10 Reasons the Catholic Church is the Church Jesus Christ Started
1. Jesus said in Matthew 16…." I will build MY CHURCH" Just one Church. One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. Ephesians 4:5 And 1 Tim, 3:15 says the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth.
2. Authority. In Matthew 18, the story of someone who has a rift with someone he knows and Jesus says to take two friends with you and if he does not listen to them, TAKE HIM TO THE CHURCH. Why? Because the Church has AUTHORITY.
3. When Martin Luther did his Reformation in 1517, over 100 new churches started teaching different doctrines due to their interpretation of Scripture. In 1 Tim 1:3, Paul says to Timothy, "As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine,
4. 27 books in the New Testament. Why not 28, 32, or 25? The Church had the authority to choose those 27 books to make up the New Testament. And the Old Testament was set as Jesus, and all biblical scholars agree that Jesus and the Apostles used the Septuagint, which had 46 books. Pope Damasus wrote the books of the Bible in 380 AD to be put into one book.
5. The Mass. Six saints witnessed angels at every Mass. They also saw Christ on the Cross above the Altar. Throughout the world, no matter what religion, altars are found relating to worship. No altar, no worship. A group from Chicago put together the Mass, complete with Angels. Please go to YouTube and search "The VEIL REMOVED" Google search "The Veil Removed Witnesses" if you want to see who saw this.
6. Padre Pio. He was a priest in the Catholic Church who had the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ, in his body. He was seen in two different cities on the same day. He was known to tell people their sins when they went to confession to him. Hundreds of people would line up to confess to him to get informed about their sins. Two men from Purgatory visited him and asked him to pray for him. Yes, Purgatory is real. That is why Paul said you get tested as thru fire.
7. The Eucharist. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem means "House of Bread." Jesus said He was the Bread of Life. Jesus said, "UNLESS you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have NO LIFE WITHIN YOU!. The verse where they left him because they did not believe him is John 6:66. "They went back to their former way of life and walked with Him no more."
8. The Mother of Christ. Mary. The Blessed Mother. She has appeared on our earth 13 times. Miracles happened. Cultures changed when she appeared. Look up "The Miracle of the Sun," "Our Lady of Fatima," "Our Lady of Lourdes," or "Our Lady of Guadalupe" to learn about these miracles.
9. Early Church Fathers – These are some people who lived with the Apostles and wrote the same time as the New Testament books. Ignatius of Antioch wrote, in 107 AD, "Where the Bishop is, there is Jesus Christ, and there is the Catholic Church."
10. All the Sacraments can be found in the Early Church Father's writings. No Sola Scriptura nor Sola Fide was found in the early Church.
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Vatican Council II is our strong point. We can go back to Traditional Mission based upon there being exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.We have to affirm Vatican Council II interpreted rationally.This means we are back to the old ecclesiology of St.Ignatius of Loyola and the Irish missionaries in the Middle Ages.
Since according to Vatican Council II all non Catholics are oriented to Hell without faith and the baptism of water which is needed for salvation ( Ad Gentes 7). The Council interpreted rationally says LG 8 etc are not physically visible cases. So they are not practical exceptions for extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
The Council supports Traditional Mission and evangelisation based upon there being exclusive salvation in only the Catholic Church.
Good job! You have covered the important points.Now you have to bring in Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church i nterpreted rationally.
