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Posted: 1/21/2015 12:27:14 PM EDT
Is the Pope the spiritually the closest person to God?
 
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:27:49 PM EDT
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What's with all your religion related posts in GD today?

Also: actual answer on Catholic teaching on the Pope's office: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p4.htm (Protip: You can answer like 90% of general Catholic related questions utelizing the CCC).

Short answer to your question: No.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:28:33 PM EDT
[#2]
We are all closest to God.

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Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:28:37 PM EDT
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Trolling.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:31:16 PM EDT
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Maybe you should try sneaking a recording device into the Vatican to find out....
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:32:25 PM EDT
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Not if you're Uncatholic.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:32:34 PM EDT
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Looking for opinions or facts based on factual evidence or materials



I guess adults cannot discuss certain topics without blamed for trolling others who easily get their panties in a twist
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:33:39 PM EDT
[#7]
No.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:33:45 PM EDT
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Here again, then http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p4.htm

That's the short answer anyway. Probably 75% of all basic Catholic questions can be answered via the CCC or the Summa Theologica which a version of can be found here: http://www.newadvent.org/summa/index.html
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:40:20 PM EDT
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Not part of Catholic doctrine.  Many Popes have apparently not been all that tight with the Almighty.  That said, God does some pretty decent work with broken vessels sometimes.

 
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:41:10 PM EDT
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This.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:41:31 PM EDT
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I suspect he thinks he is.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:42:11 PM EDT
[#12]
That's not how this works.

That's not how any of this works.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:42:19 PM EDT
[#13]
The pope is just a man in a funny hat.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:44:49 PM EDT
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No. Many of his recent statements are in opposition to what is clearly printed in the Bible.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:45:19 PM EDT
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What kind of a question is this?  Who is someone to measure how close someone is to someone else.   Intangible as it gets.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:45:26 PM EDT
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Seriously? You asked a question, the answer to which can never be proven. It's not like you asked what the square root of nine is.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:18 PM EDT
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the veil was rent from TOP to bottom
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:21 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:25 PM EDT
[#19]
tag for the fun
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:27 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:42 PM EDT
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No.

From a biblical perspective that person would be Jesus (John 1:18).

From a human perspective, Google Vatileaks.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:46:44 PM EDT
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LOL nope.  I'm betting there are many people waaaaay closer than his is.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:48:48 PM EDT
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You're looking for an opinion based on factual evidence of spirituality?

lol
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:49:34 PM EDT
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OP is trolling and needs a timeout.

OP I am Catholic. The Pope is the head of the church. Peter, the first Pope or Bishop of Rome was very close to God. Man being man, is capable of and has perverted religion over and over again because man is sinful by nature.

If you want to know which humans are closest to God read your bible and see whom he took straight to heaven. Then you'll know.

I am pretty sure you don't really want to KNW anything.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:50:27 PM EDT
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No! I don't need the pope to talk to God for me. He is my heavenly father and as such I go to Him and communicate directly.

The pope is a man just like all other men. Nothing special about him.
Link Posted: 1/21/2015 12:51:10 PM EDT
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