5 Reasons The Catholic Church Is The True Church

5 Reasons the Catholic Church is the True Church
BY AMELIA MONROE
CARLSON
6/24/2015 11:00:10 AM
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There are many reasons the Roman Catholic Church is the true Church of Jesus Christ, however, some of
those reasons are necessary for discussions with those outside the Catholic Church. Jesus prayed for unity
of believers and unity begins with understanding. The understanding of the Churchs beliefs is essential in
working toward that unity. Here are some key reasons to keep in mind when speaking to non-Catholics:
1.) Authority- Jesus gave specific instructions regarding dealing with members of the Church who were in
sin. Matthew 18:15-18 says If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him
alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others
along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he
refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you
would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. What Evangelical/Protestant Church has the
authority to remove someone completely from the church? None. If an individual is removed from a
congregation then he/she can go down the street and join another congregation of the same
denomination. The congregations are individualized and have no authority outside their own denomination.
That is not true with the Catholic Church. If removed from the Catholic Church, one cannot go to another city
That is not true with the Catholic Church. If removed from the Catholic Church, one cannot go to another city
and join another Catholic Parish.
2.) History- The Roman Catholic Church is the oldest and original Christian Church, therefore, the beliefs
and teachings of the Church were directly passed onto the leaders of the Catholic Church by the apostles.
The Catholic Church began with the teachings of Jesus Christ, around 1st Century AD in the province of
Judea of the Roman Empire. The Catholic Church is the continuation of the early Christian community
established by Jesus and no modern Christian Church can make that claim. By the end of the 2nd century,
bishops began congregating in regional synods and to correct doctrinal and policy issues and by the time
the 3rd century came around, the Bishop of Rome (Pope) served as the decisive authority, kind of like a
court of appeals, for problems and issues the bishops could not resolve. This is identical to the Bibles
teaching. In Exodus 18 we see where the children of Israel brought their disputes to Moses and Moses
settled those disputes. However, it also shows where leaders appointed by Moses also worked to settle
disputes.
The Catholic Church remained the only Christian Church until the East-West Schism of 1054, which caused
medieval Christianity to split and become two separate branches. The greatest division, however, came
during the Reformation from 1517-1648, led by Martin Luther. The East-West (Great) Schism was caused
by Patriarch Michael I. According to Titus 3:9-11, the divisions led by Patriarch Michael I and Martin Luther
were sin. Avoid foolish arguments, genealogies, rivalries, and quarrels about the law, for they are useless
and futile. After a first and second warning, break off contact with a heretic, realizing that such a person is
perverted and sinful and stands self-condemned..
3.) The Catholic Church gave Christians the Bible- The first official list of books contained is what is the
Bible was done at the Council of Hippo in 393 and then again in Carthage in 397 and 419. However, the
Council of Trent in 1556 was the first time the Church infallibly defined these books as inspired because it
was questioned by Reformers. We have to admit, the apostles did not walk around with nice leather bound
Bibles in their hand. There are many parts of the Bible that are oral tradition which was written down
because when early believers attended the Synagogue or church, the scripture was read. They did not have
their own copy with their name engraved on the front. Oral tradition was the norm of practice long before
writing and reading was a part of life. The Jews followed the Old Testament before Jesus was born and
Jesus is pictured in Scripture reading from the Old Testament in the Synagogue. There were multiple
writings from this time but it was only after the list of books determined to be the inspired Word of God by
the Catholic Church first with the Council of Hippo in 393 that the world had what is called The Bible. The
Bible remained the original 73 books determined by the Catholic Church until the Reformation, when Martin
Luther threw out 7 books of the Old Testament that disagreed with his personal view of theologythe same
Old Testament adhered to by the Jews. He threw these 6 books out in the 16th Century. Luther also
attempted to throw out New Testament books James, Hebrews, Jude and Revelation. In referring to James,
he said he wanted to throw Jimmy into the fire and the book of James was an epistle of straw with no
usefulness. After Pope Damasus I approved the 27 New Testament Books however in 382 AD, Luther
agreed with the Pope and accepted the New Testament books but denied the Old Testament books
which remained out of his Bible. Non-Catholics will accept the Biblical books which are contained in the
Protestant Bible but do not acknowledge they are accepting and trusting the authority of the Catholic Church
Protestant Bible but do not acknowledge they are accepting and trusting the authority of the Catholic Church
because the Catholic Church was the one who proclaimed the entire list, as a whole, as inspired. The
letters within the Bible are not the only letters and materials written by the Apostles so, as a result, those
contained within the Bible had to be declared inspired and it was the Catholic Church which did that duty.
4.) The Sacraments are Biblical- The Apostles were given the power to forgive sins in John 20:23, Peter
taught in I Peter 3:21 that baptism now saves you, anointing the sick with oil was shown in James 5:14-15,
laying on of hands in Acts 8:17 and 2 Timothy 1:6, marriage in the Lord in I Corinthians 7:39 and Jesus
stated numerous times that the disciples should participate in the breaking of bread (Eucharist) by stating
he who eats my flesh has eternal life.
5.) Sola Scriptura is not supported in the Bible- It is difficult to make a claim such as Sola Scriptura (The
Bible Alone) when, in its very essence, the claim must be written within the Bible in order to be Biblical. The
concept of Bible Alone says it is not truth if it is not contained in the Bible, therefore removing tradition,
but the Bible refutes that principle. Jeremiah 25:3 says the Word of the Lord is spoken, not just written.
Paul told us to hold to our traditions, which are taught by word and mouth or by letter, according to 2 Thess
2:15. The Bible also portrays where a Council was held to settle doctrinal disputes in Acts 15. (Who else
has a Council to settle doctrine disputes and holds the authority to do such other than the Catholic Church?)
The Bible also warns about twisted interpretations of Scripture in 2 Peter 3:16 and I Timothy 3:15 says
THE CHURCH is the pillar and the bulwark of the truth. The Catholic Church has one teachingone unified
teachingas opposed to the now 43,000 evangelical (Protestant) groups currently established, with 2.3
added each day. Their views on everything from the Trinity, homosexuality, abortion, and salvation all
contradict each other. Truth cannot be false at the same time and Truth cannot contradict each other.
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Amelia Monroe Carlson graduated from the University of North Alabama with
a Bachelors Degree in journalism. Being raised as a Methodist during her
early years, it was not until she entered college where she began to take her
faith seriously. She was baptized as a Southern Baptist in Muscle Shoals, AL
and began immediately serving in international missions and in the church.
During college, she became the Co-founder of an International Ministry, where
she spent time traveling and speaking to church groups and in large
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conferences. She authored a Bible study and traveled abroad on mission
work. She sat on the Mid-South Interfaith Conferences in Mississippi, where
she defended the faith and discussed beliefs with leaders of various religions.
After a business trip to Washington D.C., where she was introduced to a former Baptist who
converted to the Catholic Church, she was placed on a journey to enter into the Catholic Church.
Amelia is a military wife and currently residents with her husband in Tennessee. She is a six time
award winning journalist, receiving press awards for various categories including investigative
journalism, best news coverage, and best single feature. It is her desire to help Catholics, particularly
Cradle Catholics, see the beauty in their faith which converts see and appreciate the fullness of truth
which the Church has held and guarded throughout history. It is her desire all Catholics fall as much
in love with Jesus as she is, and love the Church to a greater capacity than they could imagine.
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Earl Taft
Poet at Retired
I agree. To those who do not see let

