Did Jesus Found the Catholic Church?
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2021
- There are literally hundreds of denominations of Christians out there, all claiming to teach on the authority of Christ. It's absolutely ridiculous. So how does the Catholic Church think that what it is doing is any different? Simple: Apostolic Succession.
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This priest demonstrates that it's possible to educate without insulting or demeaning other faiths. Deo gratias...
It is not insulting or demeaning of other faiths to point out the truth or else how will they ever learn the truth?
@@Anon.5216 facts
Only reason he isnt insulting and demeaning, is because its a controlled environment,all questions and answers in advance. Thus he is never facing any opposition with truth and facts and evidence, then youll see his dark side, when you step on his idols toes.
@@michaelf6705 What are you talking about? Explain what you mean by fact stepping on his “idols toes”(sic)
@@alevan5714 First you tell me what you consider an Idol to be , if you answer proper youll have your answer.
I began at the Catholic Church last year - becoming a full member this Easter vigil. This channel was HUGELY beneficial in helping me on my journey. I felt at home immediately my first mass. I found christ by this great and beautiful church.
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aye man, this easter i went to a vigil w my Catholic grandparents. Am now going to my first RCIA meeting tomorrow and am beyond excited to join this church next year, this channel has been a major help for me as well:))
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I have found myself drawing ever closer to Catholicism and have made the decision that Yes I wish to be Catholic and im grateful for finding this channel. God bless everyone
God bless you After reading the fathers of the church and other first and second century writings. I know that the Catholic Church is the church that Jesus founded. Reading through the Bible it’s easy to identify now all the components of the Catholic Church, even Saint Paul, calling himself a father in Christ Jesus, though the church makes mistakes I still want to be in Jesus‘s church, and I will continue to pray for his church…. he just sent us a beautiful sign in the incorrupt body of a very holy nun ….such a beautiful story of her life. If you talk to Jesus in the tabernacle where his heart lies your faith will just take off. He wants to be loved every day, every minute. Enjoy your journey with Christ, our Lord and Savior.
@@lindap.5194 Thank you and God bless you
I strongly recommend you research Orthodoxy.
God gives you freedom of choice, bow to the pope or bow at the foot of Calvary , but if you read this on judgment day you will never be able to say you didnt now your choice
@@michaelf6705 I strongly recommend you research orthodoxy.
Born and raised Catholic I am Italian live in Aitralia .Blessed . Be God forever Ame ❤️
As a non Catholic seeing him nerd out on succession was actually pretty cool. Like someone getting excited about filling in a family tree going back generations.
The first Christians had no doubts about how to determine which was the true Church and which doctrines the true teachings of Christ. The test was simple: Just trace the apostolic succession of the claimants.
Apostolic succession is the line of bishops stretching back to the apostles. All over the world, all Catholic bishops are part of a lineage that goes back to the time of the apostles.
The role of apostolic succession in preserving true doctrine is illustrated in the Bible. To make sure that the apostles’ teachings would be passed down after the deaths of the apostles, Paul told Timothy, “What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2). In this passage he refers to the first three generations of apostolic succession-his own generation, Timothy’s generation, and the generation Timothy will teach.
“Through countryside and city [the apostles] preached, and they appointed their earliest converts, testing them by the Spirit, to be the bishops and deacons of future believers. Nor was this a novelty, for bishops and deacons had been written about a long time earlier. . . . Our apostles knew through our Lord Jesus Christ that there would be strife for the office of bishop. For this reason, therefore, having received perfect foreknowledge, they appointed those who have already been mentioned and afterwards added the further provision that, if they should die, other approved men should succeed to their ministry”- Pope Clement I (Letter to the Corinthians 42:4-5, 44:1-3 [A.D. 80]
“When I had come to Rome, I [visited] Anicetus, whose deacon was Eleutherus. And after Anicetus [died], Soter succeeded, and after him Eleutherus. In each succession and in each city there is a continuance of that which is proclaimed by the law, the prophets, and the Lord”- St. Hegesippus (Memoirs, cited in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 4:22 [A.D. 180]
“But since it would be too long to enumerate in such a volume as this the successions of all the churches, we shall confound all those who, in whatever manner, whether through self-satisfaction or vainglory, or through blindness and wicked opinion, assemble other than where it is proper, by pointing out here the successions of the bishops of the greatest and most ancient church known to all, founded and organized at Rome by the two most glorious apostles, Peter and Paul-that church which has the tradition and the faith with which comes down to us after having been announced to men by the apostles. For with this Church, because of its superior origin, all churches must agree, that is, all the faithful in the whole world. And it is in her that the faithful everywhere have maintained the apostolic tradition”- St. Irenaeus (Against Heresies 3:3:2 [A.D. 189]
“But if there be any [heresies] which are bold enough to plant [their origin] in the midst of the apostolic age, that they may thereby seem to have been handed down by the apostles, because they existed in the time of the apostles, we can say: Let them produce the original records of their churches; let them unfold the roll of their bishops, running down in due succession from the beginning in such a manner that [their first] bishop shall be able to show for his ordainer and predecessor some one of the apostles or of apostolic men-a man, moreover, who continued steadfast with the apostles. For this is the manner in which the apostolic churches transmit their registers: as the church of Smyrna, which records that Polycarp was placed therein by John; as also the church of Rome, which makes Clement to have been ordained in like manner by Peter” - Tertullian (Demurrer Against the Heretics 32 [A.D. 200]
“The Church is one, and as she is one, cannot be both within and without. For if she is with [the heretic] Novatian, she was not with [Pope] Cornelius. But if she was with Cornelius, who succeeded the bishop [of Rome], Fabian, by lawful ordination, and whom, beside the honor of the priesthood the Lord glorified also with martyrdom, Novatian is not in the Church; nor can he be reckoned as a bishop, who, succeeding to no one, and despising the evangelical and apostolic tradition, sprang from himself. For he who has not been ordained in the Church can neither have nor hold to the Church in any way” - St. Cyprian (Letters 69[75]:3 [A.D. 253]
“There are many other things which most properly can keep me in [the Catholic Church’s] bosom. The unanimity of peoples and nations keeps me here. Her authority, inaugurated in miracles, nourished by hope, augmented by love, and confirmed by her age, keeps me here. The succession of priests, from the very see of the apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after his resurrection, gave the charge of feeding his sheep [John 21:15-17], up to the present episcopate, keeps me here”- St. Augustine (Against the Letter of Mani Called “The Foundation” 4:5 [A.D. 397]
I find it difficult to agree with the unbroken line of succession. First Paul was succeeded by Peter and then a break until 312 ad when Emporer Constatine held the Council of Nicea, are you suggesting that Peter lived beyond 312 Ad, I think not. Then there is the issue of who attended and defined who was who in the zoo. What about the Eastern Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox. I was raised Catholic, baptised, confirmation, first communion, Catholic School, but all I see is attempts to force people to comply with a man made organisation, no different to all the other denominations. Rather than relying on being coerced into following what they are trying to enforce, much better to learn the actual history, suddenly the issue is nowhere near as clear as the Catholic Church would have us believe. I haven't even touched on the issue of the books included or excluded in the Holy Bible.
@@notsocrazyjohn5348 read Rich Lopez’s response, Paragraph 6. Clement is ordained by Peter according to Tertullian Against the Heretics 32 [200 A.D.]. What are you talking about?
@@notsocrazyjohn5348I'm paraphrasing here but I too was raised Catholic. Baptized as a baby, and confirmed at the age of 13... And I stopped going when I was 18 because I realized I was indoctrinated into it by my parents. Everything you've touched on are all contributing factors on why I didn't go back to the RCC when I came to a saving faith.
Early Christian writings
Peter’s Successors
IRENAEUS
“The blessed apostles [Peter and Paul], having founded and built up the church [of Rome] . . . handed over the office of the episcopate to Linus” (Against Heresies 3:3:3 [A.D. 189]).
TERTULLIAN
“[T]his is the way in which the apostolic churches transmit their lists: like the church of the Smyrneans, which records that Polycarp was placed there by John, like the church of the Romans, where Clement was ordained by Peter” (Demurrer Against the Heretics 32:2 [A.D. 200]).
THE LITTLE LABYRINTH
“Victor . . . was the thirteenth bishop of Rome from Peter” (The Little Labyrinth [A.D. 211], in Eusebius, Church History 5:28:3).
CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE
“The Lord says to Peter: ‘I say to you,’ he says, ‘that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. … ’ [Matt. 16:18]. On him [Peter] he builds the Church, and to him he gives the command to feed the sheep [John 21:17], and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair [cathedra], and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. . . . If someone [today] does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he imagine that he still holds the faith? If he [should] desert the chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, can he still be confident that he is in the Church?” (The Unity of the Catholic Church 4; first edition [A.D. 251]).
“Cornelius was made bishop by the decision of God and of his Christ, by the testimony of almost all the clergy, by the applause of the people then present, by the college of venerable priests and good men, at a time when no one had been made [bishop] before him-when the place of [Pope] Fabian, which is the place of Peter, the dignity of the sacerdotal chair, was vacant. Since it has been occupied both at the will of God and with the ratified consent of all of us, whoever now wishes to become bishop must do so outside. For he cannot have ecclesiastical rank who does not hold to the unity of the Church” (Letters 55:[52]):8 [A.D. 253]).
“With a false bishop appointed for themselves by heretics, they dare even to set sail and carry letters from schismatics and b.asphemers to the chair of Peter and to the principal church [at Rome], in which sacerdotal unity has its source” (ibid., 59:14).
EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA
“Paul testifies that Crescens was sent to Gaul [2 Tim. 4:10], but Linus, whom he mentions in the Second Epistle to Timothy [2 Tim. 4:21] as his companion at Rome, was Peter’s successor in the episcopate of the church there, as has already been shown. Clement also, who was appointed third bishop of the church at Rome, was, as Paul testifies, his co-laborer and fellow-soldier [Phil. 4:3]” (Church History 3:4:9-10 [A.D. 312]).
