tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post3629941837257343798..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Saving the papacy from the popeRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-46906376792992039662010-01-17T09:22:24.202-05:002010-01-17T09:22:24.202-05:00Your piece was interesting and even entertaining r...Your piece was interesting and even entertaining reading, but certainly didn't accurately capture the position I laid out in the essay you cited (and the lack of ellipses definitely make the citation look and read strangely.) I'm not one who is "quite ambivalent about his own communion"; on the contrary, I thank God every day for my Catholic faith. But I have tried to reflect more soberly on precisely the distinction that we make when explaining the papacy to Protestants, namely, that not every exercise of the papal office is infallible and the popes aren't impeccable; you know that too, but it seems that you continue to want to hold us to believing otherwise.<br /><br />That there are serious problems in the Catholic Church right now--well, none other than Karl Keating told me prior to my conversion that it was perhaps the most difficult time for the Church in her history, that I could expect serious trials and difficulties within the Catholic Church. So there's no grand cover-up there.<br /><br />In spite of this I hold, as I always have as a Catholic, that there is a significant difference between Protestantism and Catholicism in terms of certainty of belief. My reasons for that may be found here:<br /><br />http://thepalmhq.blogspot.com/2009/08/james-swans-beggars-all-blog-has-some.html<br /><br />God bless,<br /><br />Davidthepalmhqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736251596013169116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83490299168202677692010-01-15T09:16:07.889-05:002010-01-15T09:16:07.889-05:00We can trust the papacy–just not the pope!We can trust the papacy–just not the pope!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-72148212418639296392010-01-15T09:02:56.916-05:002010-01-15T09:02:56.916-05:00Obviously, you can't trust those popes.Obviously, you can't trust those popes.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com