me say we are not the judge. God
alone judges whether you enter eternal
bliss or not. We Catholics do not say
you are going to Heaven or hell. We
only say ours is the church established
by Christ and his apostles.
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14 Jun 29, 2015 9:40am
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Agreed Earl - the Catholic

Church has an apostolic
succession starting with Peter
followed by Linus, Clement I,
followed by Linus, Clement I,

Anitectus, Victor I, Callistus I,
Pontianus, Fabian, etc., etc to
this present day day.
Dear Ms Miller, you have all the
right to disagree that Priests
should remain unmarried - but
kindly note, that the Catholic
Church has also all the same
right to choose what is best for
her in order to be able to
achieve the work entrusted to
her by God in favor of God's
people. The Catholic church
found it more profitable for her
clergy to offer their celibacy to
God and, in so doing, they
ca... See More
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12:43pm
19 Jul 2, 2015
Lemuel Gomez
Anthony De Giovanni The
Early Christians did not
believed in Mary's perpetual
virginity, nor does the fact that
Mary did not remain a virgin
nullifies to any degree the
message of Christ.
Let me quote some verses:
And he knew her not till she
brought forth her FIRST BORN
son: and called his name
JESUS (Matthew 1:25, DRB).
55Is not his mother the
woman called Mary, and his
BROTHERS James and
Joseph and Simon and Jude?
56 His SISTERS, too, are they
not all here with us? (Matthew
13:55b-56a, NJB).
3 Is not this the carpenter, the
son of Mary, the BROTHER of
James, and Joseph, and Jude,
and Sim... See More
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2:37am
2 Aug 2, 2015
Tibor Spagina
Florida Southern College, 1981; USF,
1988
Why does this meaningless

argument come up all the time,
argument come up all the time,

the Virgin Mary? We know
why, because you have no
valid arguments, since the
Catholic Church is the only true
Church established by our
Lord, and it has been
proclaiming His words
unchanged for 2,000 years.
We venerate the Mother of
God, do not worship her, and
ask for her intercession and for
that of the saints. None of you
have to keep telling us, from
whom grace and salvation
come - Jesus Christ, our Lord
and God. The Catholic Church
had been saying, teaching that
for 1,500 years, before the
devil got into some of the
"Reformers" - I call them
deformers.
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7:44am
4 Aug 2, 2015
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Lorraine Balluff Perry

