REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pope Leo X, Pope Callixtus Iii, Pope Boniface Viii
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The pope has no power to remit sins (5, 6, 20, 87) The pope is building st. peter"s basilica with the skin, flesh, and bones of his sheep (i. e. believers) (50, 82, 86) Trace back to peter ( on this rock i will build my church matt. John 10 they are someone who is meant to shepherd the flock. Fall of roman empire, 410 ad: the people need someone to rely on and the pope is someone they can lean on. There are two swords, one greater and one lesser. First sword temporal power, the emperor. Second sword spiritual power, the pope. The lesser swords subjects to the greater. Spiritual power is greater than any other power. Spiritual power is only subject to god. If people refuse the power of the pope, they"re not true christians. No salvation outside of the catholic church, with the pope as its head (noah and the. Ark :: the pope and the catholic church)
