We get a publication every month with articles of interest to Orthodox Christians and the one we got the other day addressed the recent comments by the Pope of Rome, in which he called Orthodox Christians "defective". THis article is amazing in how it points out the deceptions and faults of the papacy. Even though you aren't Orthodox you can certainly agree with the points made in this article, such as:
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| In 1870, the Papacy proclaimed the wretched idea of its own infallibility to all its followers and the whole world. Many Papal bishops protested vociferously but to no avail, for the travesty was already accomplished. Their protests fell on deaf ears, and gradually the whole Papacy accepted the most unacceptable dogma of supreme arrogance—the infallible man! With an infallible man sitting in Rome, what need is there for the God-Man Christ? They assert that He is away up in heaven, but we have our own man-god sitting in Rome. All our hope is in him, for he can never lead us astray as he is protected with infallibility. The Pope, having the only keys to heaven, promises to open the pearly gates for those who honor him and pay him homage. |
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Jesus Christ never places His authority in the hands of one man, for He demands two or three witnesses in everything. The Papacy apostatized from the Church that Jesus Christ founded and established a strange and new system with tyrannical authority posing as Vicar of Christ. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Mt 18:20). Christ taught us that He came in His Father’s name: I am come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. (Jn 5:43). When the Bishop of Rome usurped authority over the whole Church of Christ, he went out in his own name, proclaiming his authority and worldly power, and the world received him and offered him homage.
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This article is harsh and speaks fervently against the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church..If you're interested here is a link to the
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