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A Pope and his duties. How is Franciscus doing?

At ABE Ministry, we are tired of all the ceaseless pieces about Our Pope and Our Cross which, invariably, are based upon Polling data or whether or not the author personally likes the Pope and nearly all of those likes/dislikes pieces are cast in political categories- he is liberal, he is conservative - but never based upon what his duties are and so we thought it'd be helpful to just do a copy and paste of who the Pope is and what his duties are selected from a general survey of a Pope's description and duties developed by The Catholic Encyclopedia, a source easily accessed by Catholics and Non-Catholics alike.

(If one doesn't know what it is a Pope ought to be doing, how'n'hell can one be expected to know if he is doing his duty or not but if one does know what it is a Pope ought be doing, one can then read a piece about a Pope and understand why the author likes (or dislikes) this Pope for many in the world love this Pope because he is not discharging his duties and, let's just face the plain and simple truth about a Pope and his duties - IF A POPE IS DISCHARGING HIS DUTIES FAITHFULLY, HE WILL BE HATED BY THE WORLD FOR THE WORLD IS THE ANCIENT AND PERMANENT ENEMY OF THE ONE TRUE HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.)

So, let's dive in; and, after you read this copy and paste, we think it will be painfully obvious that Our Pope and Our Cross is not doing his duty.

The Founder and Chairman of ABE Ministry, Amateur Brain Surgeon will drop comments into the text using (this parenthetical method of bolded green type).


The Pope

(Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas — Juvenal, "Satires" 6:633).


The title pope, ... is at present employed solely to denote the Bishop of Rome, who, in virtue of his position as successor of St. Peter, is the chief pastor of the whole Church, the Vicar of Christ upon earth.

The present article is divided as follows: 


Institution of a supreme head by Christ
The proof that Christ constituted St. Peter head of His Church is found in the two famous Petrine texts, Matthew 16:17-19, and John 21:15-17.

Matthew 16:17-19

In Matthew 16:17-19, the office is solemnly promised to the Apostle. In response to his profession of faith in the Divine Nature of his MasterChrist thus addresses him:
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.

"Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven." The prerogatives here promised are manifestly personal to Peter...

"And I say to thee: That thou art Peter. . ." He further proceeds to recompense this confession of His Divinity by bestowing upon him a reward proper to himself:

Thou art Peter [Cepha, transliterated also Kipha] and upon this rock [Cepha] I will build my Church.

The word for Peter and for rock in the original Aramaic is one and the same; this renders it evident that the various attempts to explain the term "rock" as having reference not to Peter himself but to something else are misinterpretations. It is Peter who is the rock of the Church. The term ecclesia (ekklesia) here employed is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew qahal, the name which denoted the Hebrew nation viewed as God's Church (see THE CHURCH, I).
"And upon this rock I will build my Church. . ." Here then Christ teaches plainly that in the future the Church will be the society of those who acknowledge Him, and that this Church will be built on Peter...


He is to be the principle of unity, of stability, and of increase. He is the principle of unity, since what is not joined to that foundation is no part of the Church; of stability, since it is the firmness of this foundation in virtue of which the Church remains unshaken by the storms which buffet her; of increase, since, if she grows, it is because new stones are laid on this foundation.

"And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." It is through her union with PeterChrist continues, that the Church will prove the victor in her long contest with the Evil One:
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
There can be but one explanation of this striking metaphor. The only manner in which a man can stand in such a relation to any corporate body is by possessing authority over it. The supreme head of a body, in dependence on whom all subordinate authorities hold their power, and he alone, can be said to be the principle of stability, unity, and increase. ...

(He is infamous for his constant fomenting of change and for speaking about surprises. Similarly, he is well known for claiming that proselytising is solemn nonsense and for calling non-catholics, "Bishops").

"And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." 

In all countries the key is the symbol of authority. Thus, Christ's words are a promise that He will confer on Peter supreme power to govern the ChurchPeter is to be His vicegerent, to rule in His place.

"And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven." Further the character and extent of the power thus bestowed are indicated. It is a power to "bind" and to "loose" — words which, as is shown below, denote the grant of legislative and judicial authority. .

John 21:15-17
The promise made by Christ in Matthew 16:16-19, received its fulfilment after the Resurrection in the scene described in John 21. Here the Lord, when about to leave the earth, places the whole flock — the sheep and the lambs alike — in the charge of the Apostle. The term employed in 21:16, "Be the shepherd [poimaine] of my sheep" indicates that his task is not merely to feed but to rule. It is the same word as is used in Psalm 2:9(Septuagint): "Thou shalt rule [poimaneis] them with a rod of iron".

