Author Topic: Ratzinger bows to "alter" in Lutheran church (Read 3653 times)

PartyIsOver221 · « **on:** October 16, 2011, 11:33:54 AM »

I'm beyond the "for real?" stage. Just throwing this one out there for all to see again... and here we are with MHFM showing this .

Stephen Francis · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2011, 12:11:12 PM »

The thing that would shock me would be Ratzinger or any of his cronies actually doing something traditionally Catholic!

These days, I don't even bother looking when there are news articles about Ratzinger or anyone else holding their 'services', or 'blessing' people, or whatever. It's almost a given that whatever liturgical efforts they make are corrupted, ecuмenical and usually spiritually useless.

Old ladies who never bothered learning the Faith in the first place, and people too young to have known Tradition, are the only ones who are bowled over by this 'bishop', whose sole purpose seems to be the undermining of anything even remotely Roman Catholic.

Why on earth would be bow to an 'altar' at a place where they allow women to be ordained as ANYTHING except nuns?

Anyway, it was just par for the course for Wojtyla's ~~watchdog~~ lapdog.

Mysterium Fidei · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2011, 01:52:58 PM »

This is yet another example of the manifest, pertinacious, heresy of the anti-pope currently occupying the Vatican.

Whatever will it take for Catholics of good will to open their eyes and realize that neither this man nor the religion he heads is Catholic?

Santo Subito · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2011, 03:23:34 PM »

First of all the OP spelled "altar" wrong in the title.

Secondly, this video commentary is laughable.

I suppose sedes view Pope Benedict bowing towards the altar to mean he worships Luther and is Lutheran?

Again, ridiculous disingenuous agitprop for the non-thinking. The Japanese bow to each other as a greeting and a sign of politeness. Does that mean they worship each other? That they subscribe to the other's religion? Of course not.

The Pope bowed slightly as a sign of politeness to his guests. He didn't genuflect, which would have signaled a belief in the validity of Lutheran communion.

Yet another sede red herring.

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2011, 03:37:24 PM »

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I suppose sedes view Pope Benedict bowing towards the altar to mean he worships Luther and is Lutheran?

Straw-man argument.

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Again, ridiculous disingenuous agitprop for the non-thinking. The Japanese bow to each other as a greeting and a sign of politeness. Does that mean they worship each other? That they subscribe to the other's religion? Of course not.

That is entirely different and is totally irrelevant to this disucssion.

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The Pope bowed slightly as a sign of politeness to his guests. He didn't genuflect, which would have signaled a belief in the validity of Lutheran communion.

The thing is, by bowing he implied that he believes Christ is present at their church. When actually, Christ is not present at their heretical services.

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Yet another sede red herring.

You're wrong if you think sedes are the only ones who don't like Benedict.