So now they’ve done it.  The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith has issued a document with no new information, reaffirming that the Catholic Church is the true Christian Church, even if elements of truth can be found in the other Christian denominations which are not in unity with Rome.  I like what I heard someone explain this to mean at some point in the past: All Christians are Catholics whether they like it or not; it just happens that there are Christians who are not in full communion with the Catholic Church.  Considering some of the over-the-top ecumenical stuff we see sometimes, the intellectual honesty of the document is refreshing.  It says basically that yes, there are difference, and that fullness of the Truth can be found in the Catholic Church; other denominations have elements of the Truth, but not the fullness.

Or as a close friend said to me once, it’s great to stand up and sing in a megachurch, but it’s greater to be sitting at The Table!

Of course, the MSM has decided this is another opportunity to attack the Church.  Via American Papist, here are some headlines:

“Vatican hits ‘wounded’ Christian churches.” – ABC News.au

“Pope: Only Catholics Have ‘Means Of Salvation’”

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