Is Peter the Rock

[adrift]

Was it fallible in 1517 when Pope Leo X authorized Archbishop Albrecht to sell a special indulgence throughout Northern Germany for which the proceeds were to be used to build St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and also to pay the debts Albrecht had accumulated acquiring the office of archbishop. And that Albrecht claimed that the indulgences would remove guilt as well as punishments and persons in purgatory could be released.

1. Pope Leo X did not authorize the selling of indulgences. This is a myth. Since you base your question on an untruth it becomes moot.

Myth 7: A person used to be able to buy indulgences.

One never could “buy” indulgences. The financial scandal surrounding indulgences, the scandal that gave Martin Luther an excuse for his heterodoxy, involved alms—indulgences in which the giving of alms to some charitable fund or foundation was used as the occasion to grant the indulgence. There was no outright selling of indulgences. The Catholic Encyclopedia states: “*t is easy to see how abuses crept in. Among the good works which might be encouraged by being made the condition of an indulgence, almsgiving would naturally hold a conspicuous place. . . . It is well to observe that in these purposes there is nothing essentially evil. To give money to God or to the poor is a praiseworthy act, and, when it is done from right motives, it will surely not go unrewarded.”
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[adrift]

If I am Catholic and I prayed in the presence of other witnesses to a person who suffers an illness and that person is healed of their illness by the grace of God ( by none medical means) can I become a saint?

All who go to heaven are saints.

 

[davidv]

David et al,

Christ is the head of the Church, which is his mystical body.

Amen. Yes, we agree.

There is more to the story though. Jesus appointed a “prime minister” to represent Him and make decisions for Him until He returns. This prime minister is the Pope.

 

[pablope]

Po18Guy

You wrote:

Essentially you are not correct.

Peter may have died a few years before 67. But he was not made Pope in Rome in 33.

Or are you suggesting he was Pope long before he came to Rome?

If you have evidence please let us know.

With due respect, Peter already exercised leadership even before the Crucifixion. He speaks for them and always plays a leading role. After the ascension, he is primacy is already evident by his actions. Refer to Acts, he presides in choosing a successor to Judas, his first sermon, and other actions.

 

[adrift]

David et al,

Christ is the head of the Church, which is his mystical body.

I haven’t seen anyone here say differently. BUT Jesus made Peter and his successors His visible head of the Church.