Teacher at I Love Being Retired
It really is painful to read the comments

from Mrs Miller & a few others who say
they had grown up Catholic but now
disbelieve. They misinterpret so much
in their quest to disbelieve that this is
truly the Church that Christ founded.
They never found Him in the
sacraments that He gave us and only
see too many rules instead of seeing
the sacraments as the means to grow
in His grace. Then there are those with
inaccurate information concerning
history such as inquisition or lies that
have been told for all these centuries. It
is easier to believe the lies because
they just don't want to think that the
Church is the one true church that Our
Redeemed founded.
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9 Jul 30, 2015 5:41pm
Jerry Atwood
Thank you Mrs. Perry, what a
beautiful reply.
beautiful reply.
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12:10pm
2 Jul 31, 2015
Ramon Jesus Reyes

CeC Staff at First Capital Consulting , Inc
If its okay I would like to use your

article next next on my blog and I will
credit you and links to your website and
facebook. Its a part of my blog for a
great article of the week so share with
my follower in my journey through the
seminary.
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9 Jun 24, 2015 10:10am
Tibor Spagina
1988
The Lord bless you and always

accompany you, Ramon, for
serving Him and His Kingdom.
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11:04am
2 Jun 24, 2015
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
God Bless you Ramon - keep

up the good work and may the
good God help you accomplish
what he He has started in you:
a Holy catholic Priest.
A.M.D.G.
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4:04pm
1 Jul 7, 2015
Sabrina Rodriguez
Absolutely stunning and informative! !!!!
Sharing! GOD bless you. I love my
Catholic faith!
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7 Jun 24, 2015 3:28pm
Joe Matthiesen
Excellent article. A great tool to be
used when defending the tree at the
catholic church is the church Jesus
founded. Thank you Amelia
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4 Jun 25, 2015 9:02am
John Hallman
Willis, Texas
Well, Joe, Jesus did say He

was the vine and his followers
were the branches, right? And
since you have to take that
since you have to take that

literally, your defending the tree
comment was spot on! LOL I
hate smart phones sometimes.
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2:39am
5 Jun 26, 2015
Raf SoaringEagle
Peter (Petros in Greek, Cephas
in Hebrews) means: stone.
http://www.behindthename.co
m/name/peter
http://www.wordoftruthradio.co
m/questions/47.html
Jesus Christ is referred many
times (old and New Testament
as the "Rock". When Jesus
spoke to
Peter (Matt.16:18), He meant
the Church shall be established
(founded) by Him (for He is the
Rock).
http://thebible.net/introchurch/c
h2.html
I belong to Christ' Church!
Jesus is my High Priest! The
Authority is from Him alone.
Not from man. No man can
reject but The Lord God alone.
... See More
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12:44am
1 Aug 1, 2015
Joe Matthiesen
Raf SoaringEagle Let me see if
I can help. Jesus and the
apostals spoke Aramaic. The
Aramaic work for Peter is
Kephas meaning Rock.
m/name/kephas
So the conversation in Matt
16:18 would sound like this
"You are Kephas(Rock), and
upon this Kephas(Rock) I will
build my church,"
Seems pretty cut and dry to
me, that Peter is who he chose
to build his church. Keep in
mind Jesus did
establish(founded) the church,
He built it not Peter. Jesus did

it on Peter "upon this Rock I
will build my church."
And as you can see in Matt
16:19 he gives Peter, only
Peter, the keys t... See More
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3:06pm
4 Aug 3, 2015
Vee Maino Miller

Let me see, born into and raised
Catholic, then non-demoninational after
accepting Christ. When I was young
these are the "rules" we had to follow
and that were later done away with:
don't eat meat on Friday, don't eat
anything the morning you are to
receive Holy Communion, females
must cover their heads when in church,
etc. So much dogma and man-made
rules. Do-do's and dont-don'ts. While
growing up the only part of the Bible I
recognized were the gospel/epistles.
We were drilled in the Catechism but
not the Bible. I disagre with priests not
being able to be married. You claim
Peter was your first Pope and he was
married. You state Mary remained a
virgin after birthing Jesus. Uh, how do
you explain James, his brother ~ and
there were other brothers and sisters
also. Gotta go! Be blessed and love
Jesus, pray to the Father.
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3 Jun 26, 2015 1:56pm
Joe Matthiesen
Those are great questions.
Now do your research and find
out what and WHY the church
teaches on these questions. I
suggest
https://www.biblechristiansociet
y.com/download
www.catholic.com and
http://www.calledtocommunion.
comGood luck, happy hunting.
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1:13am
8 Jun 27, 2015
Other Tim
West Chester University of
Pennsylvania
The priesthood is a vocation on

the same level as marriage,
only to the bride of Christ, not a
9-5p "occupation". A priest can
be reassigned to churches on
command and is servant to His
Church. He cannot serve both
the Church and a separate wife
and family, lest one be given
the title of second place which
isn't the rightful place for either.
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12:04pm
8 Jun 27, 2015
John Hallman
Willis, Texas
Other Tim We are all priests (1

