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"The Church Is On The Verge Of Capsizing" (Benedict XVI, July 2017) Picture: © gloria.tv, CC BY-ND, #newsPujrtagcggMore
"The Church Is On The Verge Of Capsizing" (Benedict XVI, July 2017)

Picture: © gloria.tv, CC BY-ND, #newsPujrtagcgg
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Rowing into hellfire. Amen.
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There really is a "God Of Surprises". Pope Francis chose that phrase deliberately. He's referencing Dolos... the Greek god of surprises... and trickery. Dolos' has a sister diety, Apate, who presides over fraud and deceit.
His Holiness is an extremely educated man and chooses his words very carefully. When he preaches, "our God (using the royal plural possessive) is a God of surprises", he's having …More
There really is a "God Of Surprises". Pope Francis chose that phrase deliberately. He's referencing Dolos... the Greek god of surprises... and trickery. Dolos' has a sister diety, Apate, who presides over fraud and deceit.

His Holiness is an extremely educated man and chooses his words very carefully. When he preaches, "our God (using the royal plural possessive) is a God of surprises", he's having a sly joke on his less educated audiences.

"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear!" -Matthew 11:15

Scripturally, Pope Francis is wrong since Our Lord Jesus' resurrection was not a surprise, but the fulfillment of prophecy both ancient and of His own.
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God is stronger