Now, hasn't it been said that there is NO OTHER CHURCH other than the Catholic Church? Yet, there is a next best?
Sounds suspiciously close to Mars Hill to me.
May I introduce you to the UNKNOWN GOD?
Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
In Christ...Alone!
No. If anything it would be noted that only the Catholic Church, that is those particular churches in union with the See of Rome enjoy the fullness of Divine Revelation. The simple fact is that the Orthodox are actual Churches possessing apostolic authority and all seven sacraments or mysteries, sadly they are in error over some theological issues(they would say the same of us)
lol. Sounds eerily similar to the Rolling Stones song, "Sympathy for the Devil." 8~)
"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith...
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game...
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name..."
If the Catholic Church is wrong (which is the hypothesis I was responding to in my discussion with wmfights) then the next best one would be the Orthodox. IOW, the Orthodox is the only Church, in that circumstance.
I'm not saying that the hypothesis is correct, I was saying that as a matter of course in our discussion, IF the Catholic Church is wrong, then the Orthodox is right. Obviously I believe the Catholic Church is the only one or else I would be a hypocrite for staying IN the Catholic Church, now WOULDN'T I? It's called "an either OR" situation, not "either AND."
I pray to God I have the mental strength to no longer respond to baiting commentary. Hey, at least I believe there can be ONLY ONE Church, unlike some on this forum who evidently believe in the axiom, "Any church BUT Catholic", i.e., some amorphous, invisible, UNDEFINABLE "church", which is the exact opposite of "one Church", and indeed, ANTITHETICAL to the concept of "unity among Christianity".
Oh that's right, I forgot, the only relevant definition for "Christianity" is if someone says the "Sinners Prayer" (a prayer not found in Scripture by the way), and responds when asked, "I accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior". < /sarc > (by the way, I fail to see how given that definition, the JW's and Mormons don't qualify, much LESS the Catholics)
Or is that NOT the definition of Christian? If not, then you can tell me what it is, and then someone else can tell me another definition, and another, another definition, and so on, and so on. But they're all part of the same "invisible Church", right? As long as they aren't Catholic, right?
Note, those are more rhetorical questions than actual; like I said to wmfights, I'm really not interested in debate anymore. Not until I'm convinced the person I'm conversing with is willing to listen and ABSORB responses, rather than jerk their knee.