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To: saltwater

was raised catholic, but after a bible study in the catholic church a priest told the group that it is official catholic doctrine that there is NO DEVIL, that was the last straw. Have never felt comfortable anywhere else. Do not attend.


34 posted on 11/07/2004 3:05:12 PM PST by DoubleOJanet
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To: DoubleOJanet

That priest was wrong. The existence of the devil is part of the teaching of the Catholic Church. See, for example, paragraph 391 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

"391 Behind the disobedient choice of our first parents lurks a seductive voice, opposed to God, which makes them fall into death out of envy. Scripture and the Church's Tradition see in this being a fallen angel, called "Satan" or the "devil".The Church teaches that Satan was at first a good angel, made by God: "The devil and the other demons were indeed created naturally good by God, but they became evil by their own doing.""


47 posted on 11/07/2004 4:51:15 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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