To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
"Did Peter wear gaudy robes and tall hats? Did he carry a bejeweled and gilded shepherd's staff?
Did the other apostles wear opulent jewelry as symbols of their offices?
Did they dwell in luxurious and comfortable gilded chambers?
I must say this is getting silly.
None of this pertains to the papacy per se. This is a wardrobe issue. The pope would be the pope, were he dressed as a Tiberian fisherman; or dressed as an Appian shepherd; or dressed as Solomon in all his glory; or "dressed" as a blind, naked beggar wandering the nuclear ruins of post-caliphate Europe. The truth pertains to the inside, not the outside.
But I think you knew that.
1,011 posted on
10/12/2014 7:14:28 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” - Flannery O'Connor)
To: Mrs. Don-o
None of this pertains to the papacy per se. This is a wardrobe issue.
You agree that the practices of Catholics have strayed from the practices of Peter and the other Apostles?
1,034 posted on
10/12/2014 9:31:23 AM PDT by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Mrs. Don-o
None of this pertains to the papacy per se. This is a wardrobe issue. The pope would be the pope, were he dressed as a Tiberian fisherman; or dressed as an Appian shepherd; or dressed as Solomon in all his glory; or "dressed" as a blind, naked beggar wandering the nuclear ruins of post-caliphate Europe. The truth pertains to the inside, not the outside. I rather doubt that...Without the multi-million dollar cathedrals, the gold, tapestries, paintings, the pomp and especially the religious garb, there would be very little appeal to your religion...
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