The cathedrals are built around the Eucharist, which was given to us by Jesus Christ from the beginning. It is His Words, it is His Flesh, It is His Blood, It is the same now as it was instituted by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.
Did you read in the article about the Church of the Three Fountains? St. Paul was beheaded so violently at his execution that his head went flying, bouncing with three large bounces across the ground. Every place his beloved head touched the ground , water sprang up. A church was built over the three springs. Should those early christians have not built a church over the three miraculous springs of water in St. Paul’s honor? What is wrong with honoring his memory, the Apostle who suffered so much for Jesus Christ and who labored so fearlessly for the spread of the Gospel?
How many cathedrals have you visited? Do you know what motivated the Christians who built them, the individual charisms of each monument? While they are ALL centered around the Eucharist, Jesus Christ living among us all days even to the consumation of the world, each has its own history to share with us. Would you rather the cathedrals be knocked down?
Notre Dame in Paris houses the Crown of Thorns and one of the Nails of the Crucifixion, Chartres houses the veil Mary wore at the Annunciation when God the Word became Flesh. Should we burn the veil like the satanic Freemasons did during the Reign of Terror? The cathedral in Valencia houses the Holy Grail, on display for over 800 years, yet modern man considers it lost due to his spiritual blindness. At the other end of the Camino is the Cathedral at Santiago, which houses the relics of St. James the Apostle. In fact, any place one of the 12 Apostles is buried, pretty much every one of them, is a Catholic cathedral. St. Peter is in Rome, St. James in Santiago de Compostela, St. Mark in Venice, St. Thomas somewhere in India, maybe as a homework assignment you can research where the remaining Apostles are buried? But that should be no surprise to one well versed in the Book of Revelation (Rev 21:14).
No, the Faith that I have today is no different than that of Mary Magdelan or of St. Paul or of St. Peter or of St. Agnes and the Church that I am a member of is not different than the one that Jesus Christ established for us. It is as plain as day for those who have eyes to see.
However, without the supernatural gift of Faith, none of this is certain.
This depends on what you mean by 'Church'. If by Church you mean all those who've placed their faith in Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, then I would agree with you. On the other hand, if by 'Church' you mean the doctrines, rituals and practices of today's Roman Catholic church, I would say you are being intellectually dishonest.
“Did you read in the article about the Church of the Three Fountains? St. Paul was beheaded so violently at his execution that his head went flying, bouncing with three large bounces across the ground. Every place his beloved head touched the ground , water sprang up. A church was built over the three springs. Should those early christians have not built a church over the three miraculous springs of water in St. Paul’s honor? ”
No! Never!! The honor of all things is God’s alone.
It is paganism from the Greeks that built temples to gods. Rome incorporated that pagan practice to placate heathen.
And every religion has these false stories the gullible believe.
The fairy tales you guys will believe and swallow whole is a testament to how far Catholicism has swerved from the truth.
SURE they do!
Uh; OK.