That's kind of the point about why Christ instituted His Church, because we're incapable of standing on our own. Why do you act like that's a character defect?
I spent MY time reading the WORD unfiltered by a bunch of control freaks ...
You say, without irony, before citing a verse from the King James Version (who wasn't a control freak at all. /s ). I bet you've also never used a single study guide, commentary, or educational reference about Scripture; I'm sure you're *entirely* self-taught...
Mind you, even the KJV relates St. John, at the end of his Gospel, saying quite explicitly that not everything Christ did or said was written down. So what exactly did John omit, since you apparently claim to know all the things that Christ foretold?
This was how many years before Aquinas got in on the ‘act’?
Years before you and I, for one. But in all seriousness, did he write anything about the topic of foreigners (i.e. the actual topic of this thread) that you disagree with?
Anything you all worship of Aquinas is OFFFFF from Christ the Saviour
You have a strange notion of worship. Anyhow, here's Aquinas, famously straying away from Christ: "Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen." - a prayer credited to St Thomas.
when Christ spoke the words that HE had foretold all things ... catholicism was NOT yet even on the ‘board’ ... sad you all have so much bagggggage to release...
This isn't even a counter to anything I've said, because of course the Church didn't yet exist when He said those words; Christ hadn't founded it, yet.
My ‘so-called- ‘anti-Catholic’ pablum is learned first hand ... Oh, Lord, the stories I could recount ...
My condolences for whatever bad experiences you've had. But allegedly poor experiences with ostensibly bad Catholics is no excuse to tar every single one with the same brush (because otherwise, I could use my experiences to tar all Protestants, even those of good will). That's just common sense.
And Christ Himself commanded the parable be learned ... And when the good ol 'holy fathers' changed the WORD to a Rome Apple orchard and a literal snake is found in the branches, then remove Eve as the mother of the living ... credibility ceases to exist.
Yet, Christ was there in that Garden of God symbolized as a 'tree of life'... Hebrews 2:14 lays out WHY this 'flesh' earth age had to happen. It was Christ , in the tomb, who went to the prisoners since the time of Noah to be offered 'salvation' ... I did not read anything about a communion taking place .. But, we are told that Lazarus was in the bosom of Abraham, so Abraham is Christian... And NOT one hint any of this relied upon some johnny come after, flesh man, calling himself 'holy father' ... I do not worship man made organizations.
There are 7 named 'churches ' in the book of Revelation ... NOT one is called Catholic... and only two of them teach a doctrine that Christ found NO fault.
Sadly, for people to claim Peter's keys have made up a doctrine of moth eaten cloth... What happened on Pentecost day, wherein Peter made Joel the prophet one and the same as the Gospel... We are living Joel's prophecy and 'we the people' are paying a bunch of frauds to destroy our country. And they call themselves 'charities'... We were warned what would happened...
IIPeter 3 lays out what is unfolding ... Peter says worship the climate, make that a doctrine? Eat flesh and drink blood ... Lot of ignoring 'Lot's wife taking place.. According to Peter there is coming an earthly clean up wherein all that offends the Heavenly Father will be destroyed. Christ did NOT say one thing about Thomas Aquinas... As a matter of FACT before any of the so called New Testament got placed on plant fibers, animal skins, or chiseled onto stone ... Mark 13:23 Christ declared " But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things".
I follow Christ and not a bunch of money grubbers that make right wrong and wrong right.