Doug Henwood wrote:
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> <http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/08/bigotry-on-the-.html>
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> Bigotry on the Bayou?
> [by Jake Tapper]
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> August 23, 2007 12:20 PM
> [clip]
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> But Jindal uses the words "scandalous" and "heresy" in his essay "How
> Catholicism Is Different" against Protestants, to argue that
> Catholicism is preferable to other Christian faiths, if only because
> the Catholic Church is the one source to be trusted when interpreting
> Scripture.
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> "The meaning of Scripture is not self-evident," Jindal writes.
> "Sincerely motivated Christians studying the same texts have
> disagreed on the fundamentals of the faith, thereby dividing not only
> Protestants from Catholics, but also particular Protestant
> denominations from each other. Post-Reformation history does not
> reflect the unity and harmony of the 'one flock' instituted by Christ
> but rather a scandalous series of divisions and new denominations,
> including some that can hardly be called Christian."
For a marvelous use of this argument (though differently pointed) see John Dryden's second most interesting poem, "Religio Laici." (His best is the translation of the Aeneid.)
Carrol