As a proud Catholic, I’m constantly being accused of worshipping idols, told that Catholicism goes against the Bible, confession to a priest isn’t biblically based, etc. I’m in love with my Catholic faith and will always defend Her teachings, but it gets old trying to educate people who refuse to accept the truth regardless of what I say. God bless everyone ❤
That’s because those attacks were created by the devil himself. It’s nothing but the ideology some people (good people mostly, at least presumably) fell prey to: the devilish ideology of anti-Catholicism, so common in the Anglophone world but particularly in the USA and congenital to the Protestant revolution. From Brazil 🇧🇷 with love.
I'm also a proud Catholic. We do not worship any idols, we sometimes ask the Saints or Apostles to intercede for us, but never worship any Saint or Apostle. As far as confession go to John 20:26.
You are right, they constantly accuse but never listen to an explanation. Mostly, I politely inform them that they are incorrect and that if they really want to know what the Catholic church teaches they could read the Catechism. Everything is in there.
I think the fact that the Church comes under so much attack is a sign of its authenticity. Of course the devil would want to bring down our Lord's Church
That's like when the Pharisees accused Jesus that he was exorcising demons by Satan. It's funny when God calls you out and you close your eyes about it right? You are like the Galatians, thinking that you are perfected by works and not by faith, by the source of the light. And that SS skull on your profile picture is also really biblical, right.
🤔 Do you believe the gospel? 👀 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 🤔 What is your faith in? Romans 4 KJV 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 🤔 Faith in what? Romans 3 KJV 🩸 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
@@Robomaniquin ♥️ Just remember that Paul’s gospel is going to judge you one day. Did you know that you are accursed if you preach a different salvation message than Paul ? Romans 2 KJV 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1-4 ( Gospel ) Galatians 1 KJV 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 8 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
@@Robomaniquin 🤔 By the way, the Bible says that you don’t even know who God is. Titus 1 KJV 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
@@Robomaniquin 1 Corinthians 13 KJV 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 🤔 Do you obey the gospel? 🔥 2 Thessalonians 1 KJV 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1-4 Romans 1 KJV 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
@@Robomaniquin ♥️ Just remember, the KJV Bible is the seventh Bible translated into English. It is the perfect word of God. ( Please read 1 John 5 KJV 13 ) Psalms 12 KJV 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 1 Peter 1 KJV 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1-4 1 John 5 KJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
The real question is , is there anything Christian about the Bible . My point is the whole book is about Israel . Gods covenants are only with Israel .
1 Peter 2 KJV ♥️ 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 Corinthians 10 KJV 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. Deuteronomy 32 KJV 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
I'm sorry, but NO, Catholicism came much later with the Romans...the only real example that mimics the very first Church established by Christ and His disciples is the non-denominational "Church of Christ" (not to be confused with the Mormons) The Church of Christ today are small in numbers because since they're simple in nature, no thrills and frills and sing a-capella, they offer no entertainment value to the average human thats looking for a "rock concert" in a church, and thusly in comparison, they're small in number as is their memberships...so, when you hear the name "Church of Christ" only..not latter-day saints or church of christ in God...I'm talking only "Church of Christ" period!...those are the churches that truly and closest resemble the original Churches established by Christ...
@@AlexanderBrown77When reading 1 Corinthians 10:4 in context you'd have to concede the Eucharist is the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ. The same as the manna from Heaven. I don't understand what proof texting these Bible verses out of context proves. The one in 1 Peter was about Christ being the cornerstone and a stumbling block. And in the Douay-Rheims translation, which is the earliest English translation of the Bible directly from the Latin Vulgate, it says nothing about rock or stone in Deuteronomy 32:4. I think it's dangerous to take a single translation and just look for the word rock or stone in a verse and think it means something it doesn't without the full context of the entire chapter.
Amen! My biggest concern is the constant attacks on my belief in Christ. Over and over, I keep hearing how we Catholics are nothing but idol loving imperialists. Truly appreciate you and your wonderful definition of Catholics being Christians. Thank you.
