-——Jesus told the thief that “TODAY you shall be with me in Paradise.”——
Geez....if Jesus had asked Peter the first Pope for clarification while he was hanging on the cross, Peter would have spoken in “ex cathedra” and none of this would be confusing...../ S
Seriously! But, be careful: there may be some old parchment somewhere that can be twisted to say that Peter actually DID say that....</sarcasm>
It’s amazing the semantic gymnastics that occur to try to make something that never is mentioned in Scripture support the Magicsterium’s dictat.
Hoss