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To: faucetman

Yours is rather tortured understanding of the Bible:

1) Does that mean that if I go to Mass in an ethnic neighborhood and they do a mass in the language of the congregation — and do not provide an interpreter, they are FORBIDDEN because I do not speak that language? I don’t think so.

2) The rest of the passages you quote deal with the “speaking in tongues” and are a follow-up to what I spoke of.

3) This is Catholicism — the Pontiff is charged with first and foremost establishing a working interpretation of Scripture for the Church.

I could grab a handful of Bible quotes and make them anything I want them to say. That isn’t the point of the OP, nor the underlying issue.


26 posted on 05/13/2011 11:11:01 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (osama gets 72 virgins. We get 72 versions...)
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To: freedumb2003

“1) Does that mean that if I go to Mass in an ethnic neighborhood and they do a mass in the language of the congregation — and do not provide an interpreter, they are FORBIDDEN because I do not speak that language? I don’t think so.”

The word “forbidden” was probably a poor choice of words. “Not allowed according to the bible” would have been better.

Ethnic neighborhood? Give me a real life example.

If you go to a church in Mexico, it is likely the message will be in Spanish. But, if you started a church in Mexico and you only preached in English, I would say you are not following the teaching in the bible because the expectation is that most people walking in the door will speak Spanish not English.

If you meant like Chinatown and they should preach in Chinese, because the expectation would be that anyone who walks in would understand Chinese.

Would ANYONE walking into your Catholic church understand Latin? How can they hear the gospel if the message is in Latin? Do they have to learn Latin first? Is the mission of the church to speak your own special language (tongue) or to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ so everyone can understand and hear.


52 posted on 05/13/2011 1:06:46 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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