According to MSNBC News Services, Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church. He approved a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.
Apparently, the Orthodox churches defect is based upon their failure to recognize the primacy of the pope, but other than that they’re ok because they have Apostolic Succession (they can trace their origins back to one of the original apostles). But the other Christian denominations weren’t true churches because they had no Apostolic Succession.
This is the second role back from the Second Vatican Council; the first was the re-institution of the Latin Mass.
Duh, no real surprise here. Secretly, no matter how much they smile and talk about ecumenical co-operation, all Christian sects are convinced that everyone else is going to Hell. Some Fundamentalist sects are even looking forward to viewing the torments of the damned as a sort of heavenly entertainment.
I'm sure that you'll be relieved to know that the Pope's assertion (or reassertion) makes absolutely no difference to anything that matters.
Theology is such a waste of the gift of intelligence.
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