err...I would have thought that the term "Catholic" only makes sense in
contrast to the term "heretic". Since heresy is the stubborn adherence to
principles that contradict dogmas held by the "Church", I fail to see how
there could have been, if there were no heretics, any "Catholics" during
the period in which the NT was being composed. And please don't trot out
the fact that S. Paul uses the term: it simply means 'sect' in Greek.
Good night.
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, joseph pope wrote:
> Dear Donald Jacob,
> Thank you very much for the most erudite answer to Pat Sloane. It
> is of great benefit to all of us as well. And thanks too for answering
> Peter Eardley regarding those Jewish Hebrew Catholics and thereby saving
> me the chore.
> You did it better than I would have done anyway.
> Joe Pope
>
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