[ADSUM]

The Catholic Church is the Body of Christ made up of all baptized members.

Jesus said his Church would be “the light of the world.” He then noted that “a city set on a hill cannot be hid” (Matt. 5:14). This means his Church is a visible organization. It must have characteristics that clearly identify it and that distinguish it from other churches. Jesus promised, “I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return.

Among the Christian churches, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.)

Read the rest of the article: https://www.catholic.com/tract/pillar-of-fire-pillar-of-truth

Jesus established only one Church, not a collection of differing churches (Lutheran, Baptist, Anglican, and so on). The Bible says the Church is the bride of Christ (Eph. 5:23–32). Jesus can have but one spouse, and his spouse is the Catholic Church.

His Church also teaches just one set of doctrines, which must be the same as those taught by the apostles (Jude 3). This is the unity of belief to which Scripture calls us (Phil. 1:27, 2:2).

Jesus’ Church is called catholic (”universal” in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of “all nations” (Matt. 28:19–20)

The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, “the Catholic Church,” at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it probably went all the way back to the time of the apostles.

You can either lack understanding (ignorance)or have an animus towards the Catholic Church. You can try to believe some of the teachings of Jesus to suit your needs, but where does that get you?

[MHGinTN]

The derivation of ‘catholic’ is universal, the body of believers. You have erroneously conflated your ORG with the universal body of believers in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God may wink at ignorance, but I have it on good authority that he can be severe with purposed deceit.

[metmom]

Considering the sordid history of Catholicism, you are going to have a really, really hard time convincing someone not already brainwashed into Catholicism, that the Catholic church is really the body of Christ, aka the One True Church, OTC..

How’s that new pope working out for you all? You know, the one who is supposed to be the Vicar of Christ? Real Christ-like, isn’t he?

[Iscool]

The Catholic Church is the Body of Christ made up of all baptized members.

The Catholic Church may be the body of A christ, but it's clear it is not the body of Christians, baptised or not, that make up the church of the scriptures...

[Elsie]

. It must have characteristics that clearly identify it and that distinguish it from other churches.

Indeed it does!

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Matthew 23

 

  1.  Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
  2.  "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
  3.  So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
  4.  They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
  5.  "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries  wide and the tassels on their garments long;
  6.  they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
  7.  they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them `Rabbi.'
  8.  "But you are not to be called `Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
  9.  And do not call anyone on earth `father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
 10.  Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.
 11.  The greatest among you will be your servant.