POPE JULIUS I
“[The] judgment [against Athanasius] ought to have been made, not as it was, but according to the ecclesiastical canon. . . . Are you ignorant that the custom has been to write first to us and then for a just decision to be passed from this place [Rome]? If, then, any such suspicion rested upon the bishop there [Athanasius of Alexandria], notice of it ought to have been written to the church here. But now, after having done as they pleased, they want to obtain our concurrence, although we never condemned him. Not thus are the constitutions of Paul, not thus the traditions of the Fathers. This is another form of procedure, and a novel practice. . . . What I write about this is for the common good. For what we have heard from the blessed apostle Peter, these things I signify to you” (Letter on Behalf of Athanasius [A.D. 341], contained in Athanasius, Apology Against the Arians 20-35).
i was a raised catholic and quartine made me mentally ill and while i was mentally ill i was lied to about the catholic church and believed them i was influenced during a time when i was weak a year later i am proud to admit that i am back to a mentally stable place and am proud to be considered a catholic again
I’m happy you’re doing better, God bless you ❤️
mind control
Are you guilty of debauchery?
Hahahaha!!! Great comedy here
@@michaelmoran9532
Do you realise how many were killed by misguided Jesuits all in the name of stupid catholic Church?
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Pride goes before a fall! A fall is coming soon! 😮
I am from India and I really like your presentation regarding Catholic practice.
Namaste!
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St. Thomas apostle is Jesus's missionary to the people in India.
I'm a Catholic from Africa, God bless you for making videos like this.
Both the oldest churches, the Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church, believes in Marian devotion, praying to saints, real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, Apostolic succession(ik SOME Protestant denominations too believe in Apostolic succession), etc..
So it's just ridiculous to say that Catholic and Orthodox churches aren't Christian.
I hate it when so many people teach that these stuffs are unbiblical
Misleading is not the correct word to describe such statements. It's pure nonsense, it's even stupid to think that... Not even worthy to discuss it.
Actually, there are four lines in total that have a legitimate line all the way to Jesus : the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, mentioned above and the two smaller lines of the Oriental Orthodox Church and the Churches of the East. Some of these churches have already returned to full communion with the Catholic Church, the coptic Catholic Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Eritrean Catholic Church, and the armenian Catholic Church are from the line of Oriental orthodox and the chaldean Catholic Church and syro-malabar Catholic Church are from the line of the churches of the East
@@baleriusoraprinceps9884 Yes that's correct
@@philipgligorov5848 yes, but the orthodox church broke away from the catholic church, not the other way around..away from Jssuss imprimatur.
@@nosuchthing8 Both churches broke away from each other. It is just the fact that the catholic has the highest rank of bishop, the roman bishop so, the highest authority stayed in it. Fun fact, my father is orthodox and my mother is catholic 🤗
As a protestant I love watching your videos. Catholicism always felt weird to me. I guess my feeling was always that the catholic church was lost in tradition to a point were scripture became secondary. Your videos really help me see how this perspective is not true and what importance the tradition itself holds. Personally I love the simplicity of protestantism. Here is the scripture, here is a church building. Just sitting in a big empty room with nothing but an altar, a cross and the word of God. However orthodox churches and catholic churches emit an ancient, golden (litterally, lol) warmth which I guess is kind of symbolic for them. I guess as a Protestant we sometimes forget the importance of tradition
Catholicism is heresy so I left
Scripture isnt secundary for the Catholic Church, but Christ has given to the our church authority to decide beyond the scriptures. Why ? Because our church exists before the Bible, many books of the Bible are letters from Paul and other apostles to many of our churches around the old world. It makes sense for Protestants to believe in Sola Scripture since all denominations were founded more than 1 thousand years after the Bible was composed. But it was the Catholic Church who collected all the gospels and other holy books written by the disciples of Christ to form the Bible, and so it wouldn’t make sense to say that the Catholic Church’s authority comes from the Bible, it comes from before it, it comes from the Apostles.
@@icarojose6316the Eastern Orthodox would disagree with which church is truly “the” Church. Unfortunately the history is extremely messy and I don’t think from a factual historical perspective we will ever know.
@@richardrobertson1886 if you pray the prayers in Ephesians 1:16-23 and Ephesians 3:14-21 for yourself ( Paul prayed them for believers), God will open your Spiritual eyes. Praying these prayers is like getting a doctorate in Theology! The two times I prayed them 360 times in a year, the revelation was life altering.
@vivalibertasergovivitel...
You are ignoring our Lord's clear teaching.
Nowhere in Scripture is there a teaching from Him or His Apostles called: "Sola Scriptura" or "Bible alone"; such doctrine was invented by the man called Luther in 1520.
On the other hand Jesus, who is God, says:
▪︎MATTHEW 16:15-19
15. Jesus said to them: But whom do you say that I am?
16. Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.
17. And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
18. And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build MY CHURCH, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
MY CHURCH = JUST ONE!
For such important assignment, our Lord provides a permanent guarantee to His Shepherd, which will be carried forward throughout the centuries for the constant benefit of His one Church until the end of times.
▪︎LUKE 22:31-32
31. And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.
32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
Jesus proceeds to permanently guarantee the truth for His one Church, by sanctifying them with it:
▪︎JOHN 17:17-19
17. Sanctify them in TRUTH. Your word is TRUTH.
18. Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
19. And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in TRUTH.
Therefore, any DIVISION occurring because of the practice of the unbiblical and man-made doctrine of "Sola Scriptura", opposed to His Will, is not covered under Christ's guarantee of truth.
In the New Testament we further learn when Jesus founds His Church, Peter will not be alone; he will be accompanied by eleven Apostles who, after their death, would also be replaced by chosen successors who will inherit "Shepherd", or episcopal authority, through the same biblical method of imposition of hands, as described in Acts and in the Old Testament.
It is therefore an irrefutable argument when St. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit and with full apostolic authority, declares where a Christian must go for TRUTH:
▪︎1TIMOTHY 3:15
15. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE PILLAR AND FOUNDATION OF TRUTH.
It is quite telling, the word "Church" expressed by Paul is in the singular, never once did our Lord mentions separate, "personal", churches made by unauthorized individuals, usurping Apostolic authority by "creating" their own doctrines while existing in constant divisions against the Will of God.
God is truth! Therefore, fullness of truth is essential and manifested in complete unity with the one Church Jesus founded and built on Peter:
▪︎JOHN 17:21-23
21. so that they MAY ALL BE ONE, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
22. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may BE ONE, as WE ARE ONE,
23. I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to PERFECTION AS ONE, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.
There's no other choice.
Unity is divine, division is of the Devil, "the divider".
May God bless your discernment.
Jesus said no man come to the father, but through me. And he is the only one that can forgive our sins.
My wife is an avid genealogist and has found that almost all of the genealogical records disappear around 1600 to 1500 too.
I have just started tracing my family and so far I am finding that this is true.
My grandmother (God rest her soul) dud a geneology for one branch of our family and the records end around the same time period for us.
Before this, heraldry may take us farther back as it was a de facto standard in times when few could read or write following the fall of Rome.
But the highest Nobel families have reliable genealogies much older.
In the case of priests, I think it's likely that they simply didn't care to record it. They probably just didn't think it was all that interesting until the enlightenment and the advent of modern academic history.
@@DallasMay I contend that would be unlikely. Modem genetic studies show that around 1:50 to 1:20 fathers of records are not biological fathers. English common law actually defines the father as the lawful husband of the mother. The has never been much weight to biological connections as appose to social. And as is today: families routinely adopted peoples into them as children and adults. The genealogy is mostly a social construct. With regard the Roman Catholic Church they have never had a compete record of who have been Popes. In the early Middle Ages there were numerous succession crisis, wars and drama with pretender popes and folk rewriting records to justify claim.
The issue of Apostolic succession is one of Faith. Christians don’t not need to evidence to worship or practice their faith.
@@russellmiles2861 First, we have a bit of a different definition of what constitutes accurate genealogy. I would personally absolutely accept legal adoption as legitimate lineage, not just biological heredity.
And I have no issue with Apostolic succession as faith. No problem with that at all. Heck, on faith I believe a 1st century Judean lady had a virgin birth and the guy would later rise from the dead, am I really going to quibble that much on Apostolic succession? In fact, I would say the tradition of Apostolic Succession going all the way back to the actual 12 Apostles is pretty plausible in comparison. But the question in the video was not one of faith, but of proof. And the proof answer was a hard "No". In fact, the evidence he presented suggests other wise to me. That tradition of Apostolic succession as we know it was probably added much later.
That said, if we are going to talk about Apostolic authority, I would rather talk about why the Church doesn't recognize that the Apostle Paul recognized and recorded women apostles in the early church? If we accept apostolic succession, when did it stop being egalitarian?
So blessed to be found by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ , words can’t describe it ! From Islam to Protestant to the one holy apostolic Catholic faith/Church. JMJ
God our Lord bless you my brother in Christ! :-)
How wonderfully amazing! You were truly seeking God and he revealed himself to you:)
Hi friend
two emperior of pagan Rome is our lord
For it was Constantine who paved the rd for the catholic church and justinian of pagan Rome who seated a pope at the throne of Caesar of the catholic faith
Jesus didn't do that
That would be against the nature of our lord Jesus christ
Jesus fought against that throne and its way
@@echoofthevoiceinthewildern3008 so what happened to the church of christ? Before Constantine and after?
Kudos to you for your effort and sacrifices to look for the Truth.
Amen. Beautiful presentation. Two years ago I was part of the Protestant Church. Today I am living the most peaceful and amazing experience in all my life.
Consistency and strong core beliefs is what attracted me to Catholicism. My gosh, 19 different Baptists faiths? There is a church for everything out there but the Catholic Church has been around since Jesus' time and I really like the way this guy explains everything!
About the catholic church: Change the Sabbath"
Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her,- she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority."- "A Doctrinal Catechism," by Rev. Stephen Keenan, page 174.
"The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of the old law."- Kansas City Catholic, Feb. 9, 1893.
"The Catholic Church, . . . by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday."- Catholic Mirror, official organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"Ques.- Which is the Sabbath day?
"Ans.- Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"Ques.- Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
"Ans.- We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A. D. 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday ."- "The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine," by Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R.., page 50, third edition, 1913, a work which received the "apostolic blessing" of Pope Pius X, Jan. 25, 1910.
What was done at the Council of Laodicea was but one of the steps by which the change or the Sabbath was effected. The date usually given for this council is 364 A. D.
Well... not really. The catholics believe that they have apostolic succession and that st peter was the first catholic pope. However, most churches that claim to be the one true church make a similar claim.
@@blackfalcon1324 Peter could NOT be the first "Pope"!!
Apostles to select another apostle to replace Judas: One of the twelve was Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus to His enemies. In agony of conscience, Judas hanged himself (Matthew 27:5). Thus, when Jesus returned to heaven, He left behind only eleven apostles.
