Posted on 03/30/2023 6:30:41 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Vatican repudiated the ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ stating that it was political and non-doctrinal in nature.
(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis’ Vatican has issued a new statement repudiating three 15th century papal bulls that many Indigenous groups in Canada have accused of paving the way for the European settlement of North America.
The statement, published Monday by the Vatican’s Dicasteries for Culture and Education and for Promoting Integral Human Development, renounced the “Doctrine of Discovery,” a non-doctrinal, political concept found in the papal bulls Dum Diversas (1452), Romanus Pontifex (1455), and Inter Caetera (1493).
“In our own day, a renewed dialogue with indigenous peoples, especially with those who profess the Catholic Faith, has helped the Church to understand better their values and cultures,” the Vatican explained.
“It is in this context of listening to indigenous peoples that the Church has heard the importance of addressing the concept referred to as the ‘doctrine of discovery,'” the statement reads.
Explaining the term, the Vatican continued:
The legal concept of ‘discovery’ was debated by colonial powers from the sixteenth century onward and found particular expression in the nineteenth century jurisprudence of courts in several countries, according to which the discovery of lands by settlers granted an exclusive right to extinguish, either by purchase or conquest, the title to or possession of those lands by indigenous peoples. Certain scholars have argued that the basis of the aforementioned ‘doctrine’ is to be found in several papal documents, such as the Bulls Dum Diversas (1452), Romanus Pontifex (1455) and Inter Caetera (1493).
The ‘doctrine of discovery’ is not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church. Historical research clearly demonstrates that the papal documents in question, written in a specific historical period and linked to political questions, have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.
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This so called pope is a heretic!
That’s right!
LOL
A pope was wrong? Heck, it seems like they are only human!
Oh the humanity!!!!!!
Between you and me I know there is no pope who is/was fit to wash the feet of Jesus.
That should give rise to some comments.
Now there’s some reparations that need to be paid.
—> Neither is the Bible, it seems.
Primarily pieces are used to prop up what was decided outside Scripture - or incorporated from pagan religions in the Roman Empire
The Catholic Church can “baptize” totem poles, but it can’t “baptize” Adam and Eve!
All from the *church* that never changes.
I thought papal bulls were infallible doctrines or statements. Now they are not?
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