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Cardinal Gibbons wrote: But did not the Vatican Council in promulgating the definition of Papal Infallibility in 1870, create a new doctrine of revelation? And did not the Church thereby forfeit her glorious distinction of being always unchangeable in her teaching? The Council did not create a...

It is possible that neither one wants the facts.

What you have is an Anglican and a Lutheran attempting to teach you what Catholicism "really teaches". It isn't worth too much, really.

The Catholic Church hasn't changed its dogmatic statements of doctrine. Yet the Church continues to offer teaching and explanations that are suitable for the times and cultures in which it works. The development of doctrine is not about changing dogma. It is about clarifying issues that new...

I guess your opinions change then, today you opine this way, tomorrow you may opine differently. But is there any continuity in your opinions or does the existence of change - no matter what sort of change - mean that it's a lie to say "my views have remained the same for many decades because...

Nope, the CCC is 688 pages long, the standard edition is copyright 1997. Nearly every Catholic who has participated in RCIA (rite of Christian initiation of Adults) has read the CCC either in whole or in parts covering all significant Catholic teaching and liturgical practises. The opening...

It is not a sin to disagree with a bible passage. It is not a sin to disagree with official church teachings. It is not a sin to to miss a church meeting.

My first computer was an Amiga 1000

Are the letters in the new testament normal? The letters in the new testament seem very unusual, really abnormal, for letters. They contain complicated sentences and intricate pieces of subtle reasoning as well as moral advice and some theological statements. They are, on the whole, more like...

Orthodox easter is still a few weeks away, Sunday 5-May Catholic Easter was last Sunday, 31-March

It is as if you tempt God to condemn you by taking the course that you describe. It is not wise to tempt the Lord our God.

Just read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, or if you want, also read the Catechism of the Council of Trent, and if you need ancient catechesis then Saint Augustine wrote a catechism. There's no shortage of documents to tell you what Catholics teach, and when you want official dogmatic...

People come and go in every community. It's not unusual.

Only God knows what they did, if it was sin, and if it is forgiven. Why are you asking me this stuff, as if you think I ought to know the secret things of God and the inner thoughts of other people's minds/hearts?

Why did you leave? Was it because you did not believe that "that the Catholic Church is founded by God as necessary for salvation"? Did you think that claim was untrue and unjustified? If so, then you did not know it, because knowing something is believing it to be true because of evidence that...

knowing is holding a justified true belief. Since you wrote that you do not believe it then you do not know it.

no. Definitions are not yes/no questions.

This was answered in posts 20 and 22.

Knowledge is normally defined as justified true belief.

It means what it says, specifically, if a person, Magnus, for example, knows that the Catholic Church is founded by God as necessary for salvation and yet obstinately refuses to enter it or to remain in it then he is not saved. Magnus cannot know that the Catholic Church is founded by God as...