To: narses
"And the authority of the Pope is neither unlimited nor supreme."
Vatican I "If then any shall say that he Roman ponitff has the office merely of inspection or direction, and not full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the universal Church, not only in things which belong to faith and morals, but also in those things whoch relate to the discipline and government of the Church spread throughout the world; or assert that he possesses merely the principal part, and not all the fullness of this supreme power; or that this power which he enjoys is not ordinary and immediate, both over eah and all the Churches and over each and all the pastors of the faithful; let him be anathema
To: Catholicguy
That's right -- that isn't power absolute and without limit. Reread it.
48 posted on
06/23/2002 3:49:11 PM PDT by
narses
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