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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Do you have any examples?

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Sure do. The Popes are a great example. Any study of the history of the Papacy leaves no doubt that the leadership of the Catholic Church was evil and ungodly at one time.

But not any more, right?


118 posted on 04/27/2014 5:40:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Church doesn’t teach that popes are sinless. So the existence of sinful clergy doesn’t represent a contradiction of Church teaching or any of Christ’s teachings recorded in the Bible.

But the Bible does call the church, “the pillar and foundation of truth.” Jesus also tells us to “listen to the church.”


129 posted on 04/27/2014 5:55:02 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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