(January 25, 2016 at 11:54 am)athrock Wrote:(January 23, 2016 at 10:50 am)Jehanne Wrote: Being open-minded, I am surprised that you would invite the Board to read Catholic theology. The Catholic Church has contradicted itself and changed its mind on so many different issues. Consider this:
http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/FLORENCE.HTM
Over the last few centuries, the Catholic Church has abandoned a teaching which it, for over a thousand years, "firmly believed, professed and preached". This is an historical fact, having nothing to do with theology. Ditto for the Church's teachings on religious liberty and a whole host of other issues. Catholicism is a man-made religion, not a "divine" one, which exist nowhere in the Universe, as god(s) does not exist.
Sorry I'm just seeing this.
No, the Catholic Church has not changed its position. The key is in understanding the definition what it means to be a member of the Church. I'm afraid your "historical fact" is simply an example of ignorance of the full details.
Despite all the efforts made by Protestants over the past 500 years to prove the Catholic Church has changed a doctrine in such a manner as to repudiate a past teaching, nothing has been found.
Doesn't stop folks from trying, though.
How about marrying non-catholics. this was changed in 1818, no?
You may refer to me as "Oh High One."
