Posted on 07/17/2014 10:58:01 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
thousands of priests?
According to Wikipedia.org the number of priests implicated in the US alone was 4,392. Under the heading of Catholic sex abuses cases.
That includes those who knew and did nothing, those who covered it up and those who SHOULD have known, right?
“I am a Catholic.
And my Church is certainly no position whatsoever to passing down judgment on other churches.....”
What other churches? There are no “other churches”. The Catholic Church is the Church of Christ. The rest are Christian “denominations”. There are no other “churches”.
Speaking of sex abuse, I have posted many articles related to the subject here at FR and once I asked a question that either the FReeper could not answer to did not want to. That question is “what religion has the highest unreported sex abuse and cover ups in it?”
I’m asking again... Any takers?
please see post 17
I mean 25... sorry computer trouble tonight
You need to quit listening to CNN so much. Try supporting the 98% of the priests who have never committed any type of sexual abuse. The media wants everyone to think that all Catholic priests are sexual predators. Like I say statistically speaking there are more cases in the protestant faiths and Jewish faith than Catholics. And that’s fact. But the ambulance chasing lawyers know where the money is - the Catholic Church. And the vast majority of these cases are 25 to 40 years old. Most of the priests long dead.
In the eleventh century the Orthodox Church concluded that mandating the primacy and infallibility of and obedience to the Pope of Rome was a clear repudiation of any semblance to authentic Christianity and an endorsement of the principles of Roman Catholicism.
What determines "apostolic succession" two thousand years removed from the actual Apostles? It is a succession of the TEACHINGS of the Apostles and we can find them IN the Scriptures they wrote as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance. "Ecclesial communities"? Are you aware that ecclesia is the Greek word for the called out assembly, AKA, the church???
Oh, pobrecito! Nearly ALL of the threads you post criticize and attack non-Catholic Christians for not being Catholic and your responses often are far from just "taking up for your faith from constant attacks by non-Catholics". One need only read your recent posts. Who do you imagine is fooled by this defense?
The Greek word ecclesia that was translated as "church" in English, meant the called-out assembly. A church, therefore, is ANY assembly of born again believers in Jesus Christ and together we all make up the Body of Christ, His spiritual house. Sorry, but Catholics don't own the copyright to "church".
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER STONE, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." (I Peter 2:4-6)
Are you sure that's a correct translation? Are you sure it doesn't actually say, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye post snarky comments about one another on an Internet message board." ??
Like I said there are two churches, the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. The rest are nothing but breakaway sects and as such are not only false churches, but false religions.
“Oh, pobrecito! Nearly ALL of the threads you post criticize and attack non-Catholic Christians for not being Catholic”
I post articles about Catholicism, the haters come out and start saying how wrong I am and how the Catholic Church is wrong, not Biblical, etc. I take up for my faith, and in your way of thinking I am “attacking non-Catholics”. You need to get out more.
Hate to break this to you, but anyone who confesses Jesus as Lord is in the catholic church as defined by God's Word...not by man.
Better yet...which religion has a greater tendency to support the party of death...also known as the dimocrat national party
Any takers???
>In the eleventh century the Orthodox Church concluded that mandating the primacy and infallibility of and obedience to the Pope of Rome was a clear repudiation of any semblance to authentic Christianity and an endorsement of the principles of Roman Catholicism.
What determines "apostolic succession" two thousand years removed from the actual Apostles? It is a succession of the TEACHINGS of the Apostles and we can find them IN the Scriptures they wrote as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance. "Ecclesial communities"? Are you aware that ecclesia is the Greek word for the called out assembly, AKA, the church???<
you're actually expecting a catholic to read the Biblical text and keep it in the proper context?? you're asking for a lot.
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