Wow, there was quite a bit in those links. You must be a fast reader!
and the teachings of Scripture are also not fallible
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And if you disagree with his viewpoint?
I have disagreed and corrected my pastor on a minor theological point.
and now I ask you : what do you do if you disagree with your Priest, Bishop, and Cardinal?
If there is confusion, I ask for clarification. But I find the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church clear. And if I disagree, I know that I am in the wrong. I conform my will to their teaching, for in Catholicism, Christ gave them the authority, promising to guide them. I have never had a bishop try to teach me anything that didn’t conform to what the Magisterium has taught. I know when the Catholic Church teaches, it has Divine Authority behind it.
But what if you are off base, but not way off base? What then? What if you find many pastors who agree with you, and many who don’t? Who decides what is minor, and what is major?
Catholicism - The authority of the Church keeps teaching consistent throughout the Church.
I don’t know, MB, but here is the statement of Bishop Ough, the President of the UM Council of Bishops. In it he says the council does not have authority to intervene in the election. He states the matter is being monitored very closely however and there are processes in place for resolving issues even as complex and unprecedented as this election. That this is a place Methodists have not been before and there are those who will view this election as a violation of church law while others will celebrate the election as a milestone toward being a more inclusive church.
I don’t need to read them. I know what they say. There’s nothing new there. Same old tired justifications that have been debunked countless times.Wow, there was quite a bit in those links. You must be a fast reader!
So you accuse Catholics of worshiping an Institution instead of God. I hope you meet a faithful, practicing Catholic in the very near future. It seems like you had a very bad experience with the Church. You will be in my prayers.
To comment on the original post, I don’t think it is ever a good idea to do something primarily out of revolt, but…
The difference between Catholics and Methodists is not so much the authority of the Church - both Catholics and Methodists exercise some doctrinal authority, Catholics a lot more than Methodists I think. The real difference is that Catholics claim to have a - the - teaching Magisterium, and Methodists don’t recognize the Catholic one, nor claim to have one of their own.
Patriarchy is a bad thing? News to me.
It’s an interesting conundrum for the Methodists it seems based on their structure. It seems odd to me coming from a Catholic and Episcopal background, where bishops even if elected in the Episcopal Church case, must still be approved of and ordained by the church to take office, that the Methodist Church as a whole has no recourse to this election in violation of their current rules.
Factually untrue
The first didn’t produce anything definitive one way or the other. The other two however do appear to be options, specifically suspension. If you have any particular links though they’d be appreciated.
Easy to find
Doesn’t failure to consistently teach what an individual priest or bishop is supposed to, rest with the teacher, and not what is being taught? Because I know the Catholic Church’s teachings have remained consistent, while some of Her teachers have failed to teach, what they said they would.