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Thank you for your personal opinion. From the Catholic perspective many Protestant doctrines are correct, some incorrect- with our relationship to the Church which Christ initially established more or less perfect accordingly.
It is not my opinion but rather a fact that the catholic church is teaching many false doctrines and pointing out the Protestant church is just as guilty on false doctrines isn't helping your argument.
There are certain de fide teachings that are naturally considered essential. There are also practices that define one as a Catholic. These should both speak for themselves, at least to those sufficiently catechized. But the Church, considering the human conscience to be inviolable even as it may be misinformed or less than fully or properly informed, rarely exercises any kind of official discipline to keep her general membership towing the party lines. Only in extreme cases of, say, maverick rebel bishops or Catholic university professors teaching non-Catholic doctrine would the Church take action-not often or forceful or speedily enough in the opinion of some, even though that has been changing in recent years.
Confession is called for in Scripture-and recognized as essential, in fact, by many Christians in order to maintain right relationship with God. The Catholic church and others, going by its age-old practice, provides a physical, formal-sacramental-means of accomplishing this. All sacraments similarly provide means to perform various spiritual necessities-not everyone down through the centuries has been literate, let alone biblically literate, or in possession of the capability of becoming theologically savvy. Therefore the Church’s theology is built into the sacraments.
Scripture doesn’t speak specifically against forbidding priests to marry. St Paul, OTOH, did recognize the value in Christians at least, remaining single, focusing their lives on pursuing holiness and serving God alone. The practice of priestly celibacy is a western church one, subject to change if thought to be non-beneficial. In the East only bishops must be celibate. The idea in any case is to be fully sold out to God, able to serve Him in ways that involvement with the world-chasing after its things and ways and values- so often precludes or makes difficult. And no one is ever forced into such vocations.
Of course the Church is involved in salvation. The church is where we hear of it, of Him. She’s been made up of those apostles and disciples from the beginning whose commission it is to spread the good news. And to correct and admonish as necessary.
Jesus spoke in many ways-as does the bible, the Word. Both literally and spiritually: allegorically, morally, and anagogically. Sometimes both at the same time, the literal and the spiritual often overlapping. Either way many Protestants as well would disagree with you on the Eucharist and the Real Presence. And the Church, east and west, has, since the beginning, experienced things very differently from your speculative and novel take on the matter.
Nah, just your uninformed opinion. And the Our Father was given us directly by Our Lord.
No, sacraments aka mysteries have been part of the Christian church-God's church- in some manner or another since the beginning. Just historical fact.
No, being unmarried is quite acceptable. They're not forbid anything-because they enter only by their own will. This is the meaning of Matt 19:12 BTW:
The church was a necessary part of God's word to begin with, her members proclaiming His Word before the NT was written, producing the NT by His inspiration, and later assembling the canon.
Amen. And yet He'll never force anyone to be saved.
Again I ask you where this doctrine of "sacraments" is found in the bible? And no, no biblicaly based Christian church practices the false doctrine of "sacraments".
I believe once again you're in error and "eunuchs" have nothing to do with catholic priests being unmarried.
You should indeed tell him that because no on has yet pointed out where the doctrine of "sacraments" are found in the bible? What purpose does your "sacraments" serve?
Then it shouldn't be to difficult for you to present scripture where these things are referred to as "sacraments". Also please point where in scripture Baptism is "grace".
So then neither of you can deal with the truth of the bible? Matt 23. Just so you know I was born and raised a catholic until I read and studied the bible.
Just so you know I was born Catholic, left the church early on, read and studied the bible and became a very conservative evangelical-quite anti-Catholic- but never stopped reading and studying and praying and seeking, and, much to my own surprise, returned to the CC some 25 years later.
Who said there couldn't be a reasonable exchange? Certainly not me.
Knowing that the CC doesn't stand on sola scriptura I can't say I'll ever return knowing their past and present atrocity's.
