That Scripture had nothing to do with it? Let's see, we have a denomination teaching what amounts to a dietary law, meatless Friday and wanting people to eat fish (which I always thought was meat anyways) and I posted a passage that clearly speaks against such things.
It's not a dietary law and the Church doesn't "want people to eat fish". The Church actually calls people to penance on Fridays- which they can fulfill by not eating red meat. Fish is a popular alternative.
Tobit was not part of the Jewish canon...at leats that's what the Christ following former rabbi told me. Gee, should I believe him or you? And if it isn't in Tobit, it's in one of your extrabiblical books that shows the basis for what amounts to buying your way out of hell.
First of all, Catholics don't believe you can buy your way out of hell. I don't know where you are getting this, but that is totally false.
Second, none of the books support buying your way out of hell.
Third, I didn't say it was part of modern jewish canon. I said it was considered jewish canon between the babylonian exile and the destruction of the temple (7th decade, AD). You can ask any secular professor of history and religious studies- this is a simple academic fact. It was an indisputed part of the jewish canon when Jesus was around.
The reason that your former rabbi doesn't consider it canon was because modern jews are based on the pharisaic sect. Rabbinical Judaism was the only form of Judaism to survive after the destruction of the temple.
This was a denomination separate from what Jesus followed and they rejected Tobit and other books.
An example of the propaganda you parrot is the ideal that only the rcc teaches the full truth, and of course the apostolic succession. Which is of course, entirely unbiblical and historically inacurate since the rcc didn't exist during the days of the apostles...regardless of what your denomination teaches you.
We can dispute whather or not the Catholic Church carries the fullness of truth- but apostolic succession is undeniable.
The apostles ordained bishops and they governed over regions in the early Church. Even the bible records this.
All Christians acknowledge this. Even the Reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry VIII-- and historians acknowledge it.
What protestants argue is that God changed the dynamic of the Church during the Reformation.
At least you finally admitted error within the rcc when you admitted a few abused their power...which undermines the whole one true church, fullness of truth, and without error myth.
How does that undermine anything?
The Church is full of sinners. They doesn't mean the Church teaches in error. After all, the apostles were sinners. Is what they wrote in the bible wrong? Does that undermine it? No.
I know quite a few former rc's, in fact I was raised by one who found the truth and left Praise GOD. I also know a few priests, I even provided protection for one quite abit. He was chaplain in the Army. I also read what a lot of you write here, and researched the vaticans own website because I wanted to see things in context and make sure I read it straight from the horses mouth.
I'm glad you are interested in knowing valid facts about the Church, but seriously... you seem to have been totally mislead on a lot of things. Especially things like buying your way out of hell. I have no idea where you get that one.
