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Nov 2 09 6:20 AM
1. Please do not refer to the Catholic Church as a "sect." It is the Church.
139 hairesis {hah'-ee-res-is}
from 138; TDNT - 1:180,27; n f
AV - sect 5, heresy 4; 9
1) act of taking, capture: e.g. storming a city 2) choosing, choice 3) that which is chosen 4) a body of men following their own tenets (sect or party) 4a) of the Sadducees 4b) of the Pharisees 4c) of the Christians 5) dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims
2. The Church does not discourage us from reading and being taught by the Scripture.
Through prayer, Sacred Tradition, The teaching authority of the Church, through the writings of the ECFs, through the writings and examples of her saints throughout the centuries.
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