Protestants: No God For You
Dismay and anger as Pope declares Protestants cannot have churches
Protestant churches yesterday reacted with dismay to a new declaration approved by Pope Benedict XVI insisting they were mere "ecclesial communities" and their ministers effectively phonies with no right to give communion.
"It is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of 'Church' could possibly be attributed to [Protestant communities], given that they do not accept the theological notion of the Church in the Catholic sense and that they lack elements considered essential to the Catholic Church."
Full article, Guardian UK, July 11, 2007
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Fortunately we still have the Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. As long as The Pope doesn't condemn it, we still have something to believe in.
TLC
Protestant churches yesterday reacted with dismay to a new declaration approved by Pope Benedict XVI insisting they were mere "ecclesial communities" and their ministers effectively phonies with no right to give communion.
"It is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of 'Church' could possibly be attributed to [Protestant communities], given that they do not accept the theological notion of the Church in the Catholic sense and that they lack elements considered essential to the Catholic Church."
Full article, Guardian UK, July 11, 2007
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Fortunately we still have the Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. As long as The Pope doesn't condemn it, we still have something to believe in.
TLC
posted by TLC's Place at 11:59 PM
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