The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Current Events
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Current Events Help understand the world by talking about things happening in it

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 04-12-2004, 06:37 PM   #11
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Quote:
Originally posted by Slartibartfast
TW, dude, that's just not how the Roman Catholic Church works by its definition. It is not a democracy. If the people want the kind of change you are saying, they are going to have to jump ship and make their own religion. If they disagree so much then they are in the wrong place.
It was until about 100 years ago when Pius12th IIRC, before he was pope, started writing cannon law. That's when the power of the church was moved from the people to the pope.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
 


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:04 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.