tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post5493409145239292509..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Commemoration of Clement of RomeWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-24025464493196248502009-11-24T23:51:18.048-06:002009-11-24T23:51:18.048-06:00I think more correctly it is the office of the pap...I think more correctly it is the office of the papacy, rather than any of its various occupants, which bears the marks of Antichrist.<br /><br />And I have no struggle whatsoever with saying the Papacy bears the marks of Antichrist.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-59197121238245669512009-11-24T18:44:36.258-06:002009-11-24T18:44:36.258-06:00Sasse's writes (We Confess: The Church, p. 11...Sasse's writes (We Confess: The Church, p. 116):<br /><br />When the 12th century gave way to the 13th in the apocalypically minded Middle Ages, there were voices to be heard, at first hesitatingly and softly, but then with mounting strength up to the days just before the Reformation, asking "whether the pope is the Antichrist."<br /><br />In the fifth of the Lutheran-RC Dialogs, it was noted:<br /><br />In calling the pope the "antichrist," the early Lutherans stood in a tradition that reached back into the eleventh century. Not only dissidents and heretics but even saints had called the bishop of Rome the "antichrist" when they wished to castigate his abuse of power.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-38669267450108144142009-11-24T18:17:40.386-06:002009-11-24T18:17:40.386-06:00"The Office of Antichrist is not associated w..."The Office of Antichrist is not associated with the Bishop of Rome in early centuries. It was only as the papal pretensions grew to incredible proportions in the middle ages (as evidenced in Boniface VIII's bull Unam Sanctam and the designation "Vicar of Christ on earth"), that the Church began to fear the worst: that the see of Peter had been infected with the very spirit of Antichrist. Luther was not the first or the last to recognize the sad fact."<br /><br />Could you please tell me whom called out the Pope as antichrist before Luther? To my knowledge, he was the first one. And I admit, even I struggle with calling Pope antichrist.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157748079129752535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-30604695097473565602009-11-23T23:26:49.751-06:002009-11-23T23:26:49.751-06:00Why is St. Clement not referred to as Pope of Rome...Why is St. Clement not referred to as Pope of Rome by the Synod? Even we Orthodox call him that without any hesitation.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-29469718502549282982009-11-23T20:44:00.540-06:002009-11-23T20:44:00.540-06:00Scott,
I'd invite a serious rereading of the ...Scott,<br /><br />I'd invite a serious rereading of the Tractatus in its entirety. The Scripture is there. In spades. And forget not the shed blood of martyrs such as Heinrich Voes and Johann Esch.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-61451450677164387392009-11-23T20:04:12.116-06:002009-11-23T20:04:12.116-06:00Scott,
The Office of Antichrist is not associated...Scott,<br /><br />The Office of Antichrist is not associated with the Bishop of Rome in early centuries. It was only as the papal pretensions grew to incredible proportions in the middle ages (as evidenced in Boniface VIII's bull Unam Sanctam and the designation "Vicar of Christ on earth"), that the Church began to fear the worst: that the see of Peter had been infected with the very spirit of Antichrist. Luther was not the first or the last to recognize the sad fact.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com