(He is very willful and will take actions against those whose spirituality he thinks are too traditional - Franciscans Friars and sisters of the Immaculate - but he will not rule with a rod of iron infamous German Bishops who manifestly are material heretics but, rather, he lets them publicly promote heterodoxy)

Conclusion

The position of St. Peter after the Ascension, as shown in the Acts of the Apostles, realizes to the full the great commission bestowed upon him. He is from the first the chief of the Apostolic band — not primus inter pares, but the undisputed head of the Church (see THE CHURCH, III)...

Those who succeed Peter in Rome succeed him also in the supreme headship
...

The primacy of St. Peter and the perpetuity of that primacy in the Roman See are dogmatically defined in the canons attached to the first two chapters of the Constitution "Pastor Aeternus": 
"If anyone shall say that Blessed Peter the Apostle was not constituted by Christ our Lord as chief of all the Apostles and the visible head of the whole Church militant: or that he did not receive directly and immediately from the same Lord Jesus Christ a primacy of true and proper jurisdiction, but one of honouronly: let him be anathema." 

"If any one shall say that it is not by the institution of Christ our Lord Himself or by divinely established right that Blessed Peter has perpetual successors in his primacy over the universal Church, or that the Roman Pontiff is not the successor of Blessed Peter in this same primacy. — let him be anathema" (Denzinger-Bannwart, "Enchiridion", nn. 1823, 1825).
...
Nature and extent of the papal power
This section is divided as follows: 
the pope's universal coercive jurisdiction
the pope's immediate and ordinary jurisdiction in regard of all the faithful, whether singly or collectively 
the right of entertaining appeals in all ecclesiastical causes. 
...
The pope's universal coercive jurisdiction
... In other words, Peter and his successors have power to impose laws both preceptive and prohibitive, power likewise to grant dispensation from these laws, and, when needful, to annul them. It is theirs to judge offences against the laws, to impose and to remit penalties. This judicial authority will even include the power to pardon sin. ...

 Further, since the Church is the kingdom of the truth, so that an essential note in all her members is the act of submission by which they accept the doctrine of Christ in its entirety, supreme power in this kingdom carries with it a supreme magisterium — authority to declare that doctrine and to prescribe a rule of faith obligatory on all. Here, too, Peter is subordinated to none save his Master alone; he is the supreme teacher as he is the supreme ruler. However, the tremendous powers thus conferred are limited in their scope by their reference to the ends of the kingdom and to them only. The authority of Peter and his successors does not extend beyond this sphere. With matters that are altogether extrinsic to the Church they are not concerned....

It appears from what has been said that, when the popes legislate for the faithful, when they try offenders by juridical process, and enforce their sentences by censures and excommunications, they are employing powers conceded to them by Christ. ...
Nor may it be held that the pope's laws must exclusively concern spiritual objects, and their penalties be exclusively of a spiritual character. The Church is a perfect society (see THE CHURCH, XIII). She is not dependent on the permission of the State for her existence, but holds her charter from God. As a perfect society she has a right to all those means which are necessary for the attaining of her end. ...

The question has been raised whether it be lawful for the Church, not merely to sentence a delinquent to physical penalties, but itself to inflict these penalties. As to this, it is sufficient to note that the right of the Church to invoke the aid of the civil power to execute her sentences is expressly asserted by Boniface VIII in the Bull "Unam Sanctam"...

The pope's immediate and ordinary jurisdiction
In the Constitution "Pastor Aeternus", cap. 3, the pope is declared to possess ordinary, immediate, and episcopal jurisdiction over all the faithful:
We teach, moreover, and declare that, by the disposition of God, the Roman Church possesses supreme ordinary authority over all Churches, and that the jurisdiction of the Roman Pontiff, which is true episcopal jurisdiction is immediate in its character (Enchir., n. 1827).

It is further added that this authority extends to all alike, both pastors and faithful, whether singly or collectively. An ordinary jurisdiction is one which is exercised by the holder, not by reason of any delegation, but in virtue of the office which he himself holds. All who acknowledge in the pope any primacy of jurisdiction acknowledge that jurisdiction to be ordinary. This point, therefore, does not call for discussion. That the papal authority is likewise immediate has, however, been called in question. Jurisdiction is immediate when its possessor stands in direct relation to those with whose oversight he is charged. If, on the other hand, the supreme authority can only deal directly with the proximate superiors, and not with the subjects save through their intervention, his power is not immediate but mediate. That the pope's jurisdiction is not thus restricted appears from the analysis already given of Christ's words to St. Peter. It has been shown that He conferred on him a primacy over the Church, which is universal in its scope, extending to all the Church's members, and which needs the support of no other power. A primacy such as this manifestly gives to him and to his successors a direct authority over all the faithful. This is also implied in the words of the pastoral commission, "Feed my sheep". The shepherd exercises immediate authority over all the sheep of his flock. Every member of the Church has been thus committed to Peter and those who follow him...

