So why do you follow imperfect man? Like a Pope or Cardinal?

Question

No man can talk to God for you
so why do kneel for a POPE that doesn't exist in God's eyes?
Since Christ is the only way and light why Rm 1:25 follow
the creation more than the CREATOR? What's your reasoning and can you giveme scripture for it? I can give you scripture NOT to do so.

Be honest about Mtt 23 isn't that talking about this same thing?

MegM sorry Peter was handed the keys not the church/ one head christ

Abel pastors Shephards bishops are all the same thing and none are the Head they come pluraly

Thanks Dan...ur smart
Mdolphin good 4 u but Pope is an addition Rev 18:22ff

Tbone Tbone Tbone He's not talking about an eathly father but an all knowing Father like in Cence' (karate Master) He shows you that by using Teacher Thats too easy

Eph 1:22,23; 2:20; 3;21 you can't deny these truths

Freebubb knows that!

any scripture with Pope in it? Even Catholic ( Ino it means universal ok ok)
Is it in the BIBLE? or is it Rm 1:25 again

Answer 1

I don't, but, yes, others do. Your problem is that this question of yours merely puts folks on the defensive. You won't get any realization of error with it.

Answer 2

I've never really met the pope, or a cardinal, but the things they write about seem to concur with the bible. I'm sure that if you read any encyclical, you would find yourself agreeing with this direction to go. Very often, such people can serve as a shining guide-post to wayward sheep. Yes, there have been some who have used this position as one of power, rather than that of guidance, and even some saintly people have been at logger-heads with them, however, time after time, the hand of God has been shown to intervene. For instance, in the case of St Catherine of Sienna, (1300's) she was telling the pope to do a proper job, and he was quite disturbed, so he got up in the middle of the night and wandered around the city, and in the end, did what was right, not what his family wanted him to do. He knew that God was at work with him, and I'm sure that just like you, he understood the great task that he must do for the sake of God and for the sake of all.

Answer 3

Jesus appointed a man to care for His flock (Matthew 16:19; John 21:15-17). When an office-holder dies, another is to fill it (Acts 1:20).

Answer 4

Don't you have pastors and bishops in your Church? A pope is the chief bishop of the church. That office is in the Bible. (1 Timothy 3,1)
May the Lord's peace be with you!

Answer 5

I believe the pope,priests, and pastors are all just spiritual leaders. Yes, they are just human. Majority honor them just for their positions that they hold. However,God always must come first. Just my thoughts. Good posts by all so far.

God Bless!!

Answer 6

Call no Man Father: (Mt. 23:9) And call no man your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, which is in heaven. What is Christ referring to when He makes this statement? Well, to understand one must read what comes before and what comes after. In the verses before 9, Jesus is making a point about the scribes and the Pharisees. He states to the crowds that they should observe them (Pharisees and scribes) but not do as they do. He states that the Pharisees and the scribes want their works to be "seen" by men and that they love to be called Rabbi, or Father, or Master. Jesus wanted the crowds to see that the Pharisees and scribes did not deserve the titles given to them, they were not worthy of them.


Why do Catholics use the term father when speaking to a priest? Just as your earthly father cares for your physical needs and wants throughout your life, a priest also cares for his flock, but in a spiritual sense. A priest is there for parishioners' at rebirth (baptism) and throughout life. When one of his flock is in the hospital he is there, he is there even when the spirit departs the body at death. Let us look at some verses that use the term "father."

(1 Cor 4:15) - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

(Acts 7:2) - And he said, Men, brethren and fathers, hearken; the God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

(Acts 1:73) - The oath which he swore to our father Abraham.


If you want to interpret the above verses to mean that Catholics are woefully sinning by calling their priests "Father," and that Jesus meant we are to never literally call anyone "father," "rabbi," "mater," or "teacher," then for consistency's sake you'd better stop using the following words and phrases: Mister (means "Master"), Master of Ceremonies, Maitre d', master of the house, master sergeant, magistrate (from the Latin "magistratus" for "master"), Master of Arts (M.A.), founding father, city father, snake doctor, and witch doctor, teacher, substitute teacher, student teacher, and so forth. And you'd best never call your Dad "father" and you'd better start addressing the guy who works at the synagogue as "hey, you" and wax as indignant toward Jews who won't buy your ideas as you are toward Catholics. You might also want to start getting extremely indignant at the forced blasphemy every time you fill in a government form asking for "Father's Name."

So, decide: was Jesus being figurative in Matthew 23:1-12 and making a point about the spiritually prideful and those who are impressed by them -- or did He contradict Himself when He went on to refer to people as "fathers" in that very same chapter? Was He being literal or were the evangelists correct in referring to both physical and spiritual fathers? Is it OK to consider the presbyters "fathers" or were Paul and the other priests making a big mistake?

Answer 7

uh...have you SEEN his hat? Or have you not seen the movie Monty Python's the Meaning of Life, there are 2 conclusions, one of them is "hats; people are not wearing enough of them" and tell me, who has a bigger and more ridiculous looking hat than the pope?

Answer 8

Jesus put an imperfect man as leader of His church, Simon Peter who denied Christ three times.

The Pope does not talk to God for us. He prays for us and we pray for him.

All human beings exist in God's eyes including the Pope.

We respect the Pope but we never worship him. (Romans 1:25)

John 21:15-17 states:

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.

Matthew 16:17-19 states:

Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

The Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.

The Pope is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.

The Pope’s main roles include teaching, sanctifying, and governing.

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

I don't.