Pope Francis' claim that God is a God of surprises. What does this mean?

[CarmelJerome]

I thought that God’s revelation was revealed in scripture and further revelation could no longer be manifested after the death of the last of Jesus’ disciples. How is God supposed to surprise us-- with some new doctrine or novelty?

 This is not about doctrine; and while Francis absolutely holds the doctrines of the Church to be true, he is simply trying to remind Catholics and non-Catholics that it is not doctrine that we eat, whether for our natural or supernatural bread: it is Christ we eat, Christ we live; and through the Holy Spirit, who blows where He will, the work of God is done in ways we do not expect, to bring about repentances never imagined, and to send people on ways towards the Cross that they don't anticipate.

Yes, this will be misinterpreted by those who flatten out the life of the Church either to mean the secular notion of liberation as a kind of liberation from truth, or those who steamroll it in order to try to avoid the real difficulty of bring the good news into full three-dimension life among ones peers and in one’s own time.

 

[Tom_Baum]

Disclaimer: I like Cardinal Burke, and think he’s almost always right.

1. rumors about Burke getting demoted were circling long before the synod.
2. with all respect, Cardinal Burke might be correct in his sermons and what he tells the laity, but he MIGHT be an infective leader and/administrator. Perhaps, there were other factors to his reassignment.
3. Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Pell to his current post, made Cardinal Muller a Cardinal, and there are no rumors of him replacing either of them.
4. Pope Francis has only said that he respects number of Cardinal Kasper’s views on mercy, not specifically divorce.
5. the Pope wants to investigate what the Orthodox do, but that doesn’t mean that we are going to do it if it goes against Divine Law.
6. Pope Francis isn’t a theologian like Pope Benedict XVI or like Cardinal Kasper.
7. Since Cardinal Kasper is the only senior most Theologian publicly discussing this, I believe the Pope is using him as a “devil’s advocate.”
8. are mixed messages from the media and some bishops bad, yes. But I think the Pope was serious about letting the Holy Spirit work.

We must have Faith that the Holy Spirit will not allow the Church to change Dogma or Doctrine and pray that Holy Spirit doesn’t not allow damaging pastoral decisions regarding discipline.

The last time a Pope tried to declare a false teaching, The Holy Spirit took his life. I’m confident that the Holy Spirit will not allow this Pope or any other Pope from declaring false teaching dogmatically.

Dear God, The Holy Spirit, please protect Your Church from error and help strengthen the Faith of your disciples. Amen.

As far as, “The last time a Pope tried to declare a false teaching, The Holy Spirit took his life.”

Who was the Pope?

What was the teaching?

When did this happen?