(December 10, 2021 at 7:24 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(December 10, 2021 at 5:11 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: I've heard proddies say blasphemy against the holy spirit is the one unforgiveable sin.
The brothers taught us there is no unforgiveable sin . We were taught that the most serious sin is despair, because the person is turning his back on god's infinite love and mercy.
That would b3e because it is stated in Mark 3:28–29, Matthew 12:31–32, and Luke 12:10 and varied smattering of Hebrews. But tradionally, in the RCC, even reading the wholey babble was a sin, so what may one expect?
True enough, up until Gutenberg, then that changed slowly. Not really a problem as long as most of the flock remained illiterate. In most developed nations, universal literacy was not reached until well into the twentieth century as far as I'm aware.
At the Catholic school I attended, we were actively discouraged from reading the bible, "lest you become confused". I swear.
This was when I was 16 with some major questions about doctrine. So naturally I went home and read the whole thing from cover to cover. Being a moderately bright young chap, I soon understood why they didn't want me reading the bible. I mean, the contradictions and general bullshit in the OT, then the New Testament. Finally the Book of Revelations. To this day, I cannot understand how that got into the Canon. One explanation is that the whole thing us about The Roman Empire, and that early Xians would have understood that.
