"The Church was never more political than religious. The Church offers Mass every day. How often does it hold political conventions?"
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What do you call it when your Cardinals meet and ELECT a Pope?
If that's political, then so is a meeting of the elders of a Baptist church to SELECT a pastor.
Incredible.
You wrote: "What do you call it when your Cardinals meet and ELECT a Pope?"
I call it what it is -- a conclave. It is not a secular election. No one invoilved holds a secular office. No one involved represents a secular government. All members take a solemn oath to vote their conscience as to who will best lead the CHURCH.
And we all know darn well that you were talking about SECULAR politics earlier. Are you getting so desperate that you have to try and make a conclave of cardinals into a secular political institution?
Incredible.
You wrote: "What do you call it when your Cardinals meet and ELECT a Pope?"
I call it what it is -- a conclave. It is not a secular election. No one involved holds a secular office. No one involved represents a secular government. All members take a solemn oath to vote their conscience as to who will best lead the CHURCH. It is a Church affair handled by the Church through Church offices, institutions, and even held on Church property.
And we all know darn well that you were talking about SECULAR politics earlier. Are you getting so desperate that you have to try and make a conclave of cardinals into a secular political institution?