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@@dieselcowboy777 as usual you are parroting the huge ignorant lies against Catholicism. You do not even know 1% of what it is and even that 1% has been corrupted by the ignorants. Therefore, please do not comment on anything you do not know. Catholicism is adhering to the Catholic Church, very simple . What is the Catholic Church? It is the Institution which Christ set up in order to continue His Teachings while physically not present. What does the Church (which Christ Himself instituted) teach? It teaches you the Path to Salvation . This is in a nutshell. Obviously there are Saints and there are sinners. The sinners are the traitors to the Teachings and the Saints are those who follow in the steps of Christ. The teachings have never and will never change. Those who do not want to follow that Path, is their own choice. Ridiculing it and spreading rumours that are false is called, playing the game of the Evil One who hates God and hates His Teachings. Therefore , just stick to your own beliefs or unbeliefs and do not bother others with it. The Truth will ALWAYS be the Truth and whatever or whoever wants to distort that, does NOT change the Truth because Christ IS: The Truth, The Way and the Life.
iam new in this channel Praise the Lord this is so important to me as Catholic faith.i want to grow more faith in God thru Catholic teaching based on the Bible.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Major factor for the schism between the Eastern and Western church is proximity. During that time communication between east and west was a little difficult. Not unlike today we have conmunication technology. And I believe St. Pope John Paul II has already bridged that gap when he met with the Patriach of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Reason why we can see them at the Vatican already well represented and having an office there.
Agree with your remark. Even in my diocese here in Italy they usually celebrate with us during solemnities of the church. they're are our close brother in the faith.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh I asked and received the truth, by way of study and miracles, check out Eucharistic miracles. You must eat the flesh and drink the blood or you have no life in you, our Lord doubled down on this teaching, many disciples walked away. Baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
@@DenisOhAichir Hi Denis. It sounds like you have so much invested in your faith. However, would you be willing to repent of your faith if you found that it was not pleasing to the Lord? For example, you quoted from John, chapter 6. Jesus said that we must eat His flesh. Are you sure He meant that literally? For example, Jess also said that He is the Rock, the Lamb, and the Door. Jesus spoke in metaphors, so, even if you say that He is literally a piece of bread, I do not see how God could fault anyone for not taking His words as literal, but as "spirit and life" (John 6.63). In fact, the Jews left because Jesus spoke metaphorically. Conversely, if Christ had produced actual bread, that is what the Jews were looking for! He said to them, "You are of the flesh, but the words I speak are spirit and they are life." If Christ would have presented an actual loaf of bread, they could not have been happier. Yet, they left because they did not want to know Christ, they just wanted a free meal. You 'eat the flesh' of Christ when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, not by eating a piece of bread. Those who eat of communion bread will die. For example, Hitler partook of communion, but he died. If whoever eats of communion cannot die, then Hitler is in paradise. Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." If you say that communion is necessary for salvation, then you are preaching a different gospel and actually an enemy of God. As it is written, "Whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed (Romans 10.13)." The beauty of the gospel is that Christ died on a Cross so that we can know Him - just by asking. I hope you will get to know the Lord! Do not seek miracles, but the Lord! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@DenisOhAichir Hi. If eating the flesh of Christ meant actual bread, that is what the Jews were looking for. For example, the bread that Jesus broke during the first communion would have been perfect, exactly what they were looking for, yet having contempt on honoring Christ as Lord. Moreover, to claim that actual eating of bread is necessary for salvation is to contradict the words of Christ. For example, which gospel do you suggest I believe? Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive" and Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." So, do I gain salvation by asking, as Christ said, or do I need to partake of communion and be baptized for salvation, as Catholics teach? I hope that you will choose the truth of the gospel over the traditions of men. I hope that you will have a genuine friendship with God - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
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Funny that among protestant themselves deny some Catholic tradition at the same time accepting Catholic tradition at their own denomination, so the solution for protestant is join all protestant church so that they could learn all the Catholic Beliefs and eventually turn into Catholics
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Can someone please explain Mary in Catholicism being true through Scripture. I am thinking about being Catholic but all the websites that tell you different verses in the Bible that talk about it aren’t really anything or that clear I generally want to know..... and please explain the saints as well.
All good ideas. The general timeline is Isaiah Old Testament prophesied the Messiah would be born of a virgin woman. Luke's gospel New Testament outlined the events, in such detail that Luke probably got them from interviewing Mary herself or John the disciple Jesus entrusted her care to during the crucifixion, and the longest surviving apostle. Mary, having conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit as reported by Luke, is there again in the upper room when the Holy Spirit rushes in and lands on each apostle like flames on Pentecost, in Book of Acts, which is also thought by historians to have been written by St. Luke. St. John, Mary's closest friend since he takes her into his care, writes, while incarcerated believed to be after Mary's death, of his vision of a woman in Revelation that is crowned Queen of Heaven, whose son crushes the head of the dragon Satan with his heel. So, we believe God's good prevails, but there will be great suffering we and Satan bring upon ourselves first. And our prayer to Mary, who is in heaven, was the first Christian and has the ear of her son, Jesus the King, is that she pray for us and God allow her to impart her wisdom and grace upon us now so we don't commit (more) atrocities against each other. And God has allowed her to bring messages to us herself through Marian apparitions, which are not required to be believed for salvation, yet are good advice for us to follow from our loving Mother of humanity. Hope this helps, but definitely search out more at Catholic Answers if you want chapter and verse references.
*_Mary?_* I'm an atheist, but, well, seems obviously like Mary pushed Jesus out through her vagina... that's kind of how babies work, you know. Placenta, umbilical cord -- all that. Recommend you to read the Gospel of Luke. Hence: Mary, Mother of God. Kind of a no brainer, even for me. *_Saints???_* Saints are just people who've been canonized (posthumously) by the Roman Catholic Church. If you have eternal God and eternal souls (in the judeo-Christian tradition) it all makes a lot of sense in the context of the old and new testaments. Who'd Jesus talk to that one time in Scripture? Moses and Elijah. That should get you started understanding saints.
@Isaiah Adams Isaiah, Regarding your question on Mary and saints, I will begin with this Gospel passage: MATTHEW 22:29-30 29. Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God. 30. For at the resurrection men and women do not marry; no, THEY ARE LIKE THE ANGELS in heaven. Now I ask: 1.) Can the saints in heaven actually hear and respond to our prayers, made simultaneously in many different lands and in many different languages? Let's reflect: Can Satan and his demons know the actions of millions of people at the same time? Of course, because if Satan could only see and hear one person at a time, the possible harm he would cause to 7 billion people would be laughingly insignificant. Satan does have the capability to hear all humans at the same time. In human terms, we are subject to space and time while in the world, but once we reach Heaven and become like Angels, our capabilities can never be inferior to a fallen angel's. Therefore, for the saints, who are "like angels", there's no longer space and time limitations. In Heaven there's none of that. There, only exists ETERNITY without human limits! There are also other Scripture passages which directly or indirectly relate to our first question: • Hebrews 11:1-12:1 "Seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [in other words, the heroes and martyrs of the faith from ages past], let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." •>Thus, the heroes and martyrs are a good example for us, and surround us like spectators at a running race. Therefore, obviously, they know about us and can see our struggles from heaven. • James 5:16-18: 'The prayer of the good man has powerful effect." •>In other words, the most powerful intercessors in the Church are those most advanced in holiness. And who is more advanced in holiness than a soul who is already fully sanctified and in heaven? • Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4: "In heaven the elders and angels offer up the prayers of the saints [on earth] as incense before the throne of God." •>In this passage you can note that the New Testament uses the word "saint" of every baptized Christian, not because we are all perfectly holy, but because we have all at least received the gift of the Holy Spirit. So this passage implies that the angels and elders (holy Christian leaders now in heaven) hear the prayers of every Christian on earth, and join their prayer now with ours. In short, put these passages together, and they certainly imply that the saints in heaven know of our struggles on earth and of our prayers, and join their powerful intercessory prayers with ours. Also, in the early tradition of the Church, the early liturgies almost all have passages which imply that the saints join their prayers with ours, and that ours are joined with theirs. 2.) How can Mary and the saints, without being like God, be present everywhere and know the secrets of all hearts? ANSWER: The Bible directs us to invoke those in heaven and ask them to pray with us. Thus in Psalms 103, we pray: "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!" (Ps. 103:20-21) And in Psalms 148 we pray: "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!" (Ps. 148:1-2) The saints are not physically next to us and they are not subject to time/space limitations of this life. This does not imply that the saints in heaven therefore must be omniscient, as God is, for it is only through God’s willing it that they can "communicate" with others in heaven or with us. Any argument about petitions arriving in different languages do not apply. The saints in Heaven are not restricted by language limitations we have here on earth, in fact those saints in Revelation understand the prayers they are shown to be offering to God. Our Catechism entry #1028 tells us some important things about the souls in heaven: Because of his transcendence, God cannot be seen as He is, unless he Himself opens up His mystery to man's immediate contemplation and gives him the capacity for it. The Church calls this contemplation of God in His heavenly glory, "the beatific vision." Scriptures also tell us over and over that in heaven we shall "see" God with mind and heart, and contemplate God with the eyes of the soul (so to speak) in a new and glorious way: ▪︎"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5:8) ▪︎"Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face" (1 Cor 13:12); ▪︎"We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as he is" (1 Jn 3:2). Think of it this way: to see God "as He is," "face to face," and to "contemplate" God in all His heavenly glory must be an indescribable experience, but it is the wonderful destiny He has in store for all of us who love and trust Him. We cannot fully understand what that means, from this side of heaven. But we know one thing for sure: to see and know and contemplate God in heaven must include to see and know and contemplate all that God loves, for how could you really see and know God "as He is" without seeing everything He loves, and without seeing how He loves everything? For "God is love" (1 Jn 4:8). One of the things God loves best of all is us, human beings, the creatures He made in His own image, and for whom He gave His life on the Cross. The saints in heaven, therefore, must surely see and know all about us on earth, because they SEE US reflected in the mind and heart of the God who loves us, whom they behold face to face. The saints in heaven know us because they know all about God's love for us, and, being filled with His love for us, they love us too. On the other hand, if being in heaven were like being in the next room, then the objections to the intercession of saints would be valid, since a mortal, unglorified person in the next room would indeed suffer the restrictions imposed by the way space and time work in our universe. But the saints, being like Angels, are not in the next room, and they are not subject to the time/space limitations of THIS LIFE. But it is only through God’s willing it that they can communicate with others in heaven or with us. May God bless your discernment.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Per the Scriptures, baptism is required for heaven, the Church does not teach that Communion is required. Maybe rethink the “polluted” remark?
Atheist here. 9:55 “we're going to assume god exists because it's a whole different conversion with atheists or agnostics” -point me to the apologetics that would be relevant to me?
Try searching St. Thomas Aquinas and GK Chesterton for logically basis for the existence of God, such as something can come from nothing, and that the creator must be outside of creation the way God exists outside of time and space which are creations and its these truths that help understand the proper omnipotence and omnipresence of God, which then leads to an understanding of how God could do any of what is recorded in the Bible and other historical texts (yes, other historians record events that support Biblical scripture)
@@lalliguerriero9807 Thank you for that thoughtful comment, Lalli! As an atheist I have thought that Aquinas's _quinque viae_ and Chesterton's _Orthodoxy_ (as Pascal's _Pensees_ and others) do argument for "How" or "What" or "Who" is God... ...but not so much for the questions of "If" and "Is" -- which is where I'm at :-/ (if that matters?) Creeds: stating the nature of God as outside time and space ("When" and "Where" -- eternal and omnipresent) and omniscient and omnipotent and all-loving and all-good, etc -- is something that I'm grateful to the all the people of all different religions for doing: defining God as something/someone specific (rather than as Spinoza's more-or-less nebulous and undefinable "God"). It's not hard to *_dis_* prove specific claims to know specific things (especially when different religions all claim to have a special connection to that thing that they are claiming about) ie, to show that someone's wrong. If I may say so, the Roman Catholics do a very good job of countering the claims and arguments of various other religions and philosophies of God. The Roman Catholic Church is a great ongoing tradition -- one priest I was talking to cited as tradition going back to the Canaanite Melchizedek. However, it seems to me (from the outside), that "Apologetics" is naively arguing about nuances of a truly hypothetical construct ( _If God exists, then..._ ) ...and what I'm looking for is, has anyone checked if God exists? Does truth, or degrees of truth or veracity even matter? The mere historicity or spuriousness of biblical events doesn't do much to prove or disprove God (...even Paul the Apostle was already a (fervent!) believer in the Judeo-Christian God -- he was merely accepting Jesus.) But there's a methodology that's even in Scripture, with the prophet Daniel (Bel; the Dragon) and 1 Thessalonians being my favorite examples: test everything. Keep what is good, and stay away from everything that is evil. I care about truth and veracity. I'd love to be wrong (as an atheist) about God and God's existence.
