WE HAVE A POPE!!! (Cardinal Ratzinger-Pope Benedict XVI)

MSNBC

[TAdams8591]

NEAT!!!!! This is SO EXCITING!!!!

[SunnyUsa]

God Bless our New Pope!

What an amazing day!

[Lazamataz]

that thou wilt have lots of nookie with hot girls.

So it is written, so shall it be. (dips Papal ring in hot wax and authenticates the document).

[cicero's_son]

He was drafted into that organization, as were many young German men at the time.

He left it, risking his life to do so.

[Dr.Deth]

"However, in the 1820 printed version of Malachy's prophesies, Lignum Vitre (written in 1559 by a Benedictine historian, Arnold Wyon), a 112th pope appears that was not in Malachy's original manuscript. The 112th pope was added by the Olivetan monks. The Order of St. Benedict claims this final pope will come within the Benedictine Order, and that he was placed in the secession line because St. Benedict himself prophesied that before the end of the world, his Order will triumphantly lead the Catholic Church in its battle against evil (the Battle of Armageddon)."

Linky 1

"Many interpret this as meaning that he will be a Benedictine; their order is sometimes called the Olivetians."

Link 2

Pope Benedict, the 112th pope since Celestine II. As prophesized, the connection to the Olivetans, even if only in the name chosen.

Gird thy loins, it's evil-smitin' time!

[null and void]

THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS SPOKEN! LONG LIVE HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI!

Not according to St. Malachy. This is supposed to be a very short tenure before the last Pope...

[LearnsFromMistakes]

My "I'm still with John Paul II' bumper stickers never really caught on outside Missouri...

Seriously, congrats on a new pope. Thank God the liberal news seems to hate him already.

[demlosers]

You Sure? I thought I heard him say the Red Sox would repeat.
:)

[b4its2late]

Hit the road Jacko...

[RepubMommy]

Please God, let it be Ratzinger.....

So then it is clear for us traditional Catholics that this IS a good thing, right? didn't want to get my hopes up and didn't read up on the potential candidates because I didn't want to get my heart broken.

[Matchett-PI]

"A possible seed of truth in the future is that one day, there will be a Pope who is the Antichrist." - Arthur Wildfire! March

I hope you don't hold your breath 'til then. LOL

The Antichrist

Antichrist is a term used exclusively in two books of the New Testament: 1 John and 2 John.

Contrary to popular assumption the word “antichrist” does not appear in the book of the Revelation; John only uses this term in his first two epistles, with a specific definition.

The term antichrist is used, by John, two ways: it identified a heresy which denied certain essential doctrines concerning Jesus, and it identified a person or persons holding that heretical view. ..... [huge snips]

...Finally, we can see that the antichrists were recognizable. The discerning believer would be able to examine the teachings of the antichrists and distinguish truth from error. This was John’s purpose in writing about them: so that believers of his day could recognize these false teachers by his clear description of them, and avoid them.

The antichrist heresy was apparently an early form of gnosticism, .... Church history records that the arch-heretic of John’s day was a man by the name of Cerinthus. Church historian Philip Schaff relates a meeting between
John and Cerinthus recorded by Irenaeus:

“On meeting in the public bath at Ephesus the Gnostic heretic Cerinthus, who denied the incarnation of our Lord, John refused to remain under the same roof, lest it might fall.”

In 1 John 2:18, John states that “the antichrist is coming” and “many antichrists have come." If John had one particular man in mind as the Antichrist, it is possible that that man was Cerinthus.

The Time of the Revelation "The Beast"

Now, let us turn our attention to the book of the Revelation and in particular, the one referred to as “the Beast."

[snip] Click here to read the entire commentary:

http://www.preteristarchive.com/PartialPreterism/walker-don_pp_01.html

[Miss Behave]

I am comletely overwhelmed. Long live Pope Benedict XVI. God bless and keep our Pope.

[samantha]

What is wonderful is how Pope John Paul II appointed Cardinals in his model,and Pope Benedict XVI will do the same. I hope he has longevity in his family. LONG LIVE OUR NEW POPE.

[Howlin]

FGS, ABC is wondering how the American Catholics will accept this???? Charlie what's his face and George Steffi......I'm turning them OFF.

They've been so wrong about so many things I can't even keep count anymore!

[Aquinasfan]

It sounds like complete melt down at DU.

It doesn't get much better than this 8-)

[Soul Seeker]

Well, that disappointment is nothing less than they deserve. The Bible contains absolute Truth. Those that seek to alter that Truth are not practicing Christianity but their own man made religion.

[11th_VA]

Does it bother anyone that he was Nazi Youth?

Wasn't that about the same time Senator Byrd was a Grand Dragon in the KKK?

[MamaLucci]

CNN has Thomas Groome of Boston College on phone - he's disappointed. Ratzinger is "to the right" of Pope John Paul ...

Praise the Lord.

[ohioWfan]

The youth in Germany had no choice about it..........unless they wanted to die.

[Stand Watch Listen]

No...here's a short 'connection' to olive connotation:

De Gloria Olivae/From the Glory of the Olives: The Order of Saint Benedict has claimed that this pope will come from their ranks. Saint Benedict himself prophesied that before the end of the world his Benedictine Order, known also as the Olivetans, will triumphantly lead the Catholic Church in its fight against evil.

But I do not believe this new pope is of the Benedictine order...but he did choose Benedictine...which was the 'favorite' name as of this morning...who knew???