I didn't say anything about the Pope.
Why can't you answer if Jesus and Paul were teaching political ideologies?
Neither Jesus nor Paul had anything to say about political ieologies that I can find. What few political things they did have, well, ...
Jesus said, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s," which is basically saying, "live according to the rules of the government under whose rule you reside." Not a bad idea.
Also, realize that during the time Jesus lived the government, especially the Jews (a theocracy) weren't at all friendly to Jesus and His followers. Also remember that in Matthew 17 Jesus and His disciples come to Capernaum and are asked about paying their temple tax, a very Jewish tax. "Are you going to pay it?" Jesus said, "Sure," and instructed Peter to catch a fish and take the money out of the fish's mouth to pay the tax. "Live according to the rules of your government" is the message conveyed.
Peter would later write that we should "submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and
for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all
people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." (I Peter 2:13-17)
Again, this is written in a time when the Roman government was becomming increasingly unfriendly towards Christians. But here it is again...live according to the rules of your government...honor the king.
Then there is this from Paul -- "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to
execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore
you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes
are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor."
Again, how friendly was the government going to be towards Christians?
So I conclude that when it comes to laws, taxes, etc. that I, as a Christian, should obey them. There is only one exception and that is if those laws forbid me to do something God requires me to do, like Peter and John were in Acts 4 when they concluded, "We ought to obey God rather than man." OR if the law requires me to do someting that God does not want me to do as in the case of Hannaiah, Mishael and Azariah and also in the case of Daniel ... which we read about in the book of Daniel...in which case death would be preferable to obeying the government in that regard.
Fortunately we live in the USA and not some of the countries that are opposed to Christianity.
But back to the original question, Neither Jesus nor Paul had much to say about politics, and when they did it could be summed up with, "Obey the laws of the government under which you live to the best of your ability."
