Oh my God checck this out!!

by Crazyguy 2 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • Crazyguy
    Crazyguy

    I did a searcch to find out Vicar of christ ment and here is what I found,,

    Vicar of Christ

    (LatinVicarius Christi).

    A title of the pope implying his supreme and universalprimacy, both of honour and of jurisdiction, over the Church of Christ. It is founded on the words of the Divine Shepherd to St. Peter: "Feed my lambs. . . . Feed my sheep" (John 21:16-17), by which He constituted the Prince of the Apostlesguardian of His entire flock in His own place, thus making him His Vicar and fulfilling the promise made in Matthew 16:18-19.

    In the course of the ages other vicarial designations have been used for the pope, as Vicar of St. Peter and even Vicar of the Apostolic See (Pope Gelasius, I, Ep. vi), but the title Vicar of Christ is more expressive of his supreme headship of the Church on earth, which he bears in virtue of the commission of Christ and with vicarial power derived from Him. Thus, Innocent III appeals for his power to remove bishops to the fact that he is Vicar of Christ (cap. "Inter corporalia", 2, "De trans. ep."). He also declares that Christ has given such power only to His VicarPeter and his successors (cap. "Quanto", 3, ibid.), and states that it is the Roman Pontiff who is "the successor of Peter and the Vicar of Jesus Christ" (cap. "Licet", 4, ibid.). The title Vicar of God used for the pope by Nicholas III (c. "Fundamenta ejus", 17, "De elect.", in 6) is employed as an equivalent for Vicar of Christ.

    The 8 Gb's of the JW's really do think thier Popes!!!

  • Watkins
    Watkins

    Indeed, they do, crazyguy. In older posts here you may see the gb referred to as 'the wt papacy'. It is fitting.

    w

  • Crazyguy
    Crazyguy

    Other threads have made claims of the GB becoming like the papacy but this undeniable proof that the GB is copying the Catholics almost exactly. Same idea about feeding the flock etc. just using different scripture to come to the same conclusion. JW's are now just a hybrid version of Catholicism.

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