The Pope Says the Catholic Church is the Only True Church

SexyGreyFox · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:28

Christian communities and churches that are not part of the Roman Catholic order are either defective or not true, with salvation being impossible outside of Catholicism - that's the latest controversial proclamation by Pope Benedict XVI.

The Pope was reinforcing interpretations of the the Second Vatican Council, a set of meetings which modernised the Catholic church. Legitimate churches must have a lineage which goes back to Christ's apostles, the Vatican believes.

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, which represents 75 million Protestants across the globe, is unhappy with the statement. "It makes us question whether we are indeed praying together for Christian unity," it said.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070711/News03/707110381/0/OPINION

dafloppyone · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:32

Hehe I remember he called bhudism mental mastrubation, hes an old nut. Dont really care what the nutter says. at least he cant call crusades any more,

Scuzi · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:34

What the hell do you expect the leader of the Catholic church to say?

Biohazard · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:34

Yes all praise Catholicism!

:rolleyes:

scorza · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:36

Scuzi said:
What the hell do you expect the leader of the Catholic church to say?

Uhm, a similar sort of thing to what the previous leader of the catholic church said :\

divine` · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:37

Well he was hardly going to try and convert us all to Islam was he? :/

The Running Man · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:37

aye, thats why i hate religion. they ALL believe that they are the true religion, therefore eery other religion and follower to be inferior or unsalvable!

if there was one true god, why would he have asked so many different groups to worship him in such different ways? leads me to believe there is no god.

oh and that man is devious beyond redemption.

glissando · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:38

So the Pope is a Catholic? Holy ****.

iBankAllDay · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:39

glissando said:
So the Pope is a Catholic? Holy ****.

Literally.

Biohazard · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:39

iBankAllDay said:
Literally.

What like swiss cheese? :confused:

MNuTz · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:40

dafloppyone said:
at least he cant call crusades any more,

Want to bet? Dont go assuming everyone to do with religion is sane, some people will fight and die for their religion. We sit it every other day in the news.

dirtydog · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:43

iBankAllDay said:
Literally.

Heh

Indeed.

SexyGreyFox · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:45

I went to a Catholic funeral yesterday and what an experience that was.
I've attended many Christian funerals and vicars normally spend a lot of time talking about the deceased and its amazing what you learn about people.
You have a couple of hymns and a small religious speech but mostly its about the deceased at a Christian funeral.
Not so this Catholic one - basically they mentioned the bloke once and then spent the next hour preaching.
C'mon Catholics - think about the dead.

Biohazard · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:47

Yes but the blind belief that you will see them in heaven makes it alright, get out the party poppers and hats..

psyr33n · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:57

He's a really clever man, but this is pretty much against the direct teachings of Christ; that is ceremony, image and orthodoxy over outright belief and the will to attain the goodness of Jesus. However by the looks of things he's just complying with Catholic and Vatican tradition, so I wouldn't read too much into it...

big_white_dog84 · 13 Jul 2007 at 17:59

The catholic church is a dangerous organization. I strongly agree with the Act of Settlement keeping catholics off the throne. We don't want to have the pope having any influence whatsoever over someone who has the ability to block laws passed by democratically elected people.

Nitefly · 13 Jul 2007 at 18:00

Biohazard said:
What like swiss cheese?

Biohazard · 13 Jul 2007 at 18:01

Nitefly said:

Way!

Someone got it!

Azagoth · 13 Jul 2007 at 18:09

What do you expect from a Nazi? Just remember, Nazi's used to go around dressed in black and telling people what to do, whereas Catholic Priests.............

Zip · 13 Jul 2007 at 18:11

The pope lies

Not all Churchs are like this.
Most of them dont care what church you go to if they are really thinking of the people