lol. Misdirection? There are thousands of Roman Catholic writings stating the Roman Catholic church believes its priestcraft to be an "alter Christus" - "another Christ."
Your objection is with the Roman Catholic church, not me.
Why don't you start correcting them here, with a "three-part video put out by the Congregation of the Clergy in order to promote The Year for Priests."...
If the priest is a "bridge" bringing humankind into communion with the divinity..." During this Year for Priests it is the intention of the Holy Father to educate the faithful's understanding of what a priest is and to encourage priests to renew their own priestly identity. On the Friday after Ash Wednesday Pope Benedict XVI addressed the priests of his diocese and referred to the priest as a bridge and mediator; his mission "unites and thus brings man to God, to His redemption, to His true light, to His true life.
Are the Vatican, the "Congregation of the Clergy" and Joseph Ratzinger misdirecting you? (That would be a "yes.")
I suppose it's a good sign you seem to be unhappy your church designates Roman Catholic priests to be "another Christ" who are the "bridge and mediator"..."bringing humankind into communion with the divinity."
As anyone who reads a Bible knows, the Holy Spirit through the word of God is the only "bridge bringing humankind into communion with the divinity" and there is only "one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus" - 1 Timothy 2:5)
Follow your instinct that appears to be telling you it is wrong to refer to the Roman Catholic priestcraft as "another Christ." God willing, it will lead you away from Rome to a truer understanding of God's grace and Christ's appearing.
(I'm pinging a few others who might enjoy seeing verification straight from Rome as to what the Roman Catholic church actually teaches.)
—Founded after 300 vs 300 year earlier
—A list of untrue UNBiblical mythology about Mary
—Bureaucratic power-mongering at its worst declaring all manner of Rubber Bible and Rubber history stuff
—Bureaucratic arrogant power-mongering gone to seed and to tyranny repeatedly over the centuries
What would snooker anyone into thinking that such an organization had the least bit of interest in THE TRUTH?
http://www.romancatholicidentity.com/2010/02/priest-is-alter-christus-bridging-human.html
And btw, there is no indication anywhere that priests are Jesus Christ like you represent time and time again. Thousands of Church documents and whole Catechism for you to pore over, and you have nothing which teaches priests are Jesus Christ . This must burn you up because you use this bogus "priests are Jesus Christ" argument to concoct the ole "no wonder priests are able to abuse children, the kids are taught that he's Jesus!" charade. I've seen you defame priests like this in the past, and I'm sure I'll see you do it again. But if you are really looking for Jesus (body, blood, soul and divinity) I'll give you a hint: don't look at who is standing at the alter, but look in the tabernacle instead.
What you don't understand, Eckeburg, is that the people you debate about Catholicism know what the Catholic Church teaches and represents. We attend mass regularly, sometimes daily. Many of us have been in Catholic schools our entire lives, been taught Catechism by nuns and priests, and some even have attended the seminary. We have family members and close personal friends who are priests and nuns. The Catholic Church is part of our routine, part of our every day lives, part of our culture. You telling us what we believe and what we have been taught is beyond bizarre.
And we know your agenda.