Quotes from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
"The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were, God, and the vicar of God"
"The pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity that, properly speaking, he has not been established in any rank of dignity, but rather has been placed upon the very summit of all ranks of dignities"
"Hence the pope is crowned with the tripple crown, as king of heaven, and of earth and of the lower regions"
Moreover the superiority and the power of the Roman pontiff by no means pertain only to heavenly things, earthly things, and things under the earth, but are even over angels, than whom he is greater"
"So that if it were possible that angles might err in faith, or might think contrary to the faith, they could be judged and excommunicated by the pope"
"The pope can modify devine law" can he?
Can he actually change Gods law?
2007-06-08
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