But who says that Pauls letters are inspired by the holy spirit and therefore inerrant? And isn't the infalliability of Paul the foundation for the rule of Popes - which all other denominations of Christian now question?
If this Pope is wrong, then aren't all other Popes capable of error - even to the first Pope. Even to his peer, Paul?
You can tell me that Jesus - who was supposed to have BEEN god was inerrant and I can see how that might have been, but to suggest that each one of the disciples was inerrant too... Especially when Peter and Thomas doubted and especially when Judas betrayed Jesus.
They were men and an attempt to make them anything more smells of a cult - which is what early Christianity was. I think there's a danger of early church propaganda obscuring the theology here.
If this Pope is wrong, then aren't all other Popes capable of error - even to the first Pope. Even to his peer, Paul?
You can tell me that Jesus - who was supposed to have BEEN god was inerrant and I can see how that might have been, but to suggest that each one of the disciples was inerrant too... Especially when Peter and Thomas doubted and especially when Judas betrayed Jesus.
They were men and an attempt to make them anything more smells of a cult - which is what early Christianity was. I think there's a danger of early church propaganda obscuring the theology here.