dittohead
12-04-2005, 02:09 AM
Well, to start, I'm Catholic; I live in small town originally "settled" by Roman Catholic Italians (me). Eventually, Germans and such, including a small, strict protestant church became the majority in the area. As I have to live with, not only them, but protestants from other churches (Lutheran, Methodist, etc.), many questions have come to me. I've asked my Monsignor questions and he's eplained many of them. 1 issue that really peaked my interest was the issue of literal vs. spiritual inferral of the Bible. Whether it's the Catechism of the Holy Catholic Church or other documents, the Church has many doctrines and paper describing and detailing the traditions and teachings based on the bible and the past (don't bother me with issues of corruption because we acknowledge it happened and publicly apologized in the 1970's for it, and any Church has corruption in some time). However, no protestant church, save the Orthodox's in Europe, have written doctrine. This is best explained to be true because their doctrine is just what is written, AMEN. Whether it is the eucharist, reconciliation, or even paul saying "Let Your Women Be Silent in Church", my faith believes that these should all be interpreted based on the local color, regionalism, and language of the time. The direct interpretation by King James in the formation of the Anglican Church did not do this and therefore the church was created based on the idea that the religion was word, period. I just want to get some insight by anyone, protestant, Catholic, whatever on some of these issues. And, also, I do not intend in any way for this to turn into a war ground...