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To: SnakeDoctor

Where does it say that the Pope is the only representative of God? Where does it say that the Catholic church is exclusive, in that it says you cannot be saved outside the church.

Are you denying your previous assertion?


294 posted on 03/30/2010 11:32:48 AM PDT by BenKenobi ("we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be")
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To: BenKenobi

>> Where does it say that the Pope is the only representative of God?

It says the pope alone holds a “special” ability to “make pronounce[ments]” infallibly with the “assistance of the Holy Spirit”. If this ability were not exclusive, it would not be “special”. Do you claim that other persons or religious bodies have such an ability?

>> Where does it say that the Catholic church is exclusive, in that it says you cannot be saved outside the church.

I never spoke of the source of Salvation ... though it would be noteworthy to me if you, a Catholic, claimed that Protestant denominations are also members of His church as Biblically referenced. Many Catholics I have had conversations with do not believe this — instead believing that Protestants left Christ’s chuch heretically. However, I am unsure if this is an official church position or just the position of some parishoners ... so would not attribute it to the Catholic heirarchy.

SnakeDoc


295 posted on 03/30/2010 12:15:48 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant ... that even a god-king can bleed." - 300)
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