[TML] China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation

[Richard Aiken]

On 8/24/07, shadow at shadowgard.com <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
>
> Popes/patriarchs are "sources of guidance for the faith". You can
> even argue for folks like Martin Luther and the founders of some of
> the other Protestant sects. They are not prophets. Prophets speak the
> Word of God.
>
> Rather large difference.


I thought the Pope was God's direct representative on Earth.  At least, he's
the Spigot of Grace (as a history professor I had once put it).  So the
difference between that and a prophet would be that the former can only
interpret the existing Word of God, while latter can speak a NEW Word of
God?

How about addressing areas God neglected to cover?  Like whether Western
democratic culture was a Tool of Satan?  Would that be guidance or Word?

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein