Catholics don’t place bishops or the Pope on the same level as God.
They are Christ’s representatives who rule over the flock in his earthly absence, but if they betray Christ through personal unworthiness or heresy we have an obligation to resist them.
That is Catholic teaching.
Sure they do. The Catholic church teaches that the pope can be infallible in the matter of faith and morals, and that priests and clergy can remit or retain sins, thereby damning a person to hell for eternity.
They are Christ’s representatives who rule over the flock in his earthly absence, but if they betray Christ through personal unworthiness or heresy we have an obligation to resist them.
Another
Nobody is that stupid to believe that claim.
Just like all those pedophile, child molesting priests that the church hid and moved around to keep from getting caught? The clergy of the Catholic church has had a long and sordid history.
Resist the evil? They cover it and protect it.
That is Catholic teaching.
It is NOT Catholic practice.
How are they His representatives? Does Christ appear and appoint them? How are they determined to be Christ's representatives? What is the process? Do not fallible, fallen men deliberate and elect these "representatives?
Please do tell how Christ verifies these choices to be accurate?
That is Catholic teaching. And that Roman Catholic teaching is flawed almost beyond belief.
Hoss
I don't believe you...You call your pope Holy Father which in itself is a slap to the face of God...
Real Christians who have been born from above know without any doubt whatsoever that the Holy Spirit (God) is God's representative on Earth...
The real fact is, we Christians are all God's representatives on Earth...
They are Christ’s representatives who rule over the flock in his earthly absence, but if they betray Christ through personal unworthiness or heresy we have an obligation to resist them.
Now there's a real contradiction...You guys tell us over and over again that God uses your sinful clergy to preach the truth, because there is no error in your religion...So which is it???