Thursday, July 03, 2008

How to Become Bishop Without Really Trying

In Catholicism, one of the most oft used ways to get ahead is by peppering articles, homilies, and letters with quotations from the popes! Catholic bishops (as well as priests politicking for that bishop’s mitre) are very adept at this. It’s the pope who makes bishops, so those who’ve become bishop have shown an especial talent for flattering the papacy.

Such an example was seen in the June 29 Pastoral Letter titled, The Church Alive, by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bishop David Zubik.

Read any Catholic bishop over time, and you’ll see how much they quote the popes. Zubik’s letter is nothing unusual, it’s typical of the stuff they write. For example:

1. “In his apostolic letter The Coming of the Third Millenium, our late Holy Father, Pope John Paul the Great recognized…”

2. “One of those struggles is what Pope Benedict XVI refers to as…”

3. “When recently visiting our country, Pope Benedict challenged us Catholics…”

4. “Pope John Paul II, in his last encyclical to the church…”

5. “On June 29, 2007, in his homily…our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI invited us…”

And this is all just in the first four pages of a 24-page letter.

Oh……and lots of references to the benefits of wafers also goes over well! Zubik wrote:

“As Catholics, we have come to understand the great gift which Jesus Christ instituted as a means for us to abide in the life of God – the Holy Eucharist.”

Comment - Quotes from antichrist (the pope) and worship of the phony Roman wafer-god – I suppose it’s a way to get ahead in the pope’s kingdom, but certainly NOT in God’s kingdom! This only shows the horrible wickedness that flows from the heart of the Catholic priesthood!

May God open the eyes of more Catholics to the iniquitous nature of the Roman priesthood, free them from Rome, and bless them with faith ALONE in Christ for eternal life – no priests, bishops, popes, or wafers needed!