Peter 2:9) if we are in the
family of believers, the only
church of Jesus Christ. Any
other priest role is purely
created for whatever uses your
church has for them, but aren't
based on any Biblical teaching,
and certainly not the part of
requiring abstinence. Choosing
not to marry is fine (and
supported in the Bible), but
requiring it is a Catholic thing,
not a Bible thing.
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5:18am
1 Jun 28, 2015
William Reyes
Princeton Theological Seminary
The true Church is the one which

faithfully and lovingly follows Jesus the
Risen Christ, and loyally and
obediently practices its faith beyond
belief being grateful for the gift of
salvation
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2 Jun 25, 2015 5:43pm
Mary Koury Whitten

Read the post to Vee. Anyone
can start a church ..... Look
around you today. Where did
they come from and who
they come from and who

started them. The Protestant
Reformation started in the
1600's and since then we have
all kinds of churches. Mainly
because someone does not
like something and they start a
new one. Some do it for the
business. It is a good
business... you could make
good money. God Bless
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11:33pm
3 Jul 1, 2015
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Well Said Mary; We do not

judge or worse condemn
anyone who belongs to any
other church or religion Usually it the catholic church
and the Pope who suffer all
sorts of insults and devlish
names. but that was foretold by
Christ "If they have called the
master of the house
Beelzebub, how much more
shall they call them of his
household?"
We pray for unity... as Christ
did during the last supper, and
we are taught to love one
another even those we
consider as our enemies; and
not to call them names and
insult them, something we
Catholics have to endure so
many times - it hurts! but we
forgive and pray for them who
ridicule and offend us.
All those who are in good faith
and live a good life are surely
saved whichever chruch or
religion they belong to. But that
does not stop the Catholic
Church from being the one and
only Church founded by Christ.
God Bless you all.
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1:25pm
Raf SoaringEagle
4 Jul 2, 2015
As someone who went to a Catholic

school and university, I fully disagree.
Why so? Because I happen to read the
Bible and finds wrong the points taken
in the article. I will try to make this short
and just debunked two points:
On Authority: Jesus is the Only and
Absolute Authority to who stays in and
out of His true Church -- the Body of
Christ. "World Religion Church" is
flawed in "excommunicating" any of
their followers. I disagree it's solely an
RCC thing. This practice is in fact
dominant in religious cults around the
world. For instance, INC church in the
Philippines practices
excommunic... See More
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3 Aug 3, 2015 3:33pm
Matthew Underwood
Farmer at Farmer
What you are discussing, the

points you are making is not a
solid understanding of
Catholicism. Strange, cuz you
went to University. If you
understood why Catholics do
what they do, where they get
their Sacraments and doctrines
from scripture and the
Apostles, you might be able to
discuss this. But I dont even
know what religion youre
talking about. I mean, not
encouraging Catholic
parishoners to study their
Bible? Thats all the Church
talks about. Between hearing
the entire Bible at Mass over a
course of three yrs. And
encouraging the Hours, the
Psalms, the Way of the Cross
and the Mysteries, I hear and
read so much Scripture, its
falling outta my head for lack of
room to fit it all. The only
Catholics who dont know,
study and recite constant
scripture are the ones on the
sidelines.
Like Reply Aug 6, 2015 7:50pm
Raf SoaringEagle
Reply to Matthew:
Reply to Matthew:
Matthew, for centuries the RCC
tried to prevent people from
having Bibles. Thousands if not
millions lost their lives and
were burned because of having
Bibles. I don't mean to bring
that truth our, but that's a fact
in History already. Of course it
is much less than that these
days but RCC even today is
not fully focused on the Holy
Bible but rather on its own
"roman catholic doctrines". I
my case, together with millions
of other Believers, I found
genuine relationship (and not
Religion) with Jesus Christ and
am a follower and received
Salvation for His finished work
in the C... See More
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10:28pm
1 Aug 6, 2015
Alan Marco Rodriguez

Philippine College of Health Sciences,
Inc.
Thats the problem when faith is

dealt with emotion..you feel as
if your contemplating with
him...you feel as if you can
percieve what the scripture is
trying to say..you feel
righteous...you feel your the
one aligned to the truth..you
feel your biblical and wer
not...you feel theres no need to
have church...its all but a
feeling once losts,faith also
losts...its but good to be close
to Him and have what you
called relationship,the problem
is on technicalities of
interpreting the bible.....if you
have that discernment how
come your not unified with your
intrepretations?how come u
contradict each other..
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Nel Longno
Birmingham, United Kingdom
authority is conditional for all those

