“Jesus was Roman Catholic?”
I always thought it was weird for the Pope to be in Rome, considering that the Romans killed Jesus and all that.
Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, washed his hands of the matter and sent Jesus back to King Herod of Judaea.
The Apostle Paul was a Roman citizen and traveled to Rome to spread the Good News. He was even imprisoned there for two years and later died in Rome.
God help us, instead of uniting Christians this man is dividing them further. Sad. Especially in a time when Christianity is suffering all over thew world at the hands of Islam.
God help us, instead of uniting Christians this man is dividing them further. Sad. Especially in a time when Christianity is suffering all over thew world at the hands of Islam.
“I always thought it was weird for the Pope to be in Rome, considering that the Romans killed Jesus and all that.”
Rome? I thought it was in Rouen, man, I am behind the times with all of the claims of Supremecy, so they moved back to Rome from France? Did they ever get the three seperate claims on the Papacy sorted out?
Enough with the flippancy.
The real question is what was motivating him to say that, or rather, to have that published, was it an attempt to dominate that which is diffuse? Or was it meant as a guidance for the good of Christians?
For me, I don’t see the negative, but I do see an attmept to assert the assumed authority of the papacy, which will ultimately fail, as Christ is the Head of the Church, and early history of our Faith was not massive Cathedrals, rather meetings held in homes, Believers simply gathered to praise the Lord and celebrate communion as best as they could in the face of Barbaric oppression, which has naturally led to a distrust of a central authority, no matter the claims made.
Is it not written “Forbid iem not, for he who does a work in my name will not soon speak ill of me, for whoever is not against us if for us”?