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Ioannes Paulus PP. II at vatican.va The "unofficial" Pope John Paul II |
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Ioannes Paulus PP. II at vatican.va The "unofficial" Pope John Paul II |
The Pope plainly admits that there have been
painful things which have wounded unity among
Christians, and that together with others,
the Popes must accept some responsibility
for them. This frank admission and the request
for forgiveness place the Pope in the line
of Peter, the penitent. A study of early
Christian art reveals that, after Christ,
one of the most frequent images found in
the first centuries is the image of Peter,
Peter weeping for his sins. (2) The Pope
here identifies himself with that Peter who
acknowledges and weeps for his sins. Archbishop John R. Quinn's Oxford Lecture
on Papacy and Collegiality
" ... the good in these articles outweighs
the bad, and since we live in the "Information
Age" where people (especially those
on the Web) have access to all sorts of diverse
opinions, I decided to post this Biblical
Criticism links page. The large majority
of the articles below are written by atheists
and agnostics - many of whom are former Christian
ministers and preachers, and contain very
sharp criticism of the reliability of the
Bible as a religious text." Biblical Criticism
Worldwide Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995
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