Posted on 10/19/2015 9:17:34 AM PDT by ebb tide
Could some faithful nun save the church by slipping him a poisoned cup of coffee?
Pope Frank is not worth losing your soul ever, God will deal with him.
Is it just me, or does the concept of imposing de-centralization from the top down, seem oxymoronic?
The Catholic Church is a doomed institution, not only from the division that Francis brings, but more fundamentally it is an organization whose structure, doctrine and operation is at odds with God and Jesus Christ.
The Rome’s Catholic Church elite are playing out their predestined role to drive the world toward a new world order hell.
I know!
Let’s all run around in circles waving our hands and screaming!
Oh my.
The Catholic Church will never fall apart.
Or Archbishop Gilday
Read about at Catherine of Siena who influenced the pope getting him to solve a schism
Seems a reasonable response to hysteria, this headline
“Could fall apart”?
That’s probably a big overstatement but I don’t think it would be good for The Church.
Very disturbing.
Sooner or later some Priest is going to nail a call for reformation on a church door and... oh wait.
>> giving local bishops’ conferences more freedom to work out their own solutions to the problems of divorce and homosexuality
Hey, look on the bright side!
Instead of those tedious chicken dinner feasts and fish fries, local parishes can raise funds by running a bath house at the KC hall — or adjacent to the sanctuary.
And recruiting priests will be a LOT easier, with the entire homosexual population of the US and Europe to choose from.
Is it just me, or does the concept of imposing de-centralization from the top down, seem oxymoronic?
1) Bable
2) How many times was the temple destroyed in the Old Testament
3) New Testament Temple destruction.
I get the impression that God does not like centralization, the exception being when He does it. Scattering the sheep and then seeing which ones hear his voice seems to be a repeated tactic.
Having a king is good when you have a good king............
Unfortunately there is a long history of such things in the Catholic Church. Now that it is clear that the Catholic Church is becoming “lukewarm”, the faithful need to follow Jesus’ advice on this.
4 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this:
“‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of God’s creation, says this:
15 “I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot.
16 So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
17 For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,’ and yet do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.
19 Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
20 “‘“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, [then] I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.
21 I will give the victor the right to sit with me on my throne, as I myself first won the victory and sit with my Father on his throne.
22“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’”
* [3:14–22] The letter to Laodicea reprimands the community for being lukewarm (Rev 3:15–16), but no particular faults are singled out. Their material prosperity is contrasted with their spiritual poverty, the violet tunics that were the source of their wealth with the white robe of baptism, and their famous eye ointment with true spiritual perception (Rev 3:17–18). But Christ’s chastisement is inspired by love and a desire to be allowed to share the messianic banquet with his followers in the heavenly kingdom (Rev 3:19–21).
http://www.usccb.org/bible/revelation/3
100,000 denominations under one roof.
The Orthodox Churches will have more consistency of doctrine than the Catholic Church if Francis’s project is made reality.
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