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BTW, who are you do condemn anything?

Sorry. Guess that did sound considerably arrogant. I'm nobody, really. I was just trying to say that I agree with the condemnation of these heresies also.

Since when did you become the infallible interpreter of truth?

Ummmmmmm......not me. Sorry if that is what it sounds like. I have tremendous potential for error. That's why I trust the Church's teachings. Need to have a greater authority than myself handle the Scriptures.

What I hope you mean is it is your personal "opinion."

Yes. Sorry for the bad wording.

So in your personal opinion you believe that "teaching" to be in error. Boy, I sure get nauseated by the arrogance of those former "Fundamentalists" who supposedly found the "truth," while us "former" Catholics do not understand the Church's teachings.

Karl Keating states that almost all of the Catholics who have reverted to the Church have the same testimony -- they really didn't KNOW the Church's teachings. I think you would agree with me that there is a distinct difference between "knowing" and actually understanding something from within. It is one thing to be taught something by hearing it over and over again, and quite another thing to study it, tear it apart, compare it, dissect it, and come to a thorough understanding of it. I have had a number of my Catholic friends tell me that they don't know their own teachings that well.

I see that in another reply you claimed you thought you knew the Catholic's teaching. There are probably alot of Reformed friends of yours that think the same about you and your understanding of the Reformed position.

Unlike Catholics who grow up hearing their teachings and just accept them at face value without cracking a Bible and proving them, I had to study my way into the Calvinist position from being a Fundamentalist. It took three years and I think most of the people I went to church with would tell you that I had a pretty good grasp on the Reformed doctrines.

Does anybody else see a problem with that? You found the "truth" and I am accused of not understanding Catholic teaching or I misrepresent it, while I am supposed to believe you ever understood Reformed theology? Do you see why we think that is the height of arrogance?

Yeah, I can see how it sounds that way. I didn't mean it that way and apologize for any offense, but honestly, would you tell me if you EVER studied any of the Church's doctrines while you were actually in the Church? Or did you just study them on the way out the door and do so trying to prove them wrong because of your new friends from Protestantism? Just curious.

If we do not understand Catholic theology then I can say just as emphatically you do an did not understand Reformed theology. If you did you would never have left!

I am just one of MANY, such as Scott Hahn (who's briefcase I couldn't even lift theologically) who have studied their way into the Faith. Actually, because Presbyterianism is quasi-sacramental, I think it is easier for Presbyterians to come into the Church than it is for Evangelicals.

Do you agree on these anathemas on "justification" also?

Canon IX
CanonXI
Canon XII
Canon XIII
Canon XIV
Canon XXIV
Canon XXX
Canon XXXII

If the Church teaches it, I accept it. That is what it means to be a Catholic. One does not claim to be Catholic and decide what he will and will not believe of the Faith


Cordially in Christ,

Brother Ed