Posted on 03/19/2013 12:24:46 PM PDT by Kaslin
Whether he was born a Jew, or was the Grandchild of a Jew makes no difference, nor would it make any difference if he was born a Muslim, a Mormon, a Scientologist or a Unitarian. Provided that he was a baptized Catholic male and in agreement with the teachings of the Church he can be elected to the Papacy.
The point this guy is trying to make is..... what exactly?
Maybe that Pope was not only Jewish, but also a woman! /sarc
No war worse than a family quarrel. once the bonds of charity are dissolved, then those of common humanity soon dissolve as well.
A certain class of FReepers will be the first to know! Pope John Paul II? Jewish! Sarah Palin? Jewish. Some unheard of writer has a last name that starts with ‘K’? Jewish! Jew-haters, what DON’T they know!?
Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris was a Jewish convert to Catholicism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06lustiger.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
At mass today, a reading about Abraham as the Father of nations, not just the Jewish nation. As Pius XII? put it: we are all spiritual semites.
FR Keyword: Pope Joan
Most catholics presume Peter was the first Pope.. that was Jewish and also married..
Wonder what would happen in WWII if that figment had crossed Hitlers beady noggin..
Sorry, but you can't be serious
Peter was the first Pope,he was Jewish and he was married.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
839 “Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways.”325
The relationship of the Church with the Jewish People. When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the Jewish People,326 “the first to hear the Word of God.”327 The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God’s revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews “belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ”,328 “for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.”329
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph would be proud...
Hey, so was Jesus and his parents!
I am serious and don't call me sorry
For a person to be papabile, which in this case means "one who meets the requirements to be elected to the papacy of the Catholic Church," the person must satisfy the following:
must be male
must be baptized
must be a Catholic, ie. a faithful member of the Church
St. Peter was a Jew, so what’s the problem?
Scandal of all Scandals! The Founder of the Catholic Church was a circumcised Jew! And He put a bunch of Jews in charge of it! One of the key players in the whole mess had a confirmed anti-Christian history and even wrote about in his many letters! Oh, where did the Church go so wrong in its founding and let all those Jews in? -— All kidding aside, it was either Benedict or JP II who said it best on entering one of the Synagogues in New York:(paraphrased) “I take great delight in knowing that my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ prayed in a place such as this.”
Prayed and taught.
Oy vey.
Although not likely to be a non-cardinal, the only requirement to be pope is to be a baptized Catholic male. Upon being elected to the papacy (and accepting the election), if one is not a bishop, one must be immediately consecrated a bishop.
But that’s after having been elected.
I’d cleared all the decks, myself, starting last Tuesday, on the off chance that my phone might ring from the Sistine Chapel.
sitetest, not a cardinal, a bishop, a priest, or a deacon
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