who claim to have authority, catholic or
otherwise. even the apostles authority
is conditional. how much more the
pope? these are all just titles.
Gal 1:8 But even if we, or an angel
from heaven, preach any other gospel
to you than what we have preached to
you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we have said before, so
now I say again, if anyone preaches
any other gospel to you than what you
have received, let him be accursed.
the gospel is the final authority, and all
other authority institutional or personal,
is subservient and conditional to it. it
i... See More
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1 Aug 2, 2015 9:50am
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Dear Mr Longno,
I agree with both your quotes; I
am sure that the Catholic
Church obeyes them 100%
from where you got the idea
that the church does not
preach the Gospel of Christ is
pure fiction and there is no
basis of truth
You correctly say the the
gosepl is the final authority; fine
so let me quote the gospel re
the authority of Christ passed
on to the apostles (The
Chruch) through His Command
to the them (see quote below)
before His ascention into
heaven. In Matthew 28: 18-20:
Jesus authorises the appostles
(the Church) with a mission:
"And Jesus came up and spoke
to them, saying,
"ALL... See More
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Nel Longno
Anthony De Giovanni you still

missed it. the authority is
missed it. the authority is

conditional to the truthfulness
of the preaching of scripture.
therefore, the authority by
which all other authority is
based is NOT the church bur
scripture. even Paul does not
exempt his apostolic authority.
Gal1:8-9. There is no agenda,
read your bible and dont simply
kowtow to whatever institution
or person who says they have
authority. As for the issue if the
roman church is aligned with
scripture is not rocket science.
One look at all the rampant
idolatry will define what
they/you are. Even the jews
never had such practices.
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10:22am
1 Aug 6, 2015

Inc.
If you dont believe on

authority...Then whats the point
of having someone lecturing
you in your church when we
could just go duck down on our
seat;read the bible on your
own;interpret it the way you
feel and the way you think the
spirit lives in you....theres no
point of church at all when you
interchangeably separate it
from authority...
If catholics would have not
compiled the books completely
and made available to
everyone until the 4th
century,is that suggest your
faithless and would have not
found the truth because
remember the church made the
bible and not the bible made
the church..
La... See More
Tibor Spagina
Tibor Spagina
Florida Southern College, 1981; USF, 1988
Thank you, Amelia, for your excellent

article on the only true, genuine,
divinely established Church on earth,
the Catholic Church, the Body of
Christ, its Founder. All arguments and
quotations support the unchangeable
fact, that our Church is the pillar and
bulwark of truth, the Truth that is Christ
our Lord and God in Person.
Consequently, you are right, by our
Church abiding in ALL, that the Lord
has commanded to us, the Truth in
Him, Protestant truth is wanting in
every sense. That is the reason, that
their argument can never stand
according to the word of God itself, but
only when compare... See More
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2 Jun 24, 2015 10:54am
Raf SoaringEagle
Peter (Petros in Greek, Cephas
in Hebrews) means: stone.
m/name/peter
http://www.wordoftruthradio.co
m/questions/47.html
Jesus Christ is referred many
times (old and New Testament
as the "Rock". When Jesus
spoke to
Peter (Matt.16:18), He meant
the Church shall be established
(founded) by Him (for He is the
Rock).
http://thebible.net/introchurch/c
h2.html
I belong to Christ'
Church!... See More
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Tibor Spagina
1988
Raf, I am quite familiar with this

kind of foolish Protestant
individual interpretation of even
the Lord's words; you people,
evidently, do not have respect
even towards Him, because
you do not accept His words,
you do not accept His words,

so you change them to fit your
vain imagination.
One thing is sure, the Lord
knew what He was talking
about, while talking to Peter.
He surely was not talking to
Himself, because He goes on
giving the key of the Kingdom
of Heaven - on earth, it is the
Catholic Church - to Peter, with
the authority to bind or loose
things on earth, that will be left
in the same way in Heaven.
The Lord has said it
repeatedly, that His words are
not for "the wise in their own
eyes", rather, for those who
want to have some hope of
getting to Heaven, must accept
His words in a childlike
manner. May the Lord bless
you, and abide in His words,
not in yours, to know the Truth.
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6:59am
5 Aug 1, 2015
Maikeli Uoifalelahi
Director at Maimaa Pty Ltd
Lemuel obviously is not a Catholic he

does not understand Catholicism and
when he fully understands it he will
come back to the Catholic faith.
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1 Aug 5, 2015 3:11pm
Cesar Vicente
Works at SN/Aboitiz Power Magat Inc.
Who declared that the apostle Peter is

for the Gentiles? And who further
declared he is the pope of a Gentile
church? The RCC is a Gentile church,
would it not be fitting that the apostle
Paul should have been given the
place? And if the bible called them
apostles why would the RCC adopt the
term Pope (Father)? Did God not gave
apostles instead of Popes?
Matthew 23:9 And call no man your
father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles,
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles,

inasmuch as I am the apostle of the
Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Eph 4:11-12 And he gave some,
apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers; For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:
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1 Aug 1, 2015 3:06pm

