--- Sarah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what confession is. You confess to a priest, > not directly to > god. The whole protestant/catholic schism came > about precisely > because of the Catholic belief that a relationship > with god should be > mediated. The early protestants wanted to believe > they could have a > direct relationship with god, bypassing the > authority of the church.
Oh well, I thought you were talking about praying. Some might argue that confessing to a priest is not unlike talking to a therapist although most priests seem quite bored by the whole thing - i'm sure they've heard so many so-called sins that they just roll their eyes at the whole thing (that's probably why they're behind that screen - so they can make faces without the person seeing them!) I thought the schism was because Henry VIII couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to be married to his brother's widow or some other chick. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
