Why is the Pope resigning?
He wants more
time to spend with little boys.
Mt 7:20
Response to comment [from a
Christian]: "Your empathy for a sick old man is truly moving."
Hos 3:1
[What Caused the Pope to Resign? Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "Pope Benedict acknowledged the "rough seas" that marked his papacy
"when it seemed that the Lord was sleeping." In an unusually public outpouring
for such a private man, he alluded to some of the most difficult times of his
papacy which was dogged by sex abuse scandals, leaks of his private papers, and
reports of infighting among his closest aides. "There were moments, as there
were throughout the history of the Church, when the seas were rough and the wind
blew against us and it seemed that the Lord was sleeping," he said. The pope
says he is too old and weak to continue leading a Church beset by crises over
child abuse by priests and a leak of confidential Vatican documents showing
corruption and rivalry among Vatican officials. He said he was not "coming down
from the cross," but would serve the Church through prayer.
Read more."
Response to comment [from other]:
"The power of love and compassion..."
He rejected
love and compassion (Ps
7:11,
2 Pet 2:1).
Response to comment [from a
Catholic]: "The Pope himself plainly stated his basic reason for retiring..."
Time to buy
a new picture frame for you wall?
See:
No Idolatry & False Teaching
No Papal Authority
Response to comment [from a
Catholic]: "When the debate is lost slander becomes the tool of the loser." ~
Socrates
Is that a
"yes"?
"Yes, you have lost the debate..."
If that is
true, then you will be happy to provide biblical support
for
these false Catholic teachings.
Queue
jeopardy theme (right click, open).
Response to comment [from other]:
"You're very sleazy."
Protecting homosexual pedophiles is sleazy (Mt
7:20).
Response to comment [from a
Christian]: "A truly despicable response."
What's despicable is leading millions to hell
(Jud
11), raisy cakes (Hos
3:1).
Response to comment
[from a Mormon]: "...Maybe he is also having a change of heart..."
"...According
to many Reformers, Satan's crown jewel is the Roman Catholic religion. It is his
most seductive and deceptive form of counterfeit Christianity in the world.
Granted, there are many other apostate churches, but none compare in the size,
power, influence and wealth to the apostate church headquartered in Rome. The
problem most Catholics have is they have been indoctrinated from birth with the
lie that they belong to the one true Church. By believing this lie, they have no
incentive to read God's word and therefore they cannot discern truth from error.
I pray you will ask God to reveal His truth to you as you abide in His Word
(Proclaiming the Gospel, Vol 18 no. 4)." Full text:
No Idolatry & False Teaching
Response to comment [from a
Catholic]: [Prove your false teaching
with scripture
]
"...[Y]our demand relies entirely upon the 16th-century Protestant false
doctrine of sola scriptura..."
God wants you
to think (Mk
12:30).
[Sola Scriptura Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "The Bible gives overwhelming
evidence as to why Scripture must be always our sole authority for faith. The
Word of God is pure, perfect, inerrant, infallible, living, truth, light, holy,
eternal, and forever settled in heaven. It illuminates, cleanses, saves, frees,
guides, converts, heals, quickens, judges, and sanctifies. It also brings
conviction, gives knowledge, gives wisdom, produces faith, refutes error,
searches the heart, equips for every good work, and is used as a weapon. The
Word of God is even exalted even above the very name of God. Have you read
Psalm 138:2?
Compare this with tradition ... Jesus told the religious leaders of his day that
their tradition was nullifying the very word of God. Yet the religious leaders
of today continue to do the same and deceive their followers. Because of this we
must take the exhortation of Peter seriously ... that is we ought to obey God
rather than men.
For Christians, the Scriptures provide the only objective basis for authority
while the indwelling Holy Spirit provides illumination, conviction and
discernment. This dual authority, the Spirit of God working with the Word of
God, is sufficient in all matters of faith and Christian living. Catholics, on
the other hand, submit to a dual authority of tradition and Scripture, under the
subjective interpretation of their church. The pope, speaking for the church, is
said to be infallible in matters pertaining to faith and morals. You ask, "Where
does it say that Scripture alone should be the authority for faith?" Is "Sola
Scriptura," the battle cry of the Reformers, found in the Bible? There are at
least nine biblical justifications for the authority of Scripture alone..." Full
text:
Sola Scriptura
"Right back at you."
Intensional
"The shoe fits..."
I don't wear your shoes (2 Pe 2:1).
Intensional
See:
Roman Catholicism
"...[Y]our complete inability..."
Ad hominem
"...to provide any rational response whatsoever..."
You're projecting again (2 Pe 2:1, Eph 4:14).
"You're lying again..."
You're projecting again (2
Pe 2:1,
Eph 4:14).
See:
Cruciform
"Why do you continue to publicaly reveal your own lie..."
Repetition (Argument Ad Nauseam or Ad infinitum)
Jesus loves you
(Jn 3:16). Jesus is willing to save you (2 Pe 3:9). Repent (Eze 18:30-32; Ac
17:30). Believe (Mk 9:23).
See:
Roman Catholicism
"Amen."
Amen means we
agree. We do not (Jud
11).
See:
Works vs. Faith
"...Distorting my posts..."
You're projecting again.
"Amen means we agree. We do not."
You misquoted
me.
Amen means we agree. We do not (Jud 11).
"...i.e., lying..."
Repetition (Argument Ad Nauseam or Ad infinitum)
I quote you exactly (Eph
4:14).
See:
Cruciform
[I quote you exactly (Eph 4:14).]
"You're lying..."
You're projecting again (2
Pe 2:1,
Eph 4:14).
“Respect my authoriah.”
~ Eric Cartman
[I quote you exactly (Eph 4:14).]
"Post #102."
You are a
grace-perverter
(Gal. 1:6–8), bound by traditions (Mt 15:9), deceitful in all your ways (Eph.
4:14).
See:
Understand the spirit of antichrist (1 Jn 4:2-6).
See:
The Jesus test, the gospel test, and the fruit test
Response to comment [from other]:
"It's sad to think of you sitting there with all of your hatred weighing
down..."
Pope Turns Blind Eye to Homosexual Pedophile Problem in Roman Catholic Church
Pr 8:13
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: [Pope Turns Blind Eye to Homosexual
Pedophile Problem in Roman Catholic Church] "Oops! Try again."
"As you know, the Pope is resigning. He said he feels there's just no room for
advancement. It's a dead-end job." ~ Jay Leno
Jud 11
[How Should Catholics Respond? Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "Roman Catholic Paul Elie offered the following opinion of the
pope's resignation in the New York Times[:]
"...Resignation: that's what American Catholics
are feeling about our faith. We are resigned to the fact that so much in the
Roman Catholic Church is broken and won't be fixed anytime soon. So if the pope
can resign, we can, too. We should give up Catholicism en masse, if only for a
time. We should seize this opportunity to ask what is true in our faith, what it
costs us in obfuscation and moral compromise, and what its telos, or end
purpose, really is. And we should explore other religious traditions, which we
understand poorly. For the Catholic Church, it has been "all bad news, all the
time" since Benedict took office in 2005:
a papal insult to Muslims;
a papal embrace of a Holocaust denier; molesting by
priests and cover-ups by their superiors. When the Scottish cardinal Keith
O'Brien resigned on Monday amid reports of "inappropriate" conduct toward
priests in the 1980s, the routine was wearingly familiar. It's enough to make
any Catholic yearn to leave the whole mess for someone else to clean up.
Read more."
Why
is the Pope resigning?