Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537): Smalcald Theologians - 5 views
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Sacraments
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Kevin Lee on 18 Jan 11a religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace, in particular
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Christendom
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decree
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believes the Pope is just a hindrance for the development of the Church, compares the agreement with God or the Pope
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Christians must censure all other errors of the Pope, so they must also rebuke the Pope when he evades and impedes the true investigation and true decision of the Church.
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forbids judicial examination
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orbids judicial examination
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But especially the chief members of the Church, kings and princes, ought to guard the interests of the Church, and to see to it that errors be removed and consciences be healed
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Not only the pope but the chief members have a fault in that they let this all slip without much care
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The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors, but ye shall not be so; but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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St. Paul
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St. Paul, the indefatigable Apostle of the Gentiles, was converted from Judaism on the road to Damascus. He stayed there for a time, preaching in the synagogues that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
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The way the bishops of each churches should be chosen...observed by neighboring bishop, people who know the life of each one etc.
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Christ gives supreme and final jurisdiction to the Church
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neither does this ministry avail on account of the authority of any person, but on account of the Word given by Christ.
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When the empire is vacant, the Pope is the legitimate successor.
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how the pope interrupted into fields that he shouldn't... going beyond the line of the limitations or purpose
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The Levitical high priest was the chief priest by divine right, and yet godless high priests were not to be obeyed, as Jeremiah and other prophets dissented from the high priests, the apostles dissented from Caiaphas and did not have to obey them.
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adherents
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ecclesiastical
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desert and execrate the Pope with his adherents as the kingdom of Antichrist; just as Christ has commanded
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ins are remitted because of the worth of our works
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rdained
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