“The Church, instituted by the Lord and confirmed by the Apostles, is one for all men; but the frantic folly of the diverse impious acts sects has cut them off from her. It cannot be denied that this tearing asunder of the faith has arisen from the defect of poor intelligence,which twists what is read to conform to its opinion, instead of adjusting its opinion to the meaning of what is read. However, while individual parties fight among themselves, the Church stands revealed not only by her own doctrines, but by those also of her adversaries. And although they are all arranged against her, she confutes the most wicked error which they all share, by the very fact that she is alone and One.
All the heretics, therefore, come against the Church; but while all the heretics can conquer each other, they can win nothing for themselves. For their victory is the triumph of the Church over all of them. One heresy struggles against that teaching of another, which the faith of the Church has already condemned in the other heresy, - for there is nothing which the heretics hold in common, ‘ and the result is that they affirm our faith while fighting among themselves.”
Saint Hilary of Poitiers... The Trinity, 7:4, 356 A.D.. Jurgens 865
Come forth, my people, out of her , that you have no fellowship with her sins , and you receive her plagues . Rev 18:4
I don’t accept the premise the Vatican represents the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His Son.
That came with testing and proving all things.
Including what Mary had to say in her promises for praying the rosary testing with scripture.
Christianity doesn’t accept my premise that the Vatican has counterfeited the Way, Truth, Life.
We will find out someday.
Counterfeits arent easily detected without study of the genuine.
I used to accept the first premise. Now, I can say humbly I was deceived and accepted lies as truth.
And He can lead anyone to genuine truth if they ask, seek and knock.
But today is His 5th day to me. I would be considered odd to any religion or to the powers and principalities that run the world systems.
I am okay with being on the opposite side. Things I didn’t understand just three short years ago make complete sense today.
Like scales have come off..
All for His glory!