[One could see this one coming a way off. Ratzinger, former Nazi youth and supporter of Opus Dei (right wing organization similarly disposed), has been signaling his attack on the ecumenical outreach supported by John Paul II.
Ratzinger schemed his way into the papacy and is now following the party line of the first Christian heretic, St. Paul, originally Saul who became a ‘convert’ from Judaism and then proceeded to pervert the message of Jesus with his personal hate themes. These included anti-Semitism such as that now reintroduced by Ratzinger with the Roman mass, hatred of women (marry them only if you are burning with lust and ban young Christian widows from the church), ugly anti-Semitism, and sycophancy towards the ‘divinely sanctioned’ most brutal of political authorities (e.g. the murderous Roman emperor of his days). All of these hatreds culminated in Nazism which the then pope allowed and the Holocaust against the Jews, people with disabilities, Gypsies, and true Christians such as Dietrich Bonhoffoer who gave his life to protest the massive Nazi murders.
Ratzinger (Alexander XVI) sadly spells the bitter end of the Roman Catholic Church — not with a bang but with a whimper. Most of Paul’s horrors which Ratziger is replaying are spelled out in his Letter to the Romans. One finds in another of his letters the charge that the “Jews killed Jesus!” which was the Christian abomination that sounded down the ages and which was recently replayed by Mel Gibson (The Passion of Christ).
Contemporary biblical scholars are discovering that the editing of the Christian sources was done aggressively by early Christian theologians. Ugly stuff such as the Pauline hate themes which supported the absolute authority of the Roman Catholic church upon which the First Vatican Council based the absolute authority (infallibility) of popes was selected in. Much else with differing stresses was extinguished. Ratzinger, having conspired for the post for several decades, is now running with the ball, having attacked Muslims he is now on to Jews and fellow Christians and those of us who despise his pretentious costly dresses, white socks, and red slipper approaches to major contemporary moral and political issues.
I studied theology formally for 3 years, have had many friends amongst those wrestling with the moral issues among the representatives of our Western religions, and am appalled by this descent into Hell by this arrogant fraud who drove out of his church its leading theologians and others that might have rescued it from such demonic arrogance. Ed Kent]
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/07/10/vatican-church.html
Catholic Church only true church, Vatican says
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 | 10:27 AM ET
CBC News
The Vatican issued a document Tuesday restating its belief that the Catholic Church is the only true church of Jesus Christ.
The 16-page document was prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a doctrinal watchdog that Pope Benedict used to head.
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The blogger has a lot of anger to express -just did it poorly
it is a very strange statement and all but ends what was at least some encouraging dialog between Roman catholics and Orthodox and Anglicans (although they are not helping themselves)
The Pope is a Zealot not different from a lot of evangelicals-he is appealing to the Catholic core- (probably 25% or so and this group is aging rapidly)
Opus Dei-the Amazon Native Tribes “pining for the faith”-the Latin Mass return-now this-typical statement from a Zealot-if you want to see the catholic core watch EWTN
the Church is struggling in America
this will not help
MC
I am no fan of the church of Rome, but although some of statements have a great deal of validity, the poster greatly undermines his own credibility by getting the pope’s name wrong. It’s Benedict XVI, not Alexander.
A link to the actual document would be helpful. Or did I miss it?
This post is ignorant and stupid. When you say that you studied theology for three years, is that your way of saying that you were forced to go to Sunday school?
The leopard doesn’t change it’s spots. After a bloody history of trials, torture, and executions such as the crimes of the Inquisition, the denial of people to even have scripture in their own language, the vicious murder of Godly men who merely published the word of God, the more things change, the less they change. I am a Protestant, grown to be non-denominational. I believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. It is by the grace of God, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ we have salvation. I and all others who likewise believe are the true church of Jesus Christ on earth, regardless denominational affiliation. Those with the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Christ, are the only church. The church is the body of believers in Jesus Christ, not some man or group of men in Halloween costumes, chanting in some dead language, not some dome in Rome. The church is the body of Jesus Christ, not the body of Rome. This is the truth. This is the gospel. I have always known and now know I do not need Pope Rat, the Catholic Church, Latin masses, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam, to have eternal life, that salvation is through Jesus Christ, not some man running around in a bizarre robe out of the Dark Ages, proclaiming he has a lock on truth that somehow supercedes Jesus and all the apostles, head of a church that has largely been doing the work of Satan throughout it’s long and sordid history. The Pope and the Catholic Church have merely affirmed their lifelong irrelevance to me and persistent, dangerous ambitions that have been the framework of a vile institution, doing the work of the devil and responsible for the murder of millions that can, in no way, shape, or form, be remotely attributed to the work of Christ. I can live fine without that, thank you.