Some days later, the remaining apostles were in Jerusalem praying with Jesus’ mother, His brothers, and other believers. The group totaled about 120 (Acts 1:12-26). Simon Peter addressed the group and told them that Psalm 69:25 predicted Judas’ desertion and Psalm 109:8 predicted that the defector’s place among the apostles should be filled. The apostleship must fall to someone else.
6. Peter proposed choosing a new apostle and set the qualifications. Not everyone could be considered for an apostleship.
6A. Candidates needed to have been with Jesus during the whole three years that Jesus was among them.
6B. That is, he needed to be an eyewitness of Jesus’ baptism when the Heavenly Father validated Jesus’ person and work. He needed to have heard Jesus’ life-changing teachings
6C. and been present to see His healings and other miracles.
6D. Prospective apostles had to witnessed Jesus sacrifice Himself on the cross and to have seen Jesus walk, talk, and eat among the disciples again after His resurrection. These were the pivotal facts of Jesus’ life, the heart of the message they were to teach, and personal witnesses were required to verify the truth of the good news.
The prayer group in Jerusalem nominated two who met these qualifications for apostleship: Joseph Barsabbas and Matthias. Then the disciples asked God to guide them to know which one was to fill the post. Using a method of determining God’s will that was common at that time, they cast lots, thus giving God freedom to make His choice clear. The lot fell to Matthias, and he became the twelfth apostle.
NO ONE after John was qualified to be an apostle!!! Absolutely NO scripture claiming , Linus, xii; Anencletus [Cletus], xii; ) Clement, ix; . They were the only ones alive at the time of Jesus to be qualified to be an apostle.
***Is there a Linus in the Bible?
Linus is only mentioned once in the Bible in 2 Timothy 4:21. He's mentioned in a string of names, not even as a standout name. Some of the names that accompany his include Pudens and Claudia. Since he barely gets a shoutout, it may seem weird that we'd even focus on him today.
---2 Timothy 4:21 King James Version (KJV)
Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
NOT A POPE!!!
****Anencletus [Cletus]----Born c. AD 25. THat would have made him age 9 when Jesus died!!!!
NOT A POPE!!!
----Saint (Pope) Clement: The name is mentioned in Philippians 4:3 but there is no way to connect this Clement with the Church Father known as “Saint Clement of Rome,” ...
----Is Pope Clement mentioned in the Bible?
Clement of Rome - Wikipedia
A tradition that began in the 3rd and 4th century, has identified him as the Clement in 4 bce.
Herod (born 73 bce-died March/April, 4 bce, Jericho, Judaea) Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37-4 bce), who built many fortresses, aqueducts, theatres, and other public buildings and generally raised the prosperity of his land but who was the centre of political and family intrigues in his later years.
THe Clement that Paul mentioned in Philippians 4:3, a fellow laborer in Christ.
NOT A POPE!!! Born c. 35 AD.
Definitely NOT born yet to see Jesus at ant time!!!
>>>The title Pope was introduced by the 38th Pope St Siricius in 384 AD. It was Papa (Father) which is English for Pope.
How could Peter be the Pope in 60AD or so, when that title was not even used until 384AD????
Just another Catholic tradition ,(lie).
>>>>Here's what I know about Catholicism:There are no priests in the New Testament, there are no altars, there are no sacrifices, there are no scapulars, there are no mitre, there are no orders of monks, there are no nuns, there are no bishops in the sense of the Roman Catholic church, there is no monarchical episcopate, there are no popes.
>>>>>>>Peter in Jerusalem---
Galatians 1:18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas(Peter) and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles-only James, the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
Peter to Jerusalem-------Paul to Rome.
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WAS PETER EVER IN ROME? READ ROMANS 16, WRITTEN FROM ROME BY PAUL. PAUL LISTS 27 PEOPLE. PETER WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
ABOUT 80-90 A.D. PETER WROTE TWO EPISTLES (NEAR THE END OF THE NEW TESTAMENT), A TOTAL OF 8 CHAPTERS AND NEVER MENTIONED ONE TIME THAT HE WAS A “POPE” OR THAT THERE WAS A “CATHOLIC CHURCH.” DID THE HOLY SPIRIT AND PETER FORGET TO TELL US SOMETHING IMPORTANT OR IS SUCH SIMPLY NOT TRUE???
Jesus did not appoint Peter to the headship of the apostles and forbade any such notion (Matthew 20:20-28; Luke 22:24-26; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:11).
What is the message of 1 Peter 3 13?
13 If with heart and soul you're doing good, do you think you can be stopped? 14 Even if you suffer for it, you're still better off. Don't give the opposition a second thought. 15 Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master.
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Note: Nor is there any mention in Scripture, nor in history, that Peter ever was in Rome, much less that he was pope there for 25 years. Clement, 3rd bishop of Rome, remarks that “there is no real 1st century evidence that Peter ever was in Rome.”
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>Apostle Peter was a Galileen Jew,so if he is the 1st Pope then he is going against jesus commandment " call no man on earth Father or teacher".-
How does the "Lord's Prayer" start with? "OUR FATHER Who ART in HEAVEN".
Not on Earth!!!!
>>>>>>>Although Peter recognized himself as an apostle (see, e.g., 1 Pet. 1:1; 2 Pet. 1:1), he never claimed a superior title, rank, or privilege over the other apostles. He even referred to himself as a “fellow elder” (1 Pet. 5:1) and as “a bond-servant” of Christ (2 Pet. 1:1). Far from claiming honor and homage for himself, he soberly warns his fellow elders to guard against lording it over those under their pastoral care (1 Pet. 5:3). The only glory he claimed for himself was that which is shared by all believers and which is yet “to be revealed, … when the Chief Shepherd appears” (vv. 1, 4).
>>>St. Peter address himself as elder in 1 Peter 5:1 and 2 Peter 3:2 as apostle.
1 Peter 5:1 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed:
2 Peter 3:2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy >>>>prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
FACT: When did Peter die in the Bible?
Peter is believed to have died as a martyr for his faith. Although his death is not described in Scripture, numerous writers of the time (or shortly thereafter) described his death as having occurred in Rome during the reign of the emperor Nero in 64 CE.
So, what about this?
Tradition has it that the Apostle Peter ordained Ignatius as bishop of Antioch in AD 69.
Five years AFTER Peter died Ignatius was ordained by Peter???
>>>>WAS PETER EVER IN ROME? READ ROMANS 16, WRITTEN FROM ROME BY PAUL. PAUL LISTS 27 PEOPLE. PETER WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
ABOUT 80-90 A.D. PETER WROTE TWO EPISTLES (NEAR THE END OF THE NEW TESTAMENT), A TOTAL OF 8 CHAPTERS AND NEVER MENTIONED ONE TIME THAT HE WAS A “POPE” OR THAT THERE WAS A “CATHOLIC CHURCH.” DID THE HOLY SPIRIT AND PETER FORGET TO TELL US SOMETHING IMPORTANT OR IS SUCH SIMPLY NOT TRUE???
Jesus did not appoint Peter to the headship of the apostles and forbade any such notion (Matthew 20:20-28; Luke 22:24-26; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:11).
>>>>If Peter was the first “pope” then why didn’t he say so? Why didn’t the APOSTLE (not pope) Peter simply tell us if in fact he was the first “pope”? Because the fairy tale “pope” is a myth and has nothing to do with New Testament Christianity or the true people of God.
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@@blackfalcon1324 Which comes from the book of Matthew -
@@sherriianiro747 quote---Which comes from the book of Matthew -,, unquote
ONLY when you take verses out of context. Which catholics love to do..
Thank you Father for giving me the answer I have always looked for. I am a catholic, the only one in my family, for the rest of the members of my family turned to another church, I remained constant in my belief of our catholic church and will remain till the day I die.
@@Have_a_good_day_dude and on what authority do you make this interpretation of the Bible?, on the authority of Southern Baptists?, Adventists?, Mormons? Lutherans? Anglicans? the Bible can never be interpreted alone, the church has always been responsible for interpreting the Bible for the believer, Luther had the brilliant idea of "distributing" the Bible to people, today we see the result of this, thousands of Protestant churches using the same Bible , and teaching different doctrines from each other, is God a trinity? "Jehovah's Witnesses" Disagree, Are the Dead Sleeping or Is Your Soul Conscious? Adventists disagree, is baptism a literal sacrament or just a "public representation of faith?" "Pentecostals" disagree, is the "Lord's Supper" literal or symbolic? Is the bread and wine the body and blood of Jesus or is it symbolic? the Lutheran church agrees a little with the catholic church, but the calvinists already disagree, for the baptists it is just a memorial of the death of christ. anyway, your PERSONAL interpretation of the Bible makes no difference, because it wasn't you who compiled it, it wasn't you who organized verses and chapters, it wasn't you who translated it, all this was done by leaders of the Catholic Church, so only the Catholic Church can transmit the scriptures, not people who came centuries and centuries later.
“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.” Matthew 23:9 KJV
@@bugmobile2383 so they indoctrinated you, then told you what to believe and you being a good little catholic sheeple, just lit your candle got your ashes and somehow think this pleases God, It doesnt please Him it angers Him, because in your pride or reason to not submit, but instead of trusting solely and completly on Christs shed blood add nothing for youe salvation.Bilble says study to show thyself approved rightly dividing the word of truth, paul commended the bereans because they tested his teachings to scripture, God commands we study and rome says dont, choose who you serve.
@@AntiFurry927 there is only 1 legitamacy and its the Word Of God, you should take a course in biblical hermeneutics and learn the scriptures a bit,, this well with what I see, dont cut it, because if you believe in that counterfeit Christianity, your obviously blind ,
Yes till you reach your final destination
HELL
I’m not a catholic, but I agree with everything that was said in this video. At the heart of the matter, our love for Christ unities us all, more than the issues that divide us. Perhaps these turbulent times will bring us all closer together.
Come home brother…
We will always welcome our wayward brothers in Christ back to the church
AMEN!
So are you Orthodox?
@@LukeShalz No. I'm one of those who found Christ in a small pentacostial/non-denominational church years ago. I love history so any honest inquiry in Christianity will lead you to Catholicism and the information shared in this video, regardless of church affiliation.
