To: ebb tide
There is no acceptance at all of dissent within the Church. The pope is the supreme, and only authority.
Note that this priest was kicked out for saying: “the present pontiffs election was the work of a political and corrupt mafia of cardinals”.
Note that the current pope has not yet condemned those who took part in the gay orgy at the Vatican, and he promoted the nuclear ‘deal’ with Iran.
3 posted on
08/01/2017 8:27:51 AM PDT by
I want the USA back
(If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
To: I want the USA back
The pope is the supreme, and only authority.
No. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ, who is the ultimate of authority of the Church. He is charged with protecting Church Teaching, Dogma and Tradition.
While Pope is the earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church, his authority has restrictions on it. He is a monarch, but nowhere has the Church ever taught that he can contradict Church teaching, or the good of the Church.
A monsignor does NOT have the authority to declare a latae sententiae excommunication, which is best declared only for actions that are clear-cut rather than words (e.g. successfully procuring or helping to procure an abortion). If anyone were serious about this, the layman who would be excommunicated should have an opportunity to receive a formal charge, and respond to it. Latae sententiae is a lazy out, and should apply to every Catholic government official who has voted for abortion would be subject to it if it were that easy. (Of course, they may already be, and they are likely in a state of continuous mortal sin and cannot recieve Cmmunion anyway).
7 posted on
08/01/2017 9:00:21 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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