Postscript to "Catholicism refuted!?"

[TheWhim]

Dear folks,

In a former thread I posed the question how we could know who’s the true pope and fervently wished that a Roman apologist would meet my challenge. This has happened now.

I put my challenge in the shape of an essay, you can find it here:

www.geocities.com/frneissen/An_Essay.doc

Marc Bonocore of catholic-legate.com has answered this essay step by step:

www.geocities.com/frneissen/Mark_on_Who_Is_True_Pope.doc

You’ll find many useful points made in there - and much polemic, I fear, but I don’t deny I deserve this on part.

I replied thus:

www.geocities.com/frneissen/A_Step_Towards_The_Light.doc

When reading it you’ll surely feel that the question has cleared up a bit for me. Especially the “structure”-theory advanced there draws me nearer towards the light, so to say-

But Marc seemingly didn’t like it that much. He replied again:

www.geocities.com/frneissen/An_E-mail.doc

But I think it really comes close to a squibbling about words. What I call “structure” Marc describes in other terms, it seems to me.

I’m still troubled by the conflicting grown structures; but not troubled that much; and one important question remains:

In ancient and middle ages times, was it possible that, say, a priest who was just on journey in Rome, but had his parish in Gaul, would participate in the election of the next pope? >>>>

But at least this Marc has addressed:

www.geocities.com/frneissen/An_E-mail2.doc

Still I’d like to know when a Gaulish priest just on journey in Rome was expected to participate in the next election and when not - I’d like to know the specific times. But I think Marc has treated my question with far more scrutinity and diligence I would ever have expected of any Roman apologist, so I don’t want to demand more.

I may add that itsjustdave1988 e-mailed me occasionally on this subject and also helped to strenghten with good arguments my belief in the divine origin of the papacy and the Church of Rome.

I regret I could’nt find the thread “Catholicism refuted!?”, to which this thread is a small postscript, on thois board anymore. I planned to private message the persoons who then participated in the debate and tell them that my understanding of papal elections has developed and that I would like to withdraw some of the statements made.
Well, but maybe they’ll come acros this thread by chance.

Yours,
Whim

 

[Liberian]

Whim,

If the thread started between about April and October of this year, it was lost in the Great Crash of '06.

I did not participate in the original debate and really don’t have the qualifications to answer your questions, so I will simply bow out of the discussion.

• Liberian

 

[TheWhim]

um…yeah, it’s lost. That’s a pity. I made some rash judgments and would have liked to withdraw them. Well, But apparently I can’t change this now.

 

[Michael_Francis]

um…yeah, it’s lost. That’s a pity. I made some rash judgments and would have liked to withdraw them.

Well, But apparently I can’t change this now.

Don’t sweat it…Consider them withdrawn.