This young Priest Is a treasure to the Catholic Church. Fair and balanced to all faiths. “Blessed be God forever” 💗
Bravo Father, as a cradle Catholic, this video is enlightening, the one I need to defend our faith. You impartially explained the true succession in the Church. I hope in God's time all Christian faiths be assimilated into the One.True. Catholic.Apostolic Church. Make more videos like this one.
quote---One.True. Catholic.Apostolic Church.--unquote
NEVER is EVER mentioned in the Holy Bible!!!
I came into full communion with the Church at the Easter Vigil in 1999. The Baptist church of my childhood nurtured my faith and instilled in me a deep love for, and knowledge of, the Bible. In 1995, I asked myself, where did this Bible that I love and know so we’ll come from? Most certainly it did not fall from Heaven in 1611, bound in leather, and written in the king’s English. It was a fascinating, exciting, gut wrenching, four year journey that began in a little west Texas town and ended in Rome.
It came from man I was raised catholic to
@@nessaaparicio4432 The Bible came from God. If you were raised Catholic then you probably received a very lousy education in the faith , and think it simply came from man.......O'My Jesus forgive all the crappy instructions in the Catholic church and lead all souls to heaven especially those who have most need of thy mercy. Amen
It wasn't written in Latin either
Jesus did not build his church on Peter but on people receiving witness that he is the Christ. The rock Jesus is talking about is Heavenly Father revealing to them that he is the Christ.
@@selfimprovement.1925 and on what authority do you make this interpretation of the Bible?, on the authority of Southern Baptists?, Adventists?, Mormons? Lutherans? Anglicans? the Bible can never be interpreted alone, the church has always been responsible for interpreting the Bible for the believer, Luther had the brilliant idea of "distributing" the Bible to people, today we see the result of this, thousands of Protestant churches using the same Bible , and teaching different doctrines from each other, is God a trinity? "Jehovah's Witnesses" Disagree, Are the Dead Sleeping or Is Your Soul Conscious? Adventists disagree, is baptism a literal sacrament or just a "public representation of faith?" "Pentecostals" disagree, is the "Lord's Supper" literal or symbolic? Is the bread and wine the body and blood of Jesus or is it symbolic? the Lutheran church agrees a little with the catholic church, but the calvinists already disagree, for the baptists it is just a memorial of the death of christ. anyway, your PERSONAL interpretation of the Bible makes no difference, because it wasn't you who compiled it, it wasn't you who organized verses and chapters, it wasn't you who translated it, all this was done by leaders of the Catholic Church, so only the Catholic Church can transmit the scriptures, not people who came centuries and centuries later.
Father dropping facts. My historian heart loves the use of sources.
@@samcohen9769 i love this
Oh people get mad when you tell them.
@@voidremoved the verse, or the interpretation of the verse?
@@verdaniacreator A good point...and who gives an interpretation?
@@tomgreene2282
Tom,
The same Church Jesus founded, the Catholic Church, has the gift and authority of the Holy Spirit who guides Christ's only Church to all truth.
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.
Thus, St. Paul declares:
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.
May God bless your discernment.
Always a joy to listen to you. God Bkess
My brother and I were raised Southern Baptist. He married a Catholic and converted and is very happy in that Faith. I would also happily join the Catholic Church, however, I simply cannot get past the loss of traditional Southern Baptist "Gaither Gospel" style music. I also become disenchanted with many Protestant churches due to the snipping and personalities in the church, they break away and form their own church, then it divides and breaks away. I am also a big genealogy enthusiast and enjoyed the Father becoming excited trying to trace back the succession of Bishops. Nice video.
I am a Filipino and was raised catholic. When I was a child, my best friend's family were Lutheran protestants. I often go with her to their church specially during the summer when they have activities. I love their gospel songs and learned some that I still love til now.
Calvinists and Catholics are heretics.
@andythompson6874 I’ve been to Catholic Churches that enjoy playing all sorts of music, some that might give you that sort of “Gaither Gospel” feel too! Blessings 🙌🏾
They are sleeping in the grave until Jesus comes back.
----Revelation 20:4--And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (IN HEAVEN)
-----Psalm 115:17----The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
---Ecclesiastes 9:10----Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
---Job --14:10---12-- But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
------Ecclesiastes 9:5-6---For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
----Genesis 3:19--In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
----Psalm 146:4--His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
----Ecclesiastes 12:7--Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
--James 2:26---For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
--Psalm 6:5---For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
etc, etc.
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The Commandments last forever
The works of His hands are verity and justice;
All His precepts are sure. They stand fast forever and ever,
And are done in truth and uprightness. Psalm 111:7-8 NKJV
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Totally surprised to hear Primitive Baptist mentioned. That’s the tradition I grew up in. Now I’m Catholic!
You need to read the whole chapter. Jesus built his church on people believing he is the Christ and not on Peter.
@@selfimprovement.1925 NO! HE was playing word games youll understand in the greek text, he was calling peter a little stone, but when He said His church speaking of HImself as the ROCK OF GIBRALTER, the church was is and will always be founded on Christ and Him crucified.
Well ill pray for you , perhaps next we will hear that you got born again and saved by Gods Grace through Calvary.
@@selfimprovement.1925 id'iot
@@michaelf6705 No!!!, a little stone in Greek is LITHOS!!!
Heretic fool
I am so glad that this pandemic made me learn about the catholic faith and stopped wondering in protestant churches as if I didn't have a father and a mother. I am so in love with God and I am getting to know our Lady.
We should pray for our church to protect good priests
Amen. Yes the bride of Christ is under attack
@@marshallcampbell125,
The mark of the beast were the Caesars mark given unto the nation of lsrael from 67 to 70 when MATTHEW 24:29-30 took place!
The image of the beast were the popes of Rome given to spiritual lsrael “church of Christ” when she fell away to catholicism, partaking of her image, from 533 to 536, when the full grown, full blown apostasy gave us the catholic dark ages that lasted till 1453 on May 29!
The falling away of the New Testament church lasted till 1796, when Napoleon took the crown of the pope “the scarlet woman” that’s when the pope lost her husband!
L=30
A=01
T=300
E=05
I =10
N=50
O=70
S=200
Greek Numerals To The
Pope, And The False
Prophet.
@@walterlahaye2128
Walter,
Your intellect is being kidnapped by your irrational prejudice.
It is time to open your eyes on the following undeniable divine and historical fact: Jesus founded one Church and said for Her to be one as the Father and Him are one. Anything else is human creation.
God bless.
@@joecastillo8798 ,
The bride of Christ is the church of Christ. The church is commanded to sing, “without musical accompaniment.”
The church of Christ is very new, but it’s almost 2000 years old!
As a protestant I just want to thank you for your closing points. I'm tired of the division as well. I see Catholics and Orthodox as my brothers in Christ and I see so much goodness in Catholicism. I still have my issues, and it's going to take a lot for all protestants to be rallied together to have a discussion with the Catholic Church. But if that's not something to pray for I don't know what is!
Thank you Fr love your work. God bless your ministry.
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Proud to be a convert to Catholicism. Love from Sri Lanka❤❤❤
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About the catholic church: Change the Sabbath"
Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her,- she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday, the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday, the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority."- "A Doctrinal Catechism," by Rev. Stephen Keenan, page 174.
"The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of the old law."- Kansas City Catholic, Feb. 9, 1893.
"The Catholic Church, . . . by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday."- Catholic Mirror, official organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"Ques.- Which is the Sabbath day?
"Ans.- Saturday is the Sabbath day.
"Ques.- Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
"Ans.- We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A. D. 336), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday ."- "The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine," by Rev. Peter Geiermann, C. SS. R.., page 50, third edition, 1913, a work which received the "apostolic blessing" of Pope Pius X, Jan. 25, 1910.
What was done at the Council of Laodicea was but one of the steps by which the change or the Sabbath was effected. The date usually given for this council is 364 A. D.
Amen
Don’t be proud . Be humbled . God bless you.
Thank you so much for this video. I was raised in the South as a Baptist, as was my wife. But neither one of us were ever really happy with the Baptist church, so we fell away. After getting married, moving around for my job many times, we found ourselves looking for church "home" after our son was born. We tried many churches.. Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian. We even looked at Episcopalian. I was always fascinated by the Catholic church, but always scared of the "mysticism" of it. I spent many years in research and searching for the right church. I was fortunate to have an uncle who was a history professor and taught classes on the history of religion (all religions) and their impact on civilization. He had also converted to the Catholic church many years before. I drilled him with questions for many years about the true history of many religions. I became more and more fascinated by it. It was by the grace of God that he advised me to read "Rome Sweet Home" by Scott Hahn. That book changed my life! That brought me much closer to the Catholic church, but it wasn't until my Uncle educated me on the exact verse you mentioned in this video about Jesus telling Peter that he was his rock and upon this rock he would build his church. To me, that was indisputable evidence that Jesus himself founded the Church. Not just the Catholic church, but all of Christianity. My search ended there as I came to the conclusion that if I were to be Christian, then there is no other choice, but the Church that Jesus himself founded and gave the power to Peter to govern. My wife and I, and our then teenage son, all went through Catechism training together and entered the Church as a family. We even came back as sponsors for a few years after that. So to me, this is the original "home" of Christianity and I would we settle for a "spin off" when the original is still around after 2000+ years!
Thank you again for your mission and for your wonderful videos. This one really hit home for me! May God Bless You.. in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
If Jesus founded the Roman Catholic church, then why does it keep contradicting the Bible?
Rome says Muslims can go to heaven (Vatican II).
The Bible says Jesus is the only way (John 14:6).
Rome says that anyone who says salvation is through faith alone is anathema (Trent).
The Bible teaches that salvation is through faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-9, Acts 16:30-31).
Welcome home 🙏 God bless your family and your journey
What a beautiful story! My grandmother was a southern Baptist and she used to be "kind" to her neighbor who would invite her to go to Sunday Mass with her. She only did it to be a good friend. But, one day she spoke to me much the say way you did about why go to a church that was new in history and a split from the original Church. She became a Catholic and when she died and I was sitting in the church for her Funeral Mass I kept thinking of her spiritual journey and how proud she would have been of that celebration there at the altar.
@@KingMswatiIII God bless you! The Church gave us the Bible, which is accepted by Protestants and Catholics (New Testament, anyway). If you think that Church teaching contradicts scripture, it's probably a misunderstanding.
Yes, we are saved by faith, God owes us nothing based on our "goodness," but true faith shows fruit; faith without works is dead (James 2:14-26). For example, I can profess that a healthy lifestyle is a good thing, but if I don't practice a healthy lifestyle, do I really "believe" it and have "faith" in it? Lip service? True faith, saving faith, is life changing. Am I perfect? By no means! Thank God for our Lamb who paid the price and for his sacraments.
