Pope issues mission statement for papacy

I actually know a really sweet woman I grew up next door to who will benefit from his stance on divorce. She won't accept annulment because she had children in her first marriage and refuses to declare them annulled as well. She's been in the Anglican Church as a result. Ironically, that church is the perfect argument against marriage reform, as its founder was an evil man who is burning in the inner circle of hell for living such a failed existence.
 
I have no time for the Roman Church, but once in a way some of its members remind us that it derives, a long way, back from Christianity. More power to the man's elbow!
 
Threedee said:
I actually know a really sweet woman I grew up next door to who will benefit from his stance on divorce. She won't accept annulment because she had children in her first marriage and refuses to declare them annulled as well. She's been in the Anglican Church as a result. Ironically, that church is the perfect argument against marriage reform, as its founder was an evil man who is burning in the inner circle of hell for living such a failed existence.
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There's just so much wrong with the unforgiving stance on divorce. Don't get me wrong, there's way too much of it in society but to punish people for something that might have been out of their control? It's crazy.
 
What year was the great schism and Martin Luther's 99 Thesis? Looks like the Catholics might finally be addressing some of Martin Luther's complaints. Sure took a long time... .maybe the schism can be healed? Is unified Christianity a possability?
 
christiefan915 said:
There's just so much wrong with the unforgiving stance on divorce. Don't get me wrong, there's way too much of it in society but to punish people for something that might have been out of their control? It's crazy.
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Yup. Many Catholics are stuck in loveless marriages. Though I still believe in mandatory marriage counseling for a year before divorce in most cases. To see if you can save a marriage or prevent stalking.

I for one am glad that the Pope is reaching out and ready to take the Catholic Church to a new age.
 
Jarod said:
What year was the great schism and Martin Luther's 99 Thesis? Looks like the Catholics might finally be addressing some of Martin Luther's complaints. Sure took a long time... .maybe the schism can be healed? Is unified Christianity a possability?
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The Church was already a millennium old when the great schism occurred in 1054, and nearly 1500 years old when Luther posted the theses. Also, the Church basically addressed his arguments during the course of that century.
 
Threedee said:
The Church was already a millennium old when the great schism occurred in 1054, and nearly 1500 years old when Luther posted the theses. Also, the Church basically addressed his arguments during the course of that century.
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Not all of them, you still have to pay an indulgence to get divorced, for example.
 
Threedee said:
The Church was already a millennium old when the great schism occurred in 1054, and nearly 1500 years old when Luther posted the theses. Also, the Church basically addressed his arguments during the course of that century.
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ML complained about corruption in the Catholic Church. Which led to a spiritual revolution. But the reformation has become just as corrupted as the RC was........
 
wiseones2cents said:
ML complained about corruption in the Catholic Church. Which led to a spiritual revolution. But the reformation has become just as corrupted as the RC was........
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Yes, any organization of men becomes corrupted. I believe that the teachings of Christ would be better served by small groups of 10 or 15 family communities that could meet regularly and do the work of Christ. Otherwise politics, greed and corruption get in the way, especially when the business of the organization claims to be something as powerful as the will of God.

When you look at how powerful the Catholic Church was and where it is today you can see that we have been able to separate ourselves from the yoke of that oppression by weakening the church, but if the Church were clean and more spiritual, weakening it would not have been necessary. In many ways America was founded on the waive of weakening Church influence upon Western Civilization. The ideals of liberty and freedom that sprung from the French Revolution and had their roots in Lutheran Germany put the Church where it is today.

The hierarchy of the Church is learning that in the modern world their only power will come from an authentic representation of true spirituality.
 
Are you saying that Luther inspired mass murder and atheism, Jarod? It's kind of harsh comparing him to the French Revolution. :D
 
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