Posted on 01/18/2023 4:40:11 PM PST by ebb tide
ROME — Pope Francis said Wednesday that trying to convince someone to become a Christian is a “pagan” activity unworthy of followers of Christ.
“To evangelize is not to proselytize,” the pope told crowds gathered in the Vatican for his weekly general audience. “To proselytize is something pagan, it is neither religious nor evangelical.”
This is not about proselytism, as I said, so that others become ‘one of us’ – no, this is not Christian,” he reiterated. “It is about loving so that they might be happy children of God.”
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, proselytizing means “to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of living to your own.”
Proselytism — or the attempt to convert others to one’s faith — is different from evangelization, the pope has proposed, which is the joyful witness of one’s experience of Christ.
“You know your contemporaries, you know that many are alone, that many do not know Jesus,” Francis told young people gathered for a national Catholic youth conference in 2019. “Go, go and bring the Lord, go and fill your environments, even the digital, but not of convictions, not to convince, not to proselytize, but to witness to the tenderness and mercy of Jesus.”
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Saints Isacc Jogues and Companions pray for him.
Ping
The Anti-Pope.
He’s a clown with evil intentions who destroyed the Catholic Church for generations.
NWO heretic
Francis has gone beyond being a mere commie pope. He’s now talking like he’s lost his mind.
As a side note, it’s interesting that Francis waited until Benedict died before speaking out against converting.
After reading Mark 16:15 - could we say anti Christ?
Yes and with conviction.
RE: He’s gone beyond being a mere commie pope. He’s now talking like he’s lost his mind.
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Here’s what I said on another thread today:
Dr.David Anders (evangelical who converted to Catholicism and now is an expert on technical theological matters, asked:
“If any Pope becomes mentally addled and refuses to resign, due to dementia for example, is there any group in the Vatican who can demand he step down?”
The answer: “No. There is no group of any kind that can cause a reluctant Pope to step down.
Someone needs to hang that dope on the end of a rope.
These are the days when one hears the Pope speak, and most listeners immediately think: “Ignore and Delete”.
Pope Francis tells Christians not to try to convert nonbelievers"
ANTI pope.
He’s proselytizing. Send ‘m packing.
Back in the old days the good Lord would strike ‘em dumb.
From the dictionary:
Prosylatize: to convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.
Evangelize: to convert or attempt to convert someone to Christianity.
I don’t see any difference in English. Is there a difference in whatever language he was speaking that didn’t quite get translated?
The endtimes false Prophet.
> There is no group of any kind that can cause a reluctant Pope to step down. <
Benedict was 85 when he resigned. In doing so, he set a good example for future popes to follow. Francis is now 86. So much for that good example.
Some folks just love power too much, I guess.
“All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, unto all nations (people groups), baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have command you, and Lo, I will be with you, even unto the ends of the earth.”
The risen Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:18-20
Hi.
I apologize up front...
Know Islam, no peace. No Islam, know peace.
You can proclaim that Jesus is Lord, but you can’t make anyone believe that. They have to find out for themselves.
Jesus doesn’t do the sword thing... well, I don’t know about later...
5.56mm
No, he has made remarks against proselytizing before, just maybe not so clear. No tithe from our family for this guy. Only prayers for his conversion to Christianity.
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