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To: Petronski
But the Church which He founded for us DOES. The Catholic Church is His provision for our care, and His Church, in Her wisdom and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, sees it entirely fit and proper to celebrate the birth of God as Man, to soberly and coldly reflect on His Crucifixion for the remission of our sins, and to celebrate in His Resurrection His triumph over death.

While there are undoubtedly Christians, or at least potential Christians, within the Catholic church, there is nothing but tradition to suggest that this organization is indeed the church that Christ founded.

The Church that Christ founded is characterized not by which organization one belongs to, but it is a spiritual entity. It's members are those who have the spirit of Christ dwelling in us.

29 posted on 04/10/2009 11:14:54 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
...there is nothing but tradition to suggest that this organization is indeed the church that Christ founded.

Nothing but tradition and two thousand years of history and the Gospels. That's all.

127 posted on 04/10/2009 2:23:18 PM PDT by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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To: DouglasKC
The Church that Christ founded is characterized not by which organization one belongs to, but it is a spiritual entity. It's members are those who have the spirit of Christ dwelling in us.

Yes!

The Catholic Church.

128 posted on 04/10/2009 2:23:49 PM PDT by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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