Timeline for What must we do if the vast majority of the members of the Catholic Church here on earth profess heresy and are thus excommunicate?
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| Dec 14, 2015 at 6:42 | comment | added | brasshat | I disagree that it is nonsensical, in that factiousness is an observed behavior between or among people, while heresy is, according to Merriam Webster "adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma" [emphasis added]. As Christ is head of the Church, it is to Jesus to judge heresy, while people can admonish behavior, in this case, factiousness. | |
| Dec 14, 2015 at 0:40 | comment | added | user900 | "...I submit that the question of whether anyone does, or does not, profess heresy can only be answered by Jesus Christ himself." - If that were true, the apostle Paul's exhortation to Titus (Tit. 3:10) is nonsensical. | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 3:27 | comment | added | brasshat | What should be done is to leave it to Jesus. | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 3:10 | comment | added | user3961 | That's great and all, but that's not what the question asked for. "What should be done if you're a faithful Catholic but nearly everyone else is not?" It is a hypothetical premise. It doesn't need to be true and certainly not supported to answer from within that frame. Further, some do indeed believe that. Answers must match the viewpoint of the question. That's C.SE 101. Ref: What should we do about matching the viewpoints of askers and answerers? | |
| Jun 11, 2015 at 2:24 | comment | added | brasshat | The question asked by the OP is necessarily assumes that the majority of the members, and hierarchy, of the Roman Catholic Church are heretics, otherwise the question has no basis. The OP provides no evidence to support this position, neither in the question, nor in his answer to it; all that is given is opinion. As Catholics claim that their Church is the only one established by Jesus Christ, I submit that the question of whether anyone does, or does not, profess heresy can only be answered by Jesus Christ himself. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 21:44 | comment | added | user3961 | Now I'm confused. Are you trying to answer the question or not? It's obvious to me that the premise of the question is a given, meaning, it doesn't have to be literally true that the majority of Christians (Catholic included) are heretics. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 21:42 | history | edited | user3961 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2015 at 15:36 | comment | added | user3961 | If you add some content to this and maybe a source it would probably be a good answer. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 10:03 | comment | added | brasshat | As it happens, I hold a sedevacantist perspective, though it differs from the perspective of the OP. In my view, St. Peter's chair has been vacant since sometime between the Antipapacy of Hippolytus of Rome, and Alexander VI. That said, the question, and the answer provided by the OP seem to me to be more about trying to promote the opinion of the OP, and are highly based upon opinion, and not fact, since whether someone, or group of someones is a heretic is a judgement call in this case. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 9:47 | comment | added | user3961 | Though it was not clear at first, it is clear now that this question is seeking answers from a very specific kind of Catholic perspective. I think you will have to add some content to your answer to show that it is in line with that perspective. | |
| Jun 10, 2015 at 9:38 | history | answered | brasshat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |