. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I've seen some evidence of this...
32 posted on
09/26/2016 6:29:26 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Jim Noble
A Whiff of Schism.
Why is division always looked at as a bad thing. Jesus came to divide, to sort out the goats from the sheep.
Luke 12:51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
Co 11:18 First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.
1Co 11:19 But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
36 posted on
09/26/2016 6:47:52 AM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: Jim Noble
Cafeteria Catholics make their own rules (or comfortably dismiss “Man Made Rules”).
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