Why does the Catholic Church refer to the Pope as the "Holy Father"?

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Faithful Ag
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I was just posting the verses he was speaking about from John Chapter 6 (because you asked).

I think the point he was making is that the OP is strictly and literally interpreting "call no man father" to try and attack the Catholic Church. But then the same OP wants to avoid taking these verses literally even though Jesus gives us no reason to take what he is saying symbolically or figuratively. Jesus even loses followers over his words and teaching here and does nothing to correct the situation.
Rongagin71
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This argument reminds me of Sheemish vs Chubu,
so much unnecessary stress.
Ol_Ag_02
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Ol_Ag_02 said:


What does that have to do with the "Father" moniker?
Dies Irae said:


Nothing, merely that Protestants are the ones listen in verse 60.


First century Prots… interesting.
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Rongagin71 said:

This argument reminds me of Sheemish vs Chubu,
so much unnecessary stress.


I'm not calling any religious leader "Father", but doesn't bother me that Catholics do it.

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BluHorseShu said:
Its not rejection of scripture but rather the interpretation of it. Catholic doctrine, first and foremost cannot contradict scripture.
Ol_Ag_02 said:


Saying Catholic doctrine cannot contradict scripture is a non starter for anyone not catholic. If I actually believed that the catholic church was infallible I'd already be Catholic.

It's a pointless argument.
Well...that's actually not completely true. I was a protestant who was told all sorts of things about Catholic teachings contradicting scripture...until I actually looked at scripture and Church teachings in the full context...and then joined the Catholic Church. It actually took me a few years to go through this process because it was so ingrained in me by the SBC that Catholic doctrine wasn't scriptural. Ironically, i found many more holes in the Protestant take on Sola Scriptura. So the argument ended up not being pointless for me...or many others that have gone from being protestant to Catholic.
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It actually took me a few years to go through this process because it was so ingrained in me by the SBC that Catholic doctrine wasn't scriptural. Ironically, i found many more holes in the Protestant take on Sola Scriptura
So very true - I hear the exact same story from so many former prots...
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Ol_Ag_02 said:


Saying Catholic doctrine cannot contradict scripture is a non starter for anyone not catholic. If I actually believed that the catholic church was infallible I'd already be Catholic.

It's a pointless argument.
BluHorseShu said:
Well...that's actually not completely true. I was a protestant who was told all sorts of things about Catholic teachings contradicting scripture...until I actually looked at scripture and Church teachings in the full context...and then joined the Catholic Church. It actually took me a few years to go through this process because it was so ingrained in me by the SBC that Catholic doctrine wasn't scriptural. Ironically, i found many more holes in the Protestant take on Sola Scriptura. So the argument ended up not being pointless for me...or many others that have gone from being protestant to Catholic.


I'm glad you found where you're supposed to be!
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Ol_Ag_02 said:


Saying Catholic doctrine cannot contradict scripture is a non starter for anyone not catholic. If I actually believed that the catholic church was infallible I'd already be Catholic.

It's a pointless argument.
BluHorseShu said:
Well...that's actually not completely true. I was a protestant who was told all sorts of things about Catholic teachings contradicting scripture...until I actually looked at scripture and Church teachings in the full context...and then joined the Catholic Church. It actually took me a few years to go through this process because it was so ingrained in me by the SBC that Catholic doctrine wasn't scriptural. Ironically, i found many more holes in the Protestant take on Sola Scriptura. So the argument ended up not being pointless for me...or many others that have gone from being protestant to Catholic.
Ditto. We're the most dangerous Catholics out there - converts.
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
Rongagin71
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Every single Protestant either was or had ancestors that was a member of a different church, most usually Roman Catholicism in Texas.
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