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
Vatican Council II should now be of concern for the liberals and the Left. They can no more cite the Council to support their progressivism Vatican Council II is traditional. It is ecclesiocentric and dogmatic.It supports the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS).EENS is in hamony with Ad Gentes 7 which says all need Catholic faith and the baptism of water for salvation. There are no exceptions mentioned in the Council-text for Ad Gentes 7. There are also no practical exceptions mentioned in Vatican Council II, for the Athanasius Creed and the Syllabus of Errors. The Council supports Tradition. The Council is Feeneyite on EENS. So Vatican Council II should now be of concern for the liberals and the Left. They can no more cite the Council to support their progressivism. - Lionel Andrades
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NOVEMBER 18, 2022
So even though Yves Congar, Karl Rahner and the liberals were present at Vatican Council II the Council is orthodox when interpreted with the Rational Premise and Inference.The Conclusion is Traditional Notwithstanding what you read in the following article 1 from the web-blog Rorate Caeili(and in other reports), Vatican Council II is always dogmatic, traditional and ecclesiocentric.It must only be interpreted rationally. This is the ethical thing to do. So even though Yves Congar, Karl Rahner and the liberals were present at Vatican Council II the Council is orthodox when interpreted with the Rational Premise and Inference.The Conclusion is Traditional - Lionel Andrades
1 ‘The Council and the Eclipse of God’ by Don Pietro Leone: CHAPTER 10 (part 5 c): The Principal Agents of the Council (continued): 2.The Bishops 3. The Freemasons 4. The Protestants 5. The Periti 6. The Press https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-council-and-eclipse-of-god-by-don_16.html#more ________________________________________________________________________
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican, must ask the Jesuits to stop writing new books on Vatican Council II until the issue of the Irrational and Rational Premise and Inference is settled.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican, must ask the Jesuits to stop writing any new books on Vatican Council II until the issue of the Irrational and Rational Premise and Inference is settled. They are still publishing books on Vatican Council II written with the common False Premise which produces a break with Tradition especially the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.I interpret extra ecclesiam nulla salus as having no physically visible exceptions in 2022. Also I interpret Vatican Council II as not mentioning any practical exceptions for extra ecclesiam nulla salus. In reality we humans cannot see people saved with the baptism of desire or in invincible ignorance.They are always hypothetical and invisible cases. Invisible people cannot be visible and objective examples of salvation outside the Church.- Lionel Andrades Lionel Andrades Catholic lay man in Rome. Writer on the discovery of the two interpretations of Vatican Council II, one is rational and the other is irrational, one is interpreted with the false premise and the other without it. One is Magisterial and the other, the common one, is non Magisterial.How can the Holy Spirit make an objective mistake ? So it is human error and not the Magisterium. Vatican Council II is dogmatic and not only pastoral. It is the same for the Creeds and Catechisms. There can be two interpretations.Catholics must choose the rational option. Why should Catholics choose an irrational version which is heretical, nontraditional and schismatic, when a rational option is there which is traditional? It is unethical when the popes, cardinals and bishops choose the Irrational Premise to interpret Vatican Council II and other Magisterial Documents. Blog: Eucharist and Mission (eucharistandmission)
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Good Work @edwardgraveline! God will bless your efforts and keep inspiring others to learn the truth. I enjoyed this post. Do you have this on a pamphlet or something that you get from St Paul Street Evangelization?
I did ask them to join. I am having lunch next Tuesday with a lady I sat next to at Bible Study. She is Catholic but had a bible with 66 books in it. I told her it wasnt a Catholic Bible and she emailed me asking how many books are in the Old Testament. I told her 46 and she now wants to take me to lunch to hear about my miracle and others.
I was on a site called Nextdoor and it is a site that gets neighborhoods to communicate. One of our city Councilpersons said, "The Independence Day celebration at the park was fantastic. Here we are dancing at it. What a day!" I wrote, "I too had a wonderful day at the park. Handed out over 100 Miraculous Medals and 60 "Ten Reasons Jesus Christ started the Catholic Church" A guy I had been battling for over a year, responded to me saying, "Ed, I would like to get one of those ten Reasons Jesus started the Catholic Church" things you handed out. I asked him for his address and he said to just send it to his church with his name on it. First Church of Christ - So, I expanded the ten reasons and made it four pages. Each of the numbers was expanded to give the Church more proof. I sent it and he has not responded to me yet.
A great post Edward, we are so blessed to be Catholic and belong to the Church Christ established.