>> 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.
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“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?”
Actually, yes. There are prophets with the same ability to make infalliable pronouncements. However only the pope has the ability when speaking ‘ex cathedra’, in the seat of Peter.
>> 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 Christs 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.