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To: Heliand

Do you believe that the Pope is infallible as defined by Vatican I? Do you believe the current Pope is the rightful pontiff?

The sources you site are not infallible sources and though have much merit do not rise on a teaching that must be held by all the faithful. Salvation outside of the Church is well explained in Dominus Iesus.


405 posted on 12/08/2009 10:37:46 PM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: lastchance
Do you believe that the Pope is infallible as defined by Vatican I? Do you believe the current Pope is the rightful pontiff?

What kind of ridiculous questions are these? Do you take me for an Old Catholic?

I do believe that the current Pope is always the rightful Pontiff. Something else would be an utter logical contradiction, would it not? Isn't it impossible for the present Pope to be anything but the rightful Pontiff?

And the answer to your childish quiz is that one Josef Ratzinger, formerly Archbishop of Muenchen-Freising, formerly Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, currently reigns as our Pope, the Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Bishop of the Holy Roman Church, etc., etc., etc., etc.

681 posted on 12/09/2009 8:56:49 PM PST by Heliand (St. Pater Mavimeno, pray for us)
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