Catholics and Protestants: Let's us deal with each other on our own terms

[PJM]

=John1;7350642]Hi PJM,

The Ephesians verses are great! I think that 1 Corinthians 12 says some of the same things:

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

I think that makes it abundantly clear that all Christians are not equal, and I think we all agree on that! I’ll be sure to add it to the list, thanks again!

***VERY WELL DONE,

Both speak of JUST One Church but with an entirely different emphasis.

One of the KEY messages to 1st. Cor. 12 is the FACT that Paul makes it apparent that EACH MEMBER has an equal responsibility in keeping the body “healthy.” That means we EACH have a role to partake in no-matter what our talents or personal preferences are.

None of us are to sit on the sidelines and leave evangelization to others; knowing that we must start by educating our very selves.

God’s continued Blesings,
Pat***