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To: Boogieman

That does not make sense to me, perhaps you can flesh it out a little bit. How could Israel be ‘full of error’ yet preserve the Word of God? Same goes with the Catholic Church.

If you are saying what I think you are saying I answered that already, the Church is Holy because Jesus Christ is Holy, not because of the sinful men of Israel or sinful Catholics.


74 posted on 08/14/2014 2:49:09 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: Cap'n Crunch

“That does not make sense to me, perhaps you can flesh it out a little bit. How could Israel be ‘full of error’ yet preserve the Word of God? Same goes with the Catholic Church.”

I guess I could flesh it out for you, but I can’t state the case any better than the Old Testament already has, so just go peruse it a bit. Flip to any one of the prophets and you’re sure to hit an indictment of Israel within a few paragraphs.

“If you are saying what I think you are saying I answered that already, the Church is Holy because Jesus Christ is Holy, not because of the sinful men of Israel or sinful Catholics.”

Then we should be in agreement. The idea that the Catholic church’s preservation of the Word can be used as evidence that the Catholic church didn’t err is nonsense. God preserved the Word, whether it was through the Catholic church, or through Israel, and that is a testament to His perfection, not to the perfection of some institution or group of men.


82 posted on 08/14/2014 3:46:14 PM PDT by Boogieman
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