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I’m surprised no one has brought this up yet: per the article itself, “None of the heresy letter's signees are cardinals or bishops in good standing within the Catholic church.”The clergy members signing it are members of the Society of St. Pius the Tenth (SSPX). It’s an ultra-traditionalist group with around a thousand members worldwide.The discussion of the sacrament of marriage is an important one. But, like any discussion, it merits getting the details right.

No. I think it’s a flippant way to pretend you are not taking God’s name in vain, which is one of the Ten Commandments.For the record, IHS means “Christ” in Greek, NOT “I’m His Son” or “Iesus, Homintum Salvatore). On the altar in the Catholic Church is something that looks like a sword or a P - it’s the sign that Constantine saw in the sky during the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. That means “By This Sign Shall You Conquer” because it was at this battle, that Constantine won in 315 AD [312 on Wiki] that signalled the start of the Catholic Church. It’s the positioning of the Greek letter chi and rho (x p) that signify the first two letters of “Christ”. On the cross, the letters INRI are an abbreviation for “Iesus Nazereum Rex Iuedum”Billy Graham used to say that even saying things like “Gosh Darn” or “Jeepers Crow” or anything like that is the same thing as saying Goddam or Jesus (H) Christ and it’s just an illusion of not taking God’s name in vain. His argument is pretty good I think. And it has made me think about the meaning of the things I utter too.

To the other three current answers, I might add a few notes that occur to me:Catholicism is the only Church I am aware of that has multiple rites. That is, while all Catholics profess (substantially) the same faith, we do have two dozen or so different styles of worship, each with their own particular laws. In Orthodox Churches, each Church has only one such rite—but Catholics can be of the Ukranian Greek Catholic Church, the Melchite Church, the Malabar Church, and so on. These Churches (rites) are all in full communion with one another; thus we form one Church.The Catholic Church does have married priests—although, like the Orthodox, we do not allow active priests to marry. A few rites have mandatory celibacy for priests—particularly the Latin Church, and the India-based Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Coptic Catholic Church and the Ethiopic Catholic Church.Actually, even the Latin Church has married priests. Most are converts who were ministers (or priests) before their conversion; they were mostly ordained to continue to minister to their congregations who converted along with them. This follows a good Catholic canon law principle: while the law code establishes the general principles, when a particular case requires another result, a dispensation may be granted by the proper authority so the intent of the law may be followed rather than the letter of the law.Also: the Catholic Church is a Bible-rooted Church. Again, as Eric Francis indicated, all one must do is attentively sit through a Mass (or Liturgy of the Hours) to see this: our liturgy is shot through with Bible quotes and allusions, and we follow the Bible injunctions in the very act of gathering together to worship God and to receive the sacraments.I smile when Protestants accuse the Church of not following the Bible—as when they throw up such things as our Mass (but see John 6, or 1 Cor 11, or the Last Supper accounts). On the other hand, which is the only Church I know of that continues to reject, as we always have, remarriage after divorce (Mark 10:1–12) or abortion (see Genesis 1, and Exodus 21:22–25)? If they are so intent on following the Bible, why do they make such exceptions?Another idea that may help understand Catholic teaching (besides such elementary ideas as studying what we actually teach from official documents, including, for example, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, rather than accepting what others say about us) is that there are several, finely distinguished, levels of teaching.Deposit of the Faith: Revelation, including the Sacred Scriptures, that is the Bible. We receive this tradition, and are solemnly charged with preserving and handing it on. Thus we cannot change or add to it.Dogma: A dogma is a truth revealed by God, and as such is proposed by the Magisterium of the Church as necessary for belief. A person remains a Catholic in good standing only if he accepts in its entirety the full revelation of the Faith in its integrity. Dogmas because they are divinely revealed cannot change—but they can be further developed when the need becomes apparent. This is the level at which the Pope and College of Bishops can teach, for example when they gather in a General Council.Doctrines: the compilation of all the teachings of the Catholic Church. That includes those teachings which are necessary as well as those which are not essential to the complete integrity of the Faith. Also included in this category of revelation is the concept that there are dogmas which have yet to be defined, i.e., clarified, officially by the Church. Doctrine differs from dogma in that it can be disputed and speculated upon until such time that it is officially defined by the Magisterium of the Church. This is the level theologians can reach.Disciplines: Any rule, regulation, law and direction set down by the authority of the Church for guiding the faithful toward the perfection of the Gospel in their own lives and the life of the Church as a whole. These rules are binding as long as they are in effect—but they may also be changed as needed for the good pastoral order of the people of God. Examples include clerical celibacy, the details of liturgies, and so on. A secular example might be which side of the road to drive on: it can vary by time and place (Great Britain vs. the rest of the world) but it is good for the sake of avoiding innumerable collisions that a rule exist and be followed!Devotions: These are individual responses to God, and thus cannot really be regulated, except as will help common practices. Examples: Asceticisms such as fasting or abstinence (Note that some are disciplines, such as abstinence on Fridays in Lent and Ash Wednesday), or prayer forms such as the Rosary—which have hundreds of local and personal variations, even if the general form is established.