On 1/30/2018 11:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> It is indeed a major difference between Catholics and Protestants now. A
> few hundred years ago when the Protestant Reformation came along there
> were a lot of issues that Luther and his followers had problems with.
> Mass and Bibles were in Latin, so people didn't realize that a lot of
> stuff that they were being told was fabricated by the church and had
> nothing to do with the Bible. They objected to the concept of Purgatory
> and rich people being able to buy their way to heaven by paying
> indulgences.
>

The Catholic Church was consistent in some of their teachings though.
Use your church envelope with your donation. Every week there was a
money message of some sort.