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To: B-Chan; RnMomof7
As Vicar of Christ, he is the living embodiment of Christ's promise to preserve His Church from error.

Do you have any scriptural basis for that statement?

I thought not

69 posted on 01/06/2003 9:36:16 PM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: P-Marlowe; B-Chan
As Vicar of Christ, he is the living embodiment of Christ's promise to preserve His Church from error.

Nor is there anything within the Apostolic tradition that asserts this false premise.

70 posted on 01/06/2003 9:53:15 PM PST by lockeliberty
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To: P-Marlowe
Do you have any scriptural basis for that statement?

Isaiah 22 describes the key of the House of David and the succession in office of the vice-regent. The key was given by the King of the House of David to his vice-regent (or prime minister) who kept it in a pouch which was slung over his shoulder indicating his authority. In the king's abscence the vice-regent was given full plenary authority.

Isaiah 22

20 "In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 23

In Matthew, Jesus founds His Church, giving the "keys of the kingdom" to Peter, explicitly indicating Peter's position and office as the King's vice-regent or vicar of Christ:

Matthew 16

18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

St. Paul calls the Church "the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Tim 3:15)," so naturally Jesus commands us to take our disputes to His Church to be settled:
Matthew 18

7If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 18"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be[4] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[5] loosed in heaven.

Jesus tells the Apostles:

John 16:13

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.

The Holy Spirit guides Christ's Church into all truth. The deposit of faith is complete. The Church has declared that Revelation has ended (although that fact isn't indicated in the Bible). But Church doctrine continues to develop over the course of history as the Church derives logical conclusions from divinely revealed facts.
90 posted on 01/07/2003 6:05:33 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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