Lets not forget Bene did change the "Filique" cause in effort to bring the Eastern Orthodox Church and the RC Churchs closer together.
But whats this about him being a mediator? How far is he expected to "mediate" surely as the head of his Church he is expected to put it above everything else?
Example, would you expect Bill Gates to stick up for Google and Apple? Surely he will promote his Windows before the prodcts of others.
Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Lets not forget Bene did change the "Filique" cause in effort to bring the Eastern Orthodox Church and the RC Churchs closer together.But whats this about him being a mediator? How far is he expected to "mediate" surely as the head of his Church he is expected to put it above everything else?
Example, would you expect Bill Gates to stick up for Google and Apple? Surely he will promote his Windows before the prodcts of others.
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Nice analogy!
All the Pope said was that the full understanding of Jesus Christ and the road to salvation is to be found within Catholicism. Anyone who is baptized is still a Christian and non-Christians are also loved by God. Neither of these groups are, contrary to what some pundits yelled, condemned to hell.
What, one wonders, did people expect the Pope to say? "Well, Catholicism is quite fun but then so is Islam. I also hear that Hindus have great parties and as for Zoroastrianism, it's really cool, man."
It is pretty clear that people criticizing the pope, have not read carefully his statatement.
And yes catholic church, as any other church, claims to be the only one in which all the elements of the original christian community are present up-to-date. But certainly is the only with 2,000 year os documented history to back it up..
Originally posted by darkfan76
It is pretty clear that people criticizing the pope, have not read carefully his statatement.And yes catholic church, as any other church, claims to be the only one in which all the elements of the original christian community are present up-to-date. But certainly is the only with 2,000 year os documented history to back it up..
The Roman Catholic Church didn't begin until 1054 CE. Besides, a lot religions are thousands of year older.