But it's no coincidence Ignatius began the Jesuits whose raison d'etre was to undermine and destroy the Reformation through subversion and guile.
IGNASIUS LOYOLA: "To be right in everything, we ought always to hold that the white which I see, is black, if the Hierarchical Church so decides it"
This statement (and various RC apologists' defense of it) tell us that in the Roman Catholic church, power is more important than the truth.
A much better statement, a clearer truth that actually glorifies God, would have been to say "the church will always say black is black and white is white because the church is not deceitful and the church does not lead men astray through duplicity."
"Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it." -- Psalm 119:40
Maybe the reason Roman Catholics seem to disregard so much of God's word is because they do not believe it to be "pure" and therefore, they do not love it.
Maybe the reason Free Republic Catholics seem to disregard so much of your word is because they believe it to be impure and therefore, they despise it.
That is a wise choice.
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“Hierarchical Church” is simply the church who gave you ther gospel; yeah, if you believe the gospel you won’t believe the Protestant lies, no matter what color they seem.
Now, is there a reason why we discuss St. Ignatius of Loyola when the topic is St. Ignatius of Antioch?
Shockingly horrific and hideous. Amazing.
Seems to me, it’s like this in those Roman Catholic et al realms . . .
Compared to Mary, Jesus is merely an also ran . . . Her lap is bigger. Her . . . uhhhh nurturance is bigger and more familiar . . . Her image is more plentiful . . . Her namesakes are more numerous and varied . . .
Compared to the encyclicals and magicsterical written pontifications . . . Scripture is also . . . but a footnote to be occasionally bowed to and to be ritually ran through . . . the “real” TRUSTWORTHY meat is from the MAGICSTERICAL . . .
Hideous to the max.