As for Muslims or others being able to access the salvation which Jesus bought for all, I admit ignorance and a need to do more research; I've read/heard enough variations to not be sure where to draw the line. I admit ignorance to the portion of Vatican II you are referring to. I believe Jesus is the only way; not 100% sure how to interpret and apply that. God loves all, doesn't show favoritism, Jesus paid for the sins of us all on the cross, he forgave even his executioners (and all of us?) because they didn't know what they were doing.... Yes, sin is sin and horrific; a grievous offense against God and fellow man. I don't believe in universal salvation. But if not for a loving, merciful, forgiving, gracious, understanding God, we would all be condemned.
I'm a former evangelical who entered the Catholic Church 5 years ago because studying early history and writings, I became convinced of the doctrines of "real presence" in the Eucharist and the authority of the Church which Jesus established.
@@michaelverde4844 he called him a pebble because his head was hard as a rock . A stubborn man.
Then he also called him.satan.
Sorry but u have been deceived . Pebble is peter in Greek. English language doesnt do justice.
Rock is Jesus. Pedro or piedra is peter.
Thanks to God for bringing me here to your channel, Father. I've been a devotee of the Lord of Pardon since I was 7 or 8 years old. My mother taught me of this booklet that I would always carry with me wherever I'd go. It showed me miracles and protection. In the past few days, I began feeling worried and confused about staying as a catholic. So, I begged and prayed to God for answers bcuz I don't wanna stop being a Catholic bcuz years ago I felt this strong feeling as if it was God who was telling me that I should distribute this prayer booklet (of the Lord of Pardon) to people. I was crying as I was telling God, "Please help me, God. All my life I've devoted myself to praying to the Lord of Pardon. This can't be wrong. How can I let the other people know about these prayers if I'd change my religion?"
Jesus founded the church. A gathering of believers whose purpose was to worship Him.
No praying to Mary his human mother. No praying to human saints. No continually having Him hanging on a cross when He said “It is finished.
Catholics are just a branch. Not the only or the one church.
I'm a catholic from India , love to hear you and continue to make videos like this, may God bless you.
Cool!!
Is it true what they sre saying about India and Christianiity.
Well said! I’m publishing a weekly RUclips video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you..
@@josephzammit6396 people need JESUS, not your Don Bosco ok.
iam a catholic from Kerala india God bless you
So I was raised Lutheran, I was raised to believe that the prayer for all Christians was the reunification of the Church. I still believe this and I attend both Lutheran and Presbyterian. It’s like a family that has fractured, had a huge disagreement that was never resolved. Yes it’s sad and even tragic. Yet we are still one family, one Body of Christ and it pleases God when we get along and recognize that we are Brothers and Sisters. I’ll leave it at that….
Is never too late to resolve those disagreements and do more than just recognize each other as some secluded brother or sister, isn't it my friend?
The body of Christ is the Catholic church, anyone who refuses to enter it is not a member of the body.
@@GranMaese true, but the devil is in the details and resolving those issues is a Herculean task. As a Protestant I find it fascinating the diversity of thought and disagreement there is between the different Orders within the church. Until then, sincerely I love you Brother.
@@peterianstaker1554 refusing is not the correct word. Truly I’m sorry that you feel the way you do. I consider you a Christian Brother, Godspeed sir.
@@JD-HatCreekCattleCo “not the correct word”. What is?
Watching from Japan 🌸
God bless you!
11:35 I feel the same like you father. I feel divided. Protestants are baptized brothers and sister but I cant help to feel divided. I pray the Holy Spirit illuminates us
Protestants are indeed baptised too but with Water like of John the Baptist but Catholics Baptise with the Holy Spirit as well. That authority is the difference.
As a 'protestant', I would be interested to hear a video/series on the Protestant Reformation, and possibly some of the views that the Catholic Church had on it, and why they think it came about. You mentioned having wanted a reform from within, but I have heard that Martin Luther tried to do that before he ultimately broke from the Catholic Church.
Realize that I am not trying to argue. Coming from the protestant side of this, I have been watching to try to understand where some of the traditions, that I do follow, came from. I want to know what is different between these two sides, and why. I personally think that both sides are Christian, with acknowledging that there are bad seeds (the Bible does warn against false prophets) that do not teach the true faith.
From what I found, Martin Luther’s original intention was to reform the Catholic Church from within. It was not the reforms he wanted that got him in trouble. What got him excommunicated was promoting the heresy of Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide.
Mot Loch the Mad in response to you wanting to know the differences.... I think we are more alike than we are different. It's sad that those differences caused such a huge split that has exponentially multiplied into more splits. In my opinion, the "IT" thing to do these days is open up your own church and just call it non-denominational so that you do not offend anyone.
I also was unclear about the end part. I've been through a journey, being raised as a Catholic in the Novas Ordo , post Vatican 2 Church. My journey led me to Traditional Catholicism. I admire the devout faith of many Protestants, and in SOME respects, I feel that the Catholic Traditionalists have more in common with many Protestants than with the Modernist Novus Ordo Catholics,, where heresy is common and increasing. And Pope Francis is another whole story. Dialogue IS needed, and while there is much good example from our devout Protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, compromise in the unchangeable dogma of the faith is not a point of compromised to be considered. But I'm not sure at all that that is what is being suggested.
I would like to follow up with you on this... I think you ask the most important question! Blessings.
@@JoeBoone82 I would agree we are more alike than we are different. As far as I was able to learn, we have even come to lessen some of differences, that historically seemed completely opposite. That being said, I don't believe calling oneself non-denominational or even simplifying our beliefs until we all kinda agree is a good thing. I believe we are all called to learn and get to know our own faith better, to learn about our traditions, beliefs, teachings... especially if such questions bother us. Then we are callled to learn about others, what they believe, how do they understand things differently... In doing so, we must assume the goodwill and good intent of others, even when disagreeing or remaining wary of some claims. We must also recognise others for their strengths, where we can learn from them and/or show them respect. And then we respect and love one another, even if they're different and don't agree on everything. Pretending we are all the same won't cover all the everyday minutia we have learned throughout our upbringing and life in a particular community and all that inevitably backfires when even minor issues and tensions start.
Hello, Father Casey. I'm starting RCIA today, thank you so much for making these videos. I stumbled across one of your videos 2 years ago and your videos are what first got me interested in Catholicism.
Agree ...this padre is good...cannot say the same of some other utube preachers.
Praise God! That is awesome. As a convert myself, I can tell you that it will be a very eye-opening experience and you will be nourished by the truth that is the Catholic faith. Don't be afraid to ask people questions because, despite how cliche it sounds, the truth truly will set you free! I'm praying for you.
Glory to Jesus, it may be a long and hard road but I'm sure His grace will be sufficient for you.
Call no man father
@@bobdobbs943 What do you call your dad?
When his disciples asked him when he would return He said" in those days many will come in my name !!
Wasn't there 72 or 70 Disciples?
Isn't the Greek, Ethiopian, and Coptic Egyptian Church equal to the Catholic church???
I always wanted to be a nun, but life took a different turn, but I've always lived my life with faith and trust in God. Without God I would be nothing, without faith I would be lost. Your messages are very important and helps to maintain my faith.
it really is the end of the world it is since 2000 years when jesus first came now is just at its peak, for god 1 thousand years is a second and a second is 1 thousand years! the sign 666 will be keeping sunday as day of worship! you heared me right! the 4th comandement in the ten laws is keep my sabats ,that shall be a sign between me and you, it was refering to the jews, but the bible has 100 precent actuality and 100 precent do as god said no matter the times! the godgiven day of worship the sabath is saturday not sunday! sunday was the first day of the weak, vatican and the popes changed it , claiming they have is autorityn as the pope is god on earth, ruler of heavens earth and hell! now this is the bigest blasphemy somone claiming hes god! the pope already met with all worlds leaders, political-religious-and the 1precent wealthiest people on earth the illuminatis A class luciferian puppets! they met saying they discuss the climate change problem! what happened when jesus was crucified , saying that is better for one man to die than the whole people to be in disagreement, this is text book what will happen these days, youl hear this soon enough,! as inflation and economy, the famens the climate calamities , wile keep growing in intensity, whatever they do it by harpp projects or some ar really god let to happen, as its all predicted in Daniel prophet and apocalypse! the fear the teror the need for a solution will expend, ! all this problems will be blaimed on those who refuse to worship sunday , the sign of the pope, and everything will be blamed on this few people who refuse to bow in front of vatican (sunday)! text book what happened with jesus will happen to those who refuse popes autority who claims he is god, and all this wrath is beacouse this public enemys refuse to listen to him! but lucifer was defeated in heavens, was defeated at the cruce, and will be defeated in the end! for those who understand jesuses died for all sins , and all sinners, no man is reedemed by his deeds but by gods grace, and the holy spirit who strenghtens those who care only about what the bible says , and refuse to worship a man given day! evrything is mad for people to be blind to this: "ego" "music" "brandi love", its all made to sell you a false sense of utopia and comfort, meanwille you neglect this most precious times ever on earth! whoever has bible questions, pls feel free tontext me!
Becky, being a nun does nothing for you in terms of your salvation. In scripture, it is said that God is not a respecter of persons, meaning he does not care what your title is, what you do for a living, etc...etc. The Jews live their lives in faith & trust in God, but they are not saved. Don't you mean faith and trust in Jesus?
@@timothyreilly8394 You are assuming she wanted to be a nun to be saved.
Being a nun is a vocation, answering God's call in the world, not a form of being saved.
She was trying to answer God's call.
@@timothyreilly8394 How do you know they are "not saved"? The Jews are our brothers and sisters and although some of them chose not to fallow Christ, they do have a covenant with God (the Trinity) and you seem to be dismissing it. What we referred to as the "Old Testament" ( the Tanakh ) is part of our faith as it reveals the New Testament. And please remember that long, long time ago, we Christians (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestants) were part of the jewish people, the ones who accepted Christ as the Messiah as predicted by the "Old Testament". Also remember that they didn't kill our Lord. Our Sins did, and even today we continuing to contribute to His Crucifixion by our actions. God bless you Timothy and please remember we (humanity) killed Jesus, not the Jews. Amen.
@@pistum I grew up Catholic and wanted to be a nun.
Then the Lord showed me the heresy of the Catholic church and He saved me.