Song of Solomon 2 🍎 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1 Peter 2 KJV 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Song of Solomon 2 KJV 🍎 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸 1-4
@@AS-np3yq ♥️ John 6 KJV 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Romans 4 KJV 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 🤔 Faith in what? Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
The summary of justification at the 5 minute mark is beautifully put. We are saved by God’s grace freely given to us with the gifts of faith, hope and love coming from this sanctifying grace.
When Jesus ascended into heaven in 33AD, he left a church with no writings or book - a group of 12 men with one having primacy. This church, the Catholic Church, with authority given to it directly from Jesus, is mentioned in the Book of Acts during the Council of Jerusalem in 49AD. The nascent hierarchy and structure of the church is described and the word Catholic Church first appears in writing in 107AD. The church dogmatised the Trinity in 325AD but was formulated by the Catholic Church in preceding centuries. The authority of the Catholic Church canonised the Bible in 397AD, predating Prots by over 1,100 years. Only the Catholic Church has the sole divine authority to interpret it for Christian doctrine. You are most welcome to read it but you do not have the authority from Jesus to create your own Christian doctrine or to revise history. Catholicism is the one and only true Christianity with the fullness of the truth intended for us by Jesus.
They have a lot of very public figures that teach lies about the Catholic Church. John MacAurthor being the first that comes to mind. I’ve yet to see a truthful statement from him in regard to the Catholic Church. There’s also a lot of other issues.
I am a Presbyterian. I believe Catholics are my Christian brothers and sisters... I believe you are saved, just as much as a Presbyterian is. The question I have is .. do you believe that I am saved?? Would you say I am a Christian? It goes both ways. And I believe that my communion is the transubstantiated body and blood of Christ
I don't know. It's astounding. I just came out of a non-denominational church at the start of this year. A lot of them think they're all that and a bag of chips. They are about 0.000000833% of Christianity worldwide. And if the church started at 6:00 AM this morning, they've been around for less than ten minutes.
Thanks for this, as an evangelical (I don't like to call myself a protestant, I'm not protesting against anything. That was for the time of Luther). It's good to clarify these things and I saved this video. For myself, I don't subscribe to "faith alone" as a "ticket that you bought when you prayed the sinners prayer and now you can do anything you like". Many Catholics seem to think that protestants have that mindset but its only a few fringe groups. A true Christian is "working out his salvation with fear and trembling". Not taking the grace of salvation for granted, fighting the battle against sin daily, dying daily to the old self and crying out God for forgiveness. Also doing the good works that we are called to do. That is clear throughout scripture. For us, it's not "earning our salvation", it's "living in newness of life BECAUSE we are saved". Im happy to see that you didn't moan at protestants for believing the bible alone or say we aren't Christians because the RC is "the one true church". Protestants just don't trust anything else and that's the way I live. But we are all saved through Christ. God bless you, man
As a Protestant for the last 25 years I was DEFINITELY taught Catholics are not Christian!!! I'm here on this channel as well as The Counsel of Trent channel to understand more and learn.
As a Christian who isn’t a catholic Christian . I loved this so much I like to watch some of the videos on here . I love praying in Catholic church’s on the weekdays. I always knew Catholics were Christian I’m just saddened to see that some people won’t educate themselves. I pray that some reach this video and realize we are one in Jesus eyes ❤️ and that one day we will all be able to praise him together .
Ever since the Protestants left the Church Jesus and His Apostles established, they have only become more confused and less and less unified. Why can’t they see they left Christs’ Church and are lost to the doctrines of men? Unfortunate. I’m truly sorry for them and will pay for their souls.
Invert the question: what makes you assume Protestants are Christian, given their centuries-long opposition to the One True Church founded by Jesus Christ upon St. Peter and his successors?
I can give you one Anglican's perspective on the matter. As we all know, the Lord Jesus Christ founded his church on St. Peter. Now a very unique trait of this apostle is that he was by far the most corrected of the apostles, being referred to as Satan by Christ himself, and also being rebuked by St. Paul for two-faced behavior when it came to sharing the table with Gentiles. And of course, he denied the Lord three separate times, yet immediately after repented and corrected himself. So what is to be taken of this? Well, St. Peter, despite being the foundation of the Church, was obviously not infallible. And neither are his successors. Pope Leo X was obviously erring with the sale of indulgences. Essentially, this was an exchange: A party wishing to commit premeditated sin could do so by helping satisfy the Vatican's desire for money. This is contrary to the entire summary of how God sees sin. And the Pope cannot establish Tradition against Scripture anymore than a house divided against itself can stand. One of these two had to give way and the Protestants chose to side with Scripture. In any event, I am very thankful that Anglicanism sought to keep as much as was Scripturally possible from Catholic tradition. And now that the issue of indulgences has been long since settled, it is my sincere desire that the Global Anglican Futures Conference can put away the practice of ordaining women and enter into some form of Communion with Rome. These talks are ongoing, however, I expect the Vatican to reject such a thing while GAFCON still ordains women, and I would question Rome's judgment if they accepted us while we still did this.
@DeeAnderson-oj2hr Church Fathers said anyone who denied the Eucharist being the Body and Blood of Jesus or was not under the authority of an apostolic succession bishop was not a Christian.
I become sad for American Christianity when I realize that many of them don't acknowledge the primary, main, and foundational denomination as "Christian". It is much like walking up to the foundation of your house, saying, "I don't need this," and taking a jackhammer to it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Imagine telling your mother, "I'm human but you're not." Tragedy & comedy to give Shakespeare stiff competition.😭🤣 Jesus, I trust in You. Your Church will be one again some day.✝️ God bless the Ascension team. 🙏
Eh, I was raised Evangelical. Catholics were always the giant group over there praying to Mary. But the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses were outright heretics and probably not entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
I am newly born again. I consider myself non-denominational Protestant for now. I just finished reading the New Testament on my own. I really don't understand how anyone can read the bible and conclude that Catholics are NOT Christians?
I'm a former atheist and former protestant. By God's Grace I entered the Catholic Church about two years ago, and I have to say it really is the fullness of the faith and the church that Christ established. Protestantism for it to be true requires the Catholic faith to be wrong, but I discovered for myself that protestantism doesn't withstand scrutiny the way Catholicism does. The way Catholicism fulfills the old testament and the actual history of the church with the early church fathers. How the new testament was written and formed, and how diving into the Bible actually brought me to the Catholic Church. Context is key, and the proper context of the Bible and Christianity is found in the Catholic Church. I discovered many protestant dilemmas and I even found Protestants reasoning like atheists to justify their denial of the Catholic faith. I've been truly set free by Christ through his Church. There's nothing like it in this world. I encourage you to look into the Catholic Church. Also, the work by Dr. Scott Hahn was very helpful in my personal investigation. He's written and talked a lot on addressing the issues that protestants have with the Catholic Church.
I showed the picture of Mary and Jesus (the one with the Immaculate heart and Sacred heart) to the Protestant teacher and asked why they do not have images of Jesus or Mary. He said the images showed Jesus and Mary is on the same level. But it is not. So it is wrong to put Mary in the same place as Jesus. Then I said something about Mary receiving the crown of heaven, but then he said it is in the bible but he is not convinced that it is Mary.. I did not know what to say..
The acceptance of Mary appears to be the major mystery. Protestants who feel nothing for the virgin will never come back to the true church. Pray for them It's almost like "code." You're truly reborn after you understand Mary and her powerful place I salvation history. Like I've had people show disgust at her name and image just I. General terms.. Vicious Baptist denominations and others who say she is a girl dead in the ground never gonna be more... Really? GOD BECOMING FLESH IN HER WOMB... The culmination of all revelation and God's ultimate plan to unite mankind back into the tree... Brining the gentiles along ... showing he is mercy and love above all ... Just keep praying 🙏 Lord knows what he is doing.
I think an issue every major religion, be it catholic, orthodox, LDS, JW or others can't skirt around is how christian their organizations and cultures are. Don't think Christ knows how men can use doctrine, narrative, and procedure as a smokescreen? I give credit to the Catholic church for tolerating mystics (with the exception of Michael Molinos) because it is the mystics of every religion that ultimately get it right.
Catholic is Christian, Christian is Catholic. They are interchangeable. Acts 11:26 says "At Antioch they were first called Christians". Protestants stole the term 1500 years later.
While BORN AGAIN BELIVERS HAVE THE HOLY GHOST and the word of GOD NO they are NOT CHRISTIAN and we don't go.around saying TRINITY WE BELIEVE God NO GOD THE FATHER GOD THE SON GOD THE HOLY GHOST ONE GOD. NO. TRINITY
We are not saved BY good works. We are saved to DO good works. Our faith saves us--but certainly not to live for ourselves--as we are to love and serve God and others. I agree: Our faith should spur us on to obey God and do good. I was raised Catholic, yet I attend non denominational church. That said, when people think Catholics aren't Christians that is offensive.
Catholics are the only Christians because they follow what a Christian does The name "Christian" refers to all of those who have been anointed through the gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism, therefore, followers of Christ and members of the Church established by Christ in 33 AD. Can you name me another Church that started in 33 AD.?
@@WilliamSwartzendruber Very odd. I'm Anglican and it never crossed my mind that Roman Catholics are somehow less Christian. It is actually rather offensive. Perhaps the confusion only exists in the United States.
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There's one thing most bible readers fail to note in the scripture where the word "Christian' was mentioned. The verse states "...in Antioch..they were called Christians.." Notice, they did not call themselves "Christians" , but rather 'they were called' as such. That was the time when they were persecuted, and the persecutors coined the term for them which had a negative implication. Much like when a certain group is categorized as terrorist today. In those days, crimes were leveled against the early followers of Christ, the most notable is the burning of Rome. Fast forward to the future, Christ's followers just accepted what has been tagged on them and the term Christians' become their identity. So the bottom line, did the apostles and their successors called themselves 'Christians"?
No we're not,for example, southern belt Christians, just an example. There are huge differences. The trinity for example is not something that Christians believe in, Catholics yes. Going to confession, and the transfiguration of the bread and wine is not something that American Christians believe in either, only Catholics
I caught heck for posting this video. Person even made the argument that us saying we are THE Catholic church is like saying all Jews are Christians because Jesus was a Jew. He'll just have to get over it I suppose.
Know God and know Jesus individually: Jesus and the Father are one, but how exactly are they one? They are one in spirit and in truth, and we are to become one even as they are one (John 17:21-23). In order to have salvation, we must know the Father for who he is personally; the same is true of the Son. *_Knowing Jesus without knowing the Father is not salvation._* We must know God [the Father] by having a relationship with Him: through meeting, talking, praying, and spending time with Him and understanding who He truly is. We must do the same to Jesus: through honoring and abiding in the words he has told us and the actions he has shown us from God. The word *know* has a lot of meaning; Jesus said to his Father “and this is life eternal that they might *KNOW* you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” We must know that the only true God is the Father _alone;_ only then can we become His family. God will not accept strangers (Matthew 7:21-23).
@OHCA-p5c The Holy Spirit is sent by the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to teach us all things and bring to our remembrance what has already been written in our hearts (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit is the one who searches for the answers of the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:10). Again, the Holy Spirit is not God Himself, but he is the one sent to us to tell us the truth of the gospel as evidenced through Christ.
