dangus wrote:
I will state categorically that this person is a bald-faced liar. There is no way on Earth that a seminarian wouldn’t learn about absolution, since he is required to communicate it.
As to the plainly ridiculous claim that he didn’t get any scripture studies: A quick check on the Maynooth curriculum confirms that students learn in their first year alone:
Revelation and Faith (”Revelation” is how Catholics will sometime refer to entire corpus of scripture.)
Introduction to Biblical Greek
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin
Scripture Studies 1: Eden to Exile
Scripture Studies 2: New Testament
Plus, they are required to perform the Holy Offices, which are scripture readings every three hours. Not to mention, of course, the fact that their theology courses are biblical as well.
Why do Calvinists feel they must slander Catholicism?
The Catholics consolidated and preserved the scriptures that comprise the Bible. What part of that don’t Protestants understand? Just because the the Ps removed a couple of books doesn’t mean they wrote it. ;^)