(April 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote:(April 24, 2014 at 2:49 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Are you unaware of the doctrinal differences between Protestants (who generally subscribe to the principle of sola scriptural) and Catholics (who do not)? If you're looking for a gotcha to use in an argument with a Catholic, don't bother - they know full well that their traditions and catechism have extra-biblical components.
That being said, one example is the catholic dogma that states one must obtain absolution from a priest. Oh, and the whole papal infallibility thing.
I was aware of their extra-Biblicial doctrines, but I didn't know they were contra-Biblical.
Papal infallibility. On questions of Catholic doctrine, what the Pope says goes. IMO, not only does that *allow* for extra- and contra-biblical doctrine, it is in and of itself contra-biblical ("The only way to the father is through me.").
There's far, far less emphasis on the damn bible in the catholic faith than protestant. They're more about church traditions (which ultimately, are whatever the pope says they are).
