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To: I want the USA back

“He is not fit to be pope.”

What I have trouble following is how it is possible, from a Catholic perspective, for a Pope to be or become unfit for his office. I thought the principle of Apostolic succession essentially prevents such a thing from happening.

Wouldn’t the Pope being unfit imply that he was a bad choice for the office in the first place? But how would that be possible if his selection was God-ordained?

I’m not trying to stir up a debate on the topic. I just think my understanding of the Catholic view on this subject must have been off, and I’m trying to follow the rationale.


36 posted on 08/04/2018 9:30:31 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: unlearner
I’m not trying to stir up a debate on the topic.

Any Prot that DARES open his/her mouth against the One True Church is in danger of the vilest retribution from the other cheek turners.

172 posted on 08/05/2018 4:21:02 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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