papacy

  1. Haeralis

    Pope Francis claims that a committed atheist was saved

    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/18/pope-francis-lied-to-a-child-about-whether-his-dead-atheist-father-was-in-heaven/ It used to be the case that Rome taught that faith was at least a necessary ingredient of salvation. No longer. Pope Francis claimed that God was proud...
  2. johnbugay

    Historical concessions may be afoot in the papacy

    I've posted two new threads at Triablogue, based on this work: How Can the Petrine Ministry Be a Service to the Unity of the Universal Church?. So far I have found more than a few statements that have the potential to change the whole tenor of the Protestant/Catholic discussion. This first...
  3. johnbugay

    Literature on the early papacy and succession lists

    Roman Catholic apologists make a big deal out of the “ancient” nature of their church. But historical scholarship of the last 50-60 years has greatly put a damper on those claims, first in the evolution of the office of bishop, then in terms of the evolution of the office of the bishop of Rome...
  4. johnbugay

    The Papacy Today

    As I see it, questions about whether or not the papacy is antichrist, or THE antichrist, miss the mark. Nobody here would question the fact that the papacy historically has been, and is now, a bad thing. The real issue is that the Reformation historically been inconclusive, not because the...
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