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To: Pyro7480; Salvation; Mad Dawg
from the link Mad Dawg provided, re Caucus rules, in his post #6, above...
3. “Closed” threads on the Religion Forum include devotionals, prayer threads and caucuses. The header of the thread should make it obvious that the thread is closed, i.e. like a church meeting behind closed doors. Such assemblies will not be disturbed. Any challenges or ridicule will be removed. Any thread can be designated a caucus - e.g. labeled as a “[Catholic Caucus]” or “[LDS Caucus]” - provided that neither the article nor any of the posts challenge [*see footnote] or ridicule any other confession. These are “safe harbors” for those who are easily offended or are ill equipped to defend their own confession.

14 posted on 09/10/2007 9:25:00 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (John 3:30 "He must increase, but I must decrease.")
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To: Alex Murphy

So the interpretation is that a “post” can mean a link?? That’s absurd!


17 posted on 09/10/2007 9:29:27 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
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To: Alex Murphy
The real question has got to be if Catholics call some schools of thought heresies, then is that a challenge?

Sure I know what the first reaction is, but it is part of our ecclesiology to think that schools of thought which conflict advisedly and intentionally on matters which the Catholic Church considers de fide are by definition heretical.

Further, the term Protestant is so equivocal, that it's hard to see how to use it as the name of a "Faith" or a "confession". Do we mean merely those who disagree with the Catholic understanding of the role of the See of Peter or do we mean those who hold some variety of Calvinism, or what?

If the first, then the term is synonymous (for Catholics) with heretic -- just as Catholicism is considered a bundle of heresies by Protestants.

If you add to that holding a link to be equivalent to the post, then, as I say, the Caucus designation is toast.

25 posted on 09/10/2007 9:41:59 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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