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To: NYer
"The Catholic Church has a pope because our Lord did not want to leave His followers orphans."

How do you reconcile this statement with Christ's own words. In John 14:16 He says: "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans;I will come to you."

Clearly, Christ is not discussing the Pope here. Unless you believe the Pope is also the Holy Spirit.

261 posted on 11/24/2004 9:01:31 AM PST by Rokke
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To: Rokke; NYer

once more, using the Other's trick of twisting words. Did NYer say the Pope was negating or supplanting the Holy Spirit? NO. Instead, you're twisting everything around to attack Christianity.


269 posted on 11/24/2004 10:27:34 AM PST by Cronos (W2K4)
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