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And another thing! I urge you to be wary against the sin of pride. The Holy Spirit guided the Papal Electors and has given us this Pope, the Vicar of Christ on Earth.

If one proposes they are “more Catholic than the Pope,” they should carefully examine their consciences.


13 posted on 11/09/2014 12:33:29 PM PST by SpirituTuo
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To: SpirituTuo

I tend to agree. The papal electors had to know who Francis was before they ever elected him. If you just go by what the Pope has actually said and not all the peripheral noise he has not done or said anything to cause a schism.


17 posted on 11/09/2014 1:12:42 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SpirituTuo
The Holy Spirit guided the Papal Electors and has given us this Pope, the Vicar of Christ on Earth.

While we may hope that the Holy Spirit does so, there is NOTHING in the teaching of the Catholic Church concerning the Conclave. The votes in the Conclave are NOT exercises of the Magisterium of the Church. And it is ONLY the Magisterium of the Church that is the subject of Christ's promises of inerrancy. In other words: The notion that the decision of a conclave must have been right because "the Holy Spirit chooses the Pope" is SUPERSTITION.

18 posted on 11/09/2014 1:46:23 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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