▲ 651 ▼ As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter (www.jsonline.com) submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments Whose responsibility is it to protect unhoused when it's freezing outside? An Ohio pastor opened his church to the homeless and was charged by city.
[+] gaifux@lemmy.world -7 points 2 years ago (2 children) A pastor would not be "serving the body of Christ", since transfiguration is a Roman Catholic heresy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpezBroughtMeHere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're not familiar with communion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gaifux@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) The doctrine of transfiguration is not the same thing as communion. When protestants take communion they are not under the belief they are eating the literal body of Christ. Instead it's purely symbolic. Catholicism holds that your salvation literally hinges on eating that piece of bread and wine every week since they believe it is literally Christ's body once it's blessed. It's like the literalist opposite of gnostic views permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Buddy you're trying to nitpick something that no one cares about that still has the same result. At the end of the day the people will still be eating the cracker in a business zoned church. Whatever beliefs or arbitrary labels are held behind the gesture do not matter at all to what is being talked about permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) deleted by creator permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpezBroughtMeHere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're not familiar with communion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gaifux@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) The doctrine of transfiguration is not the same thing as communion. When protestants take communion they are not under the belief they are eating the literal body of Christ. Instead it's purely symbolic. Catholicism holds that your salvation literally hinges on eating that piece of bread and wine every week since they believe it is literally Christ's body once it's blessed. It's like the literalist opposite of gnostic views permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Buddy you're trying to nitpick something that no one cares about that still has the same result. At the end of the day the people will still be eating the cracker in a business zoned church. Whatever beliefs or arbitrary labels are held behind the gesture do not matter at all to what is being talked about permalink fedilink source parent
[+] gaifux@lemmy.world -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) The doctrine of transfiguration is not the same thing as communion. When protestants take communion they are not under the belief they are eating the literal body of Christ. Instead it's purely symbolic. Catholicism holds that your salvation literally hinges on eating that piece of bread and wine every week since they believe it is literally Christ's body once it's blessed. It's like the literalist opposite of gnostic views permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Buddy you're trying to nitpick something that no one cares about that still has the same result. At the end of the day the people will still be eating the cracker in a business zoned church. Whatever beliefs or arbitrary labels are held behind the gesture do not matter at all to what is being talked about permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Buddy you're trying to nitpick something that no one cares about that still has the same result. At the end of the day the people will still be eating the cracker in a business zoned church. Whatever beliefs or arbitrary labels are held behind the gesture do not matter at all to what is being talked about permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) deleted by creator permalink fedilink source parent