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AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman
Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says
Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations
were not true churches. . .
In the latest document - formulated as five questions and answers - the
Vatican seeks to set the record straight on Vatican II's ecumenical
intent, saying some contemporary theological interpretation had been
"erroneous or ambiguous" and had prompted confusion and doubt.
It restates key sections of a 2000 document the pope wrote when he was
prefect of the congregation, "Dominus Iesus," which set off a firestorm
of criticism among Protestant and other Christian denominations because
it said they were not true churches but merely ecclesial communities and
therefore did not have the "means of salvation."
In the new document and an accompanying commentary, which were released
as the pope vacations here in Italy's Dolomite mountains, the Vatican
repeated that position.
"Christ 'established here on earth' only one church," the document said.
The other communities "cannot be called 'churches' in the proper sense"
because they do not have apostolic succession - the ability to trace
their bishops back to Christ's original apostles.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/10/ap3898289.html
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman
Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says
Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations
were not true churches. . .
In the latest document - formulated as five questions and answers - the
Vatican seeks to set the record straight on Vatican II's ecumenical
intent, saying some contemporary theological interpretation had been
"erroneous or ambiguous" and had prompted confusion and doubt.
It restates key sections of a 2000 document the pope wrote when he was
prefect of the congregation, "Dominus Iesus," which set off a firestorm
of criticism among Protestant and other Christian denominations because
it said they were not true churches but merely ecclesial communities and
therefore did not have the "means of salvation."
In the new document and an accompanying commentary, which were released
as the pope vacations here in Italy's Dolomite mountains, the Vatican
repeated that position.
"Christ 'established here on earth' only one church," the document said.
The other communities "cannot be called 'churches' in the proper sense"
because they do not have apostolic succession - the ability to trace
their bishops back to Christ's original apostles.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/10/ap3898289.html
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