@@TristanMorrow Hey Tristan, how is it going? I'm a brazilian catholic, former atheist (or agnostic?). Its so good to see nice people like you simply seeking the truth and being respectul, much of us, religious people, should be inspired by you, man... Well, you're right, most part of apologetics already assumes God's existence and tend to focus more on His attributes, His revelation, etc. To discuss God's existence, we have to enter another level of debate. This being a massive topic, it's really difficult for me to make any difference in your "journey" through a RUclips comment, but here are some points. Part of God's attributes actually have to be discover by revelation, either collective (like Scripture and Tradition) or individual (personal experience). This happens because every bit of knowledge depends on some kind of revelation, because, in fact, empirical knowledge is a kind of revelation, since you could just embrace silopsism and believe that only your mind exists and all the rest is a illusion, or, at best, unsure and inconclusive. Of course, that doesn't mean that we can't or shouldn't push our reason ar far as possible to aprehend the transcendent. The general point of the belief in God is that every being must come from other being, and never from a non-being; everything that exists and come into existence, is caused by a pre-existing thing. Since a infinite regress would be absurd, the first cause must not have came into existence, but rather be existence itself. Since, something exists, the existence must be somethin in itself and transcendent, Using aristotelian principles of potency and actuality, we know that this first cause must be pure act, and thus didn't have to "develop", for it is Being itself. Every potency comes into ct by the force of another act (that was a potency at some point), thus all the potencies are inwith the first cause, for it is pure act. Every potency, Omnia potentia -> omnipotent. Everything that exists, subsists in the first cause (for it is Existence), which meas that it is omnipresent (attention: omnipresent doesn't mean that it has an infinite extension, but rather no extension, it just trancends space itself). I could continue, but I guess that you got my point. The pther attributes of God, concerning its "personality" or "personalness" must be discovered by Revelation, because logic only extends to the domain of the "possible" or "reasonable", but never to the domain of the factual and actual. (You couldn't prove that something existence by logic, but only use logic with premises acquired with empirical knowledge. God being transcendent and over nature, we only aprehend it by Revelation means). Thanks for your attention, man
Hi. I am wondering if you had a Christian upbringing before becoming an atheist. I write as someone who was raised by an atheist, but I am now a Christian. Why would you become an atheist? Thanks! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I'm seeking the french one too... i've noticed that there are good apologetic works around but most in English.. consider translating them to spread it much more around.
Hi, in all love and respect, although I will point out error in Catholic doctrine, it is not an 'attack' on the Catholic church. In fact, if you can show me, from the Bible, my error, I will appreciate it! As it is written, "Rebuke a wise man and he will love you." My concern is how people are saved. For example, Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@Cube_Ernator1077 Hi. The word 'Bible' is not in the Bible. I am not sure what your point is as even Catholics have a 'Bible.' Moreover, Catholics endorse the Bible as the Word of God. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Transubstantiation. The wine literally transforms to blood and the bread literally turns to the body of Christ. That is possible to Jesus Christ he is God. Jesus transformed the water to wine in the wedding at Cana and that is Transubstantiation
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Nice video. Gotta be careful how you word things though... At about 39:00 you State, “Luther was upset with some of the things The Church was teaching...” That could definitely be taken the wrong way. The Catholic Church has never taught error. Luther was upset with practices in The Church. And while the abuses were real, they only serve to strengthen the words of Our Lord and His Church when he warned us to, “Beware the wolf in sheeps clothing...”
that warning refered to the leaders in the Church. The disguise is effective because followers are blinded and brainwashed by convincing words and worldly promises.
Snow Angel sorry...I’m kind of obtuse. I’m not really sure I follow your reply. Maybe you could explain it in a way I could understand. What do you mean by, “that warning.” The last sentence seems like a non-sequiter.
@@jeffreylonigro1382 ...er, Luther was upset with *95* things, actually. That's why his publication is colloquially *_The Nintey-five Theses_* and it's worth noting that Martin Luther is a special case, *not* your average layperson, as he was a theologian _and_ ordained *priest* in the Roman Catholic Church at the time of his thoughts and writing. So, now you know!
So it is safe to say when it comes to the 1054AD schism, we now are united church. The Patriarch of the East recognizes the Bishop of Rome and vice versa. The only difference is only in the use of statues. They hold on to the use of icons or pictures instead of statues or graven images. Though they now respect our use of graven images or statues. Everything else is similar. Though their vestments are more ellaborate and colorful than ours.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh hi Ken I read your point and it is well taken bro. But I hope you do not solely base your faith on the saying of St. Paul my friend. I myself would rather base it on what Jesus himself said in Mathew 28:19, his final instructions to the 11 apostles, to teach us and BAPTIZE us as entry into faith. I could cite to you too in the Acts of the Apostles 2:37. The apostles always stressed baptism which was the entry point and NOT the mere believing. Action on our part is required sir. We should subject ourselves to that VALID ritual. By valid I refer to who administered it on you. Meaning it should be administered by a fellow baptized person, best by a bonafide minister.
@@gracianomendoza8671 Hi. When I say that baptism is not necessary for salvation, I am not saying that it is not important. You say that baptism is the entry into faith. Yet, Christ taught, "My Father will give the Holy Spirit to whoever asks of Him (Luke 11.13)." How can you receive the Holy Spirit, yet not have entered into a faith relationship with God? Moreover, you wrote, "I hope you do not solely base your faith on the saying of St. Paul." Why not? Can I not trust what Paul wrote? He said, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Do you not see the pattern: ask or call upon the Lord and you shall receive the Holy Spirit, you shall be saved? Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive." Judge for yourself whether I should obey my Lord and Savior or your teachings. That said, I hope that you will get to know Christ, that you will be filled with the Holy Spirit. Then, when you are born again, preaching the truth as Christ taught it, you will, indeed, be my brother. That is, Christ said his brothers are those who hear the Word of God and obey it. That is why I cannot, yet, consider you my brother. My brothers are those who obey the Word of God. Blessings to you and yours. I hope that you get to know Christ - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh that is the start. You know joining a group or involving yourself in a group has its procedures. You cannot just declare I believe in God or Jesus without such actions bro. That is precisely why Jesus said, not everybody who calls me Lord, Lord…I never knew you. I know you know that bible verse. It is just like riding a bus. You cannot just ride a bus going to a certain destination. You should check the markings, ride on the RIGHT bus or else you end up somewhere else Ken. I do not know why it is so hard for you people to accept that simple command from Jesus, learn from His genuine followers and be baptized. Simple right. Meaning validly baptized.
How about the spilt amongst the Catholic body...those who claim to be Catholic among the 4 historical churches....how about old Catholic church before Vatican 2
Is there a contact e-mail of the speaker? This presentation helps me a lot but I still will like to go deep in some topics and have more references. Thank you in advance and God bless
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
In Martin Luther’s time, papal indulgences were publicly sold not only for the living but also for the dead. “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from Purgatory springs” was a common saying. To ordinary folk, an indulgence became almost an insurance policy against punishment for any sin, and repentance fell by the wayside.
Well, how do you (or Martin Luther?) interpret Matthew 16:18 and Matthew 18:18 then? Also, Martin Luther himself was a Roman Catholic, fyi. The 1521"Edict of Worms" predates "Lutheranism" of any kind of practice. And it predates even his being kidnapped in Wartburg and the theology that came out of that. I'm an atheist, but history is history.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@TristanMorrow At Matthew 16:17, 18, we find Jesus’ words to Peter: “I say to you, you are Peter [whose name means “A Piece of Rock”], and upon this rock I will build my church.” Was Jesus saying that his “church,” or congregation, would be built upon Peter, a man? Was Peter to be the head of all other followers of Jesus? How did the other apostles present at that conversation understand Jesus’ words? The Gospels reveal that later, on a number of occasions, they argued about who was the greatest among them. (Matthew 20:20-27; Mark 9:33-35; Luke 22:24-26) If Jesus had already given Peter primacy, or superiority, could there have been any question as to who was the greatest among the apostles? How did Peter himself understand Jesus’ words? Growing up an Israelite, Peter would have been familiar with various Hebrew prophecies speaking of a “stone” or a “cornerstone.” (Isaiah 8:13, 14; 28:16; Zechariah 3:9) When he quoted one of them in a letter to his fellow believers, Peter explained that the prophesied “cornerstone” was the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Peter used the Greek term pe’tra (the same word found in Jesus’ statement at Matthew 16:18) for Christ alone.-1 Peter 2:4-8. The apostle Paul was another faithful follower of Jesus. Did Paul believe that Jesus had given Peter primacy? Acknowledging Peter’s position in the early Christian congregation, Paul wrote that Peter was among those “reputed to be pillars.” For Paul, there was more than just one ‘pillar.’ (Galatians 2:9) Moreover, if Peter had been appointed by Jesus as the head of the congregation, how could he simply be reputed, that is to say, supposed or thought by his fellow believers, to be a pillar? When writing regarding certain inconsistencies in the way Peter treated people, Paul respectfully but frankly stated: “I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.” (Galatians 2:11-14) Paul did not think that Christ had built his church, or congregation, upon Peter or any other imperfect man. On the contrary, he believed that the congregation was built on Jesus Christ as the foundation. For Paul, “the rock was the Christ.”-1 Corinthians 3:9-11; 10:4. So how are we to understand the words: “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”? To understand an excerpt correctly, we need to read its context. What were Jesus and Peter speaking about? Jesus had just asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?” Without hesitation, Peter answered: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” With that, Jesus commended Peter and then added that he would build his “church,” or congregation, on an even more solid “rock,” the one in whom Peter had just expressed faith-Jesus himself.-Matthew 16:15-18. Consistent with this, many of the “Church Fathers” wrote that the rock of Matthew 16:18 is Christ. For example, Augustine in the fifth century wrote: “The Lord said: ‘On this rock-mass I will build my Church,’ because Peter had told him: ‘You are the Christ the Son of the living God.’ It is therefore on this rock-mass, that you confessed, that I will build my Church.” Augustine repeatedly stated that “the Rock (Petra) was Christ.” Augustine and others would be considered heretics if judged according to current Catholic doctrine. In fact, according to Swiss theologian Ulrich Luz, the consensus of opinion on this subject among Bible scholars today would have been condemned by the 1870 Vatican Council as heresy. The title “pope” was unknown to the apostle Peter. In fact, until the ninth century, many non-Roman bishops applied the title to themselves. Even so, the term was rarely applied as an official title until the late 11th century. Moreover, no early Christian thought that a primacy supposedly given to Peter had been transmitted to any successors. Hence, German scholar Martin Hengel concluded that there is “no demonstrable historical and theological way to arrive at what later became papal ‘primacy.’” Jesus unquestionably did build his church, his true congregation, upon himself. (Ephesians 2:20)
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Jesus himself taught us to repent, be baptized, partake in the Eucharist, and obey his commandments and this has not changed for 2000 years and not sure how anyone can see it any different than that. Now days, there are many who apparently think just believing is the easy path and all they have to do. Matt 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
@@johns1834 Hi. Please do not get me wrong; baptism and communion are important elements of the Christian faith. However, they are not necessary for salvation. As far as salvation being the narrow path, tell me about it! That is, since September, I have sharing the gospel with Catholics, yet not one of them have been honest: they will not acknowledge a simple, obvious contradiction. That is, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - yet with no assurance of salvation. Yet, Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Using the Romans 10.13 grammatical form, Catholics believe, Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Is that not a different gospel? Paul said that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Yet, just by asking, a person can meet Christ, be filled with the Holy Spirit, born again and saved forever. Moreover, if a person has a genuine encounter with the Lord, they have many good works and will endure to the end. That said, if you have been mistaken about your faith, that, in actuality, you were opposed to the Lord, would you want to repent and get right with God? Yet, what will you do with Romans 10.13? Is it true that whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved or do I need to be baptized for salvation? Both cannot be true! I hope that you will get to know Christ - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh First of all, Jesus sets the rules and he is very clear, those who believe, repent, and are baptized will be saved. AND Those who participate in the Eucharist in the proper manner will have eternal life AND Those who love him will keep his commandments AND Those who love their brother and help the poor, will inherit the kingdom of heaven. Those willfully and knowingly choosing NOT do what Jesus tells us and saying these things are NOT necessary in their claim of assured salvation us will cry "Lord Lord" as they are condemned and sent away to eternal punishment. Even Paul said he is NOT acquitted in 1 Cor 4.
