Pope Francis Says It’s an ‘Honor’ to be Criticized by Americans

All Catholics are officially led by this man.

Nope. They're led by Jesus Christ.

Really???
Jesus Christ says all the clergy in the church must be married with a family...
Jesus Christ says to get away from that religion that has cardinals going around wearing long, pink robes...
Jesus Christ says you must believe in Him before you get baptized...
Jesus Christ says you 'must' be born again...

Nah, you 're not led by the Jesus Christ of the Scriptures; the Jesus Christ of Creation...You're just fooling yourselves...

Christ gave Peter the keys in Matt 16:19 with language of binding and loosing. This hearkens back to Isaiah 22:20ff.:
"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."
The Pope (=Papa, "father") is Christ's appointed steward. Like Eliakim he wields the authority of the King. When the regent is good and loyal, he is a peg in a firm place, a seat of honor (Isa 22:23-24)

Your religion had to search the scriptures far and wide to come up with a conclusion like that...

Isa 22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
Isa 22:21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

In 'that day'??? What day is that??? Today??? Yesterday???

And he will be the head of the gov't, in Jerusalem??? To the Jews???

Isa 22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Isa 22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isa 22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

This scripture has nothing to do with the Catholic religion...You have to count on the biblical ignorance of Catholics to push this past them...

There is nothing in the Old Testament that points to a Catholic or Christian church during the church age...There is nothing that points to the church age...It was a mystery given to and revealed by the Apostle Paul... Nice try tho...

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