Letter: The term 'Catholic' and what it means

Mon, Aug 30th 2010, 11:00 PM

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I found the letter by "Catholic" to be very informative. However, his signing of the letter with "Catholic" would be permissible if he had left out that an aspect of his ministry was his ability to forgive sins. I would have no problem with anything in his letter if he had signed his name "Roman Catholic", because that denomination gives their priests the authority to forgive sins. His use of the term "Catholic" means Christian and if you call yourself Christian, it means that only Jesus Christ has the authority and ability to forgive sins. Being of the Protestant persuasion it is very difficult for me to read this "misrepresentation" ...

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