tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6915558169160559293..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Sede VacanteMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-50116584903847362072013-03-02T15:48:10.593-06:002013-03-02T15:48:10.593-06:00I did not want Benedict to abdicate. (I think &qu...I did not want Benedict to abdicate. (I think "abdicate" is the better term: "resignation" implies something tendered to a higher authority, which does not exist on earth in the case of the Pope.) He was an excellent Pope. The amount of idiocy this Pope put the kibosh on is out of all proportion to the length of his reign. At the same time, I cannot blame him. I think the march of events will turn out to justify his decision, and probably a lot sooner than we think.<br /><br />On a side note, the idea that Protestant churches are not true churches did not start with this Pope. It is found, among other places, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The reason Protestant churches are not true churches is that they lack valid Holy Orders, and therefore the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, both of which the Protestants rejected. The Orthodox churches rejected the authority of Peter but retained valid Orders and therefore the Eucharist, and that is why they are true churches, even though they are in a state of schism.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-35937548611460816122013-03-01T18:55:48.379-06:002013-03-01T18:55:48.379-06:00I dothink that Pope Benedict was also agoodPope, a...I dothink that Pope Benedict was also agoodPope, and assuch amwillimg to give his Abdication, er, "Resignation", forgot we're int he age of Democracy,,, thebenefit of a doubt, Maybehe sincerley beleived he was incapable of continuign andthat this was thebesrt course?<br /><br /><br />As for the Church, I am not Catholic but will say this,if it is God's Church God will se it to rights. After all, much worse has befallen the Church from without and from within over the centuries, andplenty have said it would cease to exist ony for it to return in triumph.<br /><br /><br />We shall wait onGod and see what he does.ZAROVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668854596329493360noreply@blogger.com