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Succession | Jesus is no longer head of the church we need a new messiah, any ideas! Moses! Salomon! The Great Spaghetti Monster! | image tagged in boardroom meeting suggestion,jesus,church,spaghetti monster,dogma,religion | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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0 ups, 4mo
It's actually Solomon, not salomon. Though, he ended up being corrupt.
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Why would Jesus ever not be the head of church? Anyone who says Jesus is not Lord is committing heresy.
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The root of the word "church" (εκκλησία) refers to the assembly of people and people usually refer to a living person as their leader. The messiah (the anointed one) is has the same meaning as king (the crowned one). Today like it or not if you believe you are a Christian then your king/messiah resides in the Vatican and is called the Pope! Many people have disagreed with the the Pope of Rome being "the anointed one" and have anointed there own popes. Jesus was king but kings die and other kings take their place. the funny thing about religious kings is they try hold on to their founders teachings/beliefs but modify them to suit modern times and their own wisdom and biases. The most reprehensible human trait is need to control other humans! Religion is just another control mechanism.
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Heh heh, that's a perfect example of knowing enough about Christianity for it to be blatantly obvious of what you don't know about it, or it could possibly be that you might just be feeding off of certain uninformed atheist slop (I've seen both uninformed Christian and atheist slop).
Did you know that, according to Christian doctrine, Jesus is NOT dead? I take it you may have heard of the phrase, "Jesus is King." Does it say that Jesus WAS king? Certainly not. Does it say, "Pope Leo XIV is king?" Not a chance. It says that Jesus IS the King, that Jesus is Lord of the universe. I'm surprised that you know what you know but not basic Christian doctrine, that Jesus is the Son of God.
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Re: "Did you know that, according to Christian doctrine, Jesus is NOT dead?"
He died was entombed and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of God. If he is alive, he is alive in another dimension, like the hearts and minds of humans.
Re: "Does it say, "Pope Leo XIV is king?""
Yes he was appointed head of the Catholic church supposedly though the authority of those chosen to pass on the words of Christ (you know those guys Jesus chose to be his apostles) and that makes him king, whether anyone calls him that or not is irrelevant. Catholics refer to the Pope as (Jesus in the flesh) the walking Christ.

You certainly have an active imagination to come up with so much to say about a simple meme.
0 ups, 1w
My imagination applies to your imaginative response to my simple question.

"he is alive in another dimension, like the hearts and minds of humans."
That's true according to Christian doctrine. However, what's not true is that Jesus WAS king. King Louis [insert any Roman numeral] was king of France, but he lost his throne when he left this world, because his kingdom is of this world. Since you've proven yourself to know so much about Christian, specifically Catholic doctrine, I'm surprised you don't know that Jesus's kingdom is not like Louis's kingdom. Jesus's kingdom is not of this world, meaning it's not limited to this world [John 18:36]. The Pope is the head of the One True Church, assuming we're Catholic (which neither of us are. To me, his jurisdiction doesn't apply to squat). So he's the head of the Christians of this world, yet he still recognises Jesus as his king (You know, King of kings. If he doesn't the Catholic church is seriously messed up.) Call him a king if you like. His kingship is akin to Louis, not Jesus, who still rules right now, while all the popes so far have lost their kingdom because of their deaths.

"Catholics refer to the Pope as (Jesus in the flesh) the walking Christ."
Anyone who believes that knowingly and obstinately is a heretic. Any doctrinally consistent Catholic will tell you that, and I suspect most Protestants, too. The Catholics refer to the pope as the Vicar of Christ, meaning that he is a representative of Christ, not Christ himself.
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