Without the pope and the bishops in union with him teaching under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as a final authority, Christianity becomes a matter of voting on what the Bible really means. The continuing disintegration of the Protestant denominations is proof.
As a Lutheran, I don’t need a man in a funny hat to tell me what Jesus wants in my heart. OR the POPE.
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