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From: "Kevin A. Munoz" <kevin at tesarta.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:48:39 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <20041227190606.06251.00001476 at mb-m27.aol.com>, Jms at B5
<jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote:

> >I belive you're mistaken.  The excesses of the
> >Crusades, the Inquisition etc. etc. are NOT things based on true Church
> >teaching.
> >
> >Look only to the Gospels themselves as a guide.  The Church's
> >'tolerance' for other religions is right there in black and white.
> 
> So in other words, as long as it's written down in a book you don't actually
> have to do what it says.  All you have to do is read about it or know it's
> there.

The distinction being made by the previous poster reminds me of the
distinction that some (especially Catholic) theologians make between
the Church of the flesh and the Church of the Spirit. The Church of the
flesh can sin, but the Church of the Spirit does not. The right
teachings of the Church come from the latter, while the sinful acts of
the Church come from the former.

Not that this distinction really makes much sense... but it's how the
problem is sometimes resolved.

Kevin A. Munoz


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:55:44 +0000 (UTC)
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>The distinction being made by the previous poster reminds me of the
>distinction that some (especially Catholic) theologians make between
>the Church of the flesh and the Church of the Spirit. The Church of the
>flesh can sin, but the Church of the Spirit does not. The right
>teachings of the Church come from the latter, while the sinful acts of
>the Church come from the former.

Which is, of course, another way of saying "When good stuff happens, we're
happy to take the credit, but when bad stuff happens, we won't take the blame."


 jms

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