Posted on 08/03/2013 2:47:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
Something unexpected and extraordinary is happening in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis is rescuing the faith from those who hunker down in gilded cathedrals and wield doctrine like a sword. The edifice of fortress Catholicism in which progressive Catholics, gay Catholics, Catholic women and others who love the church but often feel marginalized by the hierarchy is starting to crumble.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Is he peddling “The One World Religion”?
But I repeat myself.
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Don’t blame it on the Post. Blame it on the USCCB.
The author, John Gehring, was an Assistant Director for Media Relations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
OK. See tagline.
No, not the end. We are only beginning.
“And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Neither the gates of Hell nor Pope Francis will prevail against It!
A Catholic in rebellion against the Pope is a Protestant - by definition.
If you are a Catholic, your duty is to study, understand and obey the Pope. He is your teacher, you are his student.
Don't like it? Then find the courage to admit you're not a Catholic.
A question must be asked.
Why do you not accept Pope Francis?
He is a man of deep faith in Jesus.
How true. But, as a CHRISTIAN, your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures. He is your teacher, you are his student. Jesus Christ is your ONLY role model.
There, tally, fixed it for you...
Romans 7: 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. ...
I am a Roman Catholic. And will obey the Pope always when he speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals.
On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.
See post 13.
On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.
LOL, check your catechism. You may question, but not disagree. And the Church decides WHAT you may question, and WHAT the answers to your questions are. If you reject these constraints, you are rejecting the authority of the Church. If you cannot accept the teachings, you require confession, penance, and contrition, as well as prayer about your stubbornness and ego.
YOU do not decide the teachings of the Church. You want to play it both ways - you want to choose what to follow and what not to follow, and at the same time you want to hide behind the Church's teachings and not own them as your own when that conveniences you. And you want to claim the Church supports you in this.
Hey, I don't really care what you do. But instead of being a CINO, why don't you find your integrity and just accept that you're a Protestant. Because the issue is extremely simple - obedience. Catholics are obedient, period. And to strip out the Pope and claim to be a Catholic is the very definition of hypocrity.
I am a Roman Catholic. And will obey the Pope always when he speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals. On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.
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Not every opinion of the pope carries the weight of Catholic doctrine.
LOL, and NO opinion of a non-Cardinal has ANY authority to reject ANYTHING the Pope teaches.
And even the Cardinals have to jump through all sorts of hoops to challenge him.
So as a non-Cardinal Catholic, you have ZERO authority to challenge the Pope on something you don't like.
” Catholics are obedient, period.”
You might mention this to most of the world’s catholics, which seem to ignore what they do not like - including not showing up except for weddings and funerals.
1) Catholics are Christians. They are, in fact, THE Christians.
2) “But, as a CHRISTIAN, your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures.”
Where does the New Testament say “your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures.” Please cite an exact verse for me with all of those facets. Thanks.
3) “Jesus Christ is your ONLY role model.”
Jesus is THE role model, but not the only one: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16. You might want to read your Bible more often.
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