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“The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, 'is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.' 'For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise.” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition (Washington, DC: US Catholic Conference, 1994, 1997) #882.
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“The Pope enjoys, by divine institution, supreme, full, immediate, and universal power in the care of souls” (Catechism, paragraph 937).
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originally posted by: Isurrender73
Does the Pope believe he is the Vicar of Christ as presented in historical church doctrine?
I would love to ask the Pope this question and hear his answer.
Mathew 16
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
A message to the Pope: If you believe you have authority over all souls on earth, I believe you have gone insane.
You have failed to read the segment you quoted correctly. The Pope has no control over the fate of your soul, or any other. He has control over the CARE of your soul, according to the foul tenents of the broken, paganistic hybrid that is Catholicism anyway. The fate of your soul is matter between you and God, who is the judge of these matters.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: Isurrender73
A message to the Pope: If you believe you have authority over all souls on earth, I believe you have gone insane.
I agree. If the Pope, any Pope, believes it, then he's a madman. If he doesn't, then he's a hypocrite and a liar.
originally posted by: AGustOfWind312
Pope Francis is a good man. I feel like he has definitely tried to imply he doesn't truly believe that he is equal to Christ.
He is a humanitarian. A fellow Hippie. He's loving, and kind. He's far better than any Pope we've seen in quite some time. I don't think that he believes he truly is the "vicar".
originally posted by: Isurrender73
originally posted by: AGustOfWind312
Pope Francis is a good man. I feel like he has definitely tried to imply he doesn't truly believe that he is equal to Christ.
He is a humanitarian. A fellow Hippie. He's loving, and kind. He's far better than any Pope we've seen in quite some time. I don't think that he believes he truly is the "vicar".
I actually agree with you, which is part of my motivation for this thread.
I imagine if he told the truth the whole world would forgive him and the church for 1700 years of mistakes.
It's human to forgive, and I believe he is a humble man who would be honest if confronted with this line of questions.