Pope Francis Called a Heretic

[KeithE]

I have not read the charges (or what provoked them), but I thought I’d start a thread on BL to hear the opinions. Not a Baptist F&M topic, but where else should this be placed?

[Tim Bonney]

[Haruo]

Where's what's his face, the French guy, when we need him?

[Rvaughn]

I'd call him a heretic, but then again, I'm Baptist!

On a more serious note, Francis does seem to be moving in certain areas against a 1000 years or so of Roman Catholic dogma, so I could see why some Catholics would be upset. On the other hand, they are the ones who work themselves into a corner through believing that the Pope speaks infallibly when he speaks to questions of faith and morals.

[Rvaughn]

[Sandy]

I'm not familiar enough with Catholic doctrine, or the nuances of papal infallibility to comment on whether the pope, by those standards, is a heretic, or is promoting heretical teaching. I have a friend with whom I've served on a couple of accreditation teams who is a priest, and his perspective is that the more reform Pope Francis can get on the table, and the faster he can get it there, the better.

[Tim Bonney]

As said above, I’m not a Roman Catholic so I can’t judge what they consider heresy or not. But everyone is someone else’s heretic if judged against our own standards.

[Haruo]

I gather most of the people behind this letter have already left the fold. Which puts them in the same league as Lefebvre or whoever that French guy I alluded to was.