Thankfully, the Catholic Church has the promise of Christ, that the gates of hell shall never prevail against her.
With all due respect, I don’t need the Catholic Church to enjoy the benefits of that promise.
The Catholic Church did not exist when Jesus Christ was on earth. They are subject to the same satanic temptations of Protestants...unless you are thinking that the Catholic Church is completely under Satan’s power...which I can assure you it is not...not anymore than any of the Protestant Churches.
And at the end of days we will be the ONLY Church standing by Christ. One by one every prot denomination is proving that they are man made institutions.
But, as a Christian who is not in the Catholic Church, I take that promise of Christ personally.
I’ve always believed it was “the church” as a whole; meaning all those who have received Christ as their Savior.
All Believers in Christ ARE the church.