Posted on 05/09/2025 6:42:49 PM PDT by ebb tide
Ping
Polls also said Trump would lose. He won big among self-identified Catholics. I don’t believe Pew is totally accurate.
And on that measure Roman Catholicism has failed miserably.
And for correction...the Holy Spirit has been given to all believers.
Jesus did not found the Catholic Church. There is no mention of Catholics or popes anywhere in the Bible. It does say that ministers should be married. Oddly enough, the Catholic Church says no.
Oh Jeez...
There is apparently no shortage of long standing issues about this topic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensus_fidelium
Who knew?
Just how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Why do these “popes” act like kings? It’s just gross.
So you’re quoting Wikipedia about the teachings of the Catholic faith? 🤣
It says "husband of one wife," to disqualify men who had divorced a pagan wife or remarried after being widowed, not to disqualify men who have foresworn marriage for the sake of the Kingdom.
It is insane to believe that Paul would set out qualifications for pastors which would quite possibly disqualify himself, and certainly disqualify both John the Apostle and Christ Himself, especially in view of Paul's own words in 1 Cor 7.
Also while I still need time to understand the whole Synodal thing - as someone who has also been involved in Evangelical circles, Bible studies, etc…I do sense there is a timely appetite for structure & continuity. So many splintering churches, interdenominational and intra-denominational disputes eventually take their toll…
Where in the inspired text of the Bible is anyone authorized by God to write a single word of the New Testament? Where in the inspired text of the Bible do you find d the list of which books are canonical books of the New Testament? It's true that the word "Catholic" doesn't appear in the Bible. Neither does the word "Bible".
I have no other idea about The Catholic Church.
What did Luther think?
I saw that Cardinal Burke posted a very positive comment on FB about Pope Leo. I don’t if that was a mere formality or he is genuinely optimistic about this election.
"I saw the pope on TV." — Father Guido Sarducci
The Upper Room Discourse of John 14-16 and the High Priestly prayer of John 17 are full of instruction about the Holy Spirit and the coming of the apostles’ ministry empowered by the Holy Spirit. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to spread His word to believing hearts.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15:26-27:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:4-15:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John 17: 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Can someone who is Catholic translate “synodality” into something the rest of us great unwashed can understand? It feels like a new word the HR Department whipped out instead of using the words everyone already understands.
If I was to advise the Catholic Church, I would point to the ELCA and the PCUSA and ask them how going woke worked out for them.
It's nothing like these group hugs that Francis had been calling "synods".
Additionally, synodality refers to a pastoral model where bishops are encouraged to gather regularly for dialogue with each other, their priests, and the faithful on ecclesiastical or humanitarian matters (V0 Schneider Credo 2023 124:6).
In a broader context, a synod can be considered a type of council, specifically a particular or local council, where bishops of a specific region deliberate on matters of doctrine or discipline within their territory (V0 Schneider Credo 2023 123:6).
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