If the pope comes out and asks you to do something that contradicts what the bible says, who do you follow The Pope or God?
2007-10-25 06:45:37 · 11 answers · asked by Jason Bourne 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
neither, I follow what i believe is morally right.
2007-10-25 06:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by itsme6922 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
Remember although the Bible is the word of God, the Bible is not God.
In the Bible the following crimes deserve the death penalty:
+ Murder (Gen 9:6, Ex 21:12, Numb 35:16-21).
+ Abuse of father or mother (Ex 21:15).
+ Speaking a curse over parents (Ex 21:17).
+ Blasphemy against God (Lev 24:14-16,23).
+ Breaking the Sabbath (Ex 31:14, Numb 15:32-36).
+ Practicing magic (Ex 22:18).
+ Fortune telling and practicing sorcery (Lev 20:27).
+ Religious people who mislead others to fall away (Deut 13:1-5, 18:20).
+ Adultery and fornication (Lev 20:10-12, Deut 22:22).
+ If a woman has intercourse before marriage (Deut 22:20-21).
+ If two people have intercourse when one of them is engaged. (Deut 22:23-24).
+ The daughter of a priest practicing prostitution (Lev 21:9).
+ Rape of someone who is engaged (Deut 22:25).
+ Having intercourse with animals (Ex 22:19).
+ Worshipping idols (Ex 22:20, Lev 20:1-5, Deut 17:2-7).
+ Incest (Lev 20:11-12, 14, 19-21).
+ Homosexuality (Lev 20:13).
+ Kidnapping (Ex 21:16).
+ To bear false testimony at a trial (Deut 19:16, 19).
+ Contempt of court (Deut 17:8-13).
The biblically approved methods of execution in the Old Testament are stoning, burning, using a sword, spear or arrow (Lev 20:27, 21:9, Ex 19:13, 32:27, Numb 25:7-8).
From a Catholic point of view:
Jesus, in John 8:1-11, spares a women guilty of adultery whom the Mosaic Law said should be stoned to death.
If the guilty person's identity and responsibility has been fully determined then non-lethal means to defend and protect the people's safety from the aggressor are more in keeping with the common good and the dignity of the human person.
The Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives.
However in today's modern society, the capability of rendering the offender incapable of doing harm - without definitively taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare, if not practically non-existent.
Does Catholic teaching contradict the Bible? If we take the Bible literally then yes it does. If we look at the entire message of God's love in the Bible then no it does not.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2267: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm#2267
With love in Christ.
2007-10-26 00:53:46 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He couldn't do that. He follows the Bible and if he did the Bishops wouldn't allow him. The Bishops have more power than the Pope does.
The Pope is not perfect. He is only under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in his religious teachings. Other than that he's like you and me.
2007-10-25 13:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by Ten Commandments 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I imagine Catholicism itself would even teach that you shouldn't follow anything the Pope says that contradicts Scripture, since they claim the "doctrine of infallibility" only applies to the Pope in very specific situations. (I believe the Pope has been in error in many of those cases as well, however)
2007-10-25 13:55:20 · answer #4 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nah I'm a catholic and I dont lsiten to the Pope, I wouldnt follow what a human says anyway where as Gods not a human so I would
2007-10-25 13:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
not possible. THe Sacred Magesterium (teaching authority of the Pope and Bishops), Sacred Scripture, and Sacred Tradition never contradict eachother. The RCC has a "Triune" way of teaching the faith! God bless.
2007-10-25 13:50:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
For everything that "contradicts the bible" there is something in the bible that supports the contradiction as acctually not contradicting the bible.
2007-10-25 13:51:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
If you look at the history of "Popes" you will see murder, deceit and bribery. I believe you can't trust any man who claims to be the voice of God or anything similar.
2007-10-25 13:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
tell us first what is that one thing that the Pope would ask us to do that is against all human rationale, then i'll give you an answer.
2007-10-25 13:50:35 · answer #9 · answered by coco_loco 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
God the pope is just a man but then I am not catholic.
2007-10-25 13:50:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