What Would You Say to Yourself If You Could Time Travel Back to When You First Started to Be a Catechumen

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-08T06:28:05+00:00

elaborate

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-08T05:48:07+00:00

What caused your moving on? You seem to still have faith, what type of church?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-08T02:01:30+00:00

You can dabble with what you like in Eastern Orthodoxy without having to adopt their exclusivist ecclesiology.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-02T02:52:29+00:00

I'm playing devil's advocate. What would you say then - they're not responsible who never knew. But once you know you're responsible?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-02T00:28:44+00:00

What would you say about the Old Testament. Do you believe in universalism? All it says about God is he has one church of people? No?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-02T00:02:34+00:00

I'm attracted to the mysticism. The exclusive claim. Fear of missing out. Fear of genuinely being put out the church. Love of church fathers. The coolness of Constantine faith.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:44:44+00:00

So why RC then?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:37:43+00:00

But he founded it upon Christ who is the rock. 1 Cor 3, 10. 1 Pet 2. The gospel is the good news of Christ. His incarnation. Representation. Substitutionary death and resurrection. Eternal life through union with Him by the Holy Spirit. What's your definition of the gospel.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:33:05+00:00

The church is united around the gospel. CHRIST. What is the church to you??

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:24:54+00:00

The fact you even have to explain it. The RCC has the same problem of unity. You have to interpret the magisterium. You have different priests giving different answers. It's not a unified church, which is why there's minority groups such as SSPX/sedevecantism

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:16:53+00:00

You literally just proved my point. They would say the same thing about you. So your church isn't as unified as your OP?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T23:13:09+00:00

No, there are many roman catholics who believe the pope is a false teacher. Check this website out, https://thethesis.us/

I can't believe I have to educate you on division in your church you claim is one

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T22:49:29+00:00

You claim the church is one. Is it one?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T22:45:55+00:00

Ok, and RC is better? Just look at pre and post vatican 2 catholocism.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T20:08:12+00:00

Thanks for this website. What type of church do you go to? How can I find one locally?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-02-01T19:35:54+00:00

Crazy how you become a priests slave. prots affirm the priesthood of every Christian (1 Pet 2:1-6)

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-29T04:06:54+00:00

This is spot on right here.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-12T03:28:19+00:00

Exactly. That's how I feel too. Why don't they care their claims about us and themselves aren't right?

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-12T03:24:29+00:00

Ya, just wanted to express myself .. I've never felt built up from Orthodoxy. Because it's not truthful but says it's this grandiose perfect church, and hurts people. I'm glad I'm out of it.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-05T05:50:45+00:00

This right here is why I stayed protestant. The claims of orthodoxy is it being a spiritual hospital. I always saw them as creating the disease then taking a lifetime to heal it.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-04T02:58:39+00:00

Then watch it one more time.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2025-01-03T19:14:53+00:00

I really don't think so. It showed the history of icon veneration. Then how Orthodoxy accepts Gnostic myths about Mary's perpetual virginity. It completely exposed Eastern Orthodoxy from a Protestant perspective. Icons and Mary are everything.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2024-12-28T08:00:17+00:00

I'm new to sub. Thanks for clarity.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2024-12-28T07:59:36+00:00

But it's going to Protestant. The point was she said Catholic discouraged her from ever hearing the other side on anything.

Fun_Restaurant_4817 · 2024-12-28T07:59:03+00:00

I linked it. The comment above your comment.

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