Thought Experiment
Man A: I believe in Jesus Christ, Heaven and Hell, and all the dogmatic principles of the Church. I go to confession, go to mass, and pray often to the Saints. I believe the Catholic Church is the one True Church and I revere the Papacy.
Man B: Jesus wasn't God, hell doesn't exist, the Catholic church is just like every other religion, and the papacy is just a clerical office. Also I believe the Mass of the Ages should be abolished.
Which one of these men would you guess is the Pope?
If you guessed A, you're WRONG!
Man A is me, this is why I and millions and millions of Catholics believe.
Man B is Jorge Bergoglio.
But according to some, I am not Catholic because I don't think Man B should be calling himself the Pope. Not only that, I'm a Satanist because I am against a man who openly worshipped a Demon in St. Peter's.
If you hold on to the false premise that Man B is the Pope, you eventually turn into a heretic, and you apostasize. We are seeing it right now with many super Catholics here and elsewhere who have a deep misunderstanding of what the papacy is and, frankly, don't really want to believe in dogma. They just like calling themselves "Catholic".
Man B: Jesus wasn't God, hell doesn't exist, the Catholic church is just like every other religion, and the papacy is just a clerical office. Also I believe the Mass of the Ages should be abolished.
Which one of these men would you guess is the Pope?
If you guessed A, you're WRONG!
Man A is me, this is why I and millions and millions of Catholics believe.
Man B is Jorge Bergoglio.
But according to some, I am not Catholic because I don't think Man B should be calling himself the Pope. Not only that, I'm a Satanist because I am against a man who openly worshipped a Demon in St. Peter's.
If you hold on to the false premise that Man B is the Pope, you eventually turn into a heretic, and you apostasize. We are seeing it right now with many super Catholics here and elsewhere who have a deep misunderstanding of what the papacy is and, frankly, don't really want to believe in dogma. They just like calling themselves "Catholic".