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Every Christian believes that Jesus Christ established and sustains a community of faith, hope and love for all believers. This community we call His Church. The Church that Christ founded is the Catholic Church which has a formal earthly structure established by Christ and which continues under His authority and protection.

In concert with His redemptive act, Jesus did three things that established the framework of His Church. First, He chose humans to carry out His work. He appointed Peter to be the visible head of the Church. Jesus said to Peter, “You are Rock and on this rock I will build my Church.” (Matthew 16: 18) Jesus said “build,” as in to create a structure. Jesus built His structure on specifically chosen human beings Peter and the apostles.

Second, Jesus gave Peter and the apostles the power and authority to carry out His work. “Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.”(Matthew 16:19; 18:18) “Receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven, whose sins you retain, they are retained.”(John 20:23)

Third, Jesus gave Peter and the apostles commands as to what that work should be. At the last supper, He commanded, “Do this in memory of Me.” (Luke 22:19) He commanded them to “Make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19), and to “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15)

The early Church was structured in a hierarchical manner as it is today. We see in Acts, chapter 15 how the apostles and the elders came together under the leadership of St. Peter to decide the question of what was required of Gentiles. We also see how St. Peter was regarded as the head of the Church when St. Paul, “Went up to Jerusalem to confer with Kephas [Peter] and remained with him fifteen days.” (Galatians 1:18) There is no Scriptural evidence of independent local churches.

The Catholic Church is the only church that can claim to have been founded by Christ personally. Every other church traces its lineage back to a mere human person such as Martin Luther or John Wesley. The Catholic Church can trace its lineage back to Jesus Christ who appointed St. Peter as the first pope. This line of popes has continued unbroken for almost 2,000 years.

God rules, instructs and sanctifies His people through His Church. Under her teaching office, the Catholic Church preserves the Word of God. She is the custodian, keeper, dispenser and interpreter of teachings of Christ. And she accomplishes this under the protection of the Holy Spirit.

https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/churb1.htm


251 posted on 06/01/2017 1:54:23 PM PDT by ADSUM
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To: ADSUM; ealgeone
The Church that Christ founded is the Catholic Church which has a formal earthly structure established by Christ and which continues under His authority and protection.

How can that claim be valid when we've been told that the Holy Spirit does not guide the college of cardinals in the selection of the pope?

And He's protecting it just how?

The priesthood is infiltrated with homosexuals, the current pope is a flaming liberal and who knows if he ever believes in God, Catholics seminaries are pumping out liberal homosexual priests, Catholic laity is by and large liberal and pro-abortion and pro-homosexual marriage, and the list goes on.

Are those supposed to be examples of Jesus protecting His church? What exactly is He protecting it from?

262 posted on 06/01/2017 2:31:49 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ADSUM; ealgeone
The Church that Christ founded is the Catholic Church which has a formal earthly structure established by Christ and which continues under His authority and protection.

How can that claim be valid when we've been told that the Holy Spirit does not guide the college of cardinals in the selection of the pope?

And He's protecting it just how?

The priesthood is infiltrated with homosexuals, the current pope is a flaming liberal and who knows if he ever believes in God, Catholics seminaries are pumping out liberal homosexual priests, Catholic laity is by and large liberal and pro-abortion and pro-homosexual marriage, and the list goes on.

Are those supposed to be examples of Jesus protecting His church? What exactly is He protecting it from?

263 posted on 06/01/2017 2:31:52 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ADSUM
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273 posted on 06/01/2017 2:49:43 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ADSUM
Every other church traces its lineage back to a mere human person such as Martin Luther or John Wesley.

Nope...

Every other church traces its lineage back to a BRAVE human person who had the courage to stand up to the All Powerful Roman church and point out it's error!

Since Rome would NOT self-correct; the ONLY other thing to do was Scriptural:

COME YE OUT OF HER AND SHARE NOT...

274 posted on 06/01/2017 2:52:10 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ADSUM
Every Christian believes that Jesus Christ established and sustains a community of faith, hope and love for all believers. This community we call His Church. The Church that Christ founded is the Catholic Church which has a formal earthly structure established by Christ and which continues under His authority and protection.

Jesus told the apostle Paul to tell us to call no man father...He told Paul to warn us about religious looking people who wore long robes...Jesus told Paul to tell us that the leaders in the church must be married with a house full of kids...

He not only told us that, he told you Catholics that as well...

300 posted on 06/01/2017 8:53:10 PM PDT by Iscool
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