A point which I have made at least twice in this thread, though somehow you and a couple of others seem oblivious to it.
Oblivious... good word.
Describes the response to #55.
(I wonder if THESE popes are forgiven by Christ?)
Yes, we are FORGIVEN by Christ.
Describes the response to #55.
(I wonder if THESE popes are forgiven by Christ?)
Unfortunately, history has shown that corruption is inevitable in any man-made institution. I believe it's instructive to note that the New Testament pattern is one of autonomous local congregations of believers. Even in the nascent church's formative years as it spread outward from Jerusalem, you see no pattern of a "Chief Apostle" as elders were selected and installed in every congregation.