>Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to His Church and promised never to leave her. The Holy Spirit and the Pope are not mutually exclusive.<
Chapter and verse plese.
>After years of being on FreeRepublic, I have yet to hear any protestant tell me which is the true Church. Perhaps you can tell me.,
The true church is made up of all who believe Jesus was born of a Virgin,Died on the Cross for our sins,Rose on the third day and now sits at the right hand of the father.
These are the Orthdox beliefs that have only been denied by a few cults like the JW’s.Most denomonations only disagree on nonessentials to salvation such as worship practices,security of the believer and baptismal practices.I have no doubt many Catholics fall under this veil I just believe the Catholic Church has done very little to lead them to the risen Christ.
Sure.
GOD has said He will be with His Church forever, “I will never leave you, neither will I forsake you,” Heb 13:5. In Mt 28:20, Jesus said, “I am with you all days, even until the end of the world.” That means He will be with His Church every day in every century until the end of time.
“I will ask the Father and He will give you another Advocate to dwell with you forever, the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you shall know Him, because He will dwell with you, and be in you,” Jn 14:16-17,26, Jn 15:26,16:13. The Holy Spirit will dwell in the Church that Jesus Christ founded and He will be with that Church forever.
“Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as Bishops to rule the Church of GOD,” Acts 20:28. Does your church have Bishops?
Your definition of Church is not the one I asked. In Which Church can one be saved? Lutheran, Baptist, Mormon? What do you consider “Non-essential” beliefs? And if they are not “essential”, why not worship together?
It is through the Catholic Church that we recieve Jesus in the Eucharist. To say that the Catholic Church “has done very little to lead them to the risen Christ” is a bit disengenuous. The Catholic Church was founded by Christ and has stood for almost 2000 years. No other Church can say that. Perhaps you should ask a Catholic what we believe instead of disinformation from other denominations with axes to grind and professional anti-Catholics.