Inc.
Piece of advice...ur almost

there...do more research and
you will find the truth....by
finding what happened to paul
after then...from preaching and
going somewhere...where did
his journey ends....thats ur
assignment
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Whilst writing I would like to

comment a little on what our
brother in Christ Cesar Vicente
is telling us on the prolonged
problem of "And call no man
your father upon the earth:"
First of all, to get things right let
us quote this quote in context:
""But do not be called Rabbi
(TEACHER)i; for One is your
Teacher, and you are all
brothers. Do not call anyone on
earth your father; for One is
your Father, He who is in
heaven. "Do NOT BE CALLED
LEADERS, for One is your
Leader, that is, Christ." (by the
way the subject in the full
context is humility)
How come only the middle part
of this quo... See More
Joe Matthiesen
Sorry. Always proof read your
Sorry. Always proof read your

comments when using your iPhone.
Lol. Defending the truth that the
Catholic Church is the Church Jesus
Founded.
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1 Jun 25, 2015 9:04am
Vee Maino Miller

Uh, no, Jesus did not find nor
start the Catholic Church.
There were seven (7) churches
recognized by Paul AND Jesus
in Revelation. James was the
leader of Jesus' church in
Jerusalem after Christ died and
rose again! Catholics read
Matthew 16:18 incorrectly.
Matthew 16 New King James
Version (NKJV)
PETER CONFESSES JESUS
AS THE CHRIST (Matthew
16:13-19 NKJV)
13 When Jesus came into the
region of Caesarea Philippi, He
asked His disciples, saying,
Who do men say that I, the
Son of Man, am?
14 So they said, Some say
John the Baptist, some Elijah,
and others Jeremiah or one of
the prophets.... See More
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12:54pm
9 Jun 26, 2015
Nathaniel Ed
Petersburg, Illinois
Vee Maino Miller Peter means

"rock" (see John 1:42, it will
probably say this in the
footnotes). With this in mind,
what Jesus is saying is a play
on words of sorts. Jesus
named Simon "Rock," and then
later makes him into the rock
on which He will build His
church. Hope this clarifies it.
God bless!
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1:34pm
5 Jun 26, 2015
Joe Matthiesen
Vee Maino Miller Please tell
Vee Maino Miller Please tell

me what Vs in Revelation you
are referring to? I'm a betting
your taking it out of context.
How do you get "Jesus was
saying that He would build His
church based on Peter's
answer that Christ was the Son
of the living God, not build it on
Peter." from "18 And I also say
to you that you are Peter, and
on this rock I will build My
church, and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against
it."???? Sounds pretty cut and
dry to me!
Jesus singles Peter out in
Matthew 16:18 and makes him
the head of the church. Peter
means Rock. So Jesus said
"you are Rock and on
t... See More
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1:51pm
6 Jun 26, 2015
Cesar Vicente
How many Roman Catholics are in this

world who are ignorant of the word of
God, who are those you see in every
place worshipping the bottle of wine or
the desires of the flesh, who could not
show evidence of being transformed
from within due to the presence of the
Holy Ghost indweling every true
believer, who do not even value the
written word of God and seek the Holy
Ghost's instructions and leading so that
the word would change their minds and
hearts that they should learn to offer
themselves a living sacrifice holy and
acceptable to Him? Aah, you would
say, it all depends on how a man
responds? And I would say, if a man
within a fold is wayward, what is more
of his need - a priest or a shepherd?
Php 3:18-19 (For many walk, of whom
I have told you often, and now tell you
I have told you often, and now tell you

even weeping, that they are the
enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose
end is destruction, whose God is their
belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.)
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1 Aug 1, 2015 2:44pm

Inc.
And how many of you are

ignorant too that the bible are
created by the church...and
that we owe it from them...just
imagined if not because of the
complete compilation and
translation of the bible by the
church, i could hardly imagined
how will u come up to your faith
with such solely clerical
basis...try to reasearch factual
basis and emperical datas in
all kinds of resources be it
encyclopedia or google, u can
not separate the history of
christianity to
catholicism...christianity
depends entirely on catholic
church....by the way its not
roman catholic....its catholic
church...the true one unified
universal and apostolic
church....
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Dear
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
soon
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Why so much hatred?

Scrolling round my computer I have
met and read a number of posts
expressing hatred towards the Catholic

Church and The Pope by other so
called "Christians" who seem to find
pleasure in insulting and attributing
malicious devilish titles to The Catholic
Church and to our beloved Pope;
Some of these posts are nothing more
than ridiculous lies which show
ignorance of what the Catholic Church
and the Pope stand for. It made me
really sad to read such nonsense,
arrogance, disrespect and hatred
towards the Catholic Church and the
Pope calling them "the beast of the
apocalypse" ... See More
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7 Jun 29, 2015 3:06pm
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
My dear Siony, with all due

respect, can you let me know
from where gott the idea that
the book of revelation is not
discussed by the Catholic
Church? I am afraid that that is
a false accusation. One cannot
just repeat what other people
say without ever verifying
whether what they say is the
truth or a misinterpretation of
this book.
If you would like to know more
about this book, I suggest you
follow this link as a an
introductory teaching about the
book of revelation:
https://www.ewtn.com/faith/tea
chings/euchc3.htm - If you
really want to know more about
this Sacred Book, than I
suggest you read the whole
book by Scott Hahn, a convert
to Catholicism from the
Presbyterian church:
http://www.penguinrandomhou
se.com/.../the-lambs-supper.../
http://www.amazon.com/ScottHahns-Study.../dp/0307589056
In case you did not read it,
have a look at my post above Thank you and God Bless you
Thank you and God Bless you

and all your loved ones and
may He surround you with His
Merciful Love.
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2:25pm
2 Jul 6, 2015

