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Post by teresahrc on Jul 24, 2009 22:19:02 GMT -5
How can you trust a fallible man to guide you spiritually?
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Post by cradlecathlic27 on Jul 25, 2009 13:27:13 GMT -5
No one is infallible but God...
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Post by Ramon on Jul 25, 2009 18:09:34 GMT -5
How can you trust a fallible man to guide you spiritually? All man are fallible, even the Saints and Holy Fathers of the Church. However, the teaching authority was given by Jesus Christ to the Holy Apostles, who in turn bestow the gift to other gifted man who will be able to teach others (check the Book of Acts, and Saint Paul Pastoral Letters). In truth, we do not follow one single Father, but rather what the Holy Apostles, there Holy Successors, and the God-Bearing Fathers delivered to the Churches at large; what the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church believed and practice in communion. Now the better questions would be: Why do you follow the opinions of one man, Martin Luther, and reject what the whole Church (both West and East) taught and practice from the 1st century to the 11th century? How can you follow a doctrine that arose solely from the Protestant Reformation, and had no foundation in the Early Church? In IC.XC, Ramon |
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Post by Cepha on Jul 28, 2009 8:31:00 GMT -5
How can you trust a fallible man to guide you spiritually? Because NO man guides Christians. The Holy Spirit guides the man that guides Christians. Therefore, The Holy Spirit (through this man) guides Christians. Fallible as he may be, he cannot teach in error when being guided by The Holy Spirit for The Holy Spirit does not lie. That man can be of any religious (or non-religious) background.  |
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Post by Cepha on Jul 28, 2009 9:16:16 GMT -5
No one is infallible but God... ...The Pope is infallible (when it comes to The Church). |
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Post by mrstain on Aug 27, 2009 17:15:26 GMT -5
No one is infallible but God... ...The Pope is infallible (when it comes to The Church). Yes, Peter was also writing infallibly when he penned his letters that we now read in scripture. Same goes for Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, etc. |
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Post by Cepha on Aug 28, 2009 11:17:51 GMT -5
...The Pope is infallible (when it comes to The Church). Yes, Peter was also writing infallibly when he penned his letters that we now read in scripture. Same goes for Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, etc. Amen...once one beleives that The Pope is fallible when teaching, it is their Christian duty to immediately cease from following The Pope. Luckily for us, The Pope is never wrong when it comes to matters of faith! ;D |
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Post by alfie on Nov 3, 2009 7:02:30 GMT -5
The Lateran Council reversed the claim of the councils of Constance and Basel that a council is above a pope.
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Post by Cepha on Nov 3, 2009 17:52:57 GMT -5
The Lateran Council reversed the claim of the councils of Constance and Basel that a council is above a pope. Which one? There were 4 of them.  |
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Post by Matthew on May 29, 2010 15:16:06 GMT -5
The Lateran Council reversed the claim of the councils of Constance and Basel that a council is above a pope. Which one? There were 4 of them. There actually "5" Lateran councils; the fifth having been convocked circa 1510-2; just before Luther's insurrection. |
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Post by Cepha on May 29, 2010 15:39:38 GMT -5
Which one? There were 4 of them. There actually "5" Lateran councils; the fifth having been convocked circa 1510-2; just before Luther's insurrection. Hi Matthew. Welcome aboard! I'm no where near as learned as I should be when it comes to the history of other Christian Churches. Feel free to share what you know. I am all ears. |
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