So
many false charges are made against
the Catholic Church by people who refuse to go to the source of
Catholic
teaching, to find out what the Church really teaches. They instead
prefer
to propagate the lie they are taught by others of the same mind set. If
you wanted to buy a Ford, would you go to a Chevy dealer to find the
"truth"
about Fords? No, you go to the source, the ones who built the Ford. In
the same way you will not learn the truth of what the Catholic Church
teaches
from a non-Catholic source. So if you have not bothered to go to the
source
for Catholic teaching, then why do you continue to perpetuate the lie?
By doing so, you gamble with your eternal salvation. Here are some of the false charges made against
the Catholic
Church, and the replies of truth to those charges: *The
Catholic Church is not the Church which Jesus Christ
founded.
Okay, then please give me the name of the Church which He did found,
since
it must still be here, as He did promise that His Church would last
forever,
did He not? Matthew 28:20. Did Jesus lie?
Also, since every Church on earth was founded by a person with a name,
please name the person who did found the Catholic Church if it was not
Jesus Christ? Oh, and please do not forget to include the genuine
historical
document(s) to back up what you say?
*There is no "proof" that Jesus Christ founded the Catholic
Church.
To the contrary, here are 140 reasons
why it is the
Catholic Church which He founded and none other. Now you give me just one
reason to "prove" that it is your church which He founded
and not the Catholic Church? *The
Catholic Church apostatized soon after the last Apostle
died, so the Catholic Church of today is not the same Church which
Jesus
Christ founded.
Please give me the date of this monumental historical
event? Show me your genuine historical documents which "prove"
what you charge? Of the thousands of genuine historical documents of
every
century going all the way back to the first century, and which are
available
for anyone to research, why is there no mention of this so-called earth
shaking "great Apostasy" anywhere to be found? Don't you think
that a falling away of the Church which Jesus Christ founded would
"rock
the universe", so to speak, and be the cause of a great chastisement
from GOD after what His Son went through in His passion? Look at what
happened
to the Jews for their disobedience?
Jesus did promise the Holy Spirit would be with, and teach His Church
forever
in John 14:16-17.
Are you calling Jesus Christ a liar for His promises of perpetuality
for
His Church?
See 1John 5:10.
*Well it was not any specific date, but was a gradual process
over time.
Okay, but that still implies that it did happen at some time, so give
me
the date, and your genuine historical documents. List for me the
"gradual"
apostasies of which you refer and the dates of their supposed
happenings?
What is the teaching of the Catholic Church on the Holy Trinity? Is
that
apostasy?
Does the Church teach that Jesus Christ is GOD? Does the
Church......well,
I could ask you about what the Church teaches regarding a hundred
subjects.
Instead of my listing all of the subjects on which the Church teaches,
it would be much easier if you would just please tell me the subjects
of
your charges of apostasy by the Catholic Church, and the dates of each?
*The Eucharist is "obviously" only a symbol.
Please show me the "obvious"
Scriptural
verses which say that it is only a symbol after you
have read and
studied the two links in this section? *The
Bible alone is our sole
authority.
We do not need the Catholic Church.
Oh? What did Jesus Christ found, a teaching
Church,
or a book? Since the Gospels are the heart of the New Testament, please
show me the verse(s) where He commanded anyone to write them?
Please show me where the Bible says that it alone is the sole authority?
*The Catholic Church is always coming up
with "new
doctrine". I refuse to believe anything if I cannot find it
in
the Bible.
Oh? Please give me a list of this "new" doctrine of what you
speak? Also please give me the verse which you use to "prove"
that everything worth believing is in the Bible? *Catholics
"worship" Mary.
I have been a Catholic all of my life and I have never heard the Church
tell its people that we must worship Mary. For that charge to be true,
then please provide the genuine Catholic Church document which states
that
Catholics are to worship Mary? Did you ever think to go to the source
for
the answer to this one? *Mary could not
have been immaculately
conceived.
Oh? Are you saying that GOD could not have done this?
Did not Jesus say this?
"But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is
impossible, but with God all things are possible.""
Matthew 19:26
Didn't Adam and Eve, and Jesus Christ come into the world without sin?
Then please explain to me, why the Mother of GOD could not? *Mary gave birth to the human nature of Jesus
only.
Mothers do not give birth to natures alone, but to persons
who possess a nature. Mary gave birth to the complete person. Now, is
Jesus
Christ a divine person, or is he a human person?
He could not be both, as that would make Him to be two persons. *Mary could not be the Mother
of
GOD.
Well, because you made this statement, you now have only two options.
Either
Jesus Christ is not GOD, or He had another mother other than Mary.
Which
option will you choose? *Mary had "other children".
Show me where Holy Scripture says that, after you have read the link?
