Protestants Protest…Again
Posted by Rey
This just in: the Catholic Church doesn’t think Protestant Churches are true churches (as they define it). It cracks me up that Protestants are flipping out about this since its basically the same position since the 16th Century. Here’s the clause causing fuss even though I link to the full thing above, here and here.Fifth Question: Why do the texts of the Council and those of the Magisterium since the Council not use the title of “Church” with regard to those Christian Communities born out of the Reformation of the sixteenth century?
Response: According to Catholic doctrine, these Communities do not enjoy apostolic succession in the sacrament of Orders, and are, therefore, deprived of a constitutive element of the Church. These ecclesial Communities which, specifically because of the absence of the sacramental priesthood, have not preserved the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic Mystery[19] cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called “Churches” in the proper sense[20].
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July 11th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I believe every man, woman and child on this planet should just convert to Catholicism. Besides world peace, it would make my life a lot easier.
July 12th, 2007 at 8:15 am
In that case, we’d argue about the audacity of the Cardinals just wearing red, white or black. I mean, why not blue? Or chartreuse? Or pink? Are they discriminating against other colors?!?!
July 12th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Then you’d nail a clothing catalog to the wall of the church with a book of swatches, form your own offshoot, and argue over which person on your council was Cardinal Pink.
Yep, human nature…I guess life would be boring if we all agreed on everything.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Cardinal Pink. LOL!
July 15th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I’m telling you… this Pope is the anti-one.