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[–] mcv@friendica.opensocial.space 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

@bdonvr @DarrinBrunner

Yeah, that's Catholicism. They've got a couple of weird magical aspects to their faith. Protestants believe it's all symbolic. Not sure what Orthodox Christians believe about this.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I still think it's weird that that's the part Catholics go with literalism on. They usually go with things being metaphors, like the seven day creation story's bit about 'let the earth bring forth' being a reference to evolution, but this thing, specifically, is literal.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

As the oldest denomination mysticism is bound to be present and in some cases persist.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

The Orthodox Church is equally the oldest (extant) denomination as the Catholic Church and they're not as literal on this topic.