[Dr. Eckleburg]

"(false) Bishop of Rome"

Last I checked, Pope Benedict XVI and nearly all other popes were in fact bishops of Rome.

Ratzinger is a false bishop of Rome because he is not elected by the congregation. Authoritarian, hierarchical verticalism is contraindicated by the Scriptural example of the early church and the churches of the Reformation.

[terycarl]

Ratzinger is a false bishop of Rome because he is not elected by the congregation. Authoritarian, hierarchical verticalism is contraindicated by the Scriptural example of the early church and the churches of the Reformation

I live in the diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana and the pope chose our new bishop, no one even asked me my opinion nor would I have been able to give an intelligent one. The churches of the revolution (not reformation) are irrelevant because they chose not to participate in true Christianity....too bad for them, but they have no say in anything

[annalex]

Ratzinger is a false bishop of Rome because he is not elected by the congregation

"Doctor", he was consecrated bishop and elected Pope according to the process established to that end by the Church where he is a bishop.