Pope Francis: "God Cannot Be without Man“
During his Wednesday audience in St Peter’s Square Pope Francis claimed, “Jesus Christ’s Gospel reveals to us that God cannot be without us. He will never be a God without man. It is he who cannot be without us, and this is a great mystery. God cannot be God without man, this is a great mystery.”
Francis' words correspond to the heresy of Gnosticism (1st and 2nd century AD), which claimed that God needed to create an object for his love because he is imperfect. Catholic doctrine instead confesses a perfect God who is perfect love in a Trinitarian relationship. God created mankind gratuitous out of a superabundance of love not out of a need.
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Francis' words correspond to the heresy of Gnosticism (1st and 2nd century AD), which claimed that God needed to create an object for his love because he is imperfect. Catholic doctrine instead confesses a perfect God who is perfect love in a Trinitarian relationship. God created mankind gratuitous out of a superabundance of love not out of a need.
Picture: © Sabrina Fusco, Aleteia, CC BY-SA, #newsWpvvzpnlll