The Vatican Council says most justly (cap. iii):
This power of the supreme pontiff in no way derogates from the ordinary immediate power of episcopal jurisdiction, in virtue of which the bishops, who, appointed by the Holy Spirit [Acts 20:28], have succeeded to the place of the Apostles as true pastors, feed and rule their several flocks, each the one which has been assigned to him: that power is rather maintained, confirmed and defended by the supreme pastor (Enchir., n. 1828).
...

The right of entertaining appeals in all ecclesiastical causes

The Council goes on to affirm that the pope is the supreme judge of the faithful, and that to him appeal may be made in all ecclesiastical causes. The right of appeal follows as a necessary corollary from the doctrine of the primacy. If the pope really possesses a supreme jurisdiction over the Church, every other authority, whether episcopal or synodal, being subject to him, there must of necessity be an appeal to him from all inferior tribunals. ...

("Who am I to judge ?" has done incalculable damage to the faith and it is simply impossible to think he does not know that tsunami of a question generated a tidal wave of  consequential waves that have swamped the public face of our Church and, yet, he has not readdressed that remark and set it in a traditional context that recognizes that such a judgement is a duty of his and one he must render in service to the One True Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church). 

Jurisdictional rights and prerogatives of the pope

In virtue of his office as supreme teacher and ruler of the faithful, the chief control of every department of the Church's life belongs to the pope. In this section the rights and duties which thus fall to his lot will be briefly enumerated. It will appear that, in regard to a considerable number of points, not merely the supreme control, but the whole exercise of power is reserved to the Holy See, and is only granted to others by express delegation. This system of reservation is possible, since the pope is the universal source of all ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Hence it rests with him to determine in what measure he will confer jurisdiction on bishops and other prelates.

(1) As the supreme teacher of the Church, whose it is to prescribe what is to be believed by all the faithful, and to take measures for the preservation and the propagation of the faith, the following are the rights which pertain to the pope: 

(Far from preserving and propagating the Faith, he routinely calls it into question and claims we must make changes in its categories and praxis or else we are but Pharisees)

it is his to set forth creeds, and to determine when and by whom an explicit profession of faith shall be made (cf. Council of Trent, Sess. 24, cc. 1 and 12); 

it is his to prescribe and to command books for the religious instruction of the faithful; thus, for example, Clement XIII has recommended the Roman Catechism to all the bishops

The pope alone can establish a university, possessing the status and privileges of a canonically erected Catholic university

to him also belongs the direction of Catholic missions throughout the world; this charge is fulfilled through the Congregation of the Propaganda

(Proselytising is solemn nonsense, he says)

It is his to prohibit the reading of such books as are injurious to faith or morals, and to determine the conditions on which certain classes of books may be issued by Catholics

his is the condemnation of given propositions as being either heretical or deserving of some minor degree of censure, and lastly 

(He praises and promotes the material heresies of those over whom he has charge and a duty to correct and/or censure)

he has the right to interpret authentically the natural law. Thus, it is his to say what is lawful or unlawful in regard to social and family life, in regard to the practice of usury, etc. 

(His annulment reforms are highly controversial and in the opposite direction of a reform to strengthen the process initiated by his predecessor)

(2) With the pope's office of supreme teacher are closely connected his rights in regard to the worship of God: for it is the law of prayer that fixes the law of belief. In this sphere very much has been reserved to the sole regulation of the Holy See. Thus 
the pope alone can prescribe the liturgical services employed in the Church. If a doubt should occur in regard to the ceremonial of the liturgy, a bishop may not settle the point on his own authority, but must have recourse to Rome. The Holy See likewise prescribes rules in regard to the devotions used by the faithful, and in this way checks the growth of what is novel and unauthorized. 

(He has continued his progressive praxis, begun when he was an Abp. of Argentina, of severing ecclesiastical tradition in the washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday - even going so far as to wash the feet of Mahometan females)

At the present day the institution and abrogation of festivals which was till a comparatively recent time free to all bishops as regards their own dioceses, is reserved to Rome

The solemn canonization of a saint is proper to the pope. Indeed it is commonly held that this is an exercise of the papal infallibilityBeatification and every permission for the public veneration of any of the servants of God is likewise reserved to his decision. 

He alone gives to anyone the privilege of a private chapel where Mass may be said. 

He dispenses the treasury of the Church, and the grant of plenary indulgences is reserved to him. While he has no authority in regard to the substantial rites of the sacraments, and is bound to preserve them as they were given to the Church by Christ and His Apostles, certain powers in their regard belong to him; 

he can give to simple priests the power to confirm, and to bless the oil of the sick and the oil of catechumens, and 

he can establish diriment and impedient impediments to matrimony
(3) The legislative power of the pope carries with it the following rights
he can legislate for the whole Church, with or without the assistance of a general council

if he legislates with the aid of a council it is his to convoke it, to preside, to direct its deliberations, to confirm its acts. 

