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[–] teft@startrek.website 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That doesn't change the fact that Palmerians consider themselves the one true catholic church and that they consider their members catholic. They would claim their anti-pope is the infallible one, not Pope Francis.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter what they consider themselves, though. That’s the point. If the Pope is the mouthpiece of god and is infallible, then their sect (and by extension their anti-pope) cannot be Catholics since dogma and doctrine dictate that the actual Pope is infallible and beyond contestation.

[–] teft@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If both churches consider themselves with infallible popes declaring gods will on earth, who is right? Do you see the dilemma? Neither can say that the other sect are true Catholics.

So if someone claims to be catholic but doesn't accept Pope Francis that doesn't make them not a catholic, it just means they don't think Pope Francis is the legitimate pope. They would consider him an antipope and his statements ex cathedra are therefore fallible since they aren't really statements ex cathedra in their minds.

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If both churches consider themselves with infallible popes declaring gods will on earth, who is right?

Neither of them. Claims don't beget fact.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No. You're wrong. The original Catholic dogma, directly from St. Peter and promised by Jesus, states that the Pope will forever be the mouthpiece of god. To directly contradict that at a point in the future after the founding of the church when the lineage of the church is unbroken is to become, by definition, something other than a Catholic. Otherwise, you're saying that Jesus lied or that the Pope is wrong, both ideas that go completely against the central tenets of the religion.

Whether or not both churches consider themselves anything is irrelevant. One side can say that they are the true Catholics if they were the ones to create the belief system, dogma, and tenets. The other side can't say that the actual Catholics aren't true Catholics because Catholic belief is defined by the infallibility of the leader of the organization. By direct influence of their god, he is perfect in all matters of dogma, religion, and definition. In order to defy that, you're defying the god upon which the religion is founded which makes their beliefs heresy and hypocrisy.

I can't even believe this is being debated right now, especially like this.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Read the whole Bible, not just the canonical bit.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's not a biblical question. It's a dogmatic question. Reading the Bible, in part or in its entirety, isn't going to help answer this question.