Catholic Priests--Their Blood Equal to Christ's?

Invented for the movie!

 

Man if only stuff worked like it does in movies! Vampires turned asside by Holy Water (which my father tells me is to remind the Catholic of their baptism). Or looking at the crucifix. However, having seen the exocist many years ago I don't think I would like to be a Catholic priest conducting that rite to get rid of a demon.

 

Absolutely and categorically NO.
A priest is a man, a creature of God as we all are.

 

There might be some Baptists that claim immaculate perception.

Cheers,

Jim

 

If I asked any of the 4 priests I know....it would cause them pain to think there is such ignorance about such. They are very aware of their human condition and strive to be worthy of their office.

 

I've never heard of anyone believing this, I agree, made up for the movies. I've seen a lot of totally made up junk in movies relating in some way with christianity. I never trust anyting they say.

 

:thumbs:.............................

 

It's hard to say. Some Catholic priests think they have some pretty wonderous powers.

For example (from http://www.archden.org/archbishop/docs/9_25_02_priesthood.htm)

 

Ummm, how is that.....to think a priest would believe his own blood is equal to our Saviour is rank heresy.

I recently saw the film "Doubt" which purports to be about Catholics in the 1950s. Most of the Catholic imagery was so false as to be laughable, sadly films tend to be lessons for those who are ignorant on the subject matter (this is not confined to religion however) and the film maker knowingly or unknowingly rewrites history for the sake of box office takings....why let truth stand in the way of a good story. Another film to hold up to the light is the laughable 'Angels and Demons"...what utter rubbish....and yet some people believe such purile lies:type:

 

>but do you know for sure that NO priest believes that lie?

But do you know that NO Baptist believes it about himself?

It is generally impossible to prove a negative statement about something not happening in the entire universe.

 

I've never heard of a Catholic who believes this but on the other hand, Catholicism teaches some pretty dopey stuff, so who knows?

 

I think that Hollywood uses the Catholic religion almost exclusively because so many Catholic beliefs play into a mysticism of sorts. It is this seeming belief of theirs that man made traditions can carry as much weight as scripture that is to fault here. Its just sooo easy to twist what they believe into whatever a writer needs.

It is IMO much harder to twist the beliefs of Protestants who are more likely to believe sola scriptura and our scripture is sooo boring that it doesn't take anything but faith to cast out a demon (no holy water or anything! ). What self preserving writer would want to use us for the Exorcist? :laugh: