Pope Francis: "God Cannot Be without Man“
During his Wednesday audience in St Peter’s Square Pope Francis claimed, “Jesus Christ’s Gospel reveals to us that God cannot be without us. He will never be a God without man. It is he who cannot be …More
During his Wednesday audience in St Peter’s Square Pope Francis claimed, “Jesus Christ’s Gospel reveals to us that God cannot be without us. He will never be a God without man. It is he who cannot be without us, and this is a great mystery. God cannot be God without man, this is a great mystery.”
Francis' words correspond to the heresy of Gnosticism (1st and 2nd century AD), which claimed that God needed to create an object for his love because he is imperfect. Catholic doctrine instead confesses a perfect God who is perfect love in a Trinitarian relationship. God created mankind gratuitous out of a superabundance of love not out of a need.
Picture: © Sabrina Fusco, Aleteia, CC BY-SA, #newsWpvvzpnlll
Francis' words correspond to the heresy of Gnosticism (1st and 2nd century AD), which claimed that God needed to create an object for his love because he is imperfect. Catholic doctrine instead confesses a perfect God who is perfect love in a Trinitarian relationship. God created mankind gratuitous out of a superabundance of love not out of a need.
Picture: © Sabrina Fusco, Aleteia, CC BY-SA, #newsWpvvzpnlll
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What is the source for this? When and where did he say it? I went along to the Vatican website and this is what it says the Pope said yesterday:
"Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Christian hope, we now consider the source of that hope in the fatherhood of God. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he taught them to call God Our Father. Here we see the great …More
What is the source for this? When and where did he say it? I went along to the Vatican website and this is what it says the Pope said yesterday:
"Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Christian hope, we now consider the source of that hope in the fatherhood of God. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he taught them to call God Our Father. Here we see the great religious revolution introduced by Christianity: taught by the Saviour’s command, we dare to speak to the transcendent and all-holy God as children speak, with complete trust, to a loving father. In the parable of the merciful father, who welcomes his prodigal son with supreme forgiveness, Jesus speaks to us of the Father’s unconditional love. In his Letters, Saint Paul twice repeats the original Aramaic word used by Jesus in his prayer: “Abba” (cf. Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6). As God’s adoptive sons and daughters in the Holy Spirit, we share in the intimate relationship between Jesus and the Father, and this is the basis of our sure hope in God’s saving help. Each day, as we pray the Lord’s Prayer, may we be confirmed in the knowledge that, in his merciful love, our heavenly Father will watch over us, respond to our petitions, and never abandon us." it is here:w2.vatican.va/…/papa-francesco_…
I went back through four audiences and could not find the quote. When and where did he say this?
"Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis on Christian hope, we now consider the source of that hope in the fatherhood of God. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he taught them to call God Our Father. Here we see the great religious revolution introduced by Christianity: taught by the Saviour’s command, we dare to speak to the transcendent and all-holy God as children speak, with complete trust, to a loving father. In the parable of the merciful father, who welcomes his prodigal son with supreme forgiveness, Jesus speaks to us of the Father’s unconditional love. In his Letters, Saint Paul twice repeats the original Aramaic word used by Jesus in his prayer: “Abba” (cf. Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6). As God’s adoptive sons and daughters in the Holy Spirit, we share in the intimate relationship between Jesus and the Father, and this is the basis of our sure hope in God’s saving help. Each day, as we pray the Lord’s Prayer, may we be confirmed in the knowledge that, in his merciful love, our heavenly Father will watch over us, respond to our petitions, and never abandon us." it is here:w2.vatican.va/…/papa-francesco_…
I went back through four audiences and could not find the quote. When and where did he say this?