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During my mission in Mexico, I was speaking to a leader in the Catholic Church who gave me alot to think about. He told me that if the Catholic Church is the church that St. Peter set up after receiving the keys from Jesus...then anybody that does anything contrary to the word of the Pope is doing it wrong. He also expressed his thoughts on the idea that if the Catholic Church is wrong and not the church that was set up by St. Peter, then that would make the Mormon Church the right one, because of the position of the same system of Leadership and Priesthood, as the Mormons claim a restoration of that responsibility through Divinity and angelic visitation.
If I were a Catholic, and my American version church branched off to do something that the Pope had expressed his word against...I would leave the American break-off and find another church that was doing it the way the Pope had expressed. The way I see it, you cannot be Catholic and deny the Pope. Just like I cannot be called a Mormon and not believe the teachings of President Gordon B. Hinkley.
[ 08-06-2003, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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