2007-04-09 09:07:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BTW i am Catholic
2007-04-10 09:03:31 · update #1
Yes he was a Catholic Pope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
2007-04-09 09:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I asked God if Pope John Paul ll is in Heaven with the Lord. I get the assurance in my spirit that he is and with much reward.
Of course, John Paul ll was wrong about somethings, like the Mary idols, so that got fried & didn't go to heaven with him.
Many people did come to Gods Saving Grace through his ministry. He lifted up the Lord.
Jack, Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God is the Rock foundation. Peter is given the keys & also the keys are given to all who confess Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God their Savior & have heart faith in the resurrection. Peter is a piece of the Rock and on this Massive Rock (Christ), Confessing Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, He will build His Church & the gates of hell will not prevail. We don't have the Gospel because of the Catholic Church. We have the Gospel because the Word put on flesh & dwelt among us. It was the early Church & OT Saints, Mostly Jewish Prophets, who wrote the books of the bible. And the Catholic Cannon has included some of the apocryphal books. What about those? They are spiritually discernedc apocryphal to any Spirit led born again Christian.
2007-04-09 09:13:21 · answer #2 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get with the program...............
"Let us note that the very tradition, teaching, and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning, which the Lord gave, was preached by the Apostles, and was preserved by the Fathers. On this was the Church founded; and if anyone departs from this, he neither is nor any longer ought to be called a Christian."
Jesus Christ foresaw that there will be groups that will breakaway from the Church he founded and so he gave the Church the sole authority to interpret Sacred Scripture. The teaching authority of the Catholic Church comes directly from Christ and is, therefore, infallible.
Matthew 16,18-20: "And so I tell you Peter, you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my Church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven."
Matthew 28,20: "And teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age."
Timothy 3,15: "But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE PILLAR AND FOUNDATION OF TRUTH."
What did Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer, state about the Bible? In his "Commentary On St. John," he stated the following: "We are compelled to concede to the Papists that they have the Word of God, that we have received It from them, and that without them we should have no knowledge of It at all." Regardless of what non-Catholic Christians may think or say, according to secular, objective historians, the Catholic Church alone preserved Sacred Scripture throughout the persecution of the Roman Empire and during the Dark Ages. All non-Catholic Christian denominations owe the existence of the Bible to the Catholic Church alone. Why did God choose the Catholic Church to preserve Scripture if It is not His Church
2007-04-09 09:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The pope was definitely Catholic But I'm not so sure about christian.
2007-04-09 09:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He served as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, which is statistically the largest of all the Christian denominations.
2007-04-09 09:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by solarius 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only God knows this answer. The Bible says there will be many in Heaven that you would not expect to be there. It also states that many who you are sure will be there, will be absent. People often change when the doors are closed. If you consider Christian to be a political designation, than yes he was.
2007-04-09 09:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by mythos_equidae 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh...Duh. He was Catholic...You can be a Christian without being Catholic but not the other way around.
2007-04-09 09:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope ! Definitely Muslim!
2007-04-09 09:25:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was deceived by false doctrine thus never came to repentance or the new birth. He is dead
2007-04-09 09:12:52 · answer #9 · answered by God help us 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I hope so but only God knows.
2007-04-09 09:10:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