Posted on 11/16/2023 6:30:57 PM PST by ebb tide
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Religion is free and personal and doesn’t require a church or any clergy.
Well, why did Jesus Christ found a Church?
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
[Matthew 16:18]
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NASBS
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, [4] and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
The Church the body of believers in Y’shua (Jesus) as the Son of the Father and as our Savior. It is not a building or a denomination.
But all are not one in Protestant World.
How do you explain that?
Mark
The Roman Catholic believes it has to be their organization. However, the church is the ekklesia...the body of believers in Christ, and only Christ, for their salvation.
Isn’t it great how the Catholic Church can do all this criminal stuff and escape legal consequences? I mean, RICO statutes (Federal and state) seem to be like a handful of sawdust to the Pope’s dupes.
A truly great Man once said, “By their fruits you will know them.”
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, “A house full of termites can not stand.”
Isn’t great that lay Catholic writers are exposing the rot within their own Church?
What can you say for your own “church”?
Ha Ha.
The gates of Hell have already overwhelmed the RCC.
Did you read the headline?
Priests have been _____ing little boys for a long time.
And getting away with it.
Leave that “church” immediately and quit your lame refrains that falsely declare the origins of the Church.
A body of believers in anything from abortion, homo marriage, artificial contraception, divorce and "remarriage", womyn priests, womynbishops, etc.?
It seems y'all claim believing in Jesus Christ is sufficient and then you are free to sin, and let your sins be bold.
Good luck with that!
I don’t want to get suspended like you were a month or so ago so I will not risk saying more.
Jesus didn’t FOUND a church, He is building it.
See Post #6.
What exactly are your beliefs, Regis?
Actually, that would be *forgiveness* but I get what you are saying.
I’ve shared this story before, here, but it’s been a while....Full disclosure: I grew up Catholic but am no longer, and the following true story is one of the main reasons why.
Way back when I was in high school, I had a friend named Greg. He was an avowed homosexual (yes, they existed back then - and yes, we still got along with him. If someone accused me of hanging out with a ****sucker, I’d just say that he never tried to suck mine).
Greg was a nice guy and a decent friend, but he had a priesthood fetish. Somehow he acquired priestly robes and some of the doodads that Catholic priests use during Mass. He would practice doing priest stuff at home. Why? Because he was determined to become a priest. He said it was the perfect cover for a homosexual man. He said that seminary would be one long, unsupervised homosexual orgy, and then nobody would question why he wasn’t married or ever hung out with girls.
I lost track of Greg after high school, but I did hear that he achieved his ambition. Never knew if he was one of those that preyed on young boys - when the lists came out of known sexual predator priests I searched but never found his name.
This is just one sample - I’m sure there are many more.
THE RC Church turned a blind eye to the issue because 1. They needed butts in the pulpits and 2. Many of the hierarchy were just like Greg. I can’t see how the Church as a whole can bear an effective witness for Christ when so many of its leaders are unrepentant sinners. Good individuals can be effective witnesses, but the Church as a whole lacks credibility.
Says the biggest critic of Catholicism on FR.
Rome and the Eastern Orthodox have been in schism for over a 1,000 years. They are not one either.
And besides, what advantage is that. Look where you guys are with Francis, whom you reject. You are not one with your church at the moment either.
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