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From: D2MG@SDSUMUS (Kurt Evans)
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Subject: Re: Matthew 16:18-19 and Rock vs. Little Stones
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Date: 15 Jan 90 23:47:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  In reply to your message of SUN 14 JAN 1990 22:41:03 CST

Donna Marie,

     As I mentioned in a personal mailing, I spent a large part of
Christmas vacation studying the history of Roman Catholicism.  I came
across Nestorianism completely by chance(?) while looking up Nero.
It seems they believed Jesus was part God and part man, and although
they acknowledged that Mary was the mother of the man part of Him,
they did not acknowledge that she was the mother of the God part of
Him.  The encyclopedia gave no information that would make me think
it was a heresy (unless, of course, you define a heresy as a conflict
with Catholicism).

     You write, "...does one believe the Church is a living body,
guided by the Holy Spirit, or not?  If so, you're Catholic, or possibly
Orthodox, or maybe Anglican..."  I believe the Church is a living body,
guided by the Holy Spirit, but I do not identify with any denomination.

                                       Jesus is Lord,
                                       Kurt