> The church of the middle ages in NO WAY represents the modern church Didn't say that it did...
> mass was conducted in latin and sometimes greek Mass was conducted in Latin (officially) in the Catholic church until ~1965, the Second Vatican Council (aka Vatican II) under Pope John XXIII -- http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/ officially put an end to that practice. <snip url http://www.hamptonroads.com/pilotonline/news/nw1222kne.html> The Second Vatican Council, held from from 1962 to 1965, aimed to create a spiritual renewal of the church. Liturgical reforms, such as ending the requirement that priests speak in Latin while leading worship, encouraged the participation of lay Catholics in church services. </snip> > Stop talking about something you know absolutely nothing about, it's > ignorant and offensive and doesn't reflect well on you. Really...I've been Catholic for 34 years (since about two weeks after I was born), so thanks very much for the suggestion. Guess I'll take it under advisement... or not... :) will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: RE: Operation Iraqi Eradication > The church of the middle ages in NO WAY represents the modern church. The > mass was conducted in latin and sometimes greek, the 'teachings' were not > unifed between the Jesuits and other sects within the church, the leaders of > the church occupied positions of political power more in keeping with a head > of state than what the current Catholic church represents. Just as times > change, so does the role of the church in secular life. > > Stop talking about something you know absolutely nothing about, it's > ignorant and offensive and doesn't reflect well on you. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Operation Iraqi Eradication > > > right. > > and though they might have been called "christians" at the time; the > teachings, worship services, etc. were what are today known as "Catholic" > > will > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
