Posted on 09/08/2014 6:58:49 AM PDT by marshmallow
“She called herself ‘Catholic’”? Do you have scripture for that?
Good read.
Great post. Even the Bible says the church is universal (catholic) for everyone.
Why does there have to be scripture for that? Is there scripture for "Protestant" or "Calvinist" or many other names Christians use?
And it won't be a pretty sight...
There is a Baptist.
How about “Go and preach the Gospel to all men?” That’s what the Church is doing.
The first evangelizers in what is now the US were Spanish Catholics, btw; the first “pastor” was Fr. Francisco Lopez, who celebrated the first Mass in what is now St Augustine, Florida on September 8, 1565. It was attended by the Indians and evangelization began immediately.
Only a couple of centuries later, the extensive chain of Indian missions were destroyed by the attacks of English Protestant colonists from Georgia and South and many Indians and priests were killed, while about 11,000 captured Indians were sent as slaves to the British sugar plantations in the West Indies.
The irony is dripping ...
I see the usual suspects have attacked as usual.
That said, the first place to officially permit religious tolerance in what is now the US was the Catholic colony of Maryland, founded in 1654, where all citizens were to be accepted.
Of course, once the extremely restrictive anti-Catholic laws of England came into effect in the late 1600’s, Catholics ended up (even in Maryland) being excluded from holding public office, owning land, etc.
As a result, Charles Carroll of Carrolton, the Catholic grandson of the Catholic founder of the colony and the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, was not at that time allowed to vote, formally participate in politics or even practice law, the profession for which he had been trained. He was known to other members of the Continental Congress because of his writings (under a pseudonym) and thus was asked to participate.
They were called Christians at Antioch, acts 11:26
Jesus called it my Church Matthew 16:18
My kingdom John 18:36 and Luke 22:30
The kingdom Matthew 16:19
The kingdom of God John 3:5, Luke 22:16
So in my view the Church of Christ or the Church of God would be the only thing it could be called based on the teaching of Christ.
I also believe that both of these Churches has doctrine that is not Biblical, so does it matter what it is called?
Correction = The kingdom of heaven Matthew 16:19
At least the Catholics had everything South of the United States, from Mexico to Central America and South America.
Reading these Papist threads on the RF reminds me of reading the reverse psychology lies Pravda put out back in the days of the soviets. The lead article has the Papacy a continuity going back to the original church of the New Testament, thus, in effect attacking, not just the Church of England, but by extension every Protestant.
Then, when any Protestant disagrees with their propaganda, he is said to be "attacking." They can attack at will, especially on this RCC RF, but if anyone disagrees, HE is the attacker. Go figure. It's Pravda reverse psychology they use.
This thread had nothing to do with Protestants but was something addressed by a Catholic bishop to Catholics, reflecting on the state of the Church.
To immediately go from this into bizarre fundamentalist Protestant anti-Catholic charges is to me an attack.
If you don’t want Protestants to post to this thread, you should have it designated “Catholic Caucus.” Nothing “bizarre” about my reaction to the “the Papacy the only true church, Protestants excluded” tone of this article.
You folks have no idea what all this tripe Papists post looks like to a Protestant.
Christ established the Catholic Church and Its been here ever since. If that bothers you take it up with God.
go forth and teach all nations....Catholic means universal....close enough, besides it is a historical fact, probably beginning as early as the first century.
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