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To: rwfromkansas
I think you are really reaching... You do know why those letters were written -it was not just some saint to saint communication between equals...

By your logic -the Catholic Church should canonize ALL? It would also follow that if ALL are saints equally it does not matter to be in error as you imply -why continue irrelevant debate amongst fellow saints?

Anyway, the Catholic Church does not teach that all saints are known or can be known by man...

I think you may just be turning scripture on its head by selective reference to fit your notions... The totality of scripture and tradition must be taken into account OTHERWISE one can come up with erroneous interpretations and end up teaching false doctrine e.g. we are all saints...

118 posted on 02/14/2005 1:08:41 PM PST by DBeers
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To: DBeers
the Catholic Church should canonize ALL?

The irony of your complaint is that under the PC Popes, more people have been made Saints than in the entire previous history of The Church. It does seem that 'reformists' wish to makes Saints of us all, in order that the cult of Saints disappears under the weight of such 'compassion'. One also has to wonder how many of these canonizations will be challenged once the new Pope is elected - or if he also is a 'reformist', the Pope after him then? They might at least go through just the motions of reinstating the 'devil's advocate'.

120 posted on 02/14/2005 2:32:38 PM PST by sevry
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To: DBeers

Look, if you can give me Scripture that authorizes the doctrine that we are not all saints, give it to me.

I have posted Scripture that anybody but a Catholic would conclude beyond a shadow of a doubt says we are ALL saints.

You say I am twisting scripture. This is a very serious charge, and I would like to see the evidence.


128 posted on 02/14/2005 5:12:44 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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