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Hi, i'm Jack. Expect lots of dumb jokes and cute animals. I make music too!
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the dodo: the zoos are evil captivity is unethical let animals be free
also the dodo: look at this amazing man who has a bear and a tiger living in the trunk of his van
jesus = markiplier
judas = jacksepticeye
apostles = game grumps
romans = la gangs
Oh, you’re a devil’s advocate? Let’s hear your argument against Pope Francis’ canonisation of
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval.
@actualrealexplode7 replied:
what?
Up until 1983, the “Devil’s advocate” was an official role within the Catholic Church, whose job was to argue against the canonisation of saints. That’s where the term comes from. The joke is the idea of gatekeeping people who claim to be “just playing devil’s advocate” by demanding that they present an on-the-spot argument against a randomly chosen canonisation.
@siliquasquama replied:
I’m kind of bummed that they got rid of the actual position
Blame John Paul II. He was a big fan of canonisation – more saints were canonised during his pontificate than during the Church’s entire history prior to his tenure as Pope – and he didn’t feel like going to the trouble of formally justifying each one, so he just abolished the process entirely.
What
The pope can just do that? Changing the process I suppose makes sense, but adding more saints than the entire church’s history prior to that point seems like something there should be limits on.
You should read up on the history of the Papacy some time. Papal shenanigans are like an entire genre of historical literature.