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To: arj
What else would you expect from a church that considers the Pope King instead of Christ?
189 posted on 01/09/2003 1:30:37 PM PST by rwfromkansas (www.fairtax.org: It is time for a FAIRTAX!)
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To: rwfromkansas
Respectfully, Catholics do not believe that the Pope is King. We only call Christ the King, always have. We believe that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ, His representative on earth, and can not err in the teachings of faith and morals, from the time that Jesus Christ made St. Peter the rock on which His church was to be built.

Many non-Catholics do not understand the role of the clergy and the Pope in the Church. Many non-Catholics do not understand how everything about Catholicism IS Christ-centered. Everything leads back to Christ. Everything. The Mass -- both the Litury of the Word (the readings and the Gospel) and the Litury of the Eucharist are Christ-centered. A crucifix is on the altar of every Catholic Church to remind us that Jesus SUFFERED and DIED for our sins and our salvation, and we are not worthy.

God bless.
204 posted on 01/09/2003 2:20:42 PM PST by Gophack
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