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reen,
First of all, I’d like to say that I appreciate the spirit of your posts on this board. Very rarely do you come across as peeved or angy, and while I may not agree with your perspective all the time, I appreciate your “spirit of the soft answer”. It is much more pleasant to dialogue with someone when you feel like you are actually being heard and not torn apart by ad hominem attacks.
reen12:
I agree with you about the Catholic Church’s intellectual integrity, which is one of the reasons that I am increasingly being drawn to the Church. It has an historical depth and continuity that is unmatched, whose doctrines are deeply rooted in the thought of the earliest successors to the Apostles. Christ promised a Church that the gates of hell would not prevail against, and without an authority to defend the unity of the faith against false teachings, I believe the gates of hell would prevail (just look at all the heresies that gained such popularity over the ages).
It seems to me that if Jesus himself is infallible, that he would take precautions to prevent his church from falling into error. I think it is great that the leaders of the earliest church had the greatest power to define doctrine, while the scope of the Magesterium’s ability to further define it narrows with each passing papacy. The doctrine of papal infallibility was simply further definition of existing authority doctrine borne out of necessity to combat the deadly combination of individualism and sola scriptura. This is only my take on things, which could very well be incorrect.
Obviously, doctrine was important to Jesus, he upheld the laws that God passed down to Moses, but the greatest gift he brought was the grace of God, which is something I thank him for every day.
God Bless.
First of all, I’d like to say that I appreciate the spirit of your posts on this board. Very rarely do you come across as peeved or angy, and while I may not agree with your perspective all the time, I appreciate your “spirit of the soft answer”. It is much more pleasant to dialogue with someone when you feel like you are actually being heard and not torn apart by ad hominem attacks.
God is absolutely infallible, not only infallible but impeccable, which is something that I cling to when doubt assails. Life as a whole is uncertain, something that God uses as a tool to draw us (through faith) to Him. I believe he gave us the thirst for certainty so that we might be drawn to the one thing that is truly Certain. I AM…what a beautiful expression of His unchanging perfection.
I agree with you about the Catholic Church’s intellectual integrity, which is one of the reasons that I am increasingly being drawn to the Church. It has an historical depth and continuity that is unmatched, whose doctrines are deeply rooted in the thought of the earliest successors to the Apostles. Christ promised a Church that the gates of hell would not prevail against, and without an authority to defend the unity of the faith against false teachings, I believe the gates of hell would prevail (just look at all the heresies that gained such popularity over the ages).
It seems to me that if Jesus himself is infallible, that he would take precautions to prevent his church from falling into error. I think it is great that the leaders of the earliest church had the greatest power to define doctrine, while the scope of the Magesterium’s ability to further define it narrows with each passing papacy. The doctrine of papal infallibility was simply further definition of existing authority doctrine borne out of necessity to combat the deadly combination of individualism and sola scriptura. This is only my take on things, which could very well be incorrect.
Obviously, doctrine was important to Jesus, he upheld the laws that God passed down to Moses, but the greatest gift he brought was the grace of God, which is something I thank him for every day.
God Bless.
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