Actually, considering the long history of immorality and corruption of the Catholic church and popes and clergy, I’d have to conclude that the gates of hell have prevailed against the Catholic church as a whole.
And the Episcopalian and any other denomination which has compromised the Word of God and moral issues, like homosexuality.
It’s good that the true church is the body of believers of all time and not a denomination.
I guess all you ever look for is evil. I see a lot of good and holy priests who live their faith, and not just evil.
If evil is all you ever look for. That is all you ever will find.
Your attitude is that of a Donatist, suggesting that the true Church only consists of the saints.
Donatism was the error taught by Donatus, bishop of Casae Nigrae that the effectiveness of the sacraments depends on the moral character of the minister. In other words, if a minister who was involved in a serious enough sin were to baptize a person, that baptism would be considered invalid.
http://carm.org/donatism
As Christ intended knowing what would happen to organized religion.
Yes there are a great many sinners and hypocrites in the Church.
But there’s always room for one more.
Thus defined as those who believe what you believe, correct?