Catholic Heresy (for the record)
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He's infallible. Not inerrant. His decrees cannot fail or thwart the will of God. That is the gift of infallibility when he speaks from the seat of Peter. However, he can be in error, or say things really really badly.
Again, the difference between infallibility and inerrancy.
Even we believe that Scripture is the only infallible and inerrant thing in our world.
Again, the difference between infallibility and inerrancy.
Even we believe that Scripture is the only infallible and inerrant thing in our world.
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The problem with the RCC is that they are like a really sloppy politician when it comes to the things they say theologically.
They give Mary a high lofty sounding title like queen of Heaven.
But they know that sounds too big, so they spend time walking it back to something less significant.
Or a Pope says that he dedicates everyone to Mary, but then that has to be walked back by saying it's done within the greater context of RCC dogma.
You guys would do yourselves good, if you'd simply pin the lofty titles on God only.
Instead you guys pin those attributes on Mary too, creating tons of confusion. Confusion that gets "cleared up" after you write 1000 encyclicals explaining the title doesn't mean like what it means.
They give Mary a high lofty sounding title like queen of Heaven.
But they know that sounds too big, so they spend time walking it back to something less significant.
Or a Pope says that he dedicates everyone to Mary, but then that has to be walked back by saying it's done within the greater context of RCC dogma.
You guys would do yourselves good, if you'd simply pin the lofty titles on God only.
Instead you guys pin those attributes on Mary too, creating tons of confusion. Confusion that gets "cleared up" after you write 1000 encyclicals explaining the title doesn't mean like what it means.
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He's the POPE, sitting in the seat of Peter, the chiefest of theologians.
His statements really should be spun very tight and very precise.
They shouldn't have to be walked back.
If he were some rag-tag Internet theologian like me, then fine.
But he's not. When he says we dedicate ourselves to Mary it means what it says. When a Pope says Mary rules. That means what it says because it comes from more than an Internet theologian.
His statements really should be spun very tight and very precise.
They shouldn't have to be walked back.
If he were some rag-tag Internet theologian like me, then fine.
But he's not. When he says we dedicate ourselves to Mary it means what it says. When a Pope says Mary rules. That means what it says because it comes from more than an Internet theologian.
I would agree with you, had I not read his encyclical on Human Sexuality or the Life of Christ or who we are to God, etc. St. Pope John Paul II was an avid fan of Mary, and at times it went too far, but when it came to explaining the faith and writing theological treatises, the man was a Christian. A flawed Christian, but so was Peter, and so am I.
No, you're right about that. But also realize that up until half a century ago, the only people the Pope spoke to were Catholics mostly. It's hard for an organization as large as the RCC to suddenly come into the world. Really the only person who was any good at explaining the Catholic Church to the outside world of the last century was the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.