Q: Who Am I Supposed To Believe?
A: Anybody can interpret a holy book to any particular purpose, but facts are facts.
The only “faith outfits” that presently exist on the earth who have any real, practical experience with God, from the very beginning, are the Jews and the Catholics.
Neither faith relies on the Bible alone, but on the complete revelation of God via scripture, tradition, and the teachings of those in authority.
The Jews had a major “train wreck” shortly after they rejected Christ, and they’ve never really recovered.
The Catholics carry on pretty much as always, in spite of the rampant corruption that has always existed in the Church, since Judas.
Yet authentic Catholic doctrine … the “Sacred Deposit of Faith” … has remained pure, complete, and undefiled through the ages … which is really some kind of a miracle.
In order to demonstrate all this, and to provide all the necessary citations and pedigrees, Catholics have always scrupulously documented what they teach and (ideally) practice, in exquisite scholarly detail, compiling over the course of some twenty centuries, a complete, systematic theology that has never been equaled … along with a practical, time-proven, Catholic philosophy of life.
Meanwhile, every Christian denomination (the Catholic Church is THE Church – NOT a denomination) traces their source and their doctrine to the mere personal opinions of one or more disgruntled theologians, frustrated monarchs, or self-proclaimed committees … who got their start not from Christ … but from some man’s rejection of authentic Catholic dogma, typically during the last 400 years or less … coupled with a deliberate recasting and reinterpretation of the Bible, which to their eternal chagrin, will always remain a Catholic holy book, originally compiled, written, and certified by the Catholic Church, and necessarily reflecting only authentic Catholic beliefs and practices.
In short … Jesus Christ, who is God, certainly possessed the foreknowledge and the power required to establish one universal Church that would remain on earth, for the purpose of our salvation, until the end of time. And he personally promised that “The gates of Hell would not prevail against it.”
Jesus gave the Catholic Church (Catholic means universal) to all of us, fully formed, possessing all the awesome power, authority, and truth necessary to vanquish evil and to save souls. He never founded, authorized, or approved ANY other.
Can’t beat that!
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He never founded, authorized, or approved ANY other.
How do you know This ? Were you told this?
I belive for a Time the Catholic had the Power and Athority
The Word of God was finally Given to the people almost 500 years ago. As it was intended , “I will right my Law on there hearts”. “Never will a need for a Preist to teach these things”
IM parapharsing Hebrews
The Poor can really hear the “Good News”
God with us “Emanuel” (not a Temple in Isreal or a Bulding in Rome or through a Pope in Rome )
Show me proof of ANY other church that was ever founded by Jesus Christ, while he still walked the earth, and I will happily retract my statement. As for your particular beliefs … you really have no idea what you’re talking about. YOU believe that for a time, the Catholic Church HAD power and authority? Then YOU paraphrase Hebrews, which is a book of the Catholic New Testament of the Bible? You have a right to believe anything you like, even when you’re wrong. And you ARE most certainly wrong.
THE BIBLE was NOT written BY the The Holy Roman Catholic Church.
THAT S A LIE , THats a out right LIE
It was written by Jews , except for one book Luke all the other 65 books were written by Hebrews then Later call Jews.
It was Orginally Many bokks written in Hebrew OT, Common Greek NT, Aramaic NT and OT.
When Alexsander Conqured The Middle east it translated from Hebrew to Greek.
It was from Greek translated to Latin ;Roman Empire, anything Empire is a conterdiction to Gods Law. Because He has the only Kingdom. Any kingdom earthy is a False Imataion.
Latin is not a common Languang never was. It was to show you were educated. But was never use in any common venue.
The Old testiment writtne by Catholics what LIES will you spread Thats a anti-sematic statment ? If I were a Jew I would be disrepected
The New Testament of the Bible was written by authentic, original apostles, or by duly appointed scribes of the apostles … Catholics all.
Jews who become baptized are no longer Jews. Nor are Greeks, slaves, men, or women. By virtue of their baptism they become adopted children of God, and members of the Catholic Church … which is and always has been the ONLY Church that Jesus Christ ever founded, authorized, constituted, empowered, and eternally guaranteed, for the purpose of our salvation.
Gal 3:26-28 For you are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
The Catholic Church also later certified all of the authentic Old Testament books, translated all of it into the common language of the people of the Roman Empire (which at that time, was Latin) and painstakingly published it, so that everyone could see and hear what the Catholic Church proclaimed as the inspired, written Word of God.
The Bible remains a Catholic holy book. Inspired by God. The inerrant written Word of God. Authoritatively declared to be so by the Catholic Church alone.
The entire New Testament was written by Catholics, for Catholics, and reflects only authentic Catholic beliefs and practices. The Old Testament was similarly compiled and certified by the Catholic Church, according to the power and authority given to it in perpetuity, by God alone.
Anyone who attempts to interpret the Bible in opposition to authentic Catholic teachings is simply wrong.
Latin was indeed the common language of the Roman Empire in the 4th century and later. Latin was also, for many, many centuries, the official theological and scientific language of the enitire world.
If you think this is a lie, then there’s not much that I can do for you. Take it … or leave it.