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To: Elsie; Salvation
I sure DO wish someone had straightened Paul out here..... SOMEHOW he FORGOT to list POPES!!!

Well, there wasn't much of a list in 67 AD when he and St. Peter, our first pope were both executed. But, as to the various roles that people serve in the body of the Church;

1 Corinthians 28. "And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues."

Various popes have served in all those capacities throughout history, though I imagine the gifts of administration would be essential to their official capacity.

Speaking of the Body of the Church, we had some applicable readings on that today at mass.

Our good Freeper, Salvation is kind enough to post daily mass readings here on Free Republic. Not only is it a blessing to Catholics and other interested Christians, but it has served to help dismiss the false myth that Catholics don't read the Holy Bible.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1064870/posts

821 posted on 01/25/2004 12:05:43 PM PST by Barnacle ("It is as it was." JPII)
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To: Barnacle
the false myth

Is this anything like Jumbo Shrimp or
Military Intelligence?

Sure you merely mean 'myth'; for a 'false myth' would equal truth!

832 posted on 01/25/2004 12:30:09 PM PST by Elsie (When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
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To: Barnacle; Elsie
**Our good Freeper, Salvation is kind enough to post daily mass readings here on Free Republic. Not only is it a blessing to Catholics and other interested Christians, but it has served to help dismiss the false myth that Catholics don't read the Holy Bible.**

Those readings at Mass were good today, weren't they? Three assemblies, Ezra the scribe, St. Paul and Jesus.

If anyone wants to read the daily readings, please FReepmail me.

God bless.
889 posted on 01/25/2004 4:03:14 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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