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NASB | Jude 1:4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
Subject: Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood |
Bible Note: The Pope, according to Catholic dogma: "Possesses full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole church, not merely in matters of morals" -- and I'm reading -- "and faith, and also in matters of discipline and government." Council of Trent says if anybody says he doesn't, "let him be anathema." "The Pope" -- I'll read it again -- "possesses full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole church." They would even look at the Protestant as disenfranchised brethren who should be lining up in submission to the Pope. "Supreme power is his," says Catholic dogma. "There is no greater power than his and there is no equal power. His power transcends both the power of each individual bishop or cardinal and also of all bishops put together. Collectively, they are not equal to the Pope. Singularly, they are not equal to the Pope. "The Pope can rule independently on any matter under the church's jurisdiction. The church rejects all attempts by the state to rule over the Pope and the church." That's why they created their own state, the Vatican, so that the Pope would be the king of his own empire. Quoting from Catholic dogma: "The Pope is judged by nobody." Now, that gives you a pretty clear idea of the role that he plays. He is unilaterally responsible to have jurisdiction over all matters of church life. The dogma says the Pope is infallible when he speaks "ex cathedra." Have you ever heard that expression? It simply means "out of the chair." All that means is when he speaks and it's not some kind of formal occasion, it means when he speaks in the discharge of his duties as pastor and doctor over all Christians. "He defines doctrine regarding faith and morals to be held by the universal church, and is possessed of that divine infallibility and, therefore, definitions by the Roman pontiff are irreformable. "He never makes a mistake, and nothing he says, therefore, can ever be altered. "The source of his infallibility," says the dogma, "is the supernatural assistance of the Holy Ghost, who protects the supreme teacher of the church from error. God in heaven will confirm the Pope's judgment. He is preserved from error." Quote. |