Many nuns do good things but many of them think their good works, sacraments, etc will save them. It does NOT.
Bible tells us how to get saved and who is saved from hell.
Many Catholics trust the Catholic leadership to tell them but the leadership is lost.
Trust Jesus and what He says in the Bible and give your life to Him, not a vocation, not a church, not traditions etc.
He'll lead anyone who is willing.
As a protestant... this was thought provoking. I yearn for the day the family can reunite.
Ut Omnes Unum Sint.
The sooner the better. Start from you & me.
You can't have unity with the RCC too false doctrine go to John Macarthur & learn the Truth about their terrible stuff !
Join the only church that he founded and you will be a part of Jesus Christ. That is the only way, because he is not anywhere in the Protestant religion.
The Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit) cannot deceive and author confusion and contradiction.
As a Cat, so do I!
Peace out
@@verum-in-omnibus1035 "That is the only way, because he is not anywhere in the Protestant religion."
I'm sorry but what? Jesus is the center of it and to say otherwise is foolish and or ignorant.
Wow, thank you for that breakdown,
It hard to get any more divisive than calling your own church the one true church. At some point, we have to admit we are all human, and arguing over who is right is time wasted on what really matters.
Fascinating video!
Born and raised Catholic and thanks to a lifelong fellow Catholic,
recently returned to my Catholic faith ! I am thirsting for all of the beautiful history our church has lived through...this was an eye opening experience to further my faith..thank you so much !
If only you were thirsting for that old rugged cross and Christs shed blood.
@@michaelf6705 that goes without saying Michael..
I receive the body and blood of Jesus every Sunday and continue to study my faith,lts roots, and the Holy Bible...
God bless you ang watch over you
@@angelamarcel7148 Well I thank you your heart seems getle, but I simply must corrct the error you have been taught, your not recieving the body and blood of Christ , the doctrine of transubstantiation isnt biblical, Jesus said do this in remembrance of me, its symbolic not literal.and please do study your faith away fro theirliterature and test it remember anything true will always withstand testing.I know that you preach a different gospel one that involces works to enter in and thats a false gospel of disater, but I ray God will open your spiritual eyes and ears, for I too was once a very devout catholic, till I started reading the new testament and God showed my that I was wrong, its completly by grace alone in Christ alone , not of works.
@@michaelf6705why are you so desperate to talk about faith which you do not see, experience, believe and understand and claim that it is false?
I read most of your comments, your soul seems so very terrified about the truth brother.
Let's pray together that both of us may share good faith and receive God's light aiming to the truth.
@@cryptofaucet8081 aith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of that not yet seen.YesI believe, experience and understand, I have no clue where you manufature your thoughts, I dont clain it false , but because I know the truth I point out heresys and false teachings as God has commandedd us,contend earnestly for the faith once and for all delivered unto the saints, which is your reasonable service.
AMEN my brother!!! That's what I'm talking about!! Sorry I felt my high spirits sore pretty high after watching your awesome and informative video! Peace be with you all my brothers and sisters! I myself as a Catholic Christian as well give my love and hugs to all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ✝️🙏💯🌹❤
I'm a Protestant Christian but i love Catholics and i prayed to all the members of Roman Catholic Church that they will be more devoted to God and they live a Holy life!
Good after PRAYING TO THEM I hope they will give you a heaven to put you in Along with Mary
How do Protestant Pastors keep themselves Holy while sleeping with wife ?
I'am very proud that my parents raised me being CATHOLIC FAITH🙏♥️🙏I'am stay as a Catholic until the last beat of my heart❤️♥️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Very Charitable to Protestants, reformed, and other groups , Yet none of the truth was curtailed. Well said Father.
Oh Fr Casey it's good to have you back, this is the revelation that I got and it has led me to join the Catholic church so thank you for yet another confirmation that I have followed the leading of the lord in the right direction
Daniel 9:25
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times."
Daniel 9:26
"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
John 14:30
"Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me."
and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
It is Recorded in History that the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Sanctuary (Temple) in 70 A.D. making them the people of the Prince of this world that has nothing in Christ
2 Corinthians 11:3
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
2 Corinthians 4:3
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:"
2 Corinthians 4:4
"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."
2 Corinthians 11:14
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
2 Corinthians 11:15
"Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
And after these things a fourth kingdom will arise, whose power will be harsh and evil far beyond those which were before it, and it will rule many times as the forests on the plain, and it will hold fast for times, and will exalt itself more than the cedars of Lebanon. And by it the Truth will be hidden, and all those who are polluted with iniquity will flee to it, as evil beasts flee and creep into the forest. BARUK SHENIY (2 BARUK) 39:5-6 את CEPHER
Daniel 7:23
"Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces."
Daniel 7:24
"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings."
Constantine Emerged out of the Tetrarchy (Rule of Four) as the Sole Emperor of Rome (the Fourth Kingdom)
Daniel 7:21
"I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;"
Daniel 7:22
"Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom."
Daniel 7:25
"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Welcome home!
it really is the end of the world it is since 2000 years when jesus first came now is just at its peak, for god 1 thousand years is a second and a second is 1 thousand years! the sign 666 will be keeping sunday as day of worship! you heared me right! the 4th comandement in the ten laws is keep my sabats ,that shall be a sign between me and you, it was refering to the jews, but the bible has 100 precent actuality and 100 precent do as god said no matter the times! the godgiven day of worship the sabath is saturday not sunday! sunday was the first day of the weak, vatican and the popes changed it , claiming they have is autorityn as the pope is god on earth, ruler of heavens earth and hell! now this is the bigest blasphemy somone claiming hes god! the pope already met with all worlds leaders, political-religious-and the 1precent wealthiest people on earth the illuminatis A class luciferian puppets! they met saying they discuss the climate change problem! what happened when jesus was crucified , saying that is better for one man to die than the whole people to be in disagreement, this is text book what will happen these days, youl hear this soon enough,! as inflation and economy, the famens the climate calamities , wile keep growing in intensity, whatever they do it by harpp projects or some ar really god let to happen, as its all predicted in Daniel prophet and apocalypse! the fear the teror the need for a solution will expend, ! all this problems will be blaimed on those who refuse to worship sunday , the sign of the pope, and everything will be blamed on this few people who refuse to bow in front of vatican (sunday)! text book what happened with jesus will happen to those who refuse popes autority who claims he is god, and all this wrath is beacouse this public enemys refuse to listen to him! but lucifer was defeated in heavens, was defeated at the cruce, and will be defeated in the end! for those who understand jesuses died for all sins , and all sinners, no man is reedemed by his deeds but by gods grace, and the holy spirit who strenghtens those who care only about what the bible says , and refuse to worship a man given day! evrything is mad for people to be blind to this: "ego" "music" "brandi love", its all made to sell you a false sense of utopia and comfort, meanwille you neglect this most precious times ever on earth! whoever has bible questions, pls feel free tontext me!
@@armandohajos9655 hey man chill out! Go after the real demons on earth the Scientologist and similars. The Pope is not God and he doesn’t want to be. Any real Catholic belives in any of this crazy nonsense you just said. are you taking your medication correctly???
@@cecilthecockatoo my dear firend, The thing îs theyve changed The bible, its written, not a Word should be aded or taken ouț of gods words, nore changing anything but do only what god sayed! În catolicism as în ortodoxism 3 laws are totaly butchered, from The ten comandemnt, pls read exodus 20! 1 I am youre god do not have other gods...! Yes The pope claims he îs god, but lets talk about other gods, both catolic and ortodox are full of Saint, theres a Saint for everyting, when îs clearly stated, I am youre god do not have other gods! 2nd do not make icons of nothing whats în heav3ns on earth or underwaters, do not give prayse or worship any humanly hand made thing, both ortodox and catolic, full of opulence, cruces everywere, painted icons overdose, Mary and The baby, angels, what not! When joan wrote The apocalypse on The island patmos în exil ,an Angel came to tell him what to write, he wanted to bow before that Angel, and he imeduatly said, dont do such thing, we togheter are both workers for god, s-o The Angel literaly told him, dont do such sin, only god îs to be praised! And a very highly killer decive îs în catolicism, The purgatory, these one here, kills to rabits for satana with one shot! Actualy 3 if we think about The crazy wealth vatican did by selling people, free sin tickets, back în The days, îl send you thqt to if The youtube will let me post this coment, please god! 1 The false decive thqt That The spirit îs imortal, from here boy many gains el nigro has, 1 you can seen whatever you want, youl eventualy get there, 2nd portrayse god as sadistic, this îs why The reason a bungee of poore good hearted people who are born catolic become ateiste, cuz who believes în such a cruel god, purgatory...! But The worst îs The decive that The spirit doesnt die after death, hence ocultism and spiritism has free starting gear, its wrote very clerarly în The bible, The man after he died, does not know anything anymore,he does not have plans, and all his toughts perished, death îs like a sleep, 1 second sleep, only thing that matters îs if you died with god în youre heart or not, all dead people rest till The apocalypse wich îs pretty much knocking on The door, but see The beauty og god unlike vatican, many people who were catolics, and died not knowing there being decived by theire priest, and loved god , god will not punish there unknowingness, and they will go to heav3n, but this îs not The case anymore this last days! The three angels of apocalypse thqt spread gods truth îs working, and more and more people find ouț, that saturday îs actualy gods day, not sunday, sunday îs catolicism day, that will be The sign, and after everyone heared, people will have to choose! Im asured if you are a god fearing and truth seeking person, god and The holy spirit will Guido you, but you have to admit above youre ego, that The catolic institution îs demonic, I said îl send you that video to I will, only praise god I can hopefully send this, they Block me many times, The beast with 10 horns that rises from waters and has a wound that healed îs vatican and The popes, The smalț horn îs vatican, smalest state rest horns are more nations, like I saied theyve met The pope The presidents and The iluminați by and all religions to be one whole worldwide religion, and only people that will not give prayse to pope will be gods people, who keep all 10 comandemnts, The fourth being keeping The sabath vich îs saturday, s-o The small horn vatican, The wound,în 1798 one of napoleon generals took The pope and trow him în jail, and abolished The blasphemycal and tiranical rulem3nt of catolicism, this lasted for about 150 years as you see know The church îs more powerfull than ever! The second beast with 2 horns as a lambs who will give entire autority to The best and its sign îs america, this beast rised from The earth, it Rose from The earth, cuz în less thqn 150 years become The biggest power, The horns of lambs, signify The freedom of speech, religion, capitalism, plus many neoprotestants emigrated there, ! Whell theese freedom of speech and all that after gods final worning of The call, lord îs coming give him prayse, at this Point almost everywere în The world, The angrls spread The message with gods actual day, America will give a decret that anyone who doesnt bow to pope and worship sunday will be public enemy, but rhat doesnt matter for people, who care about god, s-o if you are truly a godfearing person dont worry, only accept gods truth not The majority, Take Martin Luther for exemple, he was a catolic bishop, but god showed him satans desive, and he outspoken it everywere, not carryng about consequences, The vatican had boynty on him, but god always helped him go and spread gods word against papal autority, s-o îs Ellen G White, like Martin Luther, she was a woman with only 6 grades but she wrote tens of books about gods truth, explained many în The bible, The fight between good and evil, truly godsent person like Martin Luther, s-o when god wants to work he works în mysterious ways, you can find books of heres at any 7day adventist library or website! But please do youre research regarding everything I saied, this îs gods comand for people not to be mislead în The end times, whatever you hear, it has to be written Point black on white în The bible! The ten comademnts are în exodus 20, im sure The claim with theire autority to change The day im sure you find them în many catolic documents, The american catolic quaarterly review, The catehism doctrine everywere, I told you they dont hide it, as claiming The pope has this power to change day as he îs The replace of god on earth, bigest blasphemy! God bless you felow brother în hrist and May The hily spirit Guido you to gods feet! God bless you and youre loved ones!
