[Rokke]

"Upon this Rock I will built my Church"

I mentioned in an earlier post that... "The debate concerning the primacy of Peter is endless and will not be resolved on FreeRepublic". I still believe that. However, I am not sure what relevence your post has to whether or not "he who is not with the Pope is not with God, and who desires to be with God must be with the Pope." Could you explain what you mean?

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: "Could you explain what you mean?"

Sure, I'll at lest try. Think of the world as one big country with a King. That King is Christ. He rules in an eternal and supernatural way. His Viceroy is the Pope. When one is in rebellion to the Viceroy you are in fact rejecting the rule of the True King. That is not to say the Viceroy doesn't mess up now and again, he is human and in personal matters he can and does receive correction from the King. But when he makes proclamations he is speaking with the full weight and majesty of the King.

It is our responsibility to support the Viceroy as much as we can, but that does not extend to supporting him when he undermines the True King.