Reasons Why the Catholic Church Have a Pope

The Catholic Church has a Pope because the papacy was instituted by our Lord Father Christ (Jesus) The Pope is the visible head of the Church and has supreme authority to preserve doctrine To teach To sanctify The Pope protects dogma and keeps us united in faith If not for the papal unerring There would be no certainty in matters of faith We would have no means of knowing what is true and what is not We could have no finality of doctrine Each person would be left to believe whatever he or she "felt" was right As a result There would be error Disunity Rejection of truths Adoption of errors etc We wouldn't even have a Bible since there would be no unerring authority to determine the canon of Scripture We could never be sure that our beliefs corresponded with truth We could never be sure we were on a true path leading to salvation Furthermore Without the Pope There would be no preserver of doctrine No center of unity No supreme authority visible on earth The Church was literally founded by our Lord on the "rock" of St. Peter Without this foundation The entire structure would fall Poetry Written: 1072023 Time Written: 10:51a.m. Poetry Form: Free Verse