Posted on 12/02/2014 7:32:31 PM PST by ebb tide
Ping
Better call the “Uh-Oh Squad”.
He reminds me of someone else with that trait... it’s right at the tip of my tongue. I’m sure it’ll come to me.
“be” ashamed of you. Sorry.
Finally, I get it!
The Pope seems to have the likes and dislikes of a fairly typical modern communist? Jesuit
Which fundamentalists? Protestant/Evangelical or Roman Catholic?
Do you condone summary execution?
Right on track.
Just for clarity Evangelical “fundamentalism” was a reaction to the 19th century theological liberalism. Thus conservative Christians proclaimed the fundamentals:
FIVE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FAITH
There are five fundamentals of the faith which are essential for Christianity, and upon which we agree:
1. The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:1; John 20:28; Hebrews 1:8-9).
2. The Virgin Birth (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27).
3. The Blood Atonement (Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25, 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12-14).
4. The Bodily Resurrection (Luke 24:36-46; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 15:14-15).
5. The inerrancy of the scriptures themselves (Psalms 12:6-7; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20).
So if Pope Francis is opposed to the above, then he is opposed to basic Biblical Christianity.
I think that the Pope finds that he does not entirely get along with what some people would call fundamentalists but I might call hard nosed legalists. Jesus gave the Pharisees heaps about sticking to the letter of the law and not being merciful. It has almost become part of an excepted Christo/mythology that Jesus was therefore not a stickler for the law and “gave people a break” so to speak. This is not case. Because conservatives by nature point to the Law they are seen by many as aligning with the Pharisee.
The Law by it’s very perfection and our inability to keep all of it is meant to point us towards the mercy of Christ and so without it we are left wandering. The Cross is the place at which the Law and Mercy intersect with our lives. Without both the cross looks just like a stick
Those who put the Law above mercy and who seem to not have an ounce of forgiveness in them have got it wrong. So have those who ignore the Law altogether or who create their own version of the it.
I always find it funny how many within both general society and also within the Church forget Jesus also condemned the Sadducee who were more like the left of the Church all wrapped up in political maneuvering, intrigue and trying to negotiate with the world and it’s system.
It seems if there is a lesson it would be everyone needs to be careful and humble lest we fall one way or the other!
You do realize your words are in violation of the Religion forum ROE and generally in other FR forums?
I recommend you ask the RM to remove your post.
I’m being nice considering your profile shows a 2014 start. I know of course this could not be an alternate account.
My apologies. I was drinking tonight.
Pope Saint Pius X pray for us.
Instaurare Omnia in Christo (restore all things in Christ)
However,I can't help thinking that the world's definition of a fundamentalist is not quite the same as what a church-goer might think it is.
Considering that to one we are the savour of life unto life and to the other we have the stench of death it strikes me as dangerous ground the Pope is treading on.
"You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists"
Nasty trap that.
The fifth one is also Catholic dogma, but we perhaps understand it a bit differently from you.
Personally I think many of his comments are very poorly thought-out and do more harm than good, and this is a good example. Maybe he should learn not to talk to journalists, who are experts at taking things out of context and proportion. He has people who are paid to talk to journalists for him.
Ill Papa?
If Benedict says he wants to come back, does this guy have to step down?
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