Not your tradition.
Monk Brendan,I know that, and I'm trying NOT to confuse the others reading this thread.
No. Bishop just means overseer. Its not the same thing as catholic priests however because a lot of catholic tradition isnt found in the bible but was invented after the bible was written..
You guys might think that crusades and heretic burning is funny but i dont. Thats your tradition, not mine.
You are the one boasting in catholicism, not me. I wouldnt dare teach anyone catholicism, not6 with its past.
As for me, i shed tradition and embrace simplicity. Im happy, praise the Lord.You don't seem to appreciate that there are two sides to that story.
There's Rome and then there is the rest of the Churches. (Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinope)
Rome taught that "they" were all apostate because they would not follow Rome.
That's why when you think "catholic" you automatically think Roman Catholic. Because you fail to recognize the rest who were the first to protest against Rome.
You see them all as apostate Churches (just the way Rome taught you to) thinking that catholic equals bad.
History.
Sts Peter and Paul established Antioch
Sts Peter and Paul established Rome
Both catholic, at least Rome used to be catholic. I don't know what to call it now... a mess?
Forgive me...
You cant have oneness when strife over doctrine hinders it. Thats why i rid myself of tradition, it only serves to divide.The tradition in which we all stand is faith and hope and love.
In the embrace of the human experience that one body finds institutional expression in the Church, and the love we have for one another is often stretched, ye even to breaking point, yet we are called to preserve the bonds of unity as best we can.
- Faith in Jesus Christ, God's only Son our Lord
- Hope in the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come
- Love, for God and for one another in the one body into which we are called.
A chorus I learned as a child based on John 13:35 and they will know we are Christians by our love, by our love, they will know that we are christians by our love. Sadly in the world today, and yes sometimes even on CF that seems to come down to they will know we are christians by the way we rip each others arms off.
One of the reasons why I think the word catholic (kata holos - according to the whole) is important is that it is embracing and inclusive, for we are one and whatever our divisions we must never let our oneness be broken, holy for we are the Lord's people redeemed by his most saving passion and resurrection, catholic because we exclude no one and remain a body without boundary of space or time but for all people and for all time, apostolic because we have been sent into the world to proclaim the good news of this salvation one for us, and all to this makes us Church.
You cant have oneness when strife over doctrine hinders it. Thats why i rid myself of tradition, it only serves to divide.
As for me, i shed tradition and embrace simplicity. Im happy, praise the Lord.
The Eastern Orthodox were the victims of the crusades.
Point that finger at Rome. Not Antioch.
Forgive me...
The year was 1204... it was the fourth crusade, the sacking of Constantinople.in what way? did "catholics" kill orthodox members?