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The line starts here
Jul. 12th, 2007 09:43 pmMany thanks to friends who pointed out the Pope's declaration that Christian denominations other than Catholicism and the various Orthodox churches are not true churches and lack the "means of salvation." (see http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19692094/)
Apparently, only churches that can trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles have the "means of salvation" and the rest of us get to roast in Hell. I wonder what effect it has if the chain of "apostolic succession" includes popes of dubious moral and ethical quality. I guess it doesn't matter that the chain of apostolic succession includes Medicis and Borgias, for example, or that it includes advocates of the selling of indulgences, the crusades, and the inquisition.
Oh well, I wasn't on the good list anyway.
Apparently, only churches that can trace their bishops back to Christ's original apostles have the "means of salvation" and the rest of us get to roast in Hell. I wonder what effect it has if the chain of "apostolic succession" includes popes of dubious moral and ethical quality. I guess it doesn't matter that the chain of apostolic succession includes Medicis and Borgias, for example, or that it includes advocates of the selling of indulgences, the crusades, and the inquisition.
Oh well, I wasn't on the good list anyway.
