that was one or two bishops in the US, not an official church position. Dana
On 10/10/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given some of the more recent pronouncements of the congregation, its > not all that far off, for instance members of the congregation did say > that communion should be withheld from politicians who are Roman > Catholic and support abortion rights. > > On 10/10/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hmm. While your statement seems to be literally true it's rather > > inflammatory and kind of a stretch from head of a tribunal to head of > the > > inquisition, even if the tribunal did take part in the inquisition five > > hundred years ago. It's about like calling anyone from Massachussetts a > > witch-burner. > > > > Dana > > > > On 10/10/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The current name for for the Inquisition is the Congregation for the > > > Doctrine of the Faith, see > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith. > > > Ratzinger's title before he was elected pope was the Prefect of the > > > Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. He followed in the > > > footsteps of such luminaries like Torquemada. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > On 10/10/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > modern day inquisition? > > > > > > > > On 10/10/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Well wasn't Ratzinger the head of the modern day inquisition > before he > > > > > was elected Pope? So of course he's a throwback. > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > On 10/9/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well, not always. Talk to Gallileo. Or anyone touched by the > > > > > > Inquisition. The church has gotten better, but I think they > still > > > have > > > > > > a ways to go. > > > > > > > > > > > > What has changed is what parts are open for interpretation and > > > > > > non-literal reflection. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been a little concerned since the new Pope was put into > place > > > > > > as he seems like a throwback to the old ways of dogma and > unreason > > > > > > (where I felt John Paul was much more enlightened.) > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if such public statements by respected and powerful > > > religious > > > > > > figures will have any effect on the debate here in the US > between > > > > > > fundamentalism and more reasoned versions of Christianity. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/9/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Its been like that since the middle ages. Even St. Augustine > > > railed > > > > > > > against biblical literalism. The church has always said that > parts > > > are > > > > > > > allegorical. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/9/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Saw this on the arch-l mailing list, and thought it worth > > > passing > > > > > along. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a > > > teaching > > > > > > > > document instructing the faithful that some parts of the > Bible > > > are > > > > > not > > > > > > > > actually true. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are > warning > > > > > their > > > > > > > > five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the > > > study > > > > > of > > > > > > > > scripture, that they should not expect "total accuracy" from > the > > > > > > > > Bible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific > > > accuracy > > > > > or > > > > > > > > complete historical precision," they say in The Gift of > > > Scripture. > > > > > > > > .... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176641 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
