----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Objective Evil
> At 08:16 PM 8/8/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: > >> O.k., given your proposed definition of "Catholic", how do you define > >> "Protestant"? Are Protestants just simply a sect within the Catholic > >> Church? > > > >Sure, that's easy. Protestants are those folks who willingly and > >deliberately maintain a separation from the Catholic church. > > And what word would you use to describe those folks who willingly and > deliberately maintain communion with the Catholic Church? Catholics. But, the trick is, whether the Vatican bureaucracy is empowered by the spirit to decide which decents from their views breaks communion. I feel I maintain communion. > >I do not feel the desire or the need to > >renounce my Catholic tradition of faith in order to be a member of a church > >that is not Catholic. > > I can't imagine that any Catholic would ever ask you to do that. I can > see nothing wrong with you being a Protestant who is heavily influenced by > his history as a Catholic, and the current Catholic tradition and faith. > Why can't I be a member of two churches? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
