Subject: Why Papal rule all wrong? |
Bible Note: JVH0212 Maybe the Baptist and the AG’s was a bad example. I was more aiming at the American Baptist rather than the Southern but in any case I can honestly show you men that once voted into church office will never be removed. Who is virtually unaccountable to any other living human being. I can also show denominations that appoint pastors to the church and can they not be removed by anyone short of the denominational governing committee. I can show you ministries that answer to no one but themselves. I can show you denominations where the pastor must support and must answer to a governing board that is elected into office virtually for life. I did not say there was no difference between one man making the decisions and a board making decisions. However I have seen board controlled by one man that were merely rubber stamp approvals of what ever he wanted. JVH0212 I’m not defending papal rule. I’m simply asking is the end result of a papal decree versus a committee vote saying the denomination is going this way all that different? Is saying we have prayed and the Lord lead us to this decision therefore it not up to discussion all that much different than I prayed and now talk infallibly this is the way it is? End result they are both going in the direction handed down. JVH0212 this issue is not all that big if you remove the pulse quickening word infallible. Again JVH0212 please don’t read anything into what I’m saying. Can we not say once the decision is made, by whatever means, does it not have the same effect on the Catholic denomination as it does in most protestant denominations? If that be true does it make a whole lot of difference if one man makes the decision or it is made by a group of men that vote however the leader wants? John please don’t take this as a challenge or an attack but let it be fodder for thought. Bring on the Pepsi!!!! Love you my Brother Ed |