exactly. Gotta say I’m rolling my eyes at the diocese on this decision. Sometimes rigid adherence to MANMADE doctrines is what makes nonChristians shake their heads at us and say “no way do I want to live like those people!”
I like to think that perhaps Jesus also is shaking His head at the dumb MANMADE stuff that we put in place to separate us and keep us apart (”i am more special than you”) when He came to bring us ALL to the Kingdom of Heaven! Sometimes modern day Christians and Catholics can act just like those Pharisees in His time did...
You mean man-made doctrines like Luther's doctrine of "the Bible alone" as the sole rule of faith? < rolling eyes>
When you find Luther's doctrine in the Bible, let me know.
It may also come as news to some Protestants that there were 1450 years of Christian history prior to Luther. Good luck finding Luther's doctrine of "the Bible alone" as the sole rule of faith prior to 1450.
I'm constantly amazed by our Protestant FRiends who nitpick at those of us who are simply trying to follow Jesus. While we walk by faith and not by sight, you demand to be shown...
[KJV] 1 Cor 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Does the Church really fail in your eyes for realizing that the matter of bread is important? Should we use Twinkies for a more festive experience? We are simply following Christ.
AMEN to that.