Erick Erickson ( @ewerickson ) says Catholics are Christians. "They worship the same Jesus as you and me they just do it different" - Erick (Ecumenical) Erickson (11/12/24) Really, Erick? "[They] just do it different..." He must be referring to the "Worship of the Eucharist" in "the CULT of adoration." Catechism 1378) That's called idolatry, Erick! Jesus is in Heaven. The "flesh profits nothing."(John 6:61-63) So, are Mormons Christians, too? The answer is a resounding NO! Unfortunately, Erickson has been peddling the Ecumenical angle for a long time. I am surprised that he hasn't already made that great leap to Rome. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says water Baptism is "necessary for salvation" yet it "delivers no one." (980&978) "Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature" - i.e. sin.(978) That is a cheap, man-made grace because it doesn't deliver anyone from their sins. Moreover, you cannot be "reborn" by it.(980) Only "those believing in [Jesus]...receive...the Holy Spirit," the "living water."(John 7:37-39) Are Catholics Christians if they place their faith in the Sacraments? The "first and chief sacrament of forgiveness of sins" (Catechism 977) can "never take away sins."(Hebrews 10:11-14) However, according to the Catholic Church, the "Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation"; water Baptism is "necessary for salvation," and Penance to a sinner (a priest) is "necessary for salvation."(Catechism 846&980) None of the above is true! Are Catholics Christians, Erick Erickson? Answer: A resounding NO! "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."(Acts 4:12) The Catholic Church is "not of God."(John 8:47) By the way, in 2011, the so-called "sole Church of Christ" (Catechism 816) called for "global Government." Yes, it's true! The Vatican released an official Vatican document outlining the need for it, a "World Authority" to foster "global social justice" and a "fair distribution of world wealth." The "mission" according to the Catholic Church's Social Doctrine is "restoring and bearing witness to the unity lost at Babel."(431) We're well on the way to just that, and it's people like Erick Erickson who speak lies on the airwaves to a lost, gullible, and ill-informed generation.
what an inane question Christian doesn't exclusively mean Protestant or Evangelical or Non Denominational... The question Should be is Anyone who broke away from the Ancient, Original Church, Faith Really A Christian? I'm convinced the ancient faith is Orthodoxy. You can ask the Same question about Any branch or sect of Christianity.... Lutheran Anglican Presbyterian Methodist Adventist Baptist There are Many " branches" claiming to be Christian...
Look buddy...you're very wrong, you see, throughout the Bible and specially the Old Testament we see where "WORSHIPING IDOLS, other than just worshiping God" is completely and utterly frowned upon and condemned by God Himself...however, the Catholic Chirch chooses to ignore these Bible verses just like the Jews totally ignore "Isaiah 53"...🤷♂️🤔😃
@@JamesMathison98well, if you go to any catholic church, you will see lots of statues, people bow down in front of them, statue of Mary is in every single catholic church...they are worshiping creations instead of Creator. That is idolatry. Jesus never mentioned prayer and Mary in the same verse. Jesus said: pray to the Father in my name.
@@patriciaw4270 i kneel with my family every day on our bed to pray. Am I worshipping the bed? Of course not! Similarly, Catholics kneel to pray in front of statues to pray, not to the statue, but to our lord. Additionally, kneeling or bowing itself is not nessecarily a form of worship. When I proposed to my wife, I kneeled. I was not worshipping her. Similarly when I kneel in front of statues or icons, I am not worshipping them, but praying on my knees before God, using the image as an aid in prayer. Lastly, when I ask my family and friends to pray for me, I am praying to them, in the purest sense of the word. To pray means to ask, and prayer itself isn’t nessecarily worship. Why should we stop asking people to pray for us who are in the body of Christ after they die? They are more alive than any of us
@@JamesMathison98 "God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth." Ever heard that? You don't need pictures or statues or any kind of images to worship God. You said you use "image as an aid". Why? Are you not capable to pray with closed eyes and opened heart? What did God say about graven images?
P s ,the Catholic church ,would have even more members ,if they practiced open communion or open eucharist,or let visitors speak to priest before desiring to participate in communion or Eucharist ,that s what s done in some Lutheran churches !😉
"Open communion" is an oxymoron. To receive the Eucharist--to participate in *communion*--is to say that you are *in communion* with the Catholic Church and *all* of her teachings and that you are sharing these beliefs with the *community* with which one is *communing*. By it's very nature, Holy Communion is exclusive. To allow non-Catholics to receive the Eucharist is not only to allow these people to openly and publicly profess lies with their actions--that they believe and affirm everything the Catholic Church teaches--but is also to allow them to eat and drink judgement upon themselves as described in 1 Corinthians 11:29. We do a favor to those who are not Catholic by preventing them from doing things that would actively harm themselves. What's more, allowing "open communion" wouldn't mean more people becoming Catholic; it would mean *fewer* people becoming Catholic. Why bother converting if you can just remain an atheist, cultist, schismatic, etc. and still (unworthily) take the Eucharist?
