the sacred pastors are the college of bishops and their head, the bishop of Rome. a bishop does not ipso facto lose his office by wishing to alter the deposit of faith. even if they did, I am not certain that Bishop McElroy wants to alter the deposit of faith, and I am absolutely certain that Pope Francis does not want to alter the deposit of faith.
the sacred pastors are the college of bishops and their head, the bishop of Rome. a bishop does not ipso facto lose his office by wishing to alter the deposit of faith. even if they did, I am not certain that Bishop McElroy wants to alter the deposit of faith, and I am absolutely certain that Pope Francis does not want to alter the deposit of faith.
if you mean the statement in which I said that I don't think Pope Francis wants to alter the deposit of faith, then no, I can't give you proof. I believe it based on nine years of carefully listening to his teachings.
I pray for the man, I don't care for his games or his politicizing most things. But changing something like the teaching on the death penalty in the CCC doesn't touch on the Deposit of the Faith. If he denied. for example. the Virgin Birth, the Church's teaching on abortion, or the sanctity of marriage etc. then he would be not only wrong but a false teacher and shepherd. Just because some of us think his papacy is a shipwreck doesn't mean he is a heretic.
I donтАЩt think he is a heretic. I just think heтАЩs a bad pope. There have been bad popes before, there will likely be bad popes in the future. The church is eternal.
the sacred pastors are the college of bishops and their head, the bishop of Rome. a bishop does not ipso facto lose his office by wishing to alter the deposit of faith. even if they did, I am not certain that Bishop McElroy wants to alter the deposit of faith, and I am absolutely certain that Pope Francis does not want to alter the deposit of faith.
Joseph, can you give proof of these statements?
if you mean the statement in which I said that I don't think Pope Francis wants to alter the deposit of faith, then no, I can't give you proof. I believe it based on nine years of carefully listening to his teachings.
HasnтАЩt the pope already done as much by altering the catechism on the subject of the death penalty?
no, the change to the catechism on the death penalty is not an attempt to alter the deposit of faith.
I pray for the man, I don't care for his games or his politicizing most things. But changing something like the teaching on the death penalty in the CCC doesn't touch on the Deposit of the Faith. If he denied. for example. the Virgin Birth, the Church's teaching on abortion, or the sanctity of marriage etc. then he would be not only wrong but a false teacher and shepherd. Just because some of us think his papacy is a shipwreck doesn't mean he is a heretic.
I donтАЩt think he is a heretic. I just think heтАЩs a bad pope. There have been bad popes before, there will likely be bad popes in the future. The church is eternal.