2006-11-29 03:35:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not a protestant or a catholic but i grew up in Glasgow and everybody i know and various family members are and in Glasgow i can tell you NO, they do not consider the Pope as there spiritual leader. They have a variety of songs and chants to the contrary. As do the catholics towards the protestants. However i have to stress they are usually only sung by drunk men at football matches between Rangers and Celtic.
2006-11-29 03:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and as someone who is Armenian Apostolic (Armenian Orthodox) I can tell you that no Orthodox consider the Pope as our spiritual leader, either.
The reason for this is that the Roman Catholic church split away from Orthodox Christianity and one of the new doctrines they established was that the leader of their church, the Pope, is the "vicar of Christ", or substitute on earth for Christ, and that he is like Christ in that he is infallible on things of the Church. This was a new concept when introduced and Orthodox Christianity rejects it. The Protestants, who "reformed" from the Roman Catholic Church, recognize this concept of the Pope's infallibility as being a new concept and not a scriptural one, so they likewise reject the Pope as the "leader" of the Church.
Since the Roman Catholic Pope is a successor to St. Peter, the Disciple, and Peter was kind of the "head" amongst the Disciples under Christ, we Orthodox see the Pope as being at best a "head among equals", or a head or captain figure who has no power as being the leader. Think of the difference between a captain on a sports team and the coach - the coach is like Christ, must be obeyed, fully in control; the captain is a leader, but not to be obeyed, because the captain is a leader as a figurehead, but the equal of everyone on the team.
It is likely that there are many Protestants nowadays who do see the Pope as a "head among equals" the way many Orthodox do, but no Protestants or Orthodox consider the Pope to be the kind of leader that the Roman Catholics consider him to be.
2006-11-29 11:43:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not now, but the Bible predicts that some day soon, the whole world will turn to the Papacy to be the moral leader of the world as they see the earth bombarded with natural disasters and terrorist attacks that make 911 look like a church bombfire in comparison. Revelation 13:1-10 reveals the Papacy influencing world events and receiving the obedience and worship of the entire planet, except for those whose names are written in the book of life.
2006-11-29 14:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by 19jay63 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as such (because of the "office" they hold). Though some Protestants do have an admiration for some of the actions of some of the more recent Popes, also for their defence of some of the Scriptural teachings.
2006-11-29 11:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of protestants despise the Pope.
2006-11-29 11:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Pope Benedict XVI is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Anglicans (Episcopalians) consider the Archbishiop of Canterbury to be their leader.
2006-11-29 11:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. When Luther protested against the Holy Church in Rome, he decided to cut all ties and that includes communion with the Holy See.
2006-11-29 12:00:26 · answer #7 · answered by David 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Protestants pray to Christ their savior. Not "mother mary".
2006-11-29 11:39:42 · answer #8 · answered by fasi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so - Protestants are not Roman Catholics, and split from the RC church centuries ago.
2006-11-29 11:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, if they did they would not be Protestants.
2006-11-29 11:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