Pope said Other Christians not true churches?

Question

What does that mean? There is no slavation? What the great deal about the pope? Why is he so famous?

Answer 1

I hate to see this kind of doctrine coming from the Pope. It gives the Catholic church the ring of cultishness. It is also divisive, an us against them attitude.. It that what the Church needs right now division? My authority is in a Family relationship with God. He is the Father I am His son because of my faith in Him... Jim

Answer 2

The word Christian means Follower of Christ. In order to be a Follower of Christ, you need to acknowledge him as the Head of the Church because that is what is taught in the Bible.
The Catholic Church claims that the Pope is the head of the Church. Therefore by definition, Catholics cannot be considered Christians. The correct designations for Catholics is Paptist which means Follower of the Pope.
Also, the Catholic Church claims that their religion goes all the way beck to the original group of believers and that Peter was the first Pope. However, the idea of one person being Head of the entire Church didn't come into existence until four hundred years after Peter died. Therefore, he could not have been the first Pope.
In summary, Catholics are not Christians. They are using the name of Jesus as a marketing tool to promote their own religion.

Answer 3

My friend, my friend...I can not answer everything in full detail, but I will say this much.

The reason why the Pope is glamorized is because this is what The Roman Catholic Church want us all as people to adhere to. Taking faith within another denomination is wrong...Yeah right. Taking faith within the Roman Church is even worse. Killing innocent women and children, because they thought our Messiah would have been birth from them. They invaded other countries to make them change their ways and beliefs to adhere to theirs. The killing of the King of Kings (Jesus) in their dramatic style is not one for us to look away from.

The one thing that I do not understand about The Roman Catholic Church, is that they greet us with these foolish holidays (i.e. Christmas, Easter, Valentine and other bull-shyts) that are to show our true love for Jesus and his life, when actually they are days for us not to remember what the Romans, Jews...and I am not to keen on the whole story, but a few other folks did to Jesus in his last days. (i.e. Jesus was not born on December 25th!!)

Have you ever noticed how "The Cross" is the mascot for the Christian religion, but this cross is the place where they nailed Jesus wrist and feet and left him there to die. hmmmm and you have folks walking around with cross chains, tattoos, and let us not forget the infamous bumper sticker.

The Roman Catholic church is nothing but the mother of Europe and the Americas. They sit nestled in there small town of the Vatican, making everything seem as if their empire fell 3,000...indeed they did not and they are still living strong, but that is soon to change.

I know this may be off topic, but if you are still a little confused...check out the link I posted. The information is out there my friend...you have to search for it.

Answer 4

I don't know what this means to the Catholic Church. To the Orthodox (who don't have a Pope besides Christ), this simply means that other Churches have errant doctrines and are not in participation with the sacramental life of Christ's Church. This does not have bearing on anyone's salvation according to the Orthodox. There is more to this, I'm sure, but I wouldn't dare try and explain this further without the help of a priest or bishop. I'm still young in knowledge and faith.

If I have said something inconsistent with Eastern Orthodox Teaching, forgive me and correct me. I submit myself to the understanding of the Church.

Answer 5

Notice the pope did not quote Scripture and made his own declaration of supremacy and not declared by God.

Peter was in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost so How did the True Church get based in ROME? Peter was killed by the ROMANS in the upside Crucifixion for his beliefs.

Paul only spent his last days in ROME. He was in Jerusalem and based out of churches in ASIA mostly and not ROME until he was in prison there and KILLED by the Romans just like JESUS.


God said in the last days there will be a REVIVAL of the ROMAN empire with a ONE WORLD church and government and the Antichrist. We as Christians will be raptured up before the Antichrist reigns.


Hmmm......sounds like pope benedict is showing the true colors of the HARLOT church predicted in Daniel and Revelation.

Answer 6

Here is the full text of the new document that states nothing new: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html

Most Christian denominations believe that each of them is the fullest version of the Church of Christ.

While the Catholic Church also believes that she is "the highest exemplar" of the mystery that is the Church of Christ, she does not claim that non-Catholic Churches are not truly Christian. The Catholic Church teaches:

Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements.

Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church.

All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

I'm not Protestant so I really don't care what the Pope thinks, he is the leader of the Catholics

I am Apostolic and we have been around before the Catholic church, we Started in the book of Acts and still follow the same doctrine as the Apostles and we have not changed any of it, unlike some

salvation is in Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Answer 8

This pope is causing hatred between churches and religions. We are all Christians! We all worship the guy on the cross. We hail his name as our saviour. Welcome to the new millennium. Please no more religious-based wars! We are civilized right now. I once was a Catholic Supremacist but hello! Stop worshipping a church! It's Jesus Christ that matters not Catholology or whatever.

Answer 9

I saw this as a best answer on someone's question:


"Protestants don't believe in the Catholic Church anyway so why does it matter to them that the Pope said something to clarify and teach the faith to Catholics. "

Answer 10

Just because the pope says something, does that make it right? Consider: The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately 30 A.D. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the Church that Jesus Christ died for, the Church that was established and built by the Apostles. Is that the true origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus, or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship / adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in Heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture.

The Catholic Church is the mother of "Christian" apostasy. The pope can say whatever he likes; that will not change anything.