How can one claim to be the vicar of Christ, when he (Christ) criticized James and John for asking him to set one of them on his right and the other on his left in his kingdom. Christ told them that it was not his to make that choice. What he did not do was to remind them that his kingdom was not of this world. For they obviously still expected it to be of this world. The whole edifice of the church in this world, regardless of the denomination, is antithetical to Christs teaching.
St Thomas taught that our greatest kindness was sharing the Truth (Way & Life) and from Scripture we are taught that you shall know him by his fruits.
How can one claim to be the vicar of Christ, when he (Christ) criticized James and John for asking him to set one of them on his right and the other on his left in his kingdom. Christ told them that it was not his to make that choice. What he did not do was to remind them that his kingdom was not of this world. For they obviously still expected it to be of this world. The whole edifice of the church in this world, regardless of the denomination, is antithetical to Christs teaching.