Every Follower of Jesus Must listen to this young Catholic Priest. I am a Gurkha from Nepal the land of Mt.Everest.
What a fascinating discussion Padre, I never fail to learn about my faith from your missives. For a young man you are quite experienced and have a real gift of speaking in a manner we can all understand. I am happy to be a monthly supporter of your ministry and wish you ad multos annos. God bless you, and thank you! Michael J Nichols in Massachusetts
WOW thank you for saying yes and be part of this amazing line . Count on my prayers
Hello Priest Casey! I want to start off by saying thank you for being gracious and loving in the way that you share your faith to others. I admire your faith and the love you have for the Lord.
My name is Luke, and I am Christian who is still deepening my faith as I continue to study the scripture and scholars who break down the scripture. I have been a saved Christian for many years now, but find that there is always so much more that I can learn about God, and that God can teach me. Beyond studying the Word myself, I have also been researching many different beliefs through theological books and youtube videos like this where different views different from my own on Christianity are explored. At the end of the video, you express sorrow that the other churches that have branched off from Catholicism will not rejoin the Catholic church. And you do correctly point out that all churches likely branched off of the Catholic church at one point. I do find it fascinating that you can theoretically trace the line of people ordained all the way back to Jesus! However I find that point alone is insufficient reason that all other churches should rejoin the Catholic church.
As I study many different beliefs and truly strive to learn the truth of who God is and what He wants for our lives, I find that examining both sides of a theological debate is important. I search out what is considered by Biblical scholars as the most compelling arguments for both sides of a theological question. Then I (or a scholar that I am watching) will break down the arguments and see how they align with Scripture, which is God's word to us. It is important to try to avoid confirmation bias as much as possible when looking into these issues. The goal isn't to find evidence in the Bible that conform to my current view, it is about being willing to reassess my views to conform to God's Word. Sometimes I find that the evidence seems to point to what I already believed, but sometimes I find that I need to adjust my view. But sometimes, even after I hear the arguments, and I have read the Scripture, and I have heard the arguments of the theologians who have dissected the Scripture, I conclude that I still don't know the true answer. Yes, I still form an opinion that I believe to be true, but at the same time I recognize that I may not know beyond a shadow of a doubt. To be clear, these issues that I am unsure of have nothing to do with my core faith. I have assurance that I am saved by the grace and mercy given to me by the Father through the Son. But there are some issues that, while I find they are good to learn as much as I can about, I find myself unable to have total certainty on (ex. Pre-destination).
Please correct me if this is not what a typical Catholic ought to say or do, but all of the Catholics that I have ever met (save 1) has always insisted that the Catholic Church is correct in every theological debate that has ever existed and is currently ongoing. They have total belief that every stance that the Catholic Church holds is intrinsically true, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now there are some people in all denominations that feel that way, and who are unable to even hear out another view. But even though I feel that this is short sighted thinking no matter who the denomination it comes from, I typically run into a second problem when discussing with someone who is in the Catholic denomination. Most of them cite the Catholic church as the primary reason that they believe what they do, rather than the Bible. Or they will even cite themselves (as in previous leaders of the Catholic Church) as the credible source that they believe what they do, over the Bible. Now I am not saying that we cannot glean insight from Biblical scholars before us; after all, I am also seeking out help from Biblical scholars as I seek out the Lord. However, I would never cite that Biblical scholar as the reason why I believe what I believe. I am listening to the Biblical Scholar because I am listening to the conclusions that they have drawn from the Bible. It is God's authority that I am listening for, not the man's. I just heard a great quote the other day, "just because you have found a teacher that you like, doesn't mean what they teach is true". I love that! That is why it is so important to seek out what Jesus and the original authors of the Bible were saying, lest we try to use the Bible or any other source to justify our own beliefs.
So my question is: Is this an accurate representation of the Catholic Church? Or is this just the people I have met? Does the Catholic Church truly consider its doctrine infallible on every theological topic? Like truly beyond refute? And what sources do they primarily look towards for justifying these beliefs? I am not saying this out of accusation, but seeking genuine understanding. If the views held by my experience with the denomination is accurate, then these would be the primary reasons why I do not think a merge is possible.
I know nobody may ever read this, but know that I do not want to attack brothers or sisters in Christ. I want to love those even that see things different from myself, especially those who trust in Jesus as their Savior. Thank you
Whoa! How did you type all that into a comment?
@@glenndarilek520 Do you mean how did I have the patience to type all that in a comment? Or is there some type of word limit for RUclips comments that I don't know about?
@@lukers9819 I was just commenting on your perseverance!
@@glenndarilek520 Well thank you! Lol
Repent!
Congratulations Fr. Case Cole, what a beautiful description of how Jesus founded the Catholic Church. St. Francis must be so proud of you. You are a jewel to the OFM order. If I didn't know you were an OFM I would have thought you were a Dominican. God bless you for the work you are doing for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Why would Saint Francis would be proud. How fo you know? Do you speak to the dead? This is just one example of some of the most ridiculous comments made by Roman Catholic Cultists. Reprobate minds brainwashed.
quote---Congratulations Fr. Case Cole, what a beautiful description of how Jesus founded the Catholic Church. --unquote
Jesus Christ didn't found the Catholic Church. it was the 325AD Council of Nicaea headed by Emperor Constantine 1 which was attended by bishops/popes of West and East Roman Empire May/Aug. 325AD
---In the Holy Bible, the name CATHOLIC is NEVER mentioned.
@@mitchellosmer1293 Pray to our Holy Trinity and you will get your answer. You will be surprised. At that point ask our Lord what you should do and follow His advise. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Great video Fr. Casey! The website in particular is an awesome find. Extremely intriguing.
Father Casey, the reconciliation of sins was method the Lord used to save my life. Bottom line, prior to the Sacrement I was different than after and since.
Fascinating! 🤔Very informative!
Upon this rock, I shall build my Church. I've been feeling the pull of the mother Church lately so where do I start? Show up for Mass? Make an appt with one of the local Priests? Is it okay not to have a suit and tie? So many questions... Feedback will be appreciated.
Don’t set your sights too high!
Yes, call a local priest and he will direct you to attend the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults). It takes 6 months or more to become Catholic. You can come to Mass even though you are not yet a Catholic and no, you don't need to suit up. Business casual is more like it. Spoiler Alert: The Mass is Heaven on earth. You will realize this as you go through RCIA.
Wow. This video blew me away. My hobby is genealogy, and your tracing of the lines of succession reminded me so much of a fairly well established "fact" in genealogy that most people of European decent come from a VERY small pool of individuals. The discussion was so similar. Will we ever get a real answer? I don't know.
The pointing out the vast number of Christian denomination can be confusing. I always fall back on the words of St. Paul. "Is Christ divided?" That helps me find my center and remember that, as my wife points out, we only worship one God.
Great to have you back Fr Casey, loved the video
i seriously thought you were matpat from the thumbnail. i was like: YESSSS HES BEEN SAVED
Very well documented. I like also the fact you have not put down other denominations. As a catholic, I want to know who ordained the the 17 or 18 year old pope to be considered in line up to the Christ? The question now is how to reform the Catholic Church so all Christian denominations come to gether as one body , as Jesus had hoped for.
Love your video here, super neat. I also want to say as a disability advocate I really do appreciate you captioning your video, I don't know if you did it manually, or if "the algorithm" did it, but thank you for doing that, please continue.
One thing's for sure, the Protestant churches were not founded by Christ.
My dear Catholicism friend s you are living in fools paradise, Jesus Christ came to establish the Kingdom of God and not the Catholic Church. Read the Bible for now read Mathew chapter 6 verse 33. Also read the Old Testament with the New Testament. It will bring Glory to God .
All this traditions and ancestry of Catholicism or orthodoxism or evangelical ism or protest or Hinduism or Islam or Jewish will not save save Humankind but only Jesus’s can redeem us to the Holy Kingdom of the God of Israel as written in Holy Bible. Read it and get saved , nothing else can help us.
@@sunilambat9982 let them BELIEVE and keep their DAMNED ACCURSED DOCTRINE OF IDOLATROUS LIES.
Religion has nothing to do with salvation. It’s one’s personal relationship with Jesus that will save you.
You seem smart, nuanced, kind-hearted, and like you have done your research. As someone who comes from a Protestant background and attends RCIA, I appreciate your work for this video. Your work in your videos has further helped me to inform me in my journey of faith. Blessings to you.
Jesus called his followers sheep….. that says it all!
This channel warms my heart. Thank you!
Yes! Next question, Padre 😌😌😌😆.
Usually when I’m debating with my non Catholic friends about it I first remind them of the Bible passage of bounding things on earth as in heaven, and also that the church isn’t just the physical building/institution
So far, one of them told that they’ve converted and they’ll be attending rcia. It makes me very happy 😊
@vanessa
Vanessa,
Proud of you, Vanessa.
Your commitment to the truth shows docility in following the guidance of the Holy Spirit. You will certainly be richly reawarded by God my dear.
God bless.
The Church is a physical place. Church in Hebrew is congregation/meeting place. Why would Jesus make a mistake ,
Awesome Vanessa ! 🙏🏻
my question is, when Juses said what he said to Peter, was he talking to Peter as a person or was he talking about the revelation that Peter had?
That's the best way to show the world of the one true church founded by Jesus.May all humankind see this way not the protesting way.
To use a monetary analogy: The Catholic Church is not a denomination… we are the currency!
The Roman Catholic Faith church is/ should be, the trunk & tap root of the tree of the church of Jesus Christ & is the real deal and has enough wealth - so of course no need to treat the church as a money making tool or family business using the "Jesus" brand to raise money.
This what a lot of Catholic’s are saying Jesus founded but ONE Church the holy Catholic Church then talk about the Baptist Church down the road! That’s makes 2 Churches! Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins! Then The Papacy can not be destroyed. Then a video entitled Don’t call protestant’s Christian. God bless. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!!
@Richard Fox
Richard,
Your comment to @Simon slater evidences how little you know of the Bible and the history of Christianity.
I prove it to you with these simple questions:
1.- How many "churches" and "sects" did Jesus found?
2.- How do you know the Bible is the Word of God? Who, when and where told you?
3.- Do you know where the adjective "Catholic", for the Church founded by Jesus, originated from?
I hope to see your discernment on just those three questions if they are not too difficult for you to respond.
God bless.
@@56pjr I given you a thumbs down because of your idiotic comment. You are doing Satan’s work. The holy Catholic Church is Jesus’s mystical body on earth so you actually just blasphemed Jesus and the Holy Spirit therefore you will be damned if you don’t repent. Protestant’s are NOT Christian ONLY Catholic’s are! Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then The Papacy can not be destroyed. Then Don’t call protestant’s Christian. It’s is you my ignorant friend who is a cultist and pagan. God bless you anyway. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!!
not fiction
Thank you for this video! The history of the church is really fascinating. I wish that here in the Philippines, more of these are taught to people.
Read John Foxe
You will realise how many millions were murdered by Roman catholics
The dark middle ages
Meron po tayong catholic defender isang pari at sya ay si father darwin gitgano exorcis/healing priest po.. you can watch sa youtube
If you study in Catholic schools/universities, these are being taught, or at least introduced.
You have to be part of the Church's community to learn about this. If you are simply an outsider, you just come to the Church for an hour of the Holy Mass each week, wala ka talagang malalaman.
The Catholic Churches in PH is a great part of our society. Drive or walk a few kilometers, you are already in another parish. Catholic schools are every where too. By saying, the Catholic Church did not teach this and that in a society that extremely Catholic is not the Church's fault, but your fault. Did you even attempt to visit your parish and ask about this?
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Bullshit
@@annalgesic5874 yes, you have to be in the cult to understand it's Apostate falseness.
I am a child of God who has been washed by the blood of the lamb Jesus
Awesome Insight and Truth✝️
“WELL DONE FR CASY - We pray for all people in our sacramental life of the church …. Both within and in the farthest fields ….. blessings to all from FR Bill here in Canada 🇨🇦
Fr. Casey, I love your videos. They are so informative. You are a learned person and I trust your sources and I trust you, so I know that all the things that you present to us have no hidden agenda behind it. Your videos have helped me a lot. Few years back I would have fumbled to answer anybody who would question my faith or practices. But thanks to you Fr. Casey, now I know how to answer such questions and now I know how to prioritize God.
seriously???? How do you define learned?
Sincere question, though. What do the Orthodox churches say about Matthew 16 and importance of Peter as the rock upon which the church is built? If I remember Church History correctly, the Bishop of Rome was considered equal to the other bishops that became part of the Orthodox tradition.
I love your videos ❤
Wise words, brother 🙏✨ Thank you for creating this video! 😊
I had goosebumps watching this video! Thanks Father Casey! 🕊️
Are you from Acapulco Mexico?
what verse is the phrase "As the father has sent me so i send you. Receive the holy spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained"?
What about the great apostasy predicted? Could it be Vatican 2?
If it's not, will there be a day when the leadership of the church will apostatize?
La salette visions predict the apostasy of Rome. Now, I go to Novus Ordo, but I wish there hadn't been a CV2, and I would like your view. Thanks
Brother Casey, I love your videos. They explain Catholocism so well it all makes so much more sense to me. I've had a lot of doubts about organized religion and you have helped pull me back to the positive.
"Organized" religion, huh!!!
Another coined name by enemies to reject the Truth
How bout you pick up the word of God for yourself?
@@kamnyechukwuekene The catholic Church made the Bible in 382AD, the Church was first!!! She wrote in the Bible what she teaches!!!!
@@dvdortiz9031 amen!
Thank you Father! This was the main reason I converted to Catholicism.
May God bless you!
Congrats!
Welcome to home
Please come back from the bible contradicting teachings of Catholicism.
1:45 the Rock isn't Peter. You converted on a lie
But last I had great friendship with a woman who ran the Catholic church of Sutherlin I found out she passed away
But she definitely showed proof of the Catholic path
I am Jewish and grew up with Max and Helen who had survived the Haulocost
John 14:34-35 should motivate protestants, Roman Catholics, and the various orthodox to , at a minimum, love one another. As a protestant, I appreciate the Catholic Church's stance on abortion and other social issues.
Amen, Fr. Casey. The first half of your video was done very well - succinct and points to the main passages that support the claim of the Catholic Church. The second part was quite interesting. In the end, we join Jesus in His prayer that we, the body of Christ, may be one as He and the Father are one. God bless!
Catholic Church full of child rapists praying falsely to Mary and saints?
I thought Jesus died for your sins to save you
Do you thank him are you saved
Born again
Maybe watch Billy gram
Read the Bible
I needed to hear this today x 🙏
I have a question about Peter being the Rock. In Psalm 18, King David calls God 'his Rock' - would this therefore not follow through that Christ is building his Church (ie: body of Christian souls) on himself rather than Peter?
Why did Jesus change Simon's name to Peter and why did Jesus give Peter the keys? Protestants hate that Jesus did any of that.
@@georgepierson4920You haven't answered my question. I'm a Catholic trying to answer this when a Protestant told me about Psalm 18. Yes, I can focus on Jesus giving Peter the keys but how do we respond to Psalm 18?
Thank you for this nuanced explanation. As a non-Christian, I really appreciated it.
I did want to add an interesting tidbit to this: which is that Mormon's also trace the founding and authority of their religion all the way back to Jesus. When you are ordained to the Priesthood in the LDS faith you are given a little paper which traces your ordination back to Jesus. Obviously they have the same problem of not actually being able to trace all the way back to Jesus. They get around this by suggesting that John the Baptist, Peter, James, and John came down to earth as heavenly messengers to personally give the founder of Mormonism the Priesthood. An interesting piece of trivia regrading how at least one group navigates this topic internally, interesting in my opinion anyways.
This is mind blowing! I love our Catholic faith!!!!!
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@@jamesparson I’ve been Catholic for over 40 years and they have never ever taken my money
don't make me sick/ the Catholic Cult was founded by Satan.
@@jamesparson CCC 1376 LIES...and says Jesus "SAID" the bread was "TRULY" his body at the Last Supper. No Bible on EARTH records any such thing.
Conclusion? The RCC is a non-prophet organization.
I'm so grateful for these videos coming from a big Irish family i was always in church but often tuned out ,there is always that undercurrent though thats undeniable
One thing I know is that God can't mislead us and not put such vital information in the bible
Good one buddy!
12:30 “I just wish the reforms they offered could have been from within. I wish they hadn’t felt the need to start something new…” seriously the first reformers were Catholic monks who attempted to start reforms from within because they were a part of the Catholic church and loved it and hated seeing the evils that started coming out of it and it was the Catholic Church leaders, drunk on money and power that kicked them out.
One thing that really ensure me of the sanctity of catholic faith is how the priests are to remain celibate. I think to separate a man from his flesh is really needed to reach the kind of devotion which truly illuminates. Nuns and monks also fall into the same categories.
I feel there is a hole in your argument. How cause you state in the begining of your argument that our proof as Jesus true church is the bishops who we can trace back to the time of christ. Then 2nd half of video state that we can only get trances back to the 6th century. I feel a sense of flip flop in the argument.
Since this message I have to ask if we even have hard evidance of bishops at the time of Apostles and do we have our evidence they were ordained by these apostles?
i don’t get why protestants think our church is like satanic. we don’t say that about them
Me too. :(
Fr. Casey, this was fascinating. Thank you for sharing!
it really is the end of the world it is since 2000 years when jesus first came now is just at its peak, for god 1 thousand years is a second and a second is 1 thousand years! the sign 666 will be keeping sunday as day of worship! you heared me right! the 4th comandement in the ten laws is keep my sabats ,that shall be a sign between me and you, it was refering to the jews, but the bible has 100 precent actuality and 100 precent do as god said no matter the times! the godgiven day of worship the sabath is saturday not sunday! sunday was the first day of the weak, vatican and the popes changed it , claiming they have is autorityn as the pope is god on earth, ruler of heavens earth and hell! now this is the bigest blasphemy somone claiming hes god! the pope already met with all worlds leaders, political-religious-and the 1precent wealthiest people on earth the illuminatis A class luciferian puppets! they met saying they discuss the climate change problem! what happened when jesus was crucified , saying that is better for one man to die than the whole people to be in disagreement, this is text book what will happen these days, youl hear this soon enough,! as inflation and economy, the famens the climate calamities , wile keep growing in intensity, whatever they do it by harpp projects or some ar really god let to happen, as its all predicted in Daniel prophet and apocalypse! the fear the teror the need for a solution will expend, ! all this problems will be blaimed on those who refuse to worship sunday , the sign of the pope, and everything will be blamed on this few people who refuse to bow in front of vatican (sunday)! text book what happened with jesus will happen to those who refuse popes autority who claims he is god, and all this wrath is beacouse this public enemys refuse to listen to him! but lucifer was defeated in heavens, was defeated at the cruce, and will be defeated in the end! for those who understand jesuses died for all sins , and all sinners, no man is reedemed by his deeds but by gods grace, and the holy spirit who strenghtens those who care only about what the bible says , and refuse to worship a man given day! evrything is mad for people to be blind to this: "ego" "music" "brandi love", its all made to sell you a false sense of utopia and comfort, meanwille you neglect this most precious times ever on earth! whoever has bible questions, pls feel free tontext me!