Understood. While I have a good deal of respect for Catholic social thought by the likes of John Courtney Murray, Francis Canavan and Richard John Neuhaus, Catholic doctrine, not so much.
Venerating the (former) Virgin Mary was something I could never get my head around.
Transubstantiation? No, that misses the point of the matter.
Understood. While I have a good deal of respect for Catholic social thought by the likes of John Courtney Murray, Francis Canavan and Richard John Neuhaus, Catholic doctrine, not so much.
Venerating the (former) Virgin Mary was something I could never get my head around.
Transubstantiation? No, that misses the point of the matter.
Baptism of infants for original sin? Nope.
The infallibility of the Pope? Negative.
Putting papal decrees above Scripture? Uh uh.
Forbidding priests to marry? A direct violation of Scripture. This absurdity led to the sexual abuse of children that has yet to be fully investigated and disclosed. An absolute abomination. “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
A stumbling block, granted. However, the challenge remains.
Understood. While I have a good deal of respect for Catholic social thought by the likes of John Courtney Murray, Francis Canavan and Richard John Neuhaus, Catholic doctrine, not so much.
Venerating the (former) Virgin Mary was something I could never get my head around.
Transubstantiation? No, that misses the point of the matter.
Baptism of infants for original sin? Nope.
The infallibility of the Pope? Negative.
Putting papal decrees above Scripture? Uh uh.
Forbidding priests to marry? A direct violation of Scripture. This absurdity led to the sexual abuse of children that has yet to be fully investigated and disclosed. An absolute abomination. “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
A stumbling block, granted. However, the challenge remains.