Protestant-Catholic Dialog 6 of 10

[virumdei]

Too bad all the apostles were Catholic

[lanceoffaith]

Actually, many among them knows the fact about a Visible Church. Many Protestant Scholars who honestly made a thorough study accept the fact that the Church is indeed the Catholic Church.

It is just very difficult for many of them to move away from what they are used to. And still, many more just could not accept fact and would rather try their best to ignore it and continue with their usual practice of being Protestants

[cmaj91]

I don't think that Doug realizes the very paradox that he is arguing against. On one hand hand, he rejects any single visible church with as holding all authority, but on the other, he himself sites the early Church (i.e. Ephisian elders), formed through apostalic succession, as an authoritative body. According to Doug, apostolic succession seems to count only during the time that the apostles walked on earth, and after that, no one church had the keys???

[jakerugg]

@cmaj91 Hmmmm...interesting question! Protestants don't quite seem to get that point.