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The Catholic Church

by Pathofthorns in

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for all that we've trashed the catholic church as though they've been some kind of "arch-enemy" of jehovah's witnesses and christianity itself, its quite facinating to see this once strict religion gradually abandoning its teachings and becoming more mainstream.. its quite interesting to see how centuries held beliefs can be abandoned due to changing times.

i think there are many more similarities between the catholic church and witnesses than we realized, despite our insisting how radically different we were.. i'm not saying the attrocities committed by the catholic church are somehow equal or less than mistakes made by jehovah's witnesses.

but i do think that the pope's acknowledging and apologizing for many of these earlier this year is a step in the right direction.. i guess they get new light too as they've changed their teachings on hellfire, and now they've even opened up heaven to non-catholics.

JefferyMSchwehm

Hi All-

This is a very interesting discussion on the Catholic Church. For those of you who are interested in what the Catholic Church current teaches on any subject, I highly recommend buying a copy of "The Catechism of the Catholic Church". It is an interesting read. There is a lot of confusion on what the Catholic church *really* teaches. I think this is because it is sooooo large. You can get a copy of this Catechism at Barnes and Noble.

Also, there are some very good books written by Professor Scott Hahn who is a Biblical theology professor at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. He was once a Presbyterian Pastor who converted to the Catholic church. His book on the Old Testament "A Father Who Keeps His Promises" is very good and very biblical in my opinion.

Jeff S.