Inc.
A good deal of criticism and

hatred is always heavily laden
with envy.....thats the answer
giovanni...they cant just accept
the truth because
pride,arrogance,self
righteousness reigns in their
heart
Like Reply
11:28am
1 Aug 6, 2015
Loyd Philip Divinagracia

Assistant/Instructor at Scalabrini Philosophy
House
No amount of factual arguments could

convince those who do not want to be
convinced. Faith is a gift from the Lord.
Justin S. Steele
Medford, Wisconsin
Adding "Roman" to the beginning of

the "Catholic Church" is an Anglican
misnomer that Catholics need to break
the habit of using. Yes, the Catholic
Church was founded by Christ upon
the Apostles, but the understanding of
Christ's Church is much larger than the
"Roman rite" as there are other rites
that are equally part of the Catholic
Church. Being in union with the
Successor of St. Peter is the main idea,
obviously, but to call the whole true
Church as Roman is misleading.
A good brief article that can better
clarify:
https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/c
hurb3.htm
Like Reply Jul 25, 2015 2:20am
Pierre Comtois
Salem State College
Succinct and to the point!

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1 Jun 24, 2015 11:27am
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1 Jun 24, 2015 11:27am
Harry Buchanan
Saint Raymond High School for Boys
Hmmm??? Grew up catholic, but

protestants have a much better
understanding ot the scriptures. Never
met a priest, brother or nun that were
knowledgeable. Don't buy the historic
argument at all, was more ploitical than
anything else.
Like Reply Jul 29, 2015 2:28pm
Alan Couvillion
Owner at Couvillion Plumbing LLC
When we are young we think

no one knows anthing but us,
but when get older we are
amazed at what they have
learned in such a short time . I
think Will Rogers said that . Do
you not buy the historical
argument because it does not
agree with your political views
or do you not want to buy it
because you don't want it to be
true. Hoping you wll come back
to full Communion with the
Catholic Church, but if not
maybe you can find peace with
it anyhow. God Bless Harry
Buchanan !
Like Reply
10:13pm
1 Jul 29, 2015
Harry Buchanan
Saint Raymond High School for Boys
Alan Couvillion Read a little of

your hidtory? Indulgences? I'm
57, and although I like and
admire many in the church
some of the teachings are so
way off base with the word.
Find me once instance in the
Bible that speaks of anyome
interceding with the Father
besides Jesus, . Not to
mentiion purgatory and praying
to Mary? Don't buy the
historical argument because it
has no biblical justification. Do
a little research before
responding with the Peter
quote. A whole reformation
happened and for good reason!
happened and for good reason!

Like Reply Jul 30, 2015 1:30am
Travis Cannon
Harry Buchanan I would ask
you to find me in the Bible,
chapter and verse, where it
says everything you must
believe is found ONLY in the
Bible. Where does it say that
ONLY the Bible is all you'd
need? While you're at it, give
me chapter and verse where it
says God is a Trinity.
Reformation? More like
revolution.
Point is, as the Bride of Christ,
the Church cannot lie. Christ
founded the Church, the
Church created the Bible. How
did the Gospel spread before
the 300's? Surely you don't
believe that at Christ's
ascention He dropped a King
James Bible then shouted
"Figure it out on your own!" on
His way up, do you? Saying
something the Catholic Church
does is not biblical is like telling
the Ford Company their own
cars aren't Ford enough.
I apologize if I come across
snarky, it's getting to be the
end of my work day.
Like Reply
11:26am
1 Jul 31, 2015
Mikee Lanterno
We were talking about sola scriptura
then you asked about faith so I cited
examples of how early people who had
strong faith in God in the absence of
the Bible as we know it today. It is not
counterintuitive. Jesus is the only truth
and the Bible is his word. Now faith
comes from hearing God's
message...which also happens to be
the Bible. Early people like the ones I
cited heard God's message directly
from God himself so they had faith and
didn't need a Bible to build it up.
Cesar Vicente
Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved

through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Tit 3:5- 6 Not by works of
righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved
us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which
he shed on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Saviour
Any church that teaches otherwise is a
fraud.

