Posted on 05/14/2023 1:51:18 PM PDT by ebb tide
The papacy is not a secular office as if the pope were an absolutist king, Cardinal Müller said at a Mai 7 talk in Turin (SilereNonPossum.it).
There is a difference between the apostles and the bishops because the apostles received God's revelation while bishops and the pope “are bound in content to the fulfilment of revelation in Scripture and apostolic Tradition.”
A pope ist not allowed to promote his private friends or arbitrarily depose bishops which he personally dislikes and interfere without just cause in the ordinary pastoral office of the diocesan bishop, Müller explains with evident reference to Francis.
He further points at Francis when he says that "every pope must distinguish precisely between his divine mandate and himself as an individual with all his limitations. He must not impose on other Christians his private views on politics or economics and non-theological sciences.”
Müller knows that “even popes can become a scandal because, as human beings, they believe they want to chart a course that is populist for the public's taste but contradicts the spirit of Christ.”
Ping
Yes, Dope Francis is scandalous. But Cardinal Mueller needs to remember three things are required to be gravely sinful:
1. The act must be (or must be thought to be by the individual) to be gravely morally wrong.
2. The person must acknowledge the act to be gravely morally wrong.
3. The person must commit the act of his own free will.
Most students in Second Grade Catechism class realized that if a person was incredibly stupid, that person (in this case, Dope Francois and most of so-called American Catholics like Jose Biden, Nazi Pelosi, etc.) would be incapable of committing mortal sins.
Yes, Dope Francis is scandalous. But Cardinal Mueller needs to remember three things are required to be gravely sinful:
1. The act must be (or must be thought to be by the individual) to be gravely morally wrong.
2. The person must acknowledge the act to be gravely morally wrong.
3. The person must commit the act of his own free will.
Most students in Second Grade Catechism class realized that if a person was incredibly stupid, that person (in this case, Dope Francois and most of so-called American Catholics like Jose Biden, Nazi Pelosi, etc.) would be incapable of committing mortal sins.
All of them, however, are incredibly evil. Satan is know to give evil people priveleges.
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