Suppose
you were the brother or sister of GOD? Wouldn't there be a mountain of
material written about you and your lives? Isn't it possible that the
meaning
of words then, are not the same as they are today, especially after
they
have been translated from language to language? You see, something is
always
added or lost in a language translation. To prove this, I gave you an
example
in the 3rd sentence, 'you and your lives'. Do you see it? The word
'you'
in English can be singular or plural, but in Greek, different words are
used for 'you', sou (singular) and humeis (plural). I do explain the
importance
of this particular translation problem in greater detail here.
So do not fall into the "brothers-brethren" trap by using
todays
English meaning only.
Read the link for much
more. *Mary could not have been assumed
into Heaven.
Oh? Why not? Were you there? Is this yet something else that GOD could
not do? *It does not matter which churcha person belongs to.
To the contrary, it does matter a great deal. Do you wish to gamble
with
your eternal salvation?
There is only one true
Church, the one
which Jesus Christ founded.
I would suggest that you read Psalms
127:1.
Now, since everyone has read
Psalms 127:1, I wish to ask
all non-Catholics who make these false charges against the only Church
which Jesus Christ founded, to please show me the verse(s) in Holy
Scripture
which give authority for any person to found another church other than
that one of Matthew 16:18? Notice that Jesus did
say "Church",
and not churches in that verse. For
those who make false charges against the Catholic
Church without bothering to go to the source to see if the charges are
true or not, please read this quote from Saint Irenaeus which was
written
in 180 A.D.
"CHAP. IV.--THE TRUTH (of
what the Catholic
Church teaches*) IS TO BE FOUND NOWHERE ELSE BUT IN THE
CATHOLIC
CHURCH, THE SOLE DEPOSITORY OF APOSTOLICAL DOCTRINE. HERESIES ARE OF
RECENT
FORMATION, AND CANNOT TRACE THEIR ORIGIN UP TO THE APOSTLES.
1. Since therefore we have such proofs, it is not
necessary to seek
the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church;
since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank,
lodged
in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that
every man, whosoever will, can draw from her the water of life. For she
is the entrance to life; all others are thieves and robbers. On this
account
are we bound to avoid them, but to make choice of the thing pertaining
to the Church with the utmost diligence, and to lay hold of the
tradition
of the truth. For how stands the case? Suppose there arise a dispute
relative
to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the
most ancient Churches with which the apostles held constant
intercourse,
and learn from them what is certain and clear in regard to the present
question? For how should it be if the apostles themselves had not left
us writings? Would it not be necessary, [in that case,] to follow the
course
of the tradition which they handed down to those to whom they did
commit
the Churches?"
Saint Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book 3, Chapter 4, Par 1, 180 A.D..
Jurgens
213
*Added by myself and not
in the original St. Irenaeus
text. STOP!!!
Right here and take a deep breath before proceeding, for your eternal
salvation
may be at risk!
For proof of this, now read on.
"This is good, and
it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to
be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
1Timothy 2:3-4
It is the will of GOD
that we all must come
to the truth. No one can come to the truth who has a closed mind, or is
prejudiced, or has preconceived ideas. The only way anyone can find the
truth is to go to the source with an open mind, and
discover it
for themselves.
"...but for
those who are factious
and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there
will be
wrath and fury."
Romans 2:8
"Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity,
licentiousness,
idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts
of selfishness, dissensions, factions,
occasions of envy,
drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned
you before,
that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Galatians 5:19-21
"Factious"? The
dictionary says,
"Factious: (1) relating to internal dissension. (2)
promoting
internal dissension." Doesn't this sound like the
mindset of
the reformers? The Reformation certainly did lead to the "thousands
of factions"*
which we have in Protestantism today.
The word "factions" leads us to yet another verse,
"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you all say the same thing; and there be no dissensions
among you,
but that you be perfectly united in one
mind and in one
judgment."
1Corinthians 1:10
For all of those who refuse to come to the truth, they will be met with
the wrath of GOD.
*There were 33,820
factions of Protestantism as of April 2001, World Christian
Encyclopedia,
a Protestant publication. This publication can be purchased from
www.amazon.com.
"The coming of the lawless
one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended
signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are to
perish,
because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God
sends
upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, so
that
all may be condemned who did not believe the truth
but had pleasure
in unrighteousness."
2Thessalonians 2:9-12
For those who do not
believe the truth, ALL
will be condemned.
What does all of this mean? Let us summarize:
1. We are all bound to search for the truth. 1Timothy 2:3-4
2. Those who refuse to search for the truth will be met with the wrath
of GOD. Romans 2:8
3. Those who refuse to accept the truth, will be condemned.
2Thessalonians
2:9-12
4. He who has refused to acknowledge the truth in life will be forced
to
confront it in death. Hebrews 9:27, Revelation 21:27
5. Now who does all of this fit? It certainly does fit all of those who
perpetuate false charges against the only Church which Jesus Christ
founded,
and who continue to do so, by refusing to go to the source
for the truth
of what the Catholic Church teaches.
6. These are not my rules or ideas. They are the teaching of GOD
through
Holy Scripture.
"Have I then become your enemy, because I tell you the
truth?"
Galatians 4:16
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