Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by derby_dude
The Pope IS the Catholic Church. To be a good Catholic in good standing with the Church you follow the Pope blindly. The Pope is God (Jesus) on earth. In all matters of religion, the Pope is infallible.
Incorrect. The Church has defined in the past that any pope who was a heretic was, by that fact alone, not the Pope, and no Catholic owed him any allegiance.


Who's the Church if not the ruling elite of pope and college of Cardinals? The ruling hierarchy has always established the orthodox position of the Church and what constituted heresy.

There's a reason why I left the Church and Christianity a long time ago.

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