DISCLAIMER: I am Anglican. I feel that there should be some understanding of what is happening when taking the elements. It may be completely arrogant and wrong of me to be like this, but I would actually feel wrong about sharing the Eucharist with someone who saw it as only symbolic. That's not what's going on here at all... So for the Vatican to maintain closed Communion...I totally get it.
You do realize there are protestants who don’t think Christ is divine. That don’t believe in the trinity. That think Jesus being divine didn’t even suffer on the cross or even die. Plus all the other weird beliefs that make up tens of thousands of denominations that don’t agree on big doctrine … and that’s even the same “denomination” where baptists can disagree within the same city depending on which church you visit so why they are still called baptists is weird
A confirmed Catholic is and will always be a Christian. Now with regard to what happens to each one on the day of judgment...that is up to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Is the pope ,Catholic ?🤔 yes ,in their way ,they are Christian ! Speaking as a ,baptised and confirmed elca lutheran!! Yes ,of course pope is Catholic ! Go Martin Luther !🤗
As a proud Catholic, I’m constantly being accused of worshipping idols, told that Catholicism goes against the Bible, confession to a priest isn’t biblically based, etc.
I’m in love with my Catholic faith and will always defend Her teachings, but it gets old trying to educate people who refuse to accept the truth regardless of what I say.
God bless everyone ❤
That’s because those attacks were created by the devil himself. It’s nothing but the ideology some people (good people mostly, at least presumably) fell prey to: the devilish ideology of anti-Catholicism, so common in the Anglophone world but particularly in the USA and congenital to the Protestant revolution. From Brazil 🇧🇷 with love.
I'm also a proud Catholic. We do not worship any idols, we sometimes ask the Saints or Apostles to intercede for us, but never worship any Saint or Apostle. As far as confession go to John 20:26.
You are right, they constantly accuse but never listen to an explanation. Mostly, I politely inform them that they are incorrect and that if they really want to know what the Catholic church teaches they could read the Catechism. Everything is in there.
For the most part, I've learned to ignore them when I can. They just want to argue, and nothing I have ever said has changed their minds. Sad
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse Sadly, that’s where I’m at, too.
It's like a branch looking at the trunk and saying, "You're not a tree!"
lol that was funny
I love it!
It's more like a leaf saying the same thing. 😊
Catholicism is not a denomination. it is the common denominator - dcn harold
I think the fact that the Church comes under so much attack is a sign of its authenticity.
Of course the devil would want to bring down our Lord's Church
That's like when the Pharisees accused Jesus that he was exorcising demons by Satan.
It's funny when God calls you out and you close your eyes about it right?
You are like the Galatians, thinking that you are perfected by works and not by faith, by the source of the light.
And that SS skull on your profile picture is also really biblical, right.
👏👏👏Well done @Ascension for bringing on Gormley!
Obligatory comment of praise for The Michael Gormley 😊
I pray that someday those who hate us will finally recognize us as believers in Christ.
🤔 Do you believe the gospel? 👀
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
🤔 What is your faith in?
Romans 4 KJV
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
🤔 Faith in what?
Romans 3 KJV 🩸
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
@@Robomaniquin ♥️ Just remember that Paul’s gospel is going to judge you one day.
Did you know that you are accursed if you preach a different salvation message than Paul ?
Romans 2 KJV
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1-4 ( Gospel )
Galatians 1 KJV
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
8 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
@@Robomaniquin 🤔 By the way, the Bible says that you don’t even know who God is.
Titus 1 KJV
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
@@Robomaniquin 1 Corinthians 13 KJV
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
🤔 Do you obey the gospel?
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2 Thessalonians 1 KJV
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1-4
Romans 1 KJV
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
@@Robomaniquin ♥️ Just remember, the KJV Bible is the seventh Bible translated into English. It is the perfect word of God. ( Please read 1 John 5 KJV 13 )
Psalms 12 KJV
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
1 Peter 1 KJV
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1-4
1 John 5 KJV
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
What a ridiculous question. Catholic was first Christian church built on the Rock of Peter
The real question is , is there anything Christian about the Bible .
My point is the whole book is about Israel . Gods covenants are only with Israel .
