It is very, very difficult to offend me. Thanks, anyhow.
Of course, Constantin did that and more than that. He was a savage.
But ... 313 is an historic mark for Europe.
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Whoa, there... ! We are ALL "bad men". I didn't mean to offend, I was responding to the statement that religion is made for politics. Him not torturing was automaticaly humane despite the political shrewdness of it?
His waiting till being on his deathbed to get baptized so that he would die free of sin is only worth a shrug because he recognized he needed to legalize what a lot of of his own soldiers were doing?
I am a Catholic and my wife is a Protestant. I thank God that we don't argue over doctrine or Church history. Otherwise, our "mixed marriage" would not work.
I think the Church recognizes that the children of the Reformation have been born into ways of worship that makes the Catholic liturgy seem unnatural, excepting for the "high churches."
Most Protestant churches center on what we Catholics call the homily, and of course music plays a big role as well. In other words, the style of worship is different, and we cannot fairly expect every Protestant to.convert over to a style of worship that seems foreign to them.
I think that the Church is looking towards Ecumenism rather than to relive the battles of the Reformation. For example, the Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church are now in agreement on the matter of faith and works.
Catholics need to reach out to their Protestant brethren and, yes, in many instances educate them to realize we are closer than they think. We believe in the same Lord.
Most of the anti-Catholic stuff about Mary, the saints, and the Pope stem from ignorance.
We need to concentrate on what we share in common rather than on reliving the old battles.
Education is all important.
I actually do not think it would be better nor wold we have the freedoms we now enjoy.
OK, you may be proud of Henry VIII, I would not be.
I am Catholic and came here to know Protestants.
Sins are sins but
They are not doing that to a human.Perhaps the reformers felt it was time to stop elevating a man to such a high level?
I recall Paul and other apostles correct men trying to bow to them. I don't recall the Pope ever stopping or correcting any one bowing to him.
They are not doing that to a human.
Ultimate straw manSo no one bows to the Pope any more? Glad he finally corrected that practice.
They are not doing that to a human.
They are prostrating themselves before Christ in the EucharistInteresting, it certainly looks like they are bowing (or more specifically, prostrating) to a human.
Perhaps the reformers felt it was time to stop elevating a man to such a high level?
I recall Paul and other apostles correct men trying to bow to them. I don't recall the Pope ever stopping or correcting any one bowing to him.
Two Roman Catholic youth bow down and pray in front of the heart.
The golden box that holds the claimed to be holy heart of Saint Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney
As for Popes? Just your average every day Egyptian King..
Such humble servants
So no one bows to the Pope any more? Glad he finally corrected that practice.
Good:looks like. You put it in the way I accept.Interesting, it certainly looks like they are bowing (or more specifically, prostrating) to a human.
Get up! I'm just a man like you!
How do you know they are prostrating to the bishop and not God? Did you bother to check?athenken said:Interesting, it certainly looks like they are bowing (or more specifically, prostrating) to a human.
I certainly dont agree with Benedict XVI on everything he says, but I've read enough to know he would have as much of a fit as Ss Paul and Barnabus did if thought people were worshipping him.
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