We all have the right to express our theological opinion. I am thankful to our American manner of religious freedom and freedom of expression. However personal attacks against Catholic theology and papal hierarchy are off the mark, and not especially welcome to this Catholic faithful believer. My suggestion and thoughts are that the development of the current understanding of the Church’s appreciation is again a restatement of the Vatican II teachings of Lumen Gentium, and Gaudium et Spes…namely that there are degrees of proper participation within the theological Body of Christ, and that all faiths share in the development of proper revelation by the Deity. That seems to be true of the recent declaration from the Vatican as well. Our Catholic beliefs are truly inclusive of all religious observations. Catholicsim does not corner the market on salvation. However, we do persist in the belief that our manner and expression of religious worship is divinely instituted by Christ. It seems that the declaration does nothing more than restate the consistent teachings of the Church since the Council of Jerusalem regarding Christological entrusting to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
The path to theological realization and personal acceptance of the Supreme Deity offers many directions. The Catholic Church is again using the teaching authority it maintains to theologically “proclaim” the long held and traditional beliefs that have been present in Catholicism since Apostolic times.
A historical perspective to the history of Church councils, as well as a basic appreciation of the Protestant Reformation in light of the Council of Trent would be a clear understanding of this never changed restatement of Church teaching.
What the Pope is saying is that the Catholic Church has the fullness of the faith, in other words the whole pie. For example, other Christian religions have a piece, or a part of the true faith. For example all Christian religions have the Sacrament of Baptism, but do not have all seven sacraments. When the Protestants broke away from the Church, they lost many direct ways to salvation, the ones established by Christ, when he made St. Peter the head of the Church, the Catholic Church. It was the only existing Christian Church for 1000 years, until the Orthodox faith broke away, because of a dispute over the true Pope. There was no other Christian Church until the 1500’s when Luther broke away. The Roman Catholic Church is the only Christian Church that was in existance back to the time of Christ! Christ established the Catholic Church, and the Papacy and priesthood, whatever they loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven, and whatever they bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, so being a devout Catholic is the most direct route to salvation!
and he promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against it, that is why it is still so strong 2000 years later!
This post was hateful and ill-informed. The reference to the pope’s association with Nazi Germany was the first tip off (he was forced to serve for about a year in the Hitler youth in an anti aircraft battery). He is very misinformed on the purpose of the extension of permission to say the Latin Mass. Benedict is a wise and very tolerant man. He has to be to endure the cheap shots of the Islamists and bloggers like this commentator.
>What the Pope is saying is that the Catholic >Church has the fullness of the faith, in other >words the whole pie. For example, other >Christian religions have a piece, or a part of >the true faith.
That’s the Pope’s opinion, not substantiated by scripture; most Christians agree that much of the “Catholic” (read: Roman) church has little to do with Christianity.
>For example all Christian religions have the >Sacrament of Baptism, but do not have all >seven sacraments
The seven sacraments are one of many non-scriptural “add-ons” the Roman Church has thrown on its take of Christianity through the centuries. Other such add-ons include veneration of Mary, celibacy of the priesthood, and lengthy rote prayer.
>When the Protestants broke away from the >Church, they lost many direct ways to >salvation, the ones established by Christ, >when he made St. Peter the head of the Church, >the Catholic Church.
Jesus did not establish many of the Roman Church’s “ways of salvation” such as indulgences (“selling” salvation).
>It was the only existing Christian Church for >1000 years, until the Orthodox faith broke >away, because of a dispute over the true Pope.
Actually, there were several different branches of Christianity up until the Roman Church partnered up with the ruling classes. BTW, having a pope is not a Christian concept.
>There was no other Christian Church until the >1500’s when Luther broke away.
You contradict yourself – see above
>The Roman Catholic Church is the only >Christian Church that was in existance (sic) >back to the time of Christ! Christ established >the Catholic Church , and the Papacy and >priesthood
No he didn’t, he established Christianity, which has nothing to do with the Papacy and Priesthood of the Roman Church.
>whatever they loose on earth shall be loosed >in heaven, and whatever they bind on earth, >shall be bound in heaven, so being a devout >Catholic is the most direct route to salvation!
Faith in Christ through grace is the only route to salvation; the Roman Church has little to do with this.
>and he promised that the gates of hell will >not prevail against it, that is why it is >still so strong 2000 years later!
The Roman Church would have died of its own corruption had not the Orthodox and Protestants broken away. The Great Schism and The Reformation are the only reasons that the Roman Church ending its most heretical practices.
What a strange and curiouse man.Why so much anger? Surely his time would be better spent concentrating on his own beliefs and whatever makes him at ease with himself.Life is too short to be so cynical.
The Vatican always supports fascist, Nazi and genocidal murderers.
The Vatican helped almost every one of the Nazi war criminals it could escape.
Pius XII elevated Stepinac who murdered 700,000 people for the Nazi’s to the cardinalate in 1952.
The Vatican supported the fascist dictatorships in South America.
The Vatican funded the defense of the Nuns and Priest responsible for the Rwanda genocide.
The Vatican defended the Catholic Holocaust denying Priests.
The Vatican defends the child rapists.
The current Pope has returned Nazi Priest to the Vatican.
The current Pope was a member of Hitler Youth.
The Pope has just asked Chile to release the mass murders and members of the fascist death squads now in prison for their crimes.
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