Media coverage of Pope's death

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Ekaterina
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Can someone help me answer this? I'm not sure that it does deserve an answer, but I thought I'd get everyone's opinion. I got this in an email....

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Disgusted,come on now we are talking about God`s people here.
Have you sat and studied the Gospels-Our lord Jesus Christ never appointed a certain church to be the only true church,but if you can find where that is stated I will gladly listen.Jesus Christ appointed 12 apostles to over see the carrying of his message of love(which you have somehow lost that love to being disgusted this morning in watching T.V. and seeing so many people mourning a Great and holy successor of 1 of the apostles(St Peter)..I had an uncle who died as a child and was baptized catholic-what does that mean to you,he died not knowing any church will he go to heaven or hell? in the eyes of a condemner the answer would be hell.....in the eyes of God, Heaven is the only place for this child. for if we follow one of the original 12 Apostolic churches
we will see..but remember how Christ came and Freed so many people
that didnt even get to hear the Word of Christ,what happened to them
They Believed in ONE GOD,Christ came to remind them of that 1 God.
use your heart-May Almighty God Bless us all and forgive us our trangressions...............................
Trust God,clean House,Help all

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Our lord Jesus Christ never appointed a certain church to be the only true church

What?? Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour established the true Chruch through the Apostles. They consecrated the bishops to continue that line of truth. There is only one baptism, one faith and on Lord of the truth. The catholics foresake their Apostolic succesion when they created the Great Schism in 1054 A.D. Anyone that continued with them were subject to that same heresy.

Jesus Christ appointed 12 apostles to over see the carrying of his message of love(which you have somehow lost that love to being disgusted this morning in watching T.V. and seeing so many people mourning a Great and holy successor of 1 of the apostles(St Peter)

Jesus Christ passed on the message of spiritual love, but He also passed on the message of worshipping in the true faith. The pope was a heretic. He refused to repent to the true faith of God's Will.

Have all the Orthodox saints and martyrs and St. Mark of Ephesus lived and died for nothing???

And, I will repeat again...St. Linus was the first bishop of Rome. St. Peter was never a bishop, he was an Apostolic missionary. When he went to Rome, under arrest, he went to see the bishop. The lies of the Western world are very strong. Many people don't care to seek the truth. The stance of the catholic "church" is only for the interest of power, not for the glory of God.

A wonderful example, from a previous post stating that now the catholic church is without a leader, a head. How ridiculous is that? The Orthodox never saw the church without a leader/head. Jesus Christ is the Head. But, the catholics actually view the papal position as the ultimate head of the church. That's blasphemy.

I had an uncle who died as a child and was baptized catholic-what does that mean to you,he died not knowing any church will he go to heaven or hell? in the eyes of a condemner the answer would be hell.....

This is a scrupulous question. We cannot state what God judges with children. What we do know is that He has made specific explanations about ADULTS and their choices. And especially a HERETIC like the pope who chose to refuse to repent from his heresy. And on top of that, promoted ecumenical union on the basis of HUMANITARIAN WORLDLY AGENDAS.

He was a great politician, that's for sure.

for if we follow one of the original 12 Apostolic churches

What fabrication of "churches" is this??

but remember how Christ came and Freed so many people
that didnt even get to hear the Word of Christ,what happened to them

Who is he talking about? The ones in hades? They did hear Him, on Big Saturday, when He descended to hades and preached the Word of God. It's in the services.

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Sue,

Sorry for the delay in answering. Here is the source to your question:

An Orthodox layman is forbidden to enter a synagogue? Do you know what the source is for this?

If any clergymen, or laymen, enter a synagogue of Jews, or of heretics, to pray, let him be both deposed and excommunicated. Canon LXV Of the Holy Apostles:

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Ps. 50)

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