#1. "The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God."(#1. "Papa tantae est dignitatis et cesitudinis, ut non sit simplex homo, sed quasi Deus, et Dei vicarius.")
#13. "Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions."
(#13. Hinc Papa triplici corona coronatur tanquam rex coeli, terre et infernoram.")
#18. "As to papal authority, the Pope is as it were God on earth, sole sovereign of all the faithful of Christ, chief king of kings, having a plentitude of unbroken power, over the earth, with supernatural absolute governing authority entrusted to him by the ominipotent God."
(#18. "Deveniendo ad Papae auctoritatem, Papa est quasi Deus in terra unicaus Christifidelium princeps, regum omnium rex maximus, plenitudinem potestatis continens, cui terreni simul, ac coelestis imperii gubernacula ab omnipotenti Deo credita sunt.")
#30. "The Pope is of so great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws."(#30. "Papa tantae est auctoritatis et potestatis, ut possit quoque leges divinas modificare, declarare, vel interpretari, ad num.")
Regarding your quotes...
None of them say the Pope is ABOVE God! They merely say that he has been given authority on earth by God for the sake of men to express what God's will or Word is on a particular teaching that he might be interpretating. It can be said that the pope is the vicar of Christ, as the pope is the visible representation of the unity of the Church. Haven't you read WHO gave Simon the ability to know who Jesus was in Matthew 16?
Regards
Care to give any sort of citation, link, or anything like that?
Or did you just do a cut-and-paste job from some anti-Catholic screed?
The Pope has no authority to modify or abrogate Divine Law. Ever. Sorry, but that's the way it is.
Jumping into this thread a bit late here. I'd like to see a specific citation of the source material for this. I can't put a handle on it, but I think I've seen this somewhere before...Lorraine Boettner's infamous "Roman Catholicism," perhaps?
The Latin, as written, seems to check-out okay. But it's not all that hard to find anti-Catholics who know enough Latin to mimic a Church "document" that suits their own polemic.