10-18-2014, 09:08 PM
Steve,
Even if you just put that quote up, it would still not be "correct". Given the background that most people have, background shaped by the Roman-Catholic teaching about the infallibility of the pope and such. Even though he was the head of the church, that is not an official "doctrine" of the church. Even then and even now many leaders in the church don't believe that to be accurate and for most leaders it doesn't even matter - their attitude is somewhat like don't you have anything better to fill your time with than arguing about such things <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->. If it were a doctrine/an official position, that would have been decided by more than one person, in an official setting like a synod or such.
Even if you just put that quote up, it would still not be "correct". Given the background that most people have, background shaped by the Roman-Catholic teaching about the infallibility of the pope and such. Even though he was the head of the church, that is not an official "doctrine" of the church. Even then and even now many leaders in the church don't believe that to be accurate and for most leaders it doesn't even matter - their attitude is somewhat like don't you have anything better to fill your time with than arguing about such things <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->. If it were a doctrine/an official position, that would have been decided by more than one person, in an official setting like a synod or such.