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    The development of Doctrine

    What you have written is not right because it is only the first three councils that all branches of the ancient Church accept. Catholic and Orthodox receive the first seven, Oriental Orthodox receive only the first three, Catholics receive the eighth, and Catholics receive the nineth through the...
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    The development of Doctrine

    I can't say I have ever met such a person. It is, however, true that every doctrine of the Church has its roots in revelation which has existed from the beginning and with that as a foundation for one's understanding of Church Dogmatics, it follows that the Church has always believed what she...
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    The development of Doctrine

    THE REFORM COUNCILS — TRENT, VATICAN I, VATICAN II #19 Trent (1545-63) Rejected the Protestant Reformation, affirmed Church teachings, implemented reforms Lasting 18 years, due to wars and plagues, the Council of Trent was called in reaction to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. This was...
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    The development of Doctrine

    ECUMENICAL COUNCILS OF THE WEST — THE POPE CALLS ALL COUNCILS #9 Lateran I (1123) Condemned lay investiture The first Lateran Council, held at the Palace of Lateran in Rome, was called by Pope Callistus II with 300 bishops attending. The attendees affirmed and decreed that a monarch did not...
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    The development of Doctrine

    The councils of the Catholic Church provide a good record of how Christian doctrine has developed, largely in response to heresies and partly in response to internal debates on the meaning of the scriptures. Here is a summary of the twenty-one councils of the Catholic Church. The following is...
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    Ciao!

    It is good to see a fellow Catholic here.
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    Do you think ...?

    Do you think that converts from Protestantism to one or another of the Orthodoxies leads to the convert carrying over from Protestantism whatever prejudices and misapprehensions about Catholicism they had as Protestants to Orthodoxy?
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    Ciao!

    Hello @Hadassah :)
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    Faith

    I visit this site every now and then, so I have not read all the posts you've written. I have read some.
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    Faith

    Aren't there are lot of posts in here! not many replies.
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    Resurrecting Windows 10/11 on a nine-year-old dual boot tablet

    Today, after receiving a powered USB hub from Amazon.com.au I am resurrecting a slightly crippled Windows 10 on my Teclast X98 Air 3G tablet. I damaged its drivers by installing "optional updates" for drivers. The optional updates didn't work, and Microsoft did warn that they might not, so it...
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    Free from the Law, oh blessed condition! I can sin as I please and still have remission.

    Aside from Gordon Clarke's rhyme (and he meant it as a criticism of some Presbyterians who he said believed "nothing, just nothing at all") I have never heard a pastor in any church I have visited teach that we may sin as we please and still have remission.
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    Would you rather be Orthodox or Catholic?

    Interesting. I became a Catholic for some theological reasons (the antiquity of the Church, her unity, and apostolic practises) and some liturgical reasons (I like the mass with its emphasis on the Holy Eucharist, its scripture readings, and short homily) and some convenience reasons (it was...
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    Would you rather be Orthodox or Catholic?

    If, for some good reason, you were to decide to become either a Catholic or an Orthodox Christian, which would you choose?
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    CH Catholics roll call

    hi :)
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    Prayer practises.

    With the rosary and most Catholic liturgical prayers from the Divine Office Catholics (me included) open with the sign of the cross and its accompanying prayer In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Then follows the prayer we intend to pray, be it spontaneous or...
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    Attention non-trinitarians - this is a good way for you to chat about your beliefs.

    I know that more posts appear in the "Christians only" part of this site, and I understand why that is so, and I understand why non-trinitarians who like to discuss matters that are not directly related to the doctrine of the Trinity may want to participate in such threads in the "Christians...
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    Free from the Law, oh blessed condition! I can sin as I please and still have remission.

    The topic comes from a little rhyme that Gordon Clarke wrote in his book What Do Presbyterians Believe I think he thought that some Presbyterians believed nothing at the time he was writing in the 1960s. So, are we, as Christians, free from the law and is that a blessed condition and does it...
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    Windows 11

    Yes, I have windows 11, 23H2. It's good. Only thing that annoys me a little is the secure boot stuff.
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    What is your church's position on ordaining women to eldership (the priesthood)?

    In a typical Catholic Church the priest is answerable to the local bishop and is the administrator of the parish; the deacon(s) assist him, the parish council advises him, and so does the finance committee.
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