Inc.
Thats the problem of cherry

picking verses without
understanding the whole
context...and that knacks and
audacity to interpret such
verses from the bible that
would have not made possible
without the compilation from
the church...the church made
the bible...
Evette Villamor
University of the Visayas
I tried myself to agree

Why? Im a catholic since birth but why
it is that Fr. Omen Mahusay of Virgen
of Rosary Parish in Inayagan, Naga/
Minglanilla, Cebu stop our regular
masses in Nazareth Chapel in
Tungkop, Minglanilla (1970-2013) until
now he did not serve us mass resulting
some gamblings and drugs exposing in
our barangays.
We reported this to Bishop Palma, but
he believe will to Fr. Mahusay who
said that he will punish the people, for
what? During my children of mary
before our superior always asking us of
how many people we invited to go to
church and hear mass, we always
church and hear mass, we always

convience and encourage people,
please we need HELP for ou brothers
and sisters who did not attend mass
anymore since 2013 and pray for Fr.
Omen Mahusay, to lead the people as
a real Catholic priest,
This all always we ask and support
from who ever read this
(Im Evette Villamor of Tungkop,
Minglanilla, Cebu you can contact me
at 09228804635
Please pray for us
Anthony De Giovanni
Valletta, Malta
Dear Evette,
of course we will pray for you your faith is great amidst all
your spiritual and psychological
suffering because your
Shepherd, without judging him,
that is only for God to do,
unfortunately seems to have
abondoned his flock for some
reason or other;
Listen to what Ezekiel has to
say in chapter 34:
"'Thus says the Lord GOD,
Woe, shepherds of Israel who
have been feeding themselves!
Should not the shepherds feed
the flock..."
Those who are sickly you have
not strengthened,
the diseased you have not
healed,
the broken you have not bound
up,
the scattered you have not
brought back... See More
Cesar Vicente
http://www.bible.ca/cath-bibleorigin.htm
Reynaldo Dela Pena

It would be difficult for you to
understand or admit that Catholic
Roman is not yet a TRUE CHURCH of
Roman is not yet a TRUE CHURCH of

JESUS. A true Church of Jesus is not
yet reveal in the public. He is secretly
teaching the called "chosen one" which
are coming from different churches or
tribes in the world, These Chosen one
are the one whom He really planted the
seeds whom are given the right to
enter into His Kingdom when He reign
back. During the so called "paghahari'means those whom He teaches will
look like and live like Jesus in the earth
until such He will come back and
Judge. Those first batch or group
undergone "pa... See More
Cesar Vicente
The church is not a establishment

founded on temporal things. All
temporal things decay or never last
forever. Anything built upon a
foundation of temporal things will fall
down when the foundation crumbles.
Men could not be a foundation of
anything destined to prevail even
against the gates of hell. For other
foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ (1Cor. 3:11).
If a man is known even as a rock, he
can not be a foundation of the church.
A basic principle of true Christianity is,
Therefore let no man glory in men. For
all things are yours; Whether Paul, or
Apollos... See More

Inc.
U really missed the point....do

not over analyze...it just
requires a simple logic.....
Like Reply
9:32am
2 Aug 6, 2015

Inc.
Theres missing in there; Peter,I

will give you the keys in
heaven....Jesus could have
instead said and adressed it to
all..and would have said i say
all..and would have said i say

unto all of you upon this rock i
will build my church..go and
make churches..whats the
point of specifying Peter
among all....when Jesus told
him I will give you the keys in
heaven....is that really pretty
hard to understand?...oh my
you must be kidding...
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Amelia Monroe Carlson

I agree. To those who do not see let

14 Jun 29, 2015 9:40am

Agreed Earl - the Catholic

followed by Linus, Clement I,

Why does this meaningless

argument come up all the time,

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Lorraine Balluff Perry

It really is painful to read the comments

9 Jul 30, 2015 5:41pm

2 Jul 31, 2015

Ramon Jesus Reyes

If its okay I would like to use your

9 Jun 24, 2015 10:10am

The Lord bless you and always

2 Jun 24, 2015

God Bless you Ramon - keep

7 Jun 24, 2015 3:28pm

4 Jun 25, 2015 9:02am

Well, Joe, Jesus did say He

since you have to take that

5 Jun 26, 2015

He built it not Peter. Jesus did

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Vee Maino Miller

3 Jun 26, 2015 1:56pm

8 Jun 27, 2015

The priesthood is a vocation on

8 Jun 27, 2015

Other Tim We are all priests (1

1 Jun 28, 2015

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The true Church is the one which

2 Jun 25, 2015 5:43pm

Mary Koury Whitten

they come from and who

Well Said Mary; We do not

As someone who went to a Catholic

3 Aug 3, 2015 3:33pm

What you are discussing, the

Alan Marco Rodriguez

Thats the problem when faith is

Birmingham, United Kingdom

authority is conditional for all those

1 Aug 2, 2015 9:50am

Anthony De Giovanni you still

missed it. the authority is

Alan Marco Rodriguez

If you dont believe on

Thank you, Amelia, for your excellent

2 Jun 24, 2015 10:54am

Raf, I am quite familiar with this

you do not accept His words,

Lemuel obviously is not a Catholic he

1 Aug 5, 2015 3:11pm

Who declared that the apostle Peter is

Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles,

1 Aug 1, 2015 3:06pm