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To: Steelfish
Martin Luther- an arch heretic

Luther is quite on point at the present moment. What should a faithful Catholic do when confronted by corrupt authority in the church? Riding it out and waiting for God to correct the error is not always possible. In Luther's case, he was ordered on pain of excommunication to perjure himself (a mortal sin) and affirm what he believed to be grave error. He refused. That's the spark that lit the Reformation.

Francis hasn't forced things to that point. Yet. So there may still be time. But if Francis in fact represents a majority of the cardinals, and if that majority truly wants (as seems to be the case) to run up the white flag and get right with the progressive agenda and the spirit of the age, the church may not self-correct for a very long time. So: what will you do if the hierarchy propagates error? Keep your mouth shut and go along to get along?

23 posted on 05/01/2018 3:47:54 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx; ebb tide
Luther is quite on point at the present moment. What should a faithful Catholic do when confronted by corrupt authority in the church? Riding it out and waiting for God to correct the error is not always possible. In Luther's case, he was ordered on pain of excommunication to perjure himself (a mortal sin) and affirm what he believed to be grave error. He refused. That's the spark that lit the Reformation.

And the OP of this thread is acting just like Luther did as the guy is "protesting" his little heart out by posting more anti-pope articles than one could imagine.

I can only imagine the outcry of "Roman Catholic bashing" if a non-Catholic were to post the same type articles against the pope.

25 posted on 05/01/2018 4:19:51 AM PDT by ealgeone
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