MaxPC wrote:The section on Marriage has the following subtitles:
!!! SNIP !!!
Thoughts?
I suspect we need more than the subtitles to get anywhere near the differences even among conservative Mennonites on this topic.
Here's my first thought: How is a Catholic going to lead a discussion on conservative Mennonite Doctrine and Practice on a board where we have plenty of conservative Mennonites? The Catholic church has lots of people who are considered married in the Catholic church but would be held to be living in adultery by most conservative Mennonites. The whole concept of annulment is foreign to Mennonites of all stripes.
So how do you, as a Catholic, identify with both traditions at the same time? Are they married or not, and on whose authority? Since you say you accept the authority of the Magisterium, that means you must disagree with the teaching of this chapter. To me, that makes it a little odd to have you lead this conversation for conservative Mennonites as though it matched your own beliefs.
It's not much different than me leading conservative Mennonites through a chapter on conservative Mennonite beliefs on the same topic, something that I would not do because I do not understand the Bible the same way. Let conservative Mennonites teach us what they believe, we have plenty of them here.
If you want, teach us exactly what Plain Catholics believe, where we can find them, and how they deal with the discrepancy between Catholic teachings and Mennonite teachings, that's what you are the expert on. We have nobody at all on the forum to answer questions about Plain Catholics.