Since you probably don’t want numbers from the continent of Africa, here is the number of African-American bishops in the USA:
Im sure you can find something on our current and previous popes. And ill bet that when you bring up their pasts, 98% of them had grown up in poverty. As far as the Vatican owning stuff, sure they own land and the churches they have built, what church doesnt? And as far as scoring points, please. Thats a little childish of you. Are you 12 and saying “he said this and that”? But lets go there. Our church started by Christ, yours started by a known con man. How many points do we get? Our founder spoke truth, yours told lies. How many more points? Christ died for all of us, smith said he did more for his church than Christ did. Double points now? I can go on and on.
oh! My bad! Please accept my apologies. I was under the impression that YOUR Church was not comparable other Churches as YOURS was actually led by prophets and apostles. I now see, by your need to compare, that your Church is not led by prophets and apostles any more than the Baptist or Lutheran Churches are.
I agree.
I know more than a few Mormon bishops who aren’t rich, by any means. I worked with a guy who was as poor as they come. Didn’t even have a checking account.If you would be willing view any large gathering of Catholic bishops (take a look at the funeral of Pope John Paul, II) what you will find is that we have bishops from literally every ethnicity in the world; caucasion, black, latin, oriental, etc. Yes, we are truly universal, and this is not a modern phenomenon but has been so from the beginning. Even a cursory investigation by you would have answered the question you pose. Wiki has a list of bishops by nationality if you like.
There have been headlines questioning whether or not the world is ready for the first black Pope. The only problem with such reporting is that they’re about 1,500 years too late. You see, a little research will show that not only has there been an African Pope before, but there have been three. They are: Pope Saint Victor 1, who served from 186-197 A.D., Pope Saint Miliades 1 from 311 to 314 A.D. and Pope Saint Gelasius 1 from 492-496 A.D.
Yes, it does.Maybe this will help a little.
THE FIRST AFRICAN POPE
Pretty much explains it doesn’t it?Code:There have been headlines questioning whether or not the world is ready for the first black Pope. The only problem with such reporting is that they’re about 1,500 years too late. You see, a little research will show that not only has there been an African Pope before, but there have been three. They are: Pope Saint Victor 1, who served from 186-197 A.D., Pope Saint Miliades 1 from 311 to 314 A.D. and Pope Saint Gelasius 1 from 492-496 A.D.
So would it be safe to say that the True God is not as racist as the LDS god?
Neuro,
“Neither Greek nor Jew, slave nor free, woman nor man…”
The LDS God is so racist He only selected Jews to be His Apostles!! Can you believe it?!?!
that the best you can do? You cannot defend your racism so you pick on Christ, who selected people from the group he was around? And you compare that to horrible comments your “prophets” made about blacks?
Now that I think about it a better description of LDS theology would be the “joint-heirs theology” since LDS preach that all of the righteous will be joint-heirs with Christ. (Romans 8:17) I think that sums it up nicely!!Especially when you consider Gazelam’s refutation of prosperity theology, so evident in LDS culture.
so you have dodged my apology.
And they criticize the Catholic priests and bishops for getting paid and pat themselves on the back because their bishops volunteer. The great majority of religious take vows of poverty. Those who do have wealth, through inheritance or a prior business life, do not spend it on themselves, living in luxury, but usually give the majority to the poor, at least that has been my experience. One thing is for sure, no one enters the priesthood for the big bucks.
While I am a little bias, since I am a Secular Franciscan (since June 4, 1994) and so am in complete agreement, when one really thinks of all the incredible Catholic saints throughout the centuries and the example they give to the rest of mankind, it is truly amazing.
They all get a paycheck; they do have to eat food, have a roof over their heads, keep warm and have clothing. It is subsistance living, for the most part.
The point is that the Catholic Church has never excluded any race from either the priesthood nor its membership and does indeed include all races in each. Not so for the LDS. And I’m sorry, but are you really trying to compare the universality of the Catholic Church to the LDS church? We have been in every corner of the globe for centuries and the numbers and complexion of its members testifies to this.