Christians: What does the Office of the Papacy - The Pope himself - mean to you?
Catholic or not, I think this is an interesting question for all Christians.
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The office of the papacy was created personally by Jesus while he was still here on earth.
This makes the Pope the only link with the life of Jesus Christ.
And the radical Jesus gave to Peter … Jesus' promise to force the Pope in heaven ANY choses to bind the earth … means that no one else can get closer to the nature of this authority permanent leader of the whole church on earth.
Despite the revisionists who seek to deny these facts, the whole world recognizes and accepts, without fail, for the first 1000 years of history of the modern world, and over one billion Catholics follow.
Furthermore, in the mid-20th century discovery of the bones of St. Peter, the Rock … below the basilica that the name of it, in the Vatican … shows that Jesus was not kidding when he said, "On this rock I will build my Church."
Non-Catholics. I guess he means well, tries to do the right thing and is a good man. Otherwise, I have no opinion of him.
God bless you for your question …
As a Christian, it hurts me what the Catholic Church is what it is today. Wayyyyy back in the 3rd century or so, was the protector of Truth. Then came this whole idea that the Bible is a collection of allegories, and it all went downhill from there. They soon added the Apocrypha, and adds all kinds of non-biblical teachings such as prayer to the saints and purgatory and limbo. I could go, but I do not …
The issue is the office of the papacy … I think the current Pope is the closest thing to a true Biblical Scholar seen in the office, where I've been around (41 years, thank you very much. ..) Which officially ended the limbo of education, saying that there is no biblical basis for it (YEA!) and not afraid to take skeptical about the evidence base and in fact, not feelings and theory. So I really applaud the pope for what he has begun.
I love my Catholic brothers - I have very good friends and family who are Catholic. I'm afraid to lose the boat, putting their faith in their good works for salvation, and Jesus when the Bible tells us again and again that it is not by works that are saved. We are saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, who paid for our sins by the shedding of his blood and life on the cross, which showed their deity of His resurrection. We are saved to do good deeds, for this is God's plan for us. But I digress.
Catholics, please do not take my words as mean spirit. I love you, and God loves you. The Catholic Church has done many good things in the world, and a bunch of very bad things, like any other human institution - yes even the Protestant churches are also guilty. I'm concerned about his salvation, and I hope you read your Bible, as it is intended - and God revealed the Holy Word, the Truth. Take what you need and believe in him. Tradition is nice, but the truth is salvation.
Nothing!
As a Protestant evangelical, means little. The pope exercises no authority over me.
Ivory Tower a religious leader with good intentions deserves respect, but not supreme faith.pontificate and think about what they learn and learn from what they think.
peace
Should mean nothing. Christians are suppose to follow Christ is not an elected representative of an organized religion that did not exist until after Christ's death. The Pope is the head of a powerful religion that has its own dogmas and guidelines were supposed to meet one. The Pope is teaching infallable in their decisions and this is close to blasphemy, the Church preaches against. The church has gone through many changes over the years that should raise questions of its own. I wonder how you feel about Jesus, the leaders of the church hide priests preying own innocent children and the bankruptcy filing of the demand for non-payment losses. This is not a blow to Catholics or their beliefs, but a reality on the organization and the papacy, not living the life they preach to others. Honor thy God, not religions.
Nothing, the Pope is a simple man.
Leader of a corrupt church that still does some good things.
absolutely nothing
Yes, what he said … ^
He is not God, and yet he sins. That's what it means to me. It seems as if it got so high that the people worship and what worship forget what it should stand for, which should be God.
Greed. Did you know that there are billions of dollars worth of art and other gifts for the Pope in the Vatican Library. Other stuff that is collecting dust, not even being displayed. Why is not this or that the sale to the donation of it. That is not supposed to help people? What about all the poor devout Catholics in Latin America? Yes, TONS potatoes do to help. Ah to bad, not just writing to convey sarcasm.
The White Horse of the Apocolypse, No man can forgive sin, only Christ can do that, and Christ said that no man can come to my Father except through me.
The papacy is a heresy of Rome and the Pope is a heretic …
Before Pope John Paul II died, I did not want Joseph Ratzinger to become our next Pope … but it did, and I think, although I can not agree with everything he does, he is doing enough to be an 'acceptable Pope "for this time … and I believe it is God working through it and not just do what you want … because he was a cardinal in fact extremely conservative and fairly liberal Pope.
It means nothing.
I'm not Catholic, but I am a Christian.
I think he is the spiritual leader of many people. I do not believe that God speaks the way most Catholics do.
I think even some popes have been unable even Christians. However, I loved Pope John Paul II and thought it was a true man of God.