Confusion and chaos reign supreme

It being so cartoonish and brazen should throw up more than a few red flags regarding is verisimilitude

My question was how did you come to that conclusion. What events unfolded that made it so.

The popes always attempted to assert what they viewed as their rightful supremacy. Later popes do not say that papal supremacy is a novel development. That is a misreading of what Benedict XVI said. The way supremacy is exercises has changed from the early days, but the pope has always been chief among his fellow bishops.

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papists on suicide watch

Bumping with related history.

Thanks for that, it was exactly what I wanted to know

I don't get how that's different than saying he's just another bishop. On paper it makes a difference, I guess. In practice I don't see any difference. And the whole caesaro-papism critique - that Orthodox patriarchs will kiss the ass of the state - doesn't really apply to the vast world of Orthodoxy and I don't see how that wouldn't apply to post V2 popes. They might not be subservient to a particular state but they still appear to be subservient to worldly politics except that it's globalist ie they more or less endorse the European Union rather than endorsing, say, Putin.

I would be wary about investing too much of your faith in the church. I am Orthodox but church to be is mostly a reminder of the peril of damnation. If I ever feel myself unworthy to enter the church then how much more unworthy am I for the kingdom of God? It helps me maintain a pure life and honest heart.

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We have an authority figure in Jesus Christ and he chastises us with the conviction of the holy spirit. Having other authority figures in play just seems like a way of spreading the authority around if you ask me.