Hello SMC,<br> I was wondering if you were identifying with the Gnostics that the early Church contended with. If I remember right they believed in a secret ...
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sunmoonchild
Apr 1, 2000 4:30 pm
Hello! I just read in one of my other clubs the whole Pope's apology was a fabrication fabricated by a certain individual. The only truth in the matter is that...
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sunmoonchild
Apr 1, 2000 4:36 pm
Regarding Jesus' teachings being only for certain people - Well I think I do believe the Gnostic way about that !! Haven't you ever heard someone take Jesus' ...
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josephcatholic
Apr 1, 2000 5:50 pm
I think that you should get a good history of the early Church, perhpas J. Pelikan's The Christian Tradition vol 1. the Catholic Tradition or J.N.D. Kelly's ...
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Matt_8_17_70
Apr 1, 2000 6:00 pm
Hello there, Sunmoom! I'm not sure what you meant by the Papal apology being a fabrication, but it really did happen (I think it was about 3 Sunday's ago.) ...
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josephcatholic
Apr 1, 2000 6:44 pm
Here's a little ditty from the G of T. It is in th closing section.<br><br>"Simon Peter said to them, 'Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life.'...
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sanctuspioxii
Apr 1, 2000 6:56 pm
Kathleen, Many of the relics do have the "papers" with them, and they are signed and sealed by the Vatican. Many of them are in very elaborate and complex ...
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sanctuspioxii
Apr 1, 2000 7:59 pm
What a wonderful admonishment, and reproof to those who adhere to the "teachings" of those who would call themselves, "the true remnats of the True Chruch". I...
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sanctuspioxii
Apr 1, 2000 8:08 pm
We must remember that the Pope's apology was directed towards those who "spoke as representatives of the Church", and not the Church as the Holy embodiment of...
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The_Spacemouse
Apr 1, 2000 8:41 pm
Kathleen, <br><br>I certainly didn't mean to exclude Orthodox Christians from dialogue in this club. (By the way, the distinction I see between Eastern Rite...
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The_Spacemouse
Apr 1, 2000 8:52 pm
Hello, Sunmoonchild! Welcome to the club. I wanted to comment on something you said:<br><br>"I do not believe we are born sinners. I believe we are born whole...
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sunmoonchild
Apr 1, 2000 11:10 pm
Hello All! Remember first, I am not Catholic, so I may "corrupt" with what I believe in.<br><br>I must leave for the weekend, so I will post Sunday. I am most...
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josephcatholic
Apr 2, 2000 12:30 am
Teresa,<br><br>An excellent eplication of the Church's teaching on Original Sin. I would just add that from an eastern point of view, what we inherit from Adam...
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kathysable
Apr 2, 2000 3:33 am
Teresa, don't feel bad, I've been cranky myself this week. Since that child was healed satan has been afflicting me big time.<br>In Christ, Kathleen...
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sanctuspioxii
Apr 2, 2000 3:54 pm
Pax everyone, would anyone mind praying for my grandmother. Had surgery last night to remove most of her colon, cancer has spread farther than the doctor had ...
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mateoiglesia
Apr 2, 2000 7:58 pm
James,<br> Isa and I are happy (well, not happy, exactly) to pray for your grandmother.<br><br>Mateo...
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mateoiglesia
Apr 2, 2000 8:14 pm
SMC, what I detect in your posting, where you say you think we are not born separated from God, is noble - it is a deep desire to see the good in humanity that...
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sanctuspioxii
Apr 2, 2000 9:57 pm
Thank you so very much, just came back from seeing her, doesn't look to good...it is i God's hands<br>james...
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kathysable
Apr 2, 2000 10:55 pm
James, go out on the Yahoo Catholic message boards when you have a request. Alot of people with see it and get it faster. The thread is prayer reuests. In...
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sunmoonchild
Apr 3, 2000 12:12 am
Thank you so much for explaining how you believe. I think I like the literal translations of innocent and sinless.<br><br>I have always myself used the ...
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Blaargh_42
Apr 3, 2000 1:30 am
I'll take your last statement first, if you don't mind:<br><br>"I still have not changed my mind - It doesn't seem as if it is along the lines of what Jesus...
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inlovewithourlordando...
inlovewithou...
Apr 3, 2000 1:34 am
Kathleen, if James--or anyone else for that matter--wants to post a prayer request here, he is completely free to do so (not to mention encouraged to do so). ...
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The_Spacemouse
Apr 3, 2000 1:43 am
"Sometimes I wonder whether this is something that<br> Jesus himself did not actually teach, but maybe it had been translated that way by<br> a desciple - not...
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kathysable
Apr 3, 2000 2:41 am
I wasn't discouraging James. I was telling him where there were others places he could post it too. As in addition to....
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inlovewithourlordando...
inlovewithou...
Apr 3, 2000 3:32 am
OK. I truly hoped that that was what you intended; unfortunately, your wording wasn't clear, and that's why I reacted the way that I did. Please forgive...
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mateoiglesia
Apr 3, 2000 4:58 am
Hello SMC!<br><br>It is important to note the sort of things Jesus taught. He did not usually teach doctrine in the sense that we do. Here is what we mean: ...
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sunmoonchild
Apr 3, 2000 7:03 am
Oh boy. I guess I should be more clear with what I mean by "taught" What I mean is what he did with his life. He went around healing by basically telling ...
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Stealthmann_1
Apr 3, 2000 10:29 am
Kathleen, what do you mean by this?: "Have you forgotten that right before the ascension the apostles did not want Christ to leave them. " Grammatically it is...
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Stealthmann_1
Apr 3, 2000 10:32 am
Upon the desire and turning to Christ, the Spirit entered the thief. What constitutes "valid"? If "valid" means the person commits himself to Christ, then the ...
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Stealthmann_1
Apr 3, 2000 10:35 am
Kathleen,<br><br>Never did I suggest or am I suggesting that we set ourselves up to judge God. It seems that the Church judges God by dictating what the Spirit...
