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Topic: what should I do?
Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32401	Mon 02/13/12 12:19 PM
ALSO...catholics do NOT believe Mary is a co-redeeemer. Whoever told you that was Incorrect !!! Yes we do. It's a teaching of the Catholic Church. However, you may be misunderstanding the meaning of it. The actual title is Co-redemptrix.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32401	Mon 02/13/12 12:23 PM
It doesn't matter. How can you say that? It is the EXACT topic of the thread. The differences are EXACTLY what might keeps two people apart. It seems to me this reaction is just a way to stop asking the most important questions becuase to reflect on them opens up questions of why a person believes these things which when examined honesty lead back to uncomfortable truths. Ruth34611 and Morning Song: thank you for your words of encouragement and understanding. I greatly appreciated them. Bushidobillyculb: I go to a reformed church. The main difference in our religions is infant vs. believers baptism, Mary as co-redeemer vs. Jesus as the only redeemer and many others. I don't want to get into anything too deep on here because that was not the main reason for my post, it was to ask for the wisdom and counsel of others to guide me in my situation. Thanks again to everyone who offered their thoughts on the matter. Well and I want everyone to understand I am coming from a perspective of complete ignorance of the actual differences, and my motivation is in trying to understand these differences and what impact if any they have on actual real life decisions. I think to really to offer any advice without having an understanding of these difference is to not even really engage in what makes the decision important. There are significant differences between Catholicism and non-Catholic Christians. Papal infallibility is a huge one. There are major lifestyle beliefs that would affect the couple as well. As much as some Catholics would like to downplay these differences in the spirit of ecumenism, there are major differences.

Bushidobillyclub Joined Fri 05/11/07 Posts: 5689	Mon 02/13/12 12:54 PM Edited by Bushidobillyclub on Mon 02/13/12 01:52 PM
Interesting compilation here at wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations Is this representative? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_churches Seems reformed Churches is still pretty broad, any more specifics?

MorningSong Joined Mon 02/11/08 Posts: 4505	Mon 02/13/12 02:05 PM Edited by MorningSong on Mon 02/13/12 02:09 PM
ALSO...catholics do NOT believe Mary is a co-redeeemer. Whoever told you that was Incorrect !!! Yes we do. It's a teaching of the Catholic Church. However, you may be misunderstanding the meaning of it. The actual title is Co-redemptrix. Ruth..from what I understood, the catholic church believes Jesus alone is our Saviour...Jesus alone saves...just like all other mainline denominations and non-denominations believe. Ruth...mind sharing what this teaching of c0-redemtrix means?

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32401	Mon 02/13/12 02:24 PM
Ruth...mind sharing what this teaching of c0-redemtrix means? Sure. It's a commonly misunderstood term but it is definitely a teaching of the Church. I'm at the doctor right now so I'd rather write it out when I get home on a regular keyboard. But you are right to say that Catholics believe that Jesus is the only Savior.

MorningSong Joined Mon 02/11/08 Posts: 4505	Mon 02/13/12 02:31 PM
And that is the most important TRUTH of all : JESUS ALONE SAVES. And this is the whole central theme of the bible... JESUS...WHO CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD..SO WE COULD ALL BE ONCE MORE BROUGHT BACK INTO RIGHT FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.