Did the Pope commit Rank Heresy ?
"Pope Declares No Hell?"So ran the riveting headline on the Drudge Report of Holy Thursday.
Drudge quoted this exchange, published in La Repubblica, between Pope Francis and his atheist friend, journalist Eugenio Scalfari.
Scalfari: "What about bad souls? Where are they punished?"
Bad souls "are not punished," Pope Francis is quoted, "those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls."
On the first Holy Thursday, Judas betrayed Christ. And of Judas the Lord said, "Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man shall be betrayed; it were better for him if that man had never been born."
Did the soul of Judas, and those of the monstrous evildoers of history, "just fade away," as General MacArthur said of old soldiers? If there is no hell, is not the greatest deterrent to the worst of sins removed?
What did Christ die on the cross to save us from?
If Francis made such a statement, it would be rank heresy.
Had the pope been speaking ex cathedra, as the vicar of Christ on earth, he would be contradicting 2,000 years of Catholic doctrine, rooted in the teachings of Christ himself. He would be calling into question papal infallibility, as defined in 1870 by the Vatican Council of Pius IX.
Questions would arise as to whether Francis is a true pope.
Comments (22)
Great Deceiver.
talking of slippers, unless your looking for the feel of one at the back of the head, I suggest you skip back on over to your devilish blog... THE ideal blog where you belong
One should consider searching within ourselves for one's own personal meaning, rather than relying on archaic doctrine based on archaic ignorant beliefs.
On the actual age of the earth versus biblical time & more;
Do not Sully my Mary's.
It is historically correct.
They are fine examples of an earthly woman's brave roles in life:
Mother,Sister and Partner( spouse)
Patience is wearing thin,...
Brother Harbal
BTW, my patience isn't wearing thin.
I suppose this means no Easter eggs for me
Anyhow since it was never written how or why then did Pope Gregory portray her as being one?
If Lent brought you closer to God don't drift away. Let St Mary Magdalene teach you how to love Jesus. This book may very well change your life.
Oops, 1st was Fr.Sean Gilbert
the true story. a wee bit of reading.
Judas had to do what he did, the time was right, he 'handed over' Jesus in order that he may do what he was sent to do ~ die for sinners.
I read much and study quiet a lot about MM here on the net, but thanks all the same for sending me on the link but the seven demon's, for the life of me I just can't figure whats that all about
I've promised my daughter I'm taking a break from holy people for awhile ...
shes beginning to worry I've become a little too obsessed with it all
and maybe I have... but if you could perhaps quickly explain this seven demon thing to me, I could then run a long and work on keeping my promise to my daughter
you have heard of a person being possessed by the devil or demons, she was possessed with seven. so that is a lot. can't imagine that. so I suppose she appeared crazy to people of that time period. jesus felt her pain so drove out the demons. and became a follower of Jesus.
where are the days that infants that weren't baptized had to spend their time in hell?
maybe Francis doesn't see proof or need of hell.
Maybe he realised that organizing a world society on punishment isn't helping things forward
view it differently as we go but that's alright.
Am very happy to see Pope Francis Christened Mary Magdalene THE APOSTLE OF APOSTLES... Up till now we've always believed it was Peter chosen by Jesus... or so the Bible would have us believe.