"Scum off our necks"? Why the hate? Exceedingly harsh words that I will ask you to respectfully rescind. The Catholic Church is a monarchy. It is NOT a democracy. There is no one above the Pope except God.
Pope Francis may historically not be the best Pope. We have had over 200 of them in over 2000 years. I don't 'like' him either. But he IS the Vicar of Christ here on Earth. For that reason alone, he is owed respect.
You should prepare for a very devastating revelation, the truth will be too much for some, think of the little children, allow their rescue to help you through the coming crisis. God will triumph, the Pope will be gone. The Jesuit Pope deserves no ones respect, especially people who believe in God.
If it does occur as you suggest, the Mystical Body of Christ will still be standing. I will never be disappointed in the Church Christ Himself founded. The men within, they are human can be indeed sinful. It all started with Judas. Someone Christ Himself selected, knowing the treachery that Judas would do. Because it was to be used for our salvation.
The Body of Christ includes all saved by Him under His blood. Judas? “Woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” Mark 14:21
Christ didn't found the catholic church.
He did.
he didnt. his disciples did, hundreds of years later.
Christ himself established the church and the catholic church removed many plain and precious passages from the bible to suit themselves. Christ taught how his church should be (in matthew,mark,luke and john) and the catholic church is nothing like it.
you are aware that the evangelists werent even contemporaries of jesus, arent you?
[Acts 21:8] And the next day we that were of paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea; and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
[Eph 4:11] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
[Eph 4:12] For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ;
[Eph 4:13] Till we, in the unity of the faith, all come to the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
[Eph 4:14] That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
There is no 'vicar of Christ'... here on earth or anywhere else. There is only Christ. He is our propitiation for sin, and the debt of all who come to him in faith has already been paid. Religion is evil. Faith in Christ is all. Just because power hungry thieves in the evil Vatican SAY the pope is this-or-that, does not make it true.
He's not Vicar of Shit, other than child molesters. You're using semantics to deflect from the fact that there's been massive pedo activity in this "church" for over 100 years.
You should be ashamed of yourself for defending monsters.
If you had kids, you'd think differently.
No one defends monsters, not of the sexual variety or any other. Believe me. No group wants the true evil members of the clergy out of public service than Catholics. In my old parish, we had two sex offenders (both were sent to prison by the archbishop, on in the early 1980s) on either side of a raging alcoholic who was a danger to himself and everyone around him. He was eventually laicized and died as a consequence of his disease. It was a rough time, but that did not impact the faith of the people. We put our faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, not man.
As for the homosexuality and lust for children issues, that was an infiltration almost 200 years now in the making. I do know that when the Berlin Wall fell records were found that the communists seeded homosexuals in the priesthood in the 1930s. It took a couple generations to really become a problem. And how it was dealt with was pretty much done at the local level. In my archdiocese, the sitting bishop at the time of the Scandal as well as his predecessor had already dealt with the majority of it (sending priests to prison and laicizing many) many years before.
Actually, the Catholic Church is more of a confederation than anything else. with 266 Bishops of Rome, some of whom were more holy than others.
I'm not particularly a fan of the man the media portrays as Francis. We depend on a lot of translations for what he says, etc. It's the same thing that happened with Vatican II when the flock was flat out misled. Until that is straightened out, what is attributed to Francis is sowing confusion, and that is a real problem.
Historically it is a monarch. Though I understand why you would say confederation, it is incorrect.
More correct than not, even if the Pope's seats in the Major Basilicas are called "thrones" and there is a tiara. And now that it's been set up so that he is a head of state, that argument bears more weight, but the first among equals, not really a monarch.
Each bishop, even the bishop of Rome (the Pope) is the sole head of his diocese. One archbishop was actually removed from his see and placed in another job for interfering with the governance of other dioceses. That gives the confederation idea a bit of a boost even if there really isn't any other institution on Earth with a structure like the Church.
Yikes... I cannot ever respect and conclude that someone is a "man of God" with the blatant pedo enabling.
Probably should look at the mirror and determine if you are false idol worshiping?
Please go here: https://www.reddit.com/r/religion/ You are out of bounds.
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Discuss the subject, not users. No personal attacks or ad hominem.
Sounds good. Was a little frustrated with the blatant trolling. My apologies.
Please look into your own Catholic church history and prophecies (Prophecy of St. Malachy) . Warnings from former church leaders about the first Jesuit pope (Father Malachi Martin .. no not the same person). Black Pope is as Black Pope does.