In the new heaven and the new earth, there will be nations. With one nation above the rest.
Pure nonsense. Par for your usual course.
Why the heck would the corrupt practice of man against man and nation against nation,
which was only a result of man's fallen nature in the fist place, continue once man is glorified and perfected and beyond such things.
How stupid is that.
And if you say that it is in the scriptures, then I will reply that your
personal interpretation of scripture
is not scripture itself. And usually your personal interpretation of scripture is totally retarded anyway.
In short, the phrase “a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1-5) refers to what heaven will be like for us as resurrected, glorified human persons. That is, a three-dimensional reality that thus accommodates aspects of our physical earthly experience, though in a glorified manner. (
See bottom of post for more.)
Now, having said all that, none of that is the topic of the thread!
The thread title, "The Pope Is A Communist", and the statement that the Pope "discarded what God says in favor of his own personal beliefs" are not true.
Post #7 is correct ::
. . . . . to the content of what the pope said we turn to this::
PART THREE
LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION TWO
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER TWO
"YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF"
ARTICLE 7
"You Shall Not Steal"
I. THE UNIVERSAL DESTINATION AND THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF GOODS
2402 In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits (Gen 1:26-29). The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race. However, the earth is divided up among men to assure the security of their lives, endangered by poverty and threatened by violence. The appropriation of property is legitimate for guaranteeing the freedom and dignity of persons and for helping each of them to meet his basic needs and the needs of those in his charge. It should allow for a natural solidarity to develop between men.
2403 The right to private property, acquired or received in a just way, does not do away with the original gift of the earth to the whole of mankind. The universal destination of goods remains primordial, even if the promotion of the common good requires respect for the right to private property and its exercise.
2404 "In his use of things man should regard the external goods he legitimately owns not merely as exclusive to himself but common to others also, in the sense that they can benefit others as well as himself." The ownership of any property makes its holder a steward of Providence, with the task of making it fruitful and communicating its benefits to others, first of all his family.
source:
The Ten Commandments: You shall not steal
The pope is quite loose with his language so I am not too worked up. And he also gets taken out of context a lot. Unless he comes out and specifically says he is changing Church teaching, which he has not, I would not get too worked up The doctrine stated above is correct and he did not change it. If anyone thinks that the doctrine stated above is
not correct then they are in error.
The importance of the word “absolute” in his statement as quoted by the OP article cannot be ignored. The Pope is speaking very precisely here, and needs to be heard precisely. Overlooking that word and its impact leads to a misinterpretation of the pope’s message. Of course property rights are important. And of course they are not absolute, as he correctly stated.
The author of the OP article states further down, "
Sorry, but property rights are not secondary. As an attorney who defended property owners from government takings liked to say, “Property rights are human rights.” You can’t have one without the other."
She speaks of laws of men, not God. Maybe they are not secondary according to the laws of her land, but man's law is not God's law.
Your OP article places man's law above God's law, and in your attack against the pope, you confused man's law with God's law.
In the end, despite any translation oddities, the article's quote of the pope is a reasonable summary of the Church’s teaching on private property rights, which falls under the commandments, and that teaching is infallible, ratified by God the Holy Spirit. Property rights are important, but they are secondary and limited rights, subject to the common good and the needs of others.
Thus sayeth the Lord
Appendix:
VI. THE HOPE OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH
1042 At the end of time, the Kingdom of God will come in its fullness. After the universal judgment, the righteous will reign for ever with Christ, glorified in body and soul. The universe itself will be renewed:
The Church . . . will receive her perfection only in the glory of heaven, when will come the time of the renewal of all things. At that time, together with the human race, the universe itself, which is so closely related to man and which attains its destiny through him, will be perfectly re-established in Christ.631
1043 Sacred Scripture calls this mysterious renewal, which will transform humanity and the world, "new heavens and a new earth."632 It will be the definitive realization of God's plan to bring under a single head "all things in [Christ], things in heaven and things on earth."633
1044 In this new universe, the heavenly Jerusalem, God will have his dwelling among men.634 "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."635
1045 For man, this consummation will be the final realization of the unity of the human race, which God willed from creation and of which the pilgrim Church has been "in the nature of sacrament."636 Those who are united with Christ will form the community of the redeemed, "the holy city" of God, "the Bride, the wife of the Lamb."637 She will not be wounded any longer by sin, stains, self-love, that destroy or wound the earthly community.638 The beatific vision, in which God opens himself in an inexhaustible way to the elect, will be the ever-flowing well-spring of happiness, peace, and mutual communion.
1046 For the cosmos, Revelation affirms the profound common destiny of the material world and man:
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God . . . in hope because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay. . . . We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.639
1047 The visible universe, then, is itself destined to be transformed, "so that the world itself, restored to its original state, facing no further obstacles, should be at the service of the just," sharing their glorification in the risen Jesus Christ.640
1048 "
We know neither the moment of the consummation of the earth and of man, nor the way in which the universe will be transformed. The form of this world, distorted by sin, is passing away, and we are taught that God is preparing a new dwelling and a new earth in which righteousness dwells, in which happiness will fill and surpass all the desires of peace arising in the hearts of men."641
1049 "Far from diminishing our concern to develop this earth, the expectancy of a new earth should spur us on, for it is here that the body of a new human family grows, foreshadowing in some way the age which is to come. That is why, although we must be careful to distinguish earthly progress clearly from the increase of the kingdom of Christ, such progress is of vital concern to the kingdom of God, insofar as it can contribute to the better ordering of human society."642
1050 "When we have spread on earth the fruits of our nature and our enterprise . . . according to the command of the Lord and in his Spirit, we will find them once again, cleansed this time from the stain of sin, illuminated and transfigured, when Christ presents to his Father an eternal and universal kingdom."643 God will then be "all in all" in eternal life:644
True and subsistent life consists in this: the Father, through the Son and in the Holy Spirit, pouring out his heavenly gifts on all things without exception. Thanks to his mercy, we too, men that we are, have received the inalienable promise of eternal life.645
631
LG 48; Cf.
Acts 3:21;
Eph 1:10;
Col 1:20;
2 Pet 3:10-13.
632
2 Pet 3:13; Cf.
Rev 21:1.
633
Eph 1:10.
634 Cf.
Rev 21:5.
635
Rev 21:4.
636 Cf.
LG 1.
637
Rev 21:2,9.
638 Cf.
Rev 21:27.
639
Rom 8:19-23.
640 St. Irenaeus,
Adv. haeres. 5,32,1
G 7/2,210.
641
GS 39 § 1.
642
GS 39 § 2.
643
GS 39 § 3.
644
1 Cor 5:28.
645 St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
Catech. illum. 18,29
G 33,1049.