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Originally Posted by Mightyboosh
How do you resolve the contradiction that the CC has always claimed to be an authoratitive source and yet has been shown to be wrong on some subjects, such as Evolution, which is a hugely significant error, and has admitted those errors and simply changed it's teachings to reflect that?
A bit out of my element here, but Church doctrine can "develop" over time. Fundamental principals of the doctrine does not change, but the teachings that come from that principle can change as we learn more.
Here's an example that I found:
Another well-known example of a Church teaching changing is slavery. The Church came to a gradual understanding that slavery was immoral, and moved from a stance of condoning to condemning slavery. In this case, the foundational principle was the idea that humanity is made in imago Dei, the image and likeness of God. That principle never changed; it was expanded to include enslaved peoples once it was understood that they were entirely human.
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Originally Posted by Mightyboosh
How can you trust anything they teach?
We trust what the Catholic Church teaches because of the below Bible verse. This verse is where Jesus founds HIS church (the Catholic Church) and gives Peter (the pope) the Authority.
Because Jesus Christ is the head of the Catholic Church the teachings cannot be wrong.
Matthew 16: 18-19
"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Last edited by nohands; 01-02-2019 at 11:02 PM.