On 1/30/2018 10:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> 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.Â* Every week there was a
> money message of some sort.


So yo figure the Church should be a freebie with no donations?