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To: STJPII; familyop
I literally and I mean literally started laughing at this author. Conservative Catholics, like myself, completely ignore Francis and cling to the Magisterium and Church doctors, all higher authorities than any one pope. I have no doubts Barrett Feels the same way.

I do not blame you for rejecting Francis, though it does not go far far enough, since distinctive Catholic teachings are not manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (which is Scripture, in particular Acts through Revelation, which best shows how the NT church understood the gospels).

However, as a professed Catholic you are thus part of a sect that is contrary to such past papal teaching as teaches,

'the one duty of the multitude is to allow themselves to be led, and, like a docile flock, to follow the Pastors," "to suffer themselves to be guided and led in all things that touch upon faith or morals by the Holy Church of God through its Supreme Pastor the Roman Pontiff," "of submitting with docility to their judgment," with "no discussions regarding what he orders or demands, or up to what point obedience must go, and in what things he is to be obeyed... not only in person, but with letters and other public documents ;" and 'not limit the field in which he might and must exercise his authority, " for "obedience must not limit itself to matters which touch the faith: its sphere is much more vast: it extends to all matters which the episcopal power embraces," and not set up "some kind of opposition between one Pontiff and another. Those who, faced with two differing directives, reject the present one to hold to the past, are not giving proof of obedience to the authority which has the right and duty to guide them," "Nor must it be thought that what is expounded in Encyclical Letters does not of itself demand consent." (Sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3578348/posts?page=14#14)

And as explained by a canon lawyer:

The pope’s power is supreme, as nobody on earth can overrule it. It is full, for he shares it with no one. It is immediate, since he needs nobody to speak for him. It is universal, because (unlike the power of a diocesan bishop, or that of the mother superior of a convent) it is not limited by any territorial boundaries, or limited to certain categories of persons. And it is ordinary, because it has not been delegated to the pope by anyone else. The power is his personally, and he may exercise it no matter where he is, or what time of day it is, or what he is doing:...the pope himself is not only the supreme legislator, but he is also the ultimate head of all church courts!

So does this mean the pope can do absolutely anything he wants? No. For while he may be the supreme head of the Church on earth, there is, of course, an authority that is even higher: God Himself. - http://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2008/02/08/are-there-any-limitations-on-the-power-of-the-pope/

Also, see can a Pope commit heresy And Can a Pope be Removed from Office.

130 posted on 09/20/2020 6:36:45 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212; STJPII

Thank you for the information.


208 posted on 09/20/2020 9:38:32 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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