Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Every time you guys try to bolster the authority of your religion by alluding to scripture, one of us will actually post the actual words of God which shuts you down cold...
You'd think you guys would get embarrassed by referencing the scriptures to justify your religion but you never do... In case you don't get it, I'll point it out to you...
Your massive religion which you guys are trying to grow even larger is the narrow gate that Jesus speaks of, according to your religion
However, Jesus say few will go down this narrow path...
So what happens to all those gazillions of Catholic who will not make it thru the narrow gate/path???
That ought to be a humongous clue that the passage has nothing to do with your religion or it's teaching...
Your religion with it's massive membership, who are all Christians according to your religion will need a very wide gate and a very wide path to accommodate the massive mob...
Jesus has prepared that wide gate for many who think they are Christians...
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
You can't have your cake and be able to eat it too, stpio.
Matthew 7:13-14 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
If the Catholic church is *massive* then it's because many have found it. If that's the case, it cannot at the same time be the narrow gate, or many would not have found it.
If the Catholic church were indeed the narrow gate, it would not be massive.