Must be gear that was in the medieval closet.
But seriously, there is criticism because the Pope gets accused of participating in other religions for his necessary diplomacy role. People similarly accused anthropologists of doing witchcraft when observing, um, hard to describe ceremony and ritual. It is a primary commandment for the Judeo-Christian God/people...no worshipping other gods like buddhas and money. It's central to the agreement.
What I thought of today is how Jesus intervened on further violence in the garden where he got arrested. A disciple tried to physically stop that. A sword was drawn, an ear cut off, then Jesus knelt and healed the wound. Forgiveness. Not a simple definition but a key.
Key to God's message--Love. Forgiveness is key to love. Jesus performed forgiving humanity for all that was happening even as he was mired in all of humanity's misunderstanding and chaos.
None of us is Jesus. Or an Apostle. And all "church" has struggled with the poetry of religion, but not the commitment/devotion to God and the Way.
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