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To: ealgeone

“What is the point?”

As Catholics, we do not “obey” the pope on matters he errs on. This papal bull, if truly inspired by the Holy Spirit, may call us to be led by the pope, but certainly does not call us to err.

It cannot, by definition. Part of the issue with modernity is that it often asserts God’s will/power is absolute. (Islam says this, BTW.) It is not. It is ordained. It is absolute only in how He proclaimed it in Scripture (which we interpret with the guidance of the Holy Spirit via tradition and reason). He cannot tell Christians to commit adultery, or to commit sin for it is good, for example. And He cannot tell us to go against Scripture, tradition, reason; He cannot lead us to err.


51 posted on 07/05/2018 6:54:07 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: ReaganGeneration2
As Catholics, we do not “obey” the pope on matters he errs on. This papal bull, if truly inspired by the Holy Spirit, may call us to be led by the pope, but certainly does not call us to err.

By what standard are you asserting the pope is in error?

How do you determine if the bull, unam sanctam, is or is not inspired?

52 posted on 07/05/2018 6:56:31 PM PDT by ealgeone
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It cannot, by definition. Part of the issue with modernity is that it often asserts God’s will/power is absolute. (Islam says this, BTW.) It is not. It is ordained. It is absolute only in how He proclaimed it in Scripture (which we interpret with the guidance of the Holy Spirit via tradition and reason). He cannot tell Christians to commit adultery, or to commit sin for it is good, for example. And He cannot tell us to go against Scripture, tradition, reason; He cannot lead us to err.

Does that mean He didn't really order the extermination of eight separate nations because that would have been "mean?"

57 posted on 07/06/2018 7:41:08 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator ("Conservatism" without G-d is just another form of Communism.)
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