(Wakka;22077)
Yes. And what power does the Pope have in forgiving other peoples sins, changing laws, and being above others when it comes to righteousness.We are all the same humans and we have all committed a sin. Even the Pope.I don't value the Papacy at all, nor his laws.
First of all, do you think we worship the pope or something? Next, of course you don't value the Papacy.........YOU'RE PROTESTANT!!! You probably don't value the pope anymore than I value some Joe the televangelist.As for calling no man father, please refer to these passages (there are many more, but I will just name a few), Luke 16:24, what does the rich man refer to Abraham as? Did he get it wrong too? What about Acts 7:2, did St. Stephen get this wrong too? What about Acts 21:40, 22:1? Did St. Paul get this one wrong too? And you will notice right after Jesus says call no man father, he also says call no man teacher. Do you know what the word "doctor" means? It means Teacher, in Latin. So therefore, any Protestant megachurch who has a pastor who has a doctorate in theology is going against Scripture.......according to this line of thinking. Perhaps the silliest argument to this passage is, what do you call the man who gave you birth? If you say, "my father", you just went against Scripture!! This argument is very shallow and weak. Jesus is simply using hyperbole in this passage to reiterate that it's important to put no human person above Him.