1 Peter 2 KJV ♥️
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
1 Corinthians 10 KJV
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Deuteronomy 32 KJV
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
This comment summarizes everything wrong with catholicism
I'm sorry, but NO, Catholicism came much later with the Romans...the only real example that mimics the very first Church established by Christ and His disciples is the non-denominational "Church of Christ" (not to be confused with the Mormons)
The Church of Christ today are small in numbers because since they're simple in nature, no thrills and frills and sing a-capella, they offer no entertainment value to the average human thats looking for a "rock concert" in a church, and thusly in comparison, they're small in number as is their memberships...so, when you hear the name "Church of Christ" only..not latter-day saints or church of christ in God...I'm talking only "Church of Christ" period!...those are the churches that truly and closest resemble the original Churches established by Christ...
@@AlexanderBrown77When reading 1 Corinthians 10:4 in context you'd have to concede the Eucharist is the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ. The same as the manna from Heaven. I don't understand what proof texting these Bible verses out of context proves. The one in 1 Peter was about Christ being the cornerstone and a stumbling block.
And in the Douay-Rheims translation, which is the earliest English translation of the Bible directly from the Latin Vulgate, it says nothing about rock or stone in Deuteronomy 32:4. I think it's dangerous to take a single translation and just look for the word rock or stone in a verse and think it means something it doesn't without the full context of the entire chapter.
Amen! My biggest concern is the constant attacks on my belief in Christ. Over and over, I keep hearing how we Catholics are nothing but idol loving imperialists. Truly appreciate you and your wonderful definition of Catholics being Christians. Thank you.
Catholics and Christians are two different doctrines and TWO DIFFERENT CHRIST
AND TWO DIFFERENT MARYs
Are apples a fruit? 🤔
😂😂
Song of Solomon 2 🍎
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Peter 2 KJV
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Song of Solomon 2 KJV 🍎
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
1 Corinthians 15 KJV ✝️🩸
1-4
So we have to eat his flesh.
@@AS-np3yq ♥️ John 6 KJV
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Romans 4 KJV
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
🤔 Faith in what?
Romans 3 KJV
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
I like your freedom of speech, how relaxed you are saying all these serious, holy things.
Yeah Gomer!! You are a great gift to the Church!
The summary of justification at the 5 minute mark is beautifully put. We are saved by God’s grace freely given to us with the gifts of faith, hope and love coming from this sanctifying grace.
Wow - that is a mouth full 😄I think I'll need to watch this another 100 times to understand what he just beautifully said.... I have faith!!
Only in America could someone seriously ask this question!
When Jesus ascended into heaven in 33AD, he left a church with no writings or book - a group of 12 men with one having primacy. This church, the Catholic Church, with authority given to it directly from Jesus, is mentioned in the Book of Acts during the Council of Jerusalem in 49AD. The nascent hierarchy and structure of the church is described and the word Catholic Church first appears in writing in 107AD. The church dogmatised the Trinity in 325AD but was formulated by the Catholic Church in preceding centuries. The authority of the Catholic Church canonised the Bible in 397AD, predating Prots by over 1,100 years. Only the Catholic Church has the sole divine authority to interpret it for Christian doctrine. You are most welcome to read it but you do not have the authority from Jesus to create your own Christian doctrine or to revise history. Catholicism is the one and only true Christianity with the fullness of the truth intended for us by Jesus.
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Amen
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Here's a question....
Why are Evangelicals So hateful of Other Christians??
Pride
They have a lot of very public figures that teach lies about the Catholic Church. John MacAurthor being the first that comes to mind. I’ve yet to see a truthful statement from him in regard to the Catholic Church. There’s also a lot of other issues.
They need customers for their mega churches
I am a Presbyterian. I believe Catholics are my Christian brothers and sisters... I believe you are saved, just as much as a Presbyterian is.
The question I have is .. do you believe that I am saved?? Would you say I am a Christian?
It goes both ways.
And I believe that my communion is the transubstantiated body and blood of Christ
I don't know. It's astounding. I just came out of a non-denominational church at the start of this year. A lot of them think they're all that and a bag of chips. They are about 0.000000833% of Christianity worldwide. And if the church started at 6:00 AM this morning, they