Do go and read the full text of SaltSister's long and thoughtful post... she says many things that are necessary to ponder, especially at times like this, when dark and troubling reports disturb our quietness and our praise. Here's her conclusion:
The Church has always assumed a particular understanding of the scriptures. It is no easy task sorting out legitimate tradition from ideas that are so old they just appear as if they were always understood. Some doctrines were more widely believed in one century than in another. For example, doctrines on transubstantiation and the Immaculate Conception were not believed by a majority of Church Fathers in the earliest centuries, but gained in acceptance by later Fathers. The difficulty in proving these matters one way or another is much like proving whether there were or were not pansies planted alongside the tomb where Jesus was laid. One side may argue that there most certainly were pansies because scripture does not say there were not. The other will insist that no pansies could possibly have grown there because scripture does not mention them. Yet it is always these "little foxes that spoil the grapes"...
God says that He only requires of us to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him. John says that we pass from death into life when we love the brethren. (1 John 3:14) Is it not enough?
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