Do you agree or disagree, please explain why.
2007-12-01 00:56:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The role of Pope is an addition to scripture and was never intended to happen. I think the position of pope is described in 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Read that whole chapter and concentrate on verses 3,48,9,10,11.
I believe that describes the Pope and the Catholic church
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2007-12-01 01:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the Church is to remain the Catholic Church, the role of the Pope is essential. Otherwise, we might as well be Protestant.
"The pope and the bishops don’t transmit new revelation as Jesus and the apostles did, because public revelation was completed with the close of the apostolic age (Jude 3). The pope and the bishops are successors to the apostles, not apostles themselves. Nevertheless, the apostolic task of authoritatively and definitively passing on and applying revelation already received is carried on by the pope and the bishops as successors to the apostles. Their ministry is apostolic in this sense. After all, if the apostolic teaching function was essential to the life of the Church in the apostolic age, how much more so must it be for the Church as that age recedes over the horizon of history?" (from Catholic Answers)
2007-12-01 01:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given an organization that has survived over the centuries, how can we say the role is outdated and unnecessary? What was all that enthusiasm about John Paul II about?
More to the point: Do I see the Pope the way he would want me to see him? Absolutely not!
He is not infallible when speaking ex cathedra.
I do not see the papacy or the Roman Catholic Church as any kind of moral fortress.
2007-12-01 01:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
CATHOLICS claim that Pope Pius XII receives his authority through a long and continuous line of successors, each of whom sat upon the papal throne by divine appointment.
The list of popes through history bear witness to the fact that some were hardly righteous, infact a disgrace would be a more accurate word.
The pope is supposed to be infallible, if that were so then why did he apologise to the muslims clerics about a comment he made if he was infallible.
Popes are part of the great apostasy foretold by jesus himself, and they along with the catholic church, with their unbiblical teachings are to be dome away with for good
2007-12-01 01:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Emma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a Roman Catholic of almost 60 years now, and yet not in any "official" position a member of the hierarchy of the Church, I can only tell you that, from my perspective, I look to the Pope for all matters spiritual and "administrative" for the Church as well. I know that's not too technical, but, it's the facts. All the way from our first Pope, St. Peter, they have been Jesus Christ's "representative" here on earth. That's not to say he's God, or that he's totally infallible, or that we worship him, as so many idiots here on Answers accuse, but it is to say that Christ has endowed the Pope with infallible qualities as far as faith, as He so clearly states in several places in the New Testament. Also, the Pope is the "final authority", or "CEO", to put it crudely so that more here on Answers can understand. It's a great comfort to know that I'm in the Church where God's own "right-hand-man" is directing us here on earth. It's sad to see that so many choose not to enjoy God's graces that way. I hope this was "decent" enough. God Bless you.
2016-04-07 01:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although it does not seem like it, the Pope influences the unity of the Catholic church. If, hypothetically, the Catholic church were to remove the Pope, divisions among the regional churches would increase exponentially.
2007-12-01 01:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by Aeon Enigma 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I completely agree. I never understood the role of the pope, other than to keep Catholics in line. And it doesn't seem to be working out too well.
2007-12-01 01:03:39 · answer #7 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disagree. The papacy has been there for two thousand years. I'd say the office has MORE than been tested and proved by time, as the Catholic Church has remained unified and one in Christ all that time.
2007-12-01 09:56:36 · answer #8 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To my mind, that's like saying the US doesn't need a president any more. Every organization needs a central authority, and the Catholic Church believes that authority rests in the See of Peter.
2007-12-01 01:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
II think that just as every corporation has a CEO, the roman catholics need their pope.
Its about time society advanced to the point that it could follow ten basic rules of living decent.
2007-12-01 01:07:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