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To: daniel1212
In secular terms, the king can do no wrong. The king is the source of justice, so nothing he does can be unjust. "Kings are by God appointed. And damned are those who do resist. Or touch the Lord's anointed."

In English history, the solutions were armed rebellion to force concessions (Magna Carta), refusal of Parliament to vote taxes until reforms were made (many cases), or execution (Charles II).

As for the Holy Spirit guiding conclaves... The Holy Spirit may provide guidance or inspiration, but the cardinals do not necessarily follow it.

Pray for the conversion of the Pope to Catholicism. In the meantime, put in the appropriate mental reservations if you pray for the intentions of the Pope.

32 posted on 09/16/2019 3:00:13 PM PDT by omega4412
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To: omega4412
In secular terms, the king can do no wrong. The king is the source of justice, so nothing he does can be unjust. "Kings are by God appointed. And damned are those who do resist. Or touch the Lord's anointed."

But which is not how the NT church began, which was in Scriptural dissent against those who sat in the seat of Moses, but not as anarchists.

As for the Holy Spirit guiding conclaves... The Holy Spirit may provide guidance or inspiration, but the cardinals do not necessarily follow it.

If there is no assurance that they will in no less a matter than the successor to Peter, then there is none that they will follow the Spirit in matters of doctrine. And Scripturally there is no promise of ensured perpetual magisterial infallibility as per Rome..

Pray for the conversion of the Pope to Catholicism.

By no means, for Catholicism, which gave us this pope, is itself a deviant form of the NT church, for distinctive Catholic teachings are not manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (including how they understood the OT and gospels), which is Scripture, especially Acts thru Revelation.

May God peradventure grant you and all "repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." (2 Timothy 2:25)

33 posted on 09/16/2019 6:09:10 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: omega4412

“And damned are those who do resist.”

If said king places rules contrary to the Word of GOD then it is the Christian’s place to resist to the point of death.

“Pray for the conversion of the Pope to Catholicism.”

So he can still be head of the whore of Babylon? The right prayer would be that all romans would see GOD’s Word and follow it thereby being saved by grace through faith.


37 posted on 10/26/2020 7:56:43 PM PDT by mrobisr (Romans 10:9-11 it's that simple)
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