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To: RnMomof7; annalex; bkaycee; metmom; Quix; presently no screen name; Dr. Eckleburg

Catholics believe in faith in Rome alone saves them ...I guess it is just where one puts their faith ..As for me and mine..it is Jesus

I've been wondering about this lately..say (worst case scenario, I know) that the Pope came out next Sunday and spoke ex-cathedra: "God has shown me that we must leave this earthly life now. It is time to drink the bitter koolaid." ANd then he turns and walks back into the Vatican.

What would RCCs do? Just how much faith do they have in their pope, infallibility, traditions, doctrines, etc., really? Would they do as he said or would they walk/run away? Just HOW MUCH FAITH DO they have in Rome.

1,534 posted on 11/12/2010 9:05:32 AM PST by smvoice (Defending the Indefensible: The Pride of a Pawn.)

To: smvoice; RnMomof7; annalex; bkaycee; metmom; Quix; presently no screen name; 1000 silverlings

Very good question. And RCs apparently have answered that question...

"The Pope ... is the bishop of Rome and the Vicar of Christ on earth. He is the visible head of the whole Catholic Church ... Who was the first Pope? St. Peter, who was made Pope by Jesus Christ Himself ... Did Peter's authority die with him? No, it was handed down to a man named Linus, and after he died, it was handed down to another, and so on, during the past 2000 years ... Does Jesus require us to follow the Pope in matters of religion? Yes, because obedience and loyalty to the Pope are among the chief requirements of the Lord's plan for unity in His church" - (A Catechism for Adults, by William Cogan, 1975 ed., pp. 55,56).

"Obedience and loyalty to the pope."

Not to Christ. Not to God's word. Not to the God-given Christian conscience. Not to the truth.

"To the pope."

Therefore when JPII kissed the Koran (which is certainly a "matter of religion,") the rest of the Roman Catholic church is supposed to do likewise.

Satanic.

1,544 posted on 11/12/2010 12:38:40 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

Well some folks are willing to follow the pope right into hell if that is where he leads

1,570 posted on 11/12/2010 4:00:29 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")

To: smvoice; RnMomof7; annalex; bkaycee; metmom; Quix; presently no screen name; Dr. Eckleburg

say (worst case scenario, I know) that the Pope came out next Sunday and spoke ex-cathedra: "God has shown me that we must leave this earthly life now. It is time to drink the bitter koolaid." ANd then he turns and walks back into the Vatican.

What would RCCs do?

Laugh very hard and wait for the next pope. We know our faith.

2,485 posted on 11/17/2010 5:22:14 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)

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