He has full authority to interpret, alter, and abrogate both his own laws and those established by his predecessors. He has the same plenitude of power as they enjoyed, and stands in the same relation to their laws as to those which he himself has decreed

he can dispense individuals from the obligation of all purely ecclesiastical laws, and can grant privileges and exemptions in their regard.

In this connection may be mentioned his power to dispense from vows where the greater glory of God renders it desirable. Considerable powers of dispensation are granted to bishops, and, in a restricted measure, also to priests; but there are some vows reserved altogether to the Holy See.

(4) In virtue of his supreme judicial authority 
causae majores are reserved to him. By this term are signified cases dealing with matters of great moment, or those in which personages of eminent dignity are concerned. 

His appellate jurisdiction has been discussed in the previous section. It should, however, be noted 

that the pope has full right, should he see fit, to deal even with causae minores in the first instance, and not merely by reason of an appeal (Trent, Sess. XXIV; cap. 20). In what concerns punishment, 

he can inflict censures either by judicial sentence or by general laws which operate without need of such sentence

He further reserves certain cases to his own tribunal. All cases of heresy come before the Congregation of the Inquisition. A similar reservation covers the cases in which a bishop or a reigning prince is the accused party. 

(5) As the supreme governor of the Church the pope has authority over all appointments to its public offices. Thus 
it is his to nominate to bishoprics, or, where the nomination has been conceded to others, to give confirmation. Further, he alone can translate bishops from one see to another, can accept their resignation, and can, where grave cause exists, sentence to deprivation

He can establish dioceses, and can annul a previously existing arrangement in favour of a new one. Similarly, he alone can erect cathedral and collegiate chapters. 

He can approve new religious orders, and can, if he sees fit, exempt them from the authority of local ordinaries

Since his office of supreme ruler imposes on him the duty of enforcing the canons, it is requisite that he should be kept informed as to the state of the various dioceses. He may obtain this information by legates or by summoning the bishops to Rome. At the present day this jus relationum is exercised through the triennial visit ad limina required of all bishops. This system was introduced by Sixtus V in 1585 (Constitution, "Rom. Pontifex"), and confirmed by Benedict XIV in 1740 (Constitution, "Quod Sancta") . 

(Neither he or his immediate predecessors have actualised these duties)

It is to be further observed that the pope's office of chief ruler of the Church carries with it jure divino the right to free intercourse with the pastors and the faithful. The placitum regium, by which this intercourse was limited and impeded, was therefore an infringement of a sacred right, and as such was solemnly condemned by the Vatican Council (Constitution, "Pastor Aeternus", cap. iii). To the pope likewise belongs the supreme administration of the goods of the Church

He alone can, where there is just cause, alienate any considerable quantity of such property. Thus, e.g., Julius III, at the time of the restoration of religion in England under Queen Mary validated the title of those laymen who had acquired Church lands during the spoliations of the previous reigns. 

The pope has further the right to impose taxes on the clergy and the faithful for ecclesiastical purposes (cf. Trent, Sess. XXI, cap. iv de Ref.). 

Though the power of the pope, as we have described it, is very great, it does not follow that it is arbitrary and unrestricted. 

"The pope", as Cardinal Hergenröther well says,
is circumscribed by the consciousness of the necessity of making a righteous and beneficent use of the duties attached to his privileges....He is also circumscribed by the spirit and practice of the Church, by the respect due to General Councils and to ancient statutes and customs, by the rights of bishops, by his relation with civil powers, by the traditional mild tone of government indicated by the aim of the institution of the papacy — to "feed" — and finally by the respect indispensable in a spiritual power towards the spirit and mind of nations ("Cath. Church and Christian State", tr., I, 197).

( He is not actualising a righteous and beneficent use of his duties. He is constantly speaking about the requirement of the church to change and to be open to surprises and which worldly weltanschauung is contrary to the entirety of tradition).

Amateur Brain Surgeon has felt it necessary to state his assessment of his Pope and his Cross publicly.



Despite his very negative assessment of his Pope and His Cross in regards to his discharge of duties, ABS remains in full communion with his Bishop and Pope and that will never change for the plain and simple truth is that Jesus is, always has been, and will always be, until the end of time, the head of His One True Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church and, thus there is nowhere else to go.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm

For other important background sources applicable to this assessment, one would be hard pressed to improve upon the collection of the Pope's progressive praxis than the one developed by the redoubtable, Mundabor;

https://mundabor.wordpress.com/the-francis-papers/

That the bones you have crushed may thrill, an excellent and admirable blog, has compiled a list of insults this Pope has directed at the very faithful he is supposed to represent...


http://thatthebonesyouhavecrushedmaythrill.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-pope-francis-little-book-of-insults.html