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In reply to the discussion: Charismatic is NOT Catholic teaching! [View all]FBaggins
(27,376 posts)Their website also clearly says "Our covenant is neither an oath nor a vow"
Yet you have described it as both.
The full quote was: "...resembling the permanent commitments made in Christian religious orders and in many other covenant and intentional communities around the world." - which is clearly not the same thing as the "religious vows" that nuns and priests might take. They nowhere pretend to priests (other than the few that are actually priests and a bishop)
Why are you defending these grifters and hucksters?
Not defending them at all. If you make an allegation that is actually true I doubt I would have much to say. The problem is that you purport to describe both what they believe and what the RCC teaches and then contrast them... when you seem to understand the beliefs of neither organization.