@@johns1834 Hi. In I Corinthians 4, Paul writes that God is his judge. Yet, in Romans 8.16, he writes, "The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God." Do not forget the qualifier, "If indeed the Holy Spirit dwells within you." Do you have rivers of living water bubbling up inside you to eternal life? Does the Holy Spirit witness to your spirit that you are saved? If not, will the Lord knows you when He sees you or will He say, "Depart from Me; I never knew you"? I hope that you will get to know Christ! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
42 minutes in, and the presenter uses "non-Catholic" to mean "Protestant". She also only refers to Protestant denominations in her timeline. Has she never heard of Orthodox Christianity or the Church of the East? Before we talk about salvation by faith alone, we need to clear up nestorianism, miaphysitism and the filioque controversy. She briefly mentions Eastern Orthodoxy toward the end, but does not mention Oriental Orthodoxy or the Church of the East.
"non-Catholic" is a nuanced topic I'm curious about... As an outsider, I had the impression that the post-mid-1000's "Eastern" Catholic Churches were considered part of the Catholic "Communion" by Rome, regardless, and that - among other things - the 2nd Vatican Council gauranteed the continuation of their rituals and beliefs?
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Materialist self soothing is what is leading me in the direction of Christ. Our comfortable lives, while still not easy, are too easy and it is leading to suffering in a strange inversion. Is it not supposed to be that we suffer, and work, and delay gratification so that we may have an easier or more comfortable life? Perhaps things all move in cycles. Either way I feel a distinct lack of discipline and meaning in my materialist, and for a long time atheist worldview. I feel something at times when I look into these things that is hard to describe and I am inclined towards saying it is God or love. It is hard to say, but I feel as western materialism continues to decline our societies we may hopefully see ourselves wondering how we built such prosperous societies that we could choose whether we engage with religion or try to fill a God shaped hole in our hearts with destructive hedonism and perverse, inverted ideology.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Are we to have faith in a particular brand of church or system like Romanism or are we to believe in the head of the catholic (universal) Church Who is Christ Himself? Knowing this AND; “giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us (past tense) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us (past tense) from the power of darkness and conveyed us (past tense) into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And HE is THE HEAD of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in ALL things HE may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that IN HIM all the fullness should dwell, and BY HIM to reconcile ALL things to HIMSELF, BY HIM, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.” Colossians 1:12-20 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH. And of His fullness we have ALL received, and GRACE for GRACE. For the law was given through Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:14, 16-17 “And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.” Romans 11:6 NOW, “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding ALL things by the WORD of His power, when HE had by HIMSELF purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,” Hebrews 1:1-3 “then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your WILL, O God.” He takes away the first (covenant of the Law of Moses) that He may establish the second ( New Covenant by His shed blood) “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the NEW COVENANT, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Matthew 26:26-28 “and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in REMEMBRANCE of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in REMEMBRANCE of Me.” For as often as you eat this BREAD and drink this CUP, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” I Corinthians 11:24-26 NKJV “And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”” John 6:35-36, 40, 45, 47-48, 51 By that WILL (of God the Father) we have been sanctified (set apart as saints-past tense) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for ALL. For by ONE OFFERING He has (past tense) perfected forever those who are being sanctified. Now where there is remission of these, there is NO longer an offering for sin. Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a NEW and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, (sacrificed on the Cross of Calvary) and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just (declared not guilty of sin having Christ’s righteousness IMPUTED to them) shall live by faith; (IN Christ) But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” (Says The Lord) But WE (saints saved in Christ) are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.” Hebrews 10:9-10, 14, 18-22, 37-39 “And this is the testimony: that God has given us (by His grace and not our works) eternal life, (past tense) And this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may KNOW THAT you have eternal life, and that you may continue to BELIEVE in the name of the Son of God.” I John 5:11-13
@@hrk4475 you have to be ordained by someone who was ordained by another guy ordained and so on and so on until the original 12 apostles. You cannot just read an epistle and say I have apostolic succession.
@@Michael-yl9rl good. Epistles only gave authority to the apostolic succession that you referred! If you reject authority of Epistles or scripture, there is nothing whether it's church or apostolic succession or whatsoever! Every thing vanishes without scripture or Epistles!
@@hrk4475 doesnt work that way...its like Im your master I tell you if you pass the exam. You dont proclaim your own self. Let me put it this way. I was a muslim before and converted to chriatianity. I read the epistle and now I proclaim I have apostolic succession. Doesnt work that way my friend. Somebody must proclaim you or ordain you.
I am a former Catholic who has been listening to both protestant and Catholic teachers particularly about the church Fathers. You are one of the better teachers that I have heard. But I have found you not fully giving accurate information about what some of our faith beliefs.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Adoration Worship to God alone. And Dulia Hyperdulia Veneration Honor Mary as Mother Of God. And Angels and Saints and Objects like Cross Icon and statues as Holy Relics honor by statues and Images.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Matthew 7:21-25 Easy-to-Read Version 21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’ Two Kinds of People 24 “Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock.
@@kenshiloh you are not reading the bible properly you miss out important things 24 “Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock.
@@alfonstabz9741 Hi. I think we are in agreement - at least partially. Let's put two pieces of a puzzle together: first, not everyone who professes Christ is saved, but only those who do His will. Moreover, those who are saved will endure to the end. Combine these Bible truths with Romans 10.13, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." Therefore, by logic, whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall obey the Lord and will endure to the end. For example, there is no one in hell tonight who has genuinely called upon the Name of the Lord. Yet, how is that possible? Let's further combine more elements of salvation. For example, those in Christ are seated in the heavenlies, they are baptized in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit being the 'down payment' or assurance of their salvation. That is, just as you were born into your earthly family, so those who call upon the Lord are born into the family of God. It is written that, if a person is indeed filled with the Holy Spirit that, "The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God (Romans 8.16)." Obviously, a child of God, loves God. The Bible says, "Love never fails." Hence, if 'love' fails, then it was never love in the first place. Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord loves the lord, obeys the Lord, and endures with the end - because they have received the Holy Spirit. Yet, Catholics teach that baptism is necessary for salvation. I cannot urge you strongly enough not to believe this. Jesus said, "My Father will give the Holy Spirit to whoever asks of Him (Luke 11.13)." To say that baptism is necessary is to negate the words of Christ, it is to be an enemy of God. Paul said that anyone who preaches a different gospel should be accursed. This might seem like a small matter, but the moment someone starts tampering with the means of how someone is saved is straying into a sin that has eternal consequences. Referring to the Holy Spirit, Jesus said, "Whoever believes in Me will have rivers of living water bubbling up inside them to eternal life." Be careful how you hear! Do you know the Holy Spirit? Do you know Christ? You can meet Him - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
John Wesley who founded his Methodist Church was not ordained in Catholic Church that was founded by Apostles of Christ . How could Wesley claim to have Apostolic succession?. We see 40 thousand denominations of churches claiming to be the true Church founded founded by Jesus who is telling the truth.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I don't understand? Catholics want to convert a Christian to a Catholic? I don't understand? Can someone explain that to me, a Christian is converted already to Christ, Christ came a founded christianity, the disciples were first call Christians in Antioch when the first gentile church of Christ was founded, Acts 11: 20-21-26, to convert don't mean to be baptis, Pentecost, Catholic, ECT, to convert is for Christ not to a sect.
@AwesomeJesus Jesus is Great the church of Christ is God's church, my church is my body the temple of the holyspirit, christ- Christians- christianity, catholisim is not biblical. That sect came from Rome
Acts 11:21 to 26. A great number of people believe and CONVERT to the Lord, we CHRISTIANS are Al ready convert to Christ, but the Catholic Church keep calling us Protestants, and the Catholics want to convert Christians to Catholics and we christians want to convert Catholics to Christians,
My dear first check out what the word catholic means really.. then you can argue. i also suggest a serious watch on the history of the Christianity and the fathers who were directly taught by the Apostles.. you'll probably be baffled.
The 45,000 number is demonstrably false. It includes autonomous and self-governing churches. There are not that many denominations, if you consider a denomination to be a network or fellowship of like-minded church bodies, teaching and preaching their doctrine. Also, Luther said that if every man can interpret the scriptures for himself that they will each find their own way to hell. Luther’s claim was NOT that scripture could be interpreted without Tradition, but that Tradition is fallible and any Tradition that opposes scripture is wrong.
@@nathanp.claiborne8276 generously, maybe 300. Now these are not 300 denominations that all have a unique understanding of The Gospel, or Soteriology or Trinitarian Theology or Christology. Most of the doctrinal differences in these denominations falls under the category of functional ecclesiology.
@@nathanp.claiborne8276 my goal wasn’t to rebuke, but to clarify. Protestants are no more diverse in their beliefs than Catholics are. With the Roman Church’s plurality of Rites, Religious Orders, and Societies, it cannot be argued that Rome is unified in Doctrine.
@@shaunschulte2258 I don't think pointing out the different religious orders and their individual charisms, who believe the same faith as one another is comparable to the different Protestant church's and their wide range of different and contradictory beliefs.
John10:29KJV" My Father, which gave them me, is greater than ALL; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." Note please that the God and Father of Jesus is greater than all not most. Contrary to the confusion being pedaled by Trinitarians Jesus' union with his God is not a union of equals.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since. However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed. Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
The catholic faith is founded on 3 pillars : the magisterum (teaching) of the church, the sacred scriptures, and the apostolic succession. please when you don't have a clue just check don't assume the others suppose to abide by your point of vue or what you believe in!!
@@paulericn.mouafo6610 so why Catholics go by the church catholism teachings, that Doctrine is not from the holy scriptures, no Catholic church was dedicated in the name of Jesus Christ, all Catholic Church have names of man or a woman, but not of God
Well when the holy scriptures can teach just about anything you would want them to by highlighting some verse or another, teaching what the holy scriptures teach, doesn’t ensure errorlessness.
What happen to Catholics Theologians? Are they sleeping or on vacation. Catholics "DO NOT KNOW THE HOLY BIBLE TODAY". Shame on you Catholics Bible scholars and Theologians. Christ has left the Catholic Church. Catholics lost their treasures of Faith.
My question is how can you be an apologetic when you only teach catholism dogma something that is not biblical inclined, and not backed up by scripture versed?
And you aren't aware that you bow to a dogma of the "sola scriptura" hence the scriptures are the only deposit of the faith.. check it again and you'll have your eyes open. Jesus never wrote a book neither all Apostle so wake up.
@@juliorivera870 it's your dream keep dreaming.. and remember MT 16,18 ... the door of hell shall never prevail on the church founded Christ himself. This vain controversy isn't the only one the church has endured and survived over the ages.
@@juliorivera870 Keep convince yourself of heretic toughts it's none of my business though... i also suggest you to hang on with your fellow bigotry anti catholic groups to chew up your heretic and hatred vomit together. Adios !
How can you say: that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ, none of the early Catholics Churches were dedicated to the founder - I never seen a Catholics church called- the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ,. They only dedicated them to saints or Popes, in this I know is not the church of Jesus Christ.
@julio rivera Julio, Jesus founded ONE CHURCH only. It was not "bible alone" or "me and my bible" church. It was a sacramental Church that will exist forever until the end of times, because Jesus promised it. If you ever go to Mass, you'll learn who is the center of our worship. I suggest you stop reading your own anti Catholic material and drawing conclusions from it; they'll be wrong. Start, if you seek to be honest, by informing yourself thoroughly from our very detailed Catholic Catechism available online. Maybe then you will understand something about the truth. May God bless your discernment.
@@joecastillo8798 Jesus founded christianity, the Jerusalem church was judism, read Acts 11:20 to 26 the first church was Christian not Catholic, Orthodox was first, then the Catholic Church became the first Protestants of the Orthodox Church, I am Christian like the first christians, the Catholic Church wants to convert people to Catholicism, we want to convert Catholicism to christianity. The Catholic Church have to get rid of DOGMA, this is a false doctrine.
@@juliorivera870 Julio, Jesus founded a Church built on Peter. That Church was catholic by the command of Christ who said to His Apostles to go to the whole world. THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH FOUNDED BY CHRIST. NOT, MANY DIVISIONS. So you know, a sect is a piece broken from the whole. The Catholic Church is the whole and the proof is beyond reproach. In contrast, Martin Luther and his "reformation" in the 16th century is a piece broken from the whole; from there, many thousands of pieces were broken off in the form of protestant, "bible only", churches and sects, like your own, which today number more than 60,000 around the world. I hope you can begin to understand the state you're in which is not the will of God. A Holy Will, clearly expressed in Holy Scriptures. MATHEW 7, 21-24 21. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who DOES THE WILL of my Father who is in heaven. WHAT IS GOD'S WILL? Read very carefully in: MATTHEW 16:18-19 18. And I tell YOU, YOU are PETER, and on THIS ROCK I will BUILD MY CHURCH, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. . 19. I will GIVE YOU the KEYS of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you BIND on earth shall be BOUND in HEAVEN, and whatever you LOOSE on earth shall be LOOSED in HEAVEN.” JESUS FULL AUTHORITY CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN ONE CHURCH: MATTHEW 18:17 17. If he refuses to listen to them, TELL THE CHURCH. If he refuses to listen EVEN TO THE CHURCH, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. 18. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ONLY ONE CHURCH HAS THE TRUTH AS EXPRESSED IN: JOHN 16, 13 13. When the SPIRIT of TRUTH comes, He WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL THE TRUTH; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 1 TIMOTHY 3:15 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is THE CHURCH of the living God, THE PILLAR and FOUNDATION OF THE TRUTH. JESUS WANTS UNITY NOT DIVISION JOHN 17:20-23 20. “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, 21. that THEY MAY ALL BE ONE; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that THEY MAY BE ONE even AS WE ARE ONE, 23. I in them and thou in me, that they may BECOME PERFECTLY ONE, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me. ONE MAGISTERIUM SPEAKS FOR HIM LUKE 10:16 16. “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me. UNITY WITH HIM, IN HIS BODY THE CHURCH, IS FOREVER! MATTHEW 28:19-20 19. Therefore go and make disciples of ALL NATIONS (Catholic), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20. and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded YOU. And surely I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, to the very end of the age.” UNITY IS PERFECTION! JOHN 17:20-23 20. “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, 21. that THEY MAY ALL BE ONE; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that THEY MAY BE ONE even AS WE ARE ONE, 23. I in them and thou in me, that they may BECOME PERFECTLY ONE, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me. ONLY ONE MAGISTERIUM IN ONE BODY SPEAKS FOR HIM: LUKE 10:16 16. “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me. UNITY WITH CHRIST STARTED IN APOSTOLIC TIMES, CONTINUES TROUGHOUT THE AGES AND WILL BE FOREVER, AS PROMISED BY JESUS IN: MATTHEW 28:19-20 19. Therefore go and make disciples of ALL NATIONS (Catholic), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20. and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded YOU. And surely I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE.” ●Throughout this journey Jesus is constantly at our side. NOT ONCE DID HE LEAVE HIS ONE TRUE CHURCH. Do you know why? BECAUSE JESUS GAVE HIS WORD! That's why you can read, 10 years after The Apostle John's death, the following words from a Bishop appointed by Peter who became a martyr by orders of the emperor Trajan. Said Bishop, Ignatius of Antioch, wrote seven letters. Here is an excerpt from his letter to the Smyrneans written in 107AD Chapter 8. Let nothing be done without the bishop ▪︎See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever JESUS CHRIST IS, there is the CATHOLIC CHURCH. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid. May God bless your discernment.
@@joecastillo8798 I go to a Christian Church, the disciples were Christians not Catholics, the problem comes from people believing in a church doctrine, we Christians believe in God's holyscritures, his word is the last authority, you believe in the DOGMA of the church, this is Division, christianity and the holyscritures is not Division, why don't you mention all the divisions of all the Catholic sets. If we all go by the Bible and we all are Christians, there should be no division, Catholics are a division from christianity.
@@juliorivera870 Julio, You go to a church founded by a man, in recent times, with no apostolic authority and listen to his teachings. Right? I ask you: Do you accept his teachings or instructions as valid for your life? If you do, you should know that "teaching" or "instruction" mean "doctrine". That's what the word imply. So you also are a follower of doctrines of a man. Though well intentioned, your pastor's instructions, explanations and conclusions have no guarantee of truth. Therefore, they will never be dogmatic. Do you know why? Because, a dogma is an essential teaching or thought that is absolutely certain and can never be doubted in your church. The question is: Do you believe that what your pastor teaches is the truth? If you do, then you accept that what he is teaching you is a "dogma" that you wholeheartedly believe and will never doubt. I am eager to know your understanding You also mentioned that you believe in Holy Scriptures because, I presume, you accept it as the "Word of God". I do believe the Bible is the "Word of God", but I have a good reason to believe that. What's your good reason? I'll wait for your answer. God bless.
You already hit the nail on the head, you said Catholics believes, and not the doctrine of Christ, Catholics preach Christ & worship statues of saints, then you said Christians are confuse.🤔
This is just false. Many Bishops from before Constantine was even thought of (which is what I presume you are talking about, the myth that Constantine founded the Church and not Jesus) claimed to be Catholic. Peter was the first Pope, appointed by Jesus Christ.
@@boopbeepbop154 Jesus never said to Petros you are a pope, but only a pebble, Jesus is the PETRA The ROCK of the christian church, not catholicism dogma roman doctine
@@boopbeepbop154 the holy scriptures never said to have a pope, this is only catholicism dogma roman doctine,, don't you know that Jesus Christ is our high priest, according to catholicism dogma the pope is Christ in the Vatican
Apologetics - Having to explain why so many of your Roman doctrines do not match the Bible ( the word of God). Don't believe bible based christianity has any need for apologetics.
"Masters degree in Theology "? yet this woman failed to understand,that Apostle Paul did not permit woman to teach,but to keep silent. 1 Timothy 2:12 KJV 1 Corinthians 14:34 KJV Wake up!There is no catholic church in the bible 👎 the Church of the Apostles according to Paul was the Church of God. (See. 1 Corinthians 15:9 KJV)
@@frekigeri4317I'm sorry to tell you ,youre stupid! Fyi, The Catholic church started only in AD 381 ( late 4th Century ) under the name 👉"The One holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" ( Catholic Church),👎❌ Mind you! The first Century Church which was preached by Apostle Paul is 👉 the Church of God Galatians 1:13 KJV 1 Cor. 1:1-2 KJV Acts 20:28 1 Thessalonians 2:14. The Church of God is "the Pillars and ground of the truth " 👉1 Timothy 3:5;15 KJV. Fyi ,mind you ! Apostle Paul died between AD 67-68 under the reign of Emp. Nero. The first 50 copies (" copies") of the bible was commissioned in Rome by Eusebius ,in AD 331. So how come the Catholic Church is the Church of God? I'm sorry to tell you ,you're a fool , Mind you,! the Title (the believe in) the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church ( Catholic Church) Is not even found in the original Nicene Creed ( Apostle Creed) In the First Council of Nicea in AD 325. The Title only Appeared in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in AD 381 ( late 4th Century) losers ! 😊👎❌
The devil often tries to deceive, so to convert souls that fell in his trap we must defend our faith to convert them back to truth. As she said in the video, apologetics is essentially evangelization.
Halleluia ... This is the initiative needed from the laity ... Instead of finding fault with the clergy, the hierarchy enter into the joy of knowing the Truth ... Share it ... The kingdom flourishes ... Truth Matters ...
I was atheist because I didn’t understand scripture, but the Catholic Church helped me regain my faith
S o happy for you. The more you know the more you love the Faith.
Catholicism isn't faith.....it's a conglomeration of lies being worshipped as truth which is idolatry
@@dieselcowboy777 as usual you are parroting the huge ignorant lies against Catholicism. You do not even know 1% of what it is and even that 1% has been corrupted by the ignorants. Therefore, please do not comment on anything you do not know.
Catholicism is adhering to the Catholic Church, very simple . What is the Catholic Church? It is the Institution which Christ set up in order to continue His Teachings while physically not present. What does the Church (which Christ Himself instituted) teach? It teaches you the Path to Salvation . This is in a nutshell. Obviously there are Saints and there are sinners. The sinners are the traitors to the Teachings and the Saints are those who follow in the steps of Christ. The teachings have never and will never change. Those who do not want to follow that Path, is their own choice. Ridiculing it and spreading rumours that are false is called, playing the game of the Evil One who hates God and hates His Teachings. Therefore , just stick to your own beliefs or unbeliefs and do not bother others with it. The Truth will ALWAYS be the Truth and whatever or whoever wants to distort that, does NOT change the Truth because Christ IS: The Truth, The Way and the Life.
... and what convinced you of the existence of a God?
@@dieselcowboy777 Jesus saves and has the power to forgive all sins, unless you’re Catholic apparently.
iam new in this channel Praise the Lord this is so important to me as Catholic faith.i want to grow more faith in God thru Catholic teaching based on the Bible.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
This woman is a really great teacher! Thank you
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Great presentation. I wish I knew all of this stuff 30 years ago so I could have responded better to my former protestant best friend.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I agree. Great presenter. I am learning and appreciating the faith. Thank you for the video.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
She is one of the best Catholic apologist.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Very informative ! I want to become better at explaining the faith.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Loved this! The ONLY thing that would help me is to ask the presenter to slow down her speech. So so good!!
You can easily slow down speed in your settings, try it. God bless🙏
Thank you for the church history.this helps me 🙏🙏 Amen
I agree. SLOW down. I think it is prob nervousness. Good content though. Thankful for her efforts! God Bless!
She is probably timed and wants to give as much information as she can.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Major factor for the schism between the Eastern and Western church is proximity. During that time communication between east and west was a little difficult. Not unlike today we have conmunication technology. And I believe St. Pope John Paul II has already bridged that gap when he met with the Patriach of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Reason why we can see them at the Vatican already well represented and having an office there.
Agree with your remark. Even in my diocese here in Italy they usually celebrate with us during solemnities of the church. they're are our close brother in the faith.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Enjoyable looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh I asked and received the truth, by way of study and miracles, check out Eucharistic miracles. You must eat the flesh and drink the blood or you have no life in you, our Lord doubled down on this teaching, many disciples walked away. Baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
@@DenisOhAichir Hi Denis. It sounds like you have so much invested in your faith. However, would you be willing to repent of your faith if you found that it was not pleasing to the Lord?
For example, you quoted from John, chapter 6. Jesus said that we must eat His flesh. Are you sure He meant that literally? For example, Jess also said that He is the Rock, the Lamb, and the Door. Jesus spoke in metaphors, so, even if you say that He is literally a piece of bread, I do not see how God could fault anyone for not taking His words as literal, but as "spirit and life" (John 6.63).
In fact, the Jews left because Jesus spoke metaphorically. Conversely, if Christ had produced actual bread, that is what the Jews were looking for! He said to them, "You are of the flesh, but the words I speak are spirit and they are life." If Christ would have presented an actual loaf of bread, they could not have been happier. Yet, they left because they did not want to know Christ, they just wanted a free meal.
You 'eat the flesh' of Christ when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, not by eating a piece of bread. Those who eat of communion bread will die. For example, Hitler partook of communion, but he died. If whoever eats of communion cannot die, then Hitler is in paradise.
Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." If you say that communion is necessary for salvation, then you are preaching a different gospel and actually an enemy of God. As it is written, "Whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed (Romans 10.13)."
The beauty of the gospel is that Christ died on a Cross so that we can know Him - just by asking. I hope you will get to know the Lord! Do not seek miracles, but the Lord! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh he meant it literally, that's why they walked away.
@@DenisOhAichir Hi. If eating the flesh of Christ meant actual bread, that is what the Jews were looking for. For example, the bread that Jesus broke during the first communion would have been perfect, exactly what they were looking for, yet having contempt on honoring Christ as Lord. Moreover, to claim that actual eating of bread is necessary for salvation is to contradict the words of Christ.
For example, which gospel do you suggest I believe? Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive" and Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." So, do I gain salvation by asking, as Christ said, or do I need to partake of communion and be baptized for salvation, as Catholics teach?
I hope that you will choose the truth of the gospel over the traditions of men. I hope that you will have a genuine friendship with God - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
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Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@Patrick Steil thanks for posting the link.
@@77xlchop You’re welcome! Be blessed!
@@77xlchop You’re welcome! Be blessed!
Love from Madagascar. Thank you
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Awesome! I love the way she explained
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Great content . Thank you !
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
So Lovely..
Thank you ma'am..
Keep it up.. Sharing the truth..about the Church that Jesus Christ Founded..the Catholic church..33AD.
Set the playback speed to 0.75. Thank me later. God bless us :)
Thanks for the suggestion it works.. i'm not mother tongue English user.. it helped so much.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Keep up the good work of defending the catholic faith.
Defending the catholic cult.....it's not faith at all....it's nothing but lies
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Thank You Jesus for Paying for All my Sins Thank You Jesus for Shedding Every Last Drop of Your Perfect Redeeming Innocent Blood For The Forgiveness Full Remission of All my Sins Thank You Jesus for Dying in my place on The Cross ✝️ ❤To Pay for All my Sins as The Perfect Sacrifice because You have No Sin Thank You for Being Buried Thank You Father God For Bringing Jesus BACK ALIVE 3 Days After His Death because He Is The Son of God and God At The Same Time!!! I LOVE You Heavenly Father ABBA I LOVE You Jesus I LOVE You Holy Spirit Not 3 Different Gods But The 1 The Only True Living GOD Most High Revealed to us in 3 Ways ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Funny that among protestant themselves deny some Catholic tradition at the same time accepting Catholic tradition at their own denomination, so the solution for protestant is join all protestant church so that they could learn all the Catholic Beliefs and eventually turn into Catholics
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Amen sister.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Thank you
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I wish she would slow down...
Can someone please explain Mary in Catholicism being true through Scripture. I am thinking about being Catholic but all the websites that tell you different verses in the Bible that talk about it aren’t really anything or that clear I generally want to know..... and please explain the saints as well.
Mary is some very deep Bible study
All good ideas. The general timeline is Isaiah Old Testament prophesied the Messiah would be born of a virgin woman. Luke's gospel New Testament outlined the events, in such detail that Luke probably got them from interviewing Mary herself or John the disciple Jesus entrusted her care to during the crucifixion, and the longest surviving apostle. Mary, having conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit as reported by Luke, is there again in the upper room when the Holy Spirit rushes in and lands on each apostle like flames on Pentecost, in Book of Acts, which is also thought by historians to have been written by St. Luke.
St. John, Mary's closest friend since he takes her into his care, writes, while incarcerated believed to be after Mary's death, of his vision of a woman in Revelation that is crowned Queen of Heaven, whose son crushes the head of the dragon Satan with his heel. So, we believe God's good prevails, but there will be great suffering we and Satan bring upon ourselves first. And our prayer to Mary, who is in heaven, was the first Christian and has the ear of her son, Jesus the King, is that she pray for us and God allow her to impart her wisdom and grace upon us now so we don't commit (more) atrocities against each other. And God has allowed her to bring messages to us herself through Marian apparitions, which are not required to be believed for salvation, yet are good advice for us to follow from our loving Mother of humanity.
Hope this helps, but definitely search out more at Catholic Answers if you want chapter and verse references.
*_Mary?_* I'm an atheist, but, well, seems obviously like Mary pushed Jesus out through her vagina... that's kind of how babies work, you know. Placenta, umbilical cord -- all that. Recommend you to read the Gospel of Luke. Hence: Mary, Mother of God. Kind of a no brainer, even for me.
*_Saints???_* Saints are just people who've been canonized (posthumously) by the Roman Catholic Church. If you have eternal God and eternal souls (in the judeo-Christian tradition) it all makes a lot of sense in the context of the old and new testaments. Who'd Jesus talk to that one time in Scripture? Moses and Elijah. That should get you started understanding saints.
www.amazon.com/Jesus-Jewish-Roots-Mary-Unveiling/dp/0525572732
This would be a good book for you.
@Isaiah Adams
Isaiah,
Regarding your question on Mary and saints, I will begin with this Gospel passage:
MATTHEW 22:29-30
29. Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
30. For at the resurrection men and women do not marry; no, THEY ARE LIKE THE ANGELS in heaven.
Now I ask:
1.) Can the saints in heaven actually hear and respond to our prayers, made simultaneously in many different lands and in many different languages?
Let's reflect:
Can Satan and his demons know the actions of millions of people at the same time?
Of course, because if Satan could only see and hear one person at a time, the possible harm he would cause to 7 billion people would be laughingly insignificant.
Satan does have the capability to hear all humans at the same time.
In human terms, we are subject to space and time while in the world, but once we reach Heaven and become like Angels, our capabilities can never be inferior to a fallen angel's. Therefore, for the saints, who are "like angels", there's no longer space and time limitations. In Heaven there's none of that. There, only exists ETERNITY without human limits!
There are also other Scripture passages which directly or indirectly relate to our first question:
• Hebrews 11:1-12:1
"Seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [in other words, the heroes and martyrs of the faith from ages past], let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us."
•>Thus, the heroes and martyrs are a good example for us, and surround us like spectators at a running race. Therefore, obviously, they know about us and can see our struggles from heaven.
• James 5:16-18:
'The prayer of the good man has powerful effect."
•>In other words, the most powerful intercessors in the Church are those most advanced in holiness. And who is more advanced in holiness than a soul who is already fully sanctified and in heaven?
• Revelation 5:8; 8:3-4:
"In heaven the elders and angels offer up the prayers of the saints [on earth] as incense before the throne of God."
•>In this passage you can note that the New Testament uses the word "saint" of every baptized Christian, not because we are all perfectly holy, but because we have all at least received the gift of the Holy Spirit. So this passage implies that the angels and elders (holy Christian leaders now in heaven) hear the prayers of every Christian on earth, and join their prayer now with ours.
In short, put these passages together, and they certainly imply that the saints in heaven know of our struggles on earth and of our prayers, and join their powerful intercessory prayers with ours.
Also, in the early tradition of the Church, the early liturgies almost all have passages which imply that the saints join their prayers with ours, and that ours are joined with theirs.
2.) How can Mary and the saints, without being like God, be present everywhere and know the secrets of all hearts?
ANSWER:
The Bible directs us to invoke those in heaven and ask them to pray with us. Thus in Psalms 103, we pray:
"Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word! Bless the Lord, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will!"
(Ps. 103:20-21)
And in Psalms 148 we pray:
"Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!"
(Ps. 148:1-2)
The saints are not physically next to us and they are not subject to time/space limitations of this life. This does not imply that the saints in heaven therefore must be omniscient, as God is, for it is only through God’s willing it that they can "communicate" with others in heaven or with us. Any argument about petitions arriving in different languages do not apply. The saints in Heaven are not restricted by language limitations we have here on earth, in fact those saints in Revelation understand the prayers they are shown to be offering to God.
Our Catechism entry #1028 tells us some important things about the souls in heaven:
Because of his transcendence, God cannot be seen as He is, unless he Himself opens up His mystery to man's immediate contemplation and gives him the capacity for it. The Church calls this contemplation of God in His heavenly glory, "the beatific vision."
Scriptures also tell us over and over that in heaven we shall "see" God with mind and heart, and contemplate God with the eyes of the soul (so to speak) in a new and glorious way:
▪︎"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" (Mt 5:8)
▪︎"Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face" (1 Cor 13:12);
▪︎"We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as he is" (1 Jn 3:2).
Think of it this way: to see God "as He is," "face to face," and to "contemplate" God in all His heavenly glory must be an indescribable experience, but it is the wonderful destiny He has in store for all of us who love and trust Him. We cannot fully understand what that means, from this side of heaven. But we know one thing for sure: to see and know and contemplate God in heaven must include to see and know and contemplate all that God loves, for how could you really see and know God "as He is" without seeing everything He loves, and without seeing how He loves everything? For "God is love" (1 Jn 4:8).
One of the things God loves best of all is us, human beings, the creatures He made in His own image, and for whom He gave His life on the Cross. The saints in heaven, therefore, must surely see and know all about us on earth, because they SEE US reflected in the mind and heart of the God who loves us, whom they behold face to face. The saints in heaven know us because they know all about God's love for us, and, being filled with His love for us, they love us too.
On the other hand, if being in heaven were like being in the next room, then the objections to the intercession of saints would be valid, since a mortal, unglorified person in the next room would indeed suffer the restrictions imposed by the way space and time work in our universe. But the saints, being like Angels, are not in the next room, and they are not subject to the time/space limitations of THIS LIFE. But it is only through God’s willing it that they can communicate with others in heaven or with us.
May God bless your discernment.
I enjoyed your talk
I am interested in learning how to defend the faith. Is there anyway I would be able to get the handouts
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Per the Scriptures, baptism is required for heaven, the Church does not teach that Communion is required. Maybe rethink the “polluted” remark?
Atheist here. 9:55 “we're going to assume god exists because it's a whole different conversion with atheists or agnostics” -point me to the apologetics that would be relevant to me?
Try searching St. Thomas Aquinas and GK Chesterton for logically basis for the existence of God, such as something can come from nothing, and that the creator must be outside of creation the way God exists outside of time and space which are creations and its these truths that help understand the proper omnipotence and omnipresence of God, which then leads to an understanding of how God could do any of what is recorded in the Bible and other historical texts (yes, other historians record events that support Biblical scripture)
@@lalliguerriero9807 Thank you for that thoughtful comment, Lalli!
As an atheist I have thought that Aquinas's _quinque viae_ and Chesterton's _Orthodoxy_ (as Pascal's _Pensees_ and others) do argument for "How" or "What" or "Who" is God...
...but not so much for the questions of "If" and "Is" -- which is where I'm at :-/ (if that matters?)
Creeds: stating the nature of God as outside time and space ("When" and "Where" -- eternal and omnipresent) and omniscient and omnipotent and all-loving and all-good, etc -- is something that I'm grateful to the all the people of all different religions for doing:
defining God as something/someone specific (rather than as Spinoza's more-or-less nebulous and undefinable "God").
It's not hard to *_dis_* prove specific claims to know specific things (especially when different religions all claim to have a special connection to that thing that they are claiming about) ie, to show that someone's wrong.
If I may say so, the Roman Catholics do a very good job of countering the claims and arguments of various other religions and philosophies of God. The Roman Catholic Church is a great ongoing tradition -- one priest I was talking to cited as tradition going back to the Canaanite Melchizedek. However, it seems to me (from the outside), that "Apologetics" is naively arguing about nuances of a truly hypothetical construct ( _If God exists, then..._ )
...and what I'm looking for is, has anyone checked if God exists? Does truth, or degrees of truth or veracity even matter?
The mere historicity or spuriousness of biblical events doesn't do much to prove or disprove God (...even Paul the Apostle was already a (fervent!) believer in the Judeo-Christian God -- he was merely accepting Jesus.)
But there's a methodology that's even in Scripture, with the prophet Daniel (Bel; the Dragon) and 1 Thessalonians being my favorite examples: test everything. Keep what is good, and stay away from everything that is evil.
I care about truth and veracity. I'd love to be wrong (as an atheist) about God and God's existence.
@@TristanMorrow Hey Tristan, how is it going?
I'm a brazilian catholic, former atheist (or agnostic?). Its so good to see nice people like you simply seeking the truth and being respectul, much of us, religious people, should be inspired by you, man...
Well, you're right, most part of apologetics already assumes God's existence and tend to focus more on His attributes, His revelation, etc. To discuss God's existence, we have to enter another level of debate.
This being a massive topic, it's really difficult for me to make any difference in your "journey" through a RUclips comment, but here are some points.
Part of God's attributes actually have to be discover by revelation, either collective (like Scripture and Tradition) or individual (personal experience). This happens because every bit of knowledge depends on some kind of revelation, because, in fact, empirical knowledge is a kind of revelation, since you could just embrace silopsism and believe that only your mind exists and all the rest is a illusion, or, at best, unsure and inconclusive.
Of course, that doesn't mean that we can't or shouldn't push our reason ar far as possible to aprehend the transcendent.
The general point of the belief in God is that every being must come from other being, and never from a non-being; everything that exists and come into existence, is caused by a pre-existing thing. Since a infinite regress would be absurd, the first cause must not have came into existence, but rather be existence itself. Since, something exists, the existence must be somethin in itself and transcendent,
Using aristotelian principles of potency and actuality, we know that this first cause must be pure act, and thus didn't have to "develop", for it is Being itself. Every potency comes into ct by the force of another act (that was a potency at some point), thus all the potencies are inwith the first cause, for it is pure act. Every potency, Omnia potentia -> omnipotent. Everything that exists, subsists in the first cause (for it is Existence), which meas that it is omnipresent (attention: omnipresent doesn't mean that it has an infinite extension, but rather no extension, it just trancends space itself).
I could continue, but I guess that you got my point. The pther attributes of God, concerning its "personality" or "personalness" must be discovered by Revelation, because logic only extends to the domain of the "possible" or "reasonable", but never to the domain of the factual and actual. (You couldn't prove that something existence by logic, but only use logic with premises acquired with empirical knowledge. God being transcendent and over nature, we only aprehend it by Revelation means).
Thanks for your attention, man
You can check out Trent Horn from Catholic Answers
Hi. I am wondering if you had a Christian upbringing before becoming an atheist. I write as someone who was raised by an atheist, but I am now a Christian. Why would you become an atheist? Thanks! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
I would like to attend any course on apologetics. Am from Zambia in Southern Africa.
may i ask for permision to reupload and give subtitle in my country?
Thank you 😇❤️
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Everyone saying she needs to slow down 😂😂 Lol I always speed youtube videos up to 1.5X, with her 1.25X. Y'all can slow it down to fit your needs 😅
Still needs to slow down ... It is addressed to a beginner ... They give up ... Unable to adapt angel speed ... Ave Maria
translation in german pls?
I'm seeking the french one too... i've noticed that there are good apologetic works around but most in English.. consider translating them to spread it much more around.
The idea of Irresistible grace seems to violate free will
Because of Being Catholic, Protestants of all kinds WILL Attack us, being also an Apologist, helps to educate and deflect the attack, mostly.
Hi, in all love and respect, although I will point out error in Catholic doctrine, it is not an 'attack' on the Catholic church. In fact, if you can show me, from the Bible, my error, I will appreciate it! As it is written, "Rebuke a wise man and he will love you."
My concern is how people are saved. For example, Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Show me , where in The Bible, is the word "Bible"?
@@Cube_Ernator1077 Hi. The word 'Bible' is not in the Bible. I am not sure what your point is as even Catholics have a 'Bible.' Moreover, Catholics endorse the Bible as the Word of God.
The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Who were the First Catholics? Those founded the Church or those, whom came after the Founding?
@@kenshiloh So 'which 'Catholics' Are the Real Catholics, then?
What must I do to be saved according to Roman Catholicism?
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Second time: November 27th, 2022.
Transubstantiation. The wine literally transforms to blood and the bread literally turns to the body of Christ. That is possible to Jesus Christ he is God. Jesus transformed the water to wine in the wedding at Cana and that is Transubstantiation
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Do you know what percentage of these denominations call themselves Non-denominational?
Nice video. Gotta be careful how you word things though... At about 39:00 you State, “Luther was upset with some of the things The Church was teaching...” That could definitely be taken the wrong way. The Catholic Church has never taught error. Luther was upset with practices in The Church. And while the abuses were real, they only serve to strengthen the words of Our Lord and His Church when he warned us to, “Beware the wolf in sheeps clothing...”
that warning refered to the leaders in the Church. The disguise is effective because followers are blinded and brainwashed by convincing words and worldly promises.
Snow Angel sorry...I’m kind of obtuse. I’m not really sure I follow your reply. Maybe you could explain it in a way I could understand. What do you mean by, “that warning.” The last sentence seems like a non-sequiter.
@@jeffreylonigro1382 ...er, Luther was upset with *95* things, actually. That's why his publication is colloquially *_The Nintey-five Theses_* and it's worth noting that Martin Luther is a special case, *not* your average layperson, as he was a theologian _and_ ordained *priest* in the Roman Catholic Church at the time of his thoughts and writing. So, now you know!
Tristan Morrow yes, of course, I know all that. I’ve studied the reformation. I’m just not sure what your point is.
@@jeffreylonigro1382 There isn't a point. ↑↑↑↑↑ "that could definitely be taken the wrong way."
43:20 what had happened in 1054 ?
Whre is the Orthodox church?
Amen
So it is safe to say when it comes to the 1054AD schism, we now are united church. The Patriarch of the East recognizes the Bishop of Rome and vice versa. The only difference is only in the use of statues. They hold on to the use of icons or pictures instead of statues or graven images. Though they now respect our use of graven images or statues. Everything else is similar. Though their vestments are more ellaborate and colorful than ours.
Are you catholic?
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh hi Ken I read your point and it is well taken bro. But I hope you do not solely base your faith on the saying of St. Paul my friend. I myself would rather base it on what Jesus himself said in Mathew 28:19, his final instructions to the 11 apostles, to teach us and BAPTIZE us as entry into faith. I could cite to you too in the Acts of the Apostles 2:37. The apostles always stressed baptism which was the entry point and NOT the mere believing. Action on our part is required sir. We should subject ourselves to that VALID ritual. By valid I refer to who administered it on you. Meaning it should be administered by a fellow baptized person, best by a bonafide minister.
@@gracianomendoza8671 Hi. When I say that baptism is not necessary for salvation, I am not saying that it is not important.
You say that baptism is the entry into faith. Yet, Christ taught, "My Father will give the Holy Spirit to whoever asks of Him (Luke 11.13)." How can you receive the Holy Spirit, yet not have entered into a faith relationship with God?
Moreover, you wrote, "I hope you do not solely base your faith on the saying of St. Paul." Why not? Can I not trust what Paul wrote? He said, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Do you not see the pattern: ask or call upon the Lord and you shall receive the Holy Spirit, you shall be saved?
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive." Judge for yourself whether I should obey my Lord and Savior or your teachings. That said, I hope that you will get to know Christ, that you will be filled with the Holy Spirit. Then, when you are born again, preaching the truth as Christ taught it, you will, indeed, be my brother.
That is, Christ said his brothers are those who hear the Word of God and obey it. That is why I cannot, yet, consider you my brother. My brothers are those who obey the Word of God.
Blessings to you and yours. I hope that you get to know Christ - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh that is the start. You know joining a group or involving yourself in a group has its procedures. You cannot just declare I believe in God or Jesus without such actions bro. That is precisely why Jesus said, not everybody who calls me Lord, Lord…I never knew you. I know you know that bible verse. It is just like riding a bus. You cannot just ride a bus going to a certain destination. You should check the markings, ride on the RIGHT bus or else you end up somewhere else Ken. I do not know why it is so hard for you people to accept that simple command from Jesus, learn from His genuine followers and be baptized. Simple right. Meaning validly baptized.
How about the spilt amongst the Catholic body...those who claim to be Catholic among the 4 historical churches....how about old Catholic church before Vatican 2
Is there a contact e-mail of the speaker? This presentation helps me a lot but I still will like to go deep in some topics and have more references. Thank you in advance and God bless
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
In Martin Luther’s time, papal indulgences were publicly sold not only for the living but also for the dead. “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from Purgatory springs” was a common saying. To ordinary folk, an indulgence became almost an insurance policy against punishment for any sin, and repentance fell by the wayside.
Well, how do you (or Martin Luther?) interpret Matthew 16:18 and Matthew 18:18 then?
Also, Martin Luther himself was a Roman Catholic, fyi. The 1521"Edict of Worms" predates "Lutheranism" of any kind of practice. And it predates even his being kidnapped in Wartburg and the theology that came out of that.
I'm an atheist, but history is history.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@TristanMorrow
At Matthew 16:17, 18, we find Jesus’ words to Peter: “I say to you, you are Peter [whose name means “A Piece of Rock”], and upon this rock I will build my church.” Was Jesus saying that his “church,” or congregation, would be built upon Peter, a man? Was Peter to be the head of all other followers of Jesus? How did the other apostles present at that conversation understand Jesus’ words? The Gospels reveal that later, on a number of occasions, they argued about who was the greatest among them. (Matthew 20:20-27; Mark 9:33-35; Luke 22:24-26) If Jesus had already given Peter primacy, or superiority, could there have been any question as to who was the greatest among the apostles?
How did Peter himself understand Jesus’ words? Growing up an Israelite, Peter would have been familiar with various Hebrew prophecies speaking of a “stone” or a “cornerstone.” (Isaiah 8:13, 14; 28:16; Zechariah 3:9) When he quoted one of them in a letter to his fellow believers, Peter explained that the prophesied “cornerstone” was the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Peter used the Greek term pe’tra (the same word found in Jesus’ statement at Matthew 16:18) for Christ alone.-1 Peter 2:4-8.
The apostle Paul was another faithful follower of Jesus. Did Paul believe that Jesus had given Peter primacy? Acknowledging Peter’s position in the early Christian congregation, Paul wrote that Peter was among those “reputed to be pillars.” For Paul, there was more than just one ‘pillar.’ (Galatians 2:9) Moreover, if Peter had been appointed by Jesus as the head of the congregation, how could he simply be reputed, that is to say, supposed or thought by his fellow believers, to be a pillar?
When writing regarding certain inconsistencies in the way Peter treated people, Paul respectfully but frankly stated: “I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.” (Galatians 2:11-14) Paul did not think that Christ had built his church, or congregation, upon Peter or any other imperfect man. On the contrary, he believed that the congregation was built on Jesus Christ as the foundation. For Paul, “the rock was the Christ.”-1 Corinthians 3:9-11; 10:4.
So how are we to understand the words: “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church”? To understand an excerpt correctly, we need to read its context. What were Jesus and Peter speaking about? Jesus had just asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?” Without hesitation, Peter answered: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” With that, Jesus commended Peter and then added that he would build his “church,” or congregation, on an even more solid “rock,” the one in whom Peter had just expressed faith-Jesus himself.-Matthew 16:15-18.
Consistent with this, many of the “Church Fathers” wrote that the rock of Matthew 16:18 is Christ. For example, Augustine in the fifth century wrote: “The Lord said: ‘On this rock-mass I will build my Church,’ because Peter had told him: ‘You are the Christ the Son of the living God.’ It is therefore on this rock-mass, that you confessed, that I will build my Church.” Augustine repeatedly stated that “the Rock (Petra) was Christ.”
Augustine and others would be considered heretics if judged according to current Catholic doctrine. In fact, according to Swiss theologian Ulrich Luz, the consensus of opinion on this subject among Bible scholars today would have been condemned by the 1870 Vatican Council as heresy.
The title “pope” was unknown to the apostle Peter. In fact, until the ninth century, many non-Roman bishops applied the title to themselves. Even so, the term was rarely applied as an official title until the late 11th century. Moreover, no early Christian thought that a primacy supposedly given to Peter had been transmitted to any successors. Hence, German scholar Martin Hengel concluded that there is “no demonstrable historical and theological way to arrive at what later became papal ‘primacy.’”
Jesus unquestionably did build his church, his true congregation, upon himself. (Ephesians 2:20)
Interesting. Thanks.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Jesus himself taught us to repent, be baptized, partake in the Eucharist, and obey his commandments and this has not changed for 2000 years and not sure how anyone can see it any different than that. Now days, there are many who apparently think just believing is the easy path and all they have to do. Matt 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
@@johns1834 Hi. Please do not get me wrong; baptism and communion are important elements of the Christian faith. However, they are not necessary for salvation.
As far as salvation being the narrow path, tell me about it! That is, since September, I have sharing the gospel with Catholics, yet not one of them have been honest: they will not acknowledge a simple, obvious contradiction.
That is, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - yet with no assurance of salvation. Yet, Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Using the Romans 10.13 grammatical form, Catholics believe, Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Is that not a different gospel? Paul said that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Yet, just by asking, a person can meet Christ, be filled with the Holy Spirit, born again and saved forever. Moreover, if a person has a genuine encounter with the Lord, they have many good works and will endure to the end.
That said, if you have been mistaken about your faith, that, in actuality, you were opposed to the Lord, would you want to repent and get right with God? Yet, what will you do with Romans 10.13? Is it true that whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved or do I need to be baptized for salvation? Both cannot be true!
I hope that you will get to know Christ - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh First of all, Jesus sets the rules and he is very clear, those who believe, repent, and are baptized will be saved. AND Those who participate in the Eucharist in the proper manner will have eternal life AND Those who love him will keep his commandments AND Those who love their brother and help the poor, will inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Those willfully and knowingly choosing NOT do what Jesus tells us and saying these things are NOT necessary in their claim of assured salvation us will cry "Lord Lord" as they are condemned and sent away to eternal punishment.
Even Paul said he is NOT acquitted in 1 Cor 4.
@@johns1834 Hi. In I Corinthians 4, Paul writes that God is his judge. Yet, in Romans 8.16, he writes, "The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God." Do not forget the qualifier, "If indeed the Holy Spirit dwells within you."
Do you have rivers of living water bubbling up inside you to eternal life? Does the Holy Spirit witness to your spirit that you are saved? If not, will the Lord knows you when He sees you or will He say, "Depart from Me; I never knew you"? I hope that you will get to know Christ! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
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42 minutes in, and the presenter uses "non-Catholic" to mean "Protestant". She also only refers to Protestant denominations in her timeline. Has she never heard of Orthodox Christianity or the Church of the East? Before we talk about salvation by faith alone, we need to clear up nestorianism, miaphysitism and the filioque controversy. She briefly mentions Eastern Orthodoxy toward the end, but does not mention Oriental Orthodoxy or the Church of the East.
"non-Catholic" is a nuanced topic I'm curious about... As an outsider, I had the impression that the post-mid-1000's "Eastern" Catholic Churches were considered part of the Catholic "Communion" by Rome, regardless, and that - among other things - the 2nd Vatican Council gauranteed the continuation of their rituals and beliefs?
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Some often reject Christ and the Church due self content of materialism, particularly in the so called developed nations and the west.
Materialist self soothing is what is leading me in the direction of Christ. Our comfortable lives, while still not easy, are too easy and it is leading to suffering in a strange inversion. Is it not supposed to be that we suffer, and work, and delay gratification so that we may have an easier or more comfortable life? Perhaps things all move in cycles. Either way I feel a distinct lack of discipline and meaning in my materialist, and for a long time atheist worldview. I feel something at times when I look into these things that is hard to describe and I am inclined towards saying it is God or love. It is hard to say, but I feel as western materialism continues to decline our societies we may hopefully see ourselves wondering how we built such prosperous societies that we could choose whether we engage with religion or try to fill a God shaped hole in our hearts with destructive hedonism and perverse, inverted ideology.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Very good lecture, but please slow down. It sounds anxious and rushed and not like how you are saying our evangelization needs to be.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
It would be beneficial if explain the word 'Catholic'= (One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church), which is NOT the Roman catholic unfortunately (1054).
Good
Are we to have faith in a particular brand of church or system like Romanism or are we to believe in the head of the catholic (universal) Church Who is Christ Himself?
Knowing this AND;
“giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us (past tense) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
He has delivered us (past tense) from the power of darkness and conveyed us (past tense) into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
And HE is THE HEAD of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in ALL things HE may have the preeminence.
For it pleased the Father that IN HIM all the fullness should dwell, and BY HIM to reconcile ALL things to HIMSELF,
BY HIM, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.”
Colossians 1:12-20
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH. And of His fullness we have ALL received, and GRACE for GRACE.
For the law was given through Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came through Jesus Christ.”
John 1:14, 16-17
“And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.”
Romans 11:6
NOW,
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding ALL things by the WORD of His power, when HE had by HIMSELF purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,”
Hebrews 1:1-3
“then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your WILL, O God.”
He takes away the first (covenant of the Law of Moses) that He may establish the second ( New Covenant by His shed blood)
“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
For this is My blood of the NEW COVENANT, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Matthew 26:26-28
“and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in REMEMBRANCE of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in REMEMBRANCE of Me.”
For as often as you eat this BREAD and drink this CUP, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.”
I Corinthians 11:24-26 NKJV
“And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe.
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.””
John 6:35-36, 40, 45, 47-48, 51
By that WILL (of God the Father) we have been sanctified (set apart as saints-past tense) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for ALL.
For by ONE OFFERING He has (past tense) perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
Now where there is remission of these, there is NO longer an offering for sin.
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a NEW and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is,
His flesh, (sacrificed on the Cross of Calvary) and having a High Priest over the house of God,
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
“For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
Now the just (declared not guilty of sin having Christ’s righteousness IMPUTED to them) shall live by faith; (IN Christ)
But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” (Says The Lord)
But WE (saints saved in Christ)
are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.”
Hebrews 10:9-10, 14, 18-22, 37-39
“And this is the testimony: that God has given us (by His grace and not our works) eternal life, (past tense)
And this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may KNOW THAT you have eternal life, and that you may continue to BELIEVE in the name of the Son of God.”
I John 5:11-13
Why you don't teach about, how many Catholics denominations are there.
Many errors are there in the talk. Small portions are taken and put out of context.
ut Omnes umum sint ...John 17:21
If they split from.Catholic Church they do not have Apostolic succession.
Anyone who believes the Apostolic epistles as apostolic teaching certainly has every right to claim apostolic succession!
@@hrk4475 you have to be ordained by someone who was ordained by another guy ordained and so on and so on until the original 12 apostles. You cannot just read an epistle and say I have apostolic succession.
@@Michael-yl9rl good. Epistles only gave authority to the apostolic succession that you referred!
If you reject authority of Epistles or scripture, there is nothing whether it's church or apostolic succession or whatsoever! Every thing vanishes without scripture or Epistles!
@@hrk4475 doesnt work that way...its like Im your master I tell you if you pass the exam. You dont proclaim your own self.
Let me put it this way. I was a muslim before and converted to chriatianity. I read the epistle and now I proclaim I have apostolic succession. Doesnt work that way my friend. Somebody must proclaim you or ordain you.
@@hrk4475 remember this is a kingdom...like a knight can only be knighted by another knight or a king or who ever have authority.
#FUTUREAVIDAPOLOGIST
I am a former Catholic who has been listening to both protestant and Catholic teachers particularly about the church Fathers. You are one of the better teachers that I have heard. But I have found you not fully giving accurate information about what some of our faith beliefs.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Adoration Worship to God alone. And Dulia Hyperdulia Veneration Honor Mary as Mother Of God. And Angels and Saints and Objects like Cross Icon and statues as Holy Relics honor by statues and Images.
great,,,,,!!
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
@@kenshiloh Matthew 7:21-25
Easy-to-Read Version
21 “Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.’ 23 Then I will tell those people clearly, ‘Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.’
Two Kinds of People
24 “Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock.
@@kenshiloh you are not reading the bible properly you miss out important things 24 “Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock.
@@kenshiloh the bible never said that calling the Name of the Lord alone is the way to salvation
@@alfonstabz9741 Hi. I think we are in agreement - at least partially. Let's put two pieces of a puzzle together: first, not everyone who professes Christ is saved, but only those who do His will. Moreover, those who are saved will endure to the end. Combine these Bible truths with Romans 10.13, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved."
Therefore, by logic, whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall obey the Lord and will endure to the end. For example, there is no one in hell tonight who has genuinely called upon the Name of the Lord. Yet, how is that possible?
Let's further combine more elements of salvation. For example, those in Christ are seated in the heavenlies, they are baptized in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit being the 'down payment' or assurance of their salvation.
That is, just as you were born into your earthly family, so those who call upon the Lord are born into the family of God. It is written that, if a person is indeed filled with the Holy Spirit that, "The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God (Romans 8.16)." Obviously, a child of God, loves God. The Bible says, "Love never fails." Hence, if 'love' fails, then it was never love in the first place. Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord loves the lord, obeys the Lord, and endures with the end - because they have received the Holy Spirit.
Yet, Catholics teach that baptism is necessary for salvation. I cannot urge you strongly enough not to believe this. Jesus said, "My Father will give the Holy Spirit to whoever asks of Him (Luke 11.13)." To say that baptism is necessary is to negate the words of Christ, it is to be an enemy of God. Paul said that anyone who preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
This might seem like a small matter, but the moment someone starts tampering with the means of how someone is saved is straying into a sin that has eternal consequences.
Referring to the Holy Spirit, Jesus said, "Whoever believes in Me will have rivers of living water bubbling up inside them to eternal life." Be careful how you hear! Do you know the Holy Spirit? Do you know Christ? You can meet Him - just by asking! Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
John Wesley who founded his Methodist Church was not ordained in Catholic Church that was founded by Apostles of Christ . How could Wesley claim to have Apostolic succession?. We see 40 thousand denominations of churches claiming to be the true Church founded founded by Jesus who is telling the truth.
I was raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
33:27
I don't understand? Catholics want to convert a Christian to a Catholic? I don't understand? Can someone explain that to me, a Christian is converted already to Christ, Christ came a founded christianity, the disciples were first call Christians in Antioch when the first gentile church of Christ was founded, Acts 11: 20-21-26, to convert don't mean to be baptis, Pentecost, Catholic, ECT, to convert is for Christ not to a sect.
@AwesomeJesus Jesus is Great the church of Christ is God's church, my church is my body the temple of the holyspirit, christ- Christians- christianity, catholisim is not biblical. That sect came from Rome
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Carholic from PHILIPINES
Acts 11:21 to 26. A great number of people believe and CONVERT to the Lord, we CHRISTIANS are Al ready convert to Christ, but the Catholic Church keep calling us Protestants, and the Catholics want to convert Christians to Catholics and we christians want to convert Catholics to Christians,
My dear first check out what the word catholic means really.. then you can argue. i also suggest a serious watch on the history of the Christianity and the fathers who were directly taught by the Apostles.. you'll probably be baffled.
CATHOLIC IS PEACE N LOVE
Bible alone is unbiblical. Faith without good works is dead faith in book of James it is faith and good works. Even demons have faith no good works.
My dear you couldn't be more precise an concise in that statement. Thanks and may God bless you abundantly.
The 45,000 number is demonstrably false. It includes autonomous and self-governing churches. There are not that many denominations, if you consider a denomination to be a network or fellowship of like-minded church bodies, teaching and preaching their doctrine.
Also, Luther said that if every man can interpret the scriptures for himself that they will each find their own way to hell. Luther’s claim was NOT that scripture could be interpreted without Tradition, but that Tradition is fallible and any Tradition that opposes scripture is wrong.
What number do you believe is more appropriate?
@@nathanp.claiborne8276 generously, maybe 300. Now these are not 300 denominations that all have a unique understanding of The Gospel, or Soteriology or Trinitarian Theology or Christology. Most of the doctrinal differences in these denominations falls under the category of functional ecclesiology.
@@shaunschulte2258 So only a new denomination every ~1.7 years, not really a great rebuke of the point.
@@nathanp.claiborne8276 my goal wasn’t to rebuke, but to clarify. Protestants are no more diverse in their beliefs than Catholics are. With the Roman Church’s plurality of Rites, Religious Orders, and Societies, it cannot be argued that Rome is unified in Doctrine.
@@shaunschulte2258 I don't think pointing out the different religious orders and their individual charisms, who believe the same faith as one another is comparable to the different Protestant church's and their wide range of different and contradictory beliefs.
John10:29KJV" My Father, which gave them me, is greater than ALL; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." Note please that the God and Father of Jesus is greater than all not most. Contrary to the confusion being pedaled by Trinitarians Jesus' union with his God is not a union of equals.
Oh jeez, this isn't satire. How sad.
I figured it would be by the channel name.
Apologetics are handpicked by the Holy Spirit , in his time.
Jesus said, "Ask and you shall receive," which is my own testimony. That is, raised by an atheist, I heard the gospel for the first time at age 17 through a Catholic movie about Jesus. Shortly thereafter, I walked onto the lawn of a church one night, looked up at the cross on the steeple, and prayed my first prayer, "Is there Jesus? I would like to meet Him!" When I met Christ, all heaven filled my soul and it felt like my heart was made out of gold. I have been great friends with Christ ever since.
However, Catholics teach that baptism and communion are necessary for salvation - all with no assurance of salvation. That said, in 45 years, I have not had even one second of doubt that I know the Lord and am bound for heaven - not even for a second. The Apostle Paul wrote, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10.13)." Yet, Catholics teach, "Whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord, is baptized, and partakes of communion might be saved." Which is the true gospel? Paul wrote that whoever preaches a different gospel should be accursed.
Christ died on a Cross so that, just by asking, we can know God. Adding any other condition to being saved is to pollute the pure beauty of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
You need to correct yourself, don't say what the church teaches, but say : we go by what the holy scriptures teaches.
I think she is right. Church Teachings exist in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
The catholic faith is founded on 3 pillars : the magisterum (teaching) of the church, the sacred scriptures, and the apostolic succession. please when you don't have a clue just check don't assume the others suppose to abide by your point of vue or what you believe in!!
@@paulericn.mouafo6610 so why Catholics go by the church catholism teachings, that Doctrine is not from the holy scriptures, no Catholic church was dedicated in the name of Jesus Christ, all Catholic Church have names of man or a woman, but not of God
@@paulericn.mouafo6610 the Doctrine of Jesus Christ will destroy the catholism Dogma!
Well when the holy scriptures can teach just about anything you would want them to by highlighting some verse or another, teaching what the holy scriptures teach, doesn’t ensure errorlessness.
What happen to Catholics Theologians? Are they sleeping or on vacation.
Catholics "DO NOT KNOW THE HOLY BIBLE TODAY". Shame on you Catholics Bible scholars and Theologians.
Christ has left the Catholic Church.
Catholics lost their treasures of Faith.
My question is how can you be an apologetic when you only teach catholism dogma something that is not biblical inclined, and not backed up by scripture versed?
And you aren't aware that you bow to a dogma of the "sola scriptura" hence the scriptures are the only deposit of the faith.. check it again and you'll have your eyes open. Jesus never wrote a book neither all Apostle so wake up.
@@paulericn.mouafo6610 The Doctrine of Jesus Christ will destroy the catholism dogma!
@@juliorivera870 it's your dream keep dreaming.. and remember MT 16,18 ... the door of hell shall never prevail on the church founded Christ himself. This vain controversy isn't the only one the church has endured and survived over the ages.
@@paulericn.mouafo6610 the gates of hell is catholism dogma, and it has prevailed , by a false doctrine.
@@juliorivera870 Keep convince yourself of heretic toughts it's none of my business though... i also suggest you to hang on with your fellow bigotry anti catholic groups to chew up your heretic and hatred vomit together. Adios !
How can you say: that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ, none of the early Catholics Churches were dedicated to the founder - I never seen a Catholics church called- the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ,. They only dedicated them to saints or Popes, in this I know is not the church of Jesus Christ.
@julio rivera
Julio,
Jesus founded ONE CHURCH only. It was not "bible alone" or "me and my bible" church. It was a sacramental Church that will exist forever until the end of times, because Jesus promised it.
If you ever go to Mass, you'll learn who is the center of our worship. I suggest you stop reading your own anti Catholic material and drawing conclusions from it; they'll be wrong.
Start, if you seek to be honest, by informing yourself thoroughly from our very detailed Catholic Catechism available online. Maybe then you will understand something about the truth.
May God bless your discernment.
@@joecastillo8798 Jesus founded christianity, the Jerusalem church was judism, read Acts 11:20 to 26 the first church was Christian not Catholic, Orthodox was first, then the Catholic Church became the first Protestants of the Orthodox Church, I am Christian like the first christians, the Catholic Church wants to convert people to Catholicism, we want to convert Catholicism to christianity. The Catholic Church have to get rid of DOGMA, this is a false doctrine.
@@juliorivera870
Julio,
Jesus founded a Church built on Peter. That Church was catholic by the command of Christ who said to His Apostles to go to the whole world.
THERE IS ONLY ONE CHURCH FOUNDED BY CHRIST. NOT, MANY DIVISIONS.
So you know, a sect is a piece broken from the whole. The Catholic Church is the whole and the proof is beyond reproach. In contrast, Martin Luther and his "reformation" in the 16th century is a piece broken from the whole; from there, many thousands of pieces were broken off in the form of protestant, "bible only", churches and sects, like your own, which today number more than 60,000 around the world.
I hope you can begin to understand the state you're in which is not the will of God. A Holy Will, clearly expressed in Holy Scriptures.
MATHEW 7, 21-24
21. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who DOES THE WILL of my Father who is in heaven.
WHAT IS GOD'S WILL?
Read very carefully in:
MATTHEW 16:18-19
18. And I tell YOU, YOU are PETER, and on THIS ROCK I will BUILD MY CHURCH, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. .
19. I will GIVE YOU the KEYS of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you BIND on earth shall be BOUND in HEAVEN, and whatever you LOOSE on earth shall be LOOSED in HEAVEN.”
JESUS FULL AUTHORITY CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN ONE CHURCH:
MATTHEW 18:17
17. If he refuses to listen to them, TELL THE CHURCH. If he refuses to listen EVEN TO THE CHURCH, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
18. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
ONLY ONE CHURCH HAS THE TRUTH AS EXPRESSED IN:
JOHN 16, 13
13. When the SPIRIT of TRUTH comes, He WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL THE TRUTH; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
1 TIMOTHY 3:15
15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is THE CHURCH of the living God, THE PILLAR and FOUNDATION OF THE TRUTH.
JESUS WANTS UNITY NOT DIVISION
JOHN 17:20-23
20. “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,
21. that THEY MAY ALL BE ONE; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that THEY MAY BE ONE even AS WE ARE ONE,
23. I in them and thou in me, that they may BECOME PERFECTLY ONE, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.
ONE MAGISTERIUM SPEAKS FOR HIM
LUKE 10:16
16. “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
UNITY WITH HIM, IN HIS BODY THE CHURCH, IS FOREVER!
MATTHEW 28:19-20
19. Therefore go and make disciples of ALL NATIONS (Catholic), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20. and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded YOU. And surely I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, to the very end of the age.”
UNITY IS PERFECTION!
JOHN 17:20-23
20. “I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word,
21. that THEY MAY ALL BE ONE; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
22. The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that THEY MAY BE ONE even AS WE ARE ONE,
23. I in them and thou in me, that they may BECOME PERFECTLY ONE, so that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved them even as thou hast loved me.
ONLY ONE MAGISTERIUM IN ONE BODY SPEAKS FOR HIM:
LUKE 10:16
16. “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.
UNITY WITH CHRIST STARTED IN APOSTOLIC TIMES, CONTINUES TROUGHOUT THE AGES AND WILL BE FOREVER, AS PROMISED BY JESUS IN:
MATTHEW 28:19-20
19. Therefore go and make disciples of ALL NATIONS (Catholic), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20. and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded YOU. And surely I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE.”
●Throughout this journey Jesus is constantly at our side. NOT ONCE DID HE LEAVE HIS ONE TRUE CHURCH.
Do you know why?
BECAUSE JESUS GAVE HIS WORD!
That's why you can read, 10 years after The Apostle John's death, the following words from a Bishop appointed by Peter who became a martyr by orders of the emperor Trajan. Said Bishop, Ignatius of Antioch, wrote seven letters. Here is an excerpt from his letter to the Smyrneans written in 107AD
Chapter 8.
Let nothing be done without the bishop
▪︎See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever JESUS CHRIST IS, there is the CATHOLIC CHURCH. It is not lawful without the bishop either to baptize or to celebrate a love-feast; but whatsoever he shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.
May God bless your discernment.
@@joecastillo8798 I go to a Christian Church, the disciples were Christians not Catholics, the problem comes from people believing in a church doctrine, we Christians believe in God's holyscritures, his word is the last authority, you believe in the DOGMA of the church, this is Division, christianity and the holyscritures is not Division, why don't you mention all the divisions of all the Catholic sets. If we all go by the Bible and we all are Christians, there should be no division, Catholics are a division from christianity.
@@juliorivera870
Julio,
You go to a church founded by a man, in recent times, with no apostolic authority and listen to his teachings. Right?
I ask you:
Do you accept his teachings or instructions as valid for your life?
If you do, you should know that "teaching" or "instruction" mean "doctrine". That's what the word imply. So you also are a follower of doctrines of a man.
Though well intentioned, your pastor's instructions, explanations and conclusions have no guarantee of truth. Therefore, they will never be dogmatic.
Do you know why?
Because, a dogma is an essential teaching or thought that is absolutely certain and can never be doubted in your church.
The question is: Do you believe that what your pastor teaches is the truth?
If you do, then you accept that what he is teaching you is a "dogma" that you wholeheartedly believe and will never doubt.
I am eager to know your understanding
You also mentioned that you believe in Holy Scriptures because, I presume, you accept it as the "Word of God". I do believe the Bible is the "Word of God", but I have a good reason to believe that. What's your good reason?
I'll wait for your answer.
God bless.
You already hit the nail on the head, you said Catholics believes, and not the doctrine of Christ, Catholics preach Christ & worship statues of saints, then you said Christians are confuse.🤔
Christ founded the christianity, not Catholics.this denomination came later on.
Show where is it in the Bible with accurate analyses.
This is just false. Many Bishops from before Constantine was even thought of (which is what I presume you are talking about, the myth that Constantine founded the Church and not Jesus) claimed to be Catholic. Peter was the first Pope, appointed by Jesus Christ.
@@boopbeepbop154 Jesus never said to Petros you are a pope, but only a pebble, Jesus is the PETRA The ROCK of the christian church, not catholicism dogma roman doctine
@@juliorivera870 then who was the first Pope?
@@boopbeepbop154 the holy scriptures never said to have a pope, this is only catholicism dogma roman doctine,, don't you know that Jesus Christ is our high priest, according to catholicism dogma the pope is Christ in the Vatican
Apologetics - Having to explain why so many of your Roman doctrines do not match the Bible ( the word of God). Don't believe bible based christianity has any need for apologetics.
As she said in the video, apologetics IS Biblical, in fact we are COMMANDED to be apologists (1 Peter 3:15)
"Masters degree in Theology "? yet this woman failed to understand,that Apostle Paul did not permit woman to teach,but to keep silent.
1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
1 Corinthians 14:34 KJV
Wake up!There is no catholic church in the bible 👎
the Church of the Apostles according to Paul was the Church of God.
(See. 1 Corinthians 15:9 KJV)
The Catholic Church is the Church of God.
@@frekigeri4317I'm sorry to tell you ,youre stupid!
Fyi, The Catholic church started only in AD 381 ( late 4th Century ) under the name
👉"The One holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" ( Catholic Church),👎❌
Mind you!
The first Century Church which was preached by Apostle Paul is
👉 the Church of God
Galatians 1:13 KJV
1 Cor. 1:1-2 KJV
Acts 20:28
1 Thessalonians 2:14.
The Church of God is "the Pillars and ground of the truth " 👉1 Timothy 3:5;15 KJV.
Fyi ,mind you ! Apostle Paul died between AD 67-68 under the reign of Emp. Nero.
The first 50 copies (" copies") of the bible was commissioned in Rome by Eusebius ,in AD 331.
So how come the Catholic Church is the Church of God?
I'm sorry to tell you ,you're a fool ,
Mind you,! the Title (the believe in) the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church ( Catholic Church)
Is not even found in the original Nicene Creed
( Apostle Creed) In the First Council of Nicea in AD 325.
The Title only Appeared in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan
Creed in AD 381 ( late 4th Century) losers ! 😊👎❌
If the Lord is so apparent then why would apologists be needed?
The devil often tries to deceive, so to convert souls that fell in his trap we must defend our faith to convert them back to truth. As she said in the video, apologetics is essentially evangelization.
Good
Many errors are there in the talk. Small portions are taken and put out of context.