not at all...he is the Pope and as suce the head of the Catholic church. He is a leader, a guide, a representative of Christ on Earth and we owe him respect. However, only when he speaks ex-cathedra are we required to accept his statements as absolute.,P. He is entitled to human opinions and I'm not necessarily in agreement with a few that I have heard.
You, on the other hand seem to be acting as your own Pope....don't need any of that Catholic stuff...I'll make up my owwn mind (rthe Holy Spirit agrees with me)and skip all that scriptural and tradition stuff
TC wrote: not at all...he is the Pope and as suce the head of the Catholic church. He is a leader, a guide, a representative of Christ on Earth and we owe him respect. However, only when he speaks ex-cathedra are we required to accept his statements as absolute.,P. He is entitled to human opinions and I'm not necessarily in agreement with a few that I have heard.
Terycarl wrote in post 4842: Catholics are not required to agree with every move he makes nor every opinion that he utters. He might lean toward the democrats and I wouldn't like it at all..He is a human being just like the rest of us and only under VERY specific circumstances am I required to adhere to his proclamations...otherwise....whatever!
If you've been baptized into the RCC then you have to be subject to the pope. It's not your choice.
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, Nov. 18, 1302, ex cathedra: “With Faith urging us we are forced to believe and to hold the one, holy, Catholic Church and that, apostolic, and we firmly believe and simply confess this Church outside of which there is no salvation nor remission of sin… Furthermore, we declare, say, define, and proclaim to every human creature that they by absolute necessity for salvation are entirely subject to the Roman Pontiff.”
http://www.onetruecatholicfaith.com/Roman-Catholic-Articles.php?id=602&title=7.+Subjection+to+the+Church%2FRoman+Pontiff&category=Outside+the+Catholic+Church+there+is+no+Salvation&page=1
The pope has spoken ex cathedra on this one. It is dogma. It is as "official" as you can get for Catholicism. So what the pope says goes. Or are catholics disputing this?
A catholic has to believe this. No choice as we've been told by many on this board.
Sounds like some are making their own personal interpretation of catholicism!