No, the Roman Catholics believe he the leader of our church. He is the direct successor to St. Peter, a very flawed human who was still chosen as the leader of the church by Christ. I don't remember anywhere in the Gospels where St. Peter was named the sole representative of God and Christ on Earth.
>> Russ wrote: >> finally, there is no "wierd devotion" to the Pope. He is our human leader > >But don't RCs consider him God's sole and unique representative on Earth? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238500 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
