(January 25, 2016 at 12:16 pm)SofaKingHigh Wrote:(January 25, 2016 at 11:54 am)athrock Wrote: 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?
That was a discipline - not a doctrine. Rules about marriage, fasting and priestly celibacy are examples of disciplines.
The church can change its devotions and disciplines but not its doctrines and dogmas.
