Jesus IS Catholic.
So THERE! And this is very SERIOUS because if you are not Catholic something is very wrong in your relationship with God.
Also note that even people who call themselves Catholic these days really aren’t.
That is because 50 years ago a council was held where apostates left the Catholic faith as they created new dogmas that are at odds with the faith of Jesus Christ, including welcoming non-Catholics to enjoy the sacraments without them renouncing the errors and heresies in Protestantism.
“Catholic” means “universal”. That includes being under one pope and ascribing to one dogma.
Those 50 years ago they broke with a number of the unchanging dogmas (as taught UNIVERSALLY by all popes and by the Church in the past) and falsely declared a need to modernize, which incidentally included the presence of six invited heretics to advise during the sadly, false “Vatican II” council.
It is thus and then that the Whore of Babylon, I suppose, was born, and those in Vatican II “Catholic” sect and protestants who so willingly support the rebellion against Jesus Christ and His Bride the Church need to come out of her (the whore).
The abomination of desolation is the loss of belief in the true Presence which is evident in today’s “Catholics”.
This is very mysterious and these events portend a very dangerous time upon humanity leading to the return of our Saviour Jesus Christ, so it behoves us to walk very carefully and full of the fear of the Lord in these latter days.
(Satan is filled with delight in these days as he creates confusion and horror in the world at a level never before attained, but his days are numbered.)
So THERE! And this is very SERIOUS because if you are not Catholic something is very wrong in your relationship with God. I respectfully disagree.
Jesus is the Son of God, and is my only path to God the Father, and my Savior. Any one who accepts that gift and believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Anything that I put in the way of that, any "dogma" or stipulations or rhetoric, be it Catholic, Protestant, Pentacostal, or any other "denomination"-- anything that stands in the way of that personal relationship with God the Father and God the Son is problematic, and therefore can't come from Him.
However, God bless you! If your relationship with Him is real, then you and I may meet in Heaven and, if we were so inclined as to discuss this, I would welcome it then, with our new-found perspective.
Yeah... I'll stick with scripture if that's OK with you.
Guys sitting around inventing stuff that the Holy Spirit never communicated to Prophets and Apostles pretty much found cults; there have been several in last 2 millennia, some more successful and longer lived than others.
Wow...
In my many years studying the characteristics of cults...
Your rant hits several points...
I’m not saying you are in a cult, but your belief system tracks like one...
Probably more of misplaced passion...
Which is my point; Jesus is "under" no one besides His Heavenly Father.
..."and errors and heresies in Protestantism?"..... That Jesus is the way the truth and the life..... and not earthy men?
Happy New Year,..... shalom aleichem
Jesus is Jesus.
He’s not Catholic. Or Baptist, or Lutheran, or Pentecostal, or anything.
NO denomination owns Him and no one has the right to try to validate their religion by claiming He’s one of them.
What a crock.
Got Scripture to support that?
Somewhere where Jesus told everyone they had to be Catholic, for example?
I've been told that the church that Jesus started has ALWAYS been Catholic.
That means Catholics wrote THIS letter.
And today's Catholics do NOT follow their own letter.
Acts 15
The Council at Jerusalem
1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses."
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."
12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me. 14 Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 "'After this I will return
and rebuild David's fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things'
18 things known from long ago.19 "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."
The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following letter:The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul— 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. [34] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing." 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Jesus is Catholic. Really? I think when you get to Heaven, Jesus may gently disabuse you of that notion. To me, the saddest thing about Catholicism, is that you don’t even realize the bill of goods you’ve been sold. If you’d just pick up your Bible, (the one WITHOUT the apocrypha) and read it, asking the Holy Spirit to teach you, you would see the truth, and it would set you free. But, no. As a form of control, you’ve been taught that “doctors of the church” have to interpret scripture for you. But that’s not true. The Holy Spirit is our guide. I don’t say you shouldn’t be Catholic, but there’s more. I suggest you look up Brother John Talbot. He has a Hermitage in Arkansas, which welcomes Catholics as well as non-Catholics. The non Catholics do not participate in the Eucharist during the mass, but there is nothing forbidding a protestant from having communion, on his own, in his own home or room there, in the protestant way. Most protestants do not believe in transubstantiaion, but take communion in the way Jesus taught — as an act of remembrance of Him. God bless you. (I have no interest in arguing back and forth with you. You’ve stated your beliefs, and I’ve stated mine. Let’s just leave it there.