Catholicism vs. Protestantism.
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We knew they weren’t up to the task of stopping the Muslim invasion that led to the overthrow of Constantinople. We were able to stop them at the Siege of Malta.
Totally random, but my uncle was a part of Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica. Maybe they met. He's dead now, so I can't ask him about it.
Edit: It looks like Byrd died in the 1950s. I think my uncle was on the 1960 expedition, so probably didn't meet.
And the Battle of Tours.
But, let's be fair, it's easier to not be conquered by Muslims when you have the Byzantine empire serving as a buffer state in the east and the Mediterranean to the south.
Tell that to the Sicilians amigo. The Moorish DNA still has a stranglehold on their appearance.
But I guess all they had was the Med to the south as defense. Don’t sell the Moors short. It took Spain half a millennia practically to finally root them out of Spain. And even that was really only possible by the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon to Isabella of Castile. It was only by unifying the 2 smaller kingdoms of Spain into the country that we mostly recognize today that they had the force to expel the Moors.
I guess you could call it that. I believe there was high civilization before the flood. I think science definitely proves that a series of catastrophes befell our planet about 12,500 years ago. I can’t definitively say something like Atlantis or Lemuria existed but I do think civilization was advanced perhaps even in some ways beyond what we are today.
I think the great pyramids served a FAR greater purpose than as the tombs for pharaohs lie that is claimed today.
The idea that a Bronze Age civilization like the Egyptians could’ve built the pyramids is laughable at best. Bronze is an extremely soft metal. And yet they managed to quarry millions of tons of quartz and granite with it?! That is physically impossible. Its like saying you cut down a forest of red woods with a plastic knife.
The Catholic Church is a ruling body where priests are referred to as fathers. The Original Sin Christening is not Baptism because a baby has no idea why they are being Baptized. A true Baptism is for the Remission of Sin and following Jesus Christ's commandment to be Baptized. Furthermore, we are commanded to learn the scriptures (not have priests try to dumb it down for us).
Well, that’s just a difference in teachings. The Catholic Church teaches Bapttism is for original sin. Confession and Penance is for remission of sins.
As far as learning Scripture, too many Protestants have their own interpretations. I prefer it to be explained by people that actually are qualified to understand the history behind it. But then you may prefer the prosperity gospel and one that glorifies capitalism over love, humility and love of thy neighbor. in other words, confirmation bias.
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After reading all this stuff. How is this one for you? Matthew 15:14. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind. both shall fall into the ditch.
We don't need a Pope to be the head of a church. That is strictly Jesus' job in a Judeo-Christian Church.
Historically, the Bishop of Rome was at least regarded as the “First among Equals.” The Eastern Orthodox church actually reasserted this doctrine recently as a part of their ongoing ecumenical process with the RCC.
But the papacy really gained its preeminence as a result of most of the eastern churches being overtaken by other groups during Late Antiquity. In the third century, Jerusalem was conquered by the Sassanids. And the Muslims eventually conquered all of Christiandom outside of Western and Central Europe. The West became isolated and Rome was now the biggest center of Christianity that wasn’t oppressed by another group. This is arguably when the pope saw its role shift from “First among Equals” to the supreme authority in the Church.
But the papacy really gained its preeminence as a result of most of the eastern churches being overtaken by other groups during Late Antiquity. In the third century, Jerusalem was conquered by the Sassanids. And the Muslims eventually conquered all of Christiandom outside of Western and Central Europe. The West became isolated and Rome was now the biggest center of Christianity that wasn’t oppressed by another group. This is arguably when the pope saw its role shift from “First among Equals” to the supreme authority in the Church.
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I potentially got 5/7. That could be a passing grade. Not bad for an agnostic.
Baptism
Marriage
Eucharist
Mass?
Confession?
Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Confession
Orders
Marriage
Anointing of the Sick
I though about Confirmation, but I got the impression it was just a symbolic community event.
