Sunday, February 13, 2005

I’ve made known my thoughts about the Pope and my opinion that he should retire. The topic came up last night with my parents and my mother said she saw an interview this week where the interviewee said that the Pope had discussed the subject of retirement and that he would retire “when Christ came down from the cross.”

There’s a serious flaw in his theology with that statement and there ensued an enlightening discussion of Catholic vs Protestant thought about Jesus himself, our salvation, and the huge chasm in our theological thought and interpretation of Scripture. In a nutshell, we Protestants consider the work of salvation to have been done with Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection where Catholics consider that salvation will come in the future. But I digress ...

Doing some quick research for that quote from the Pope, I found this article and it turns out that is not exactly what he said,

The Pope has said repeatedly that he will never retire or resign, having asked: “Did Christ come down from the Cross?”

Big difference. Just thought I’d clarify.