You learn something new every day

[scarlettina]

An LJ friend, this morning, introduced me a to a new concept: sedevacantism. Sedevacantists believe that the papacy has been vacant since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958 (or, in some cases, the death of Pope John XXIII in 1963). Sedevacantists believe that the subsequent successors (or, in their view, claimants) to the papal office have been neither true Catholics nor true, legitimate popes. Tell that to John Paul II and those who either want to canonize him or want to add the epithet "the Great" to his title. The Wikipedia entry I linked to above goes into the history of this position. Fascinating stuff.

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Martin Luther...

[gaelfarce.livejournal.com]

Which is why the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches have an 'understanding' with each other now since most all dogmatic differences have changed...however that moves the RC crowd more towards the Lutheran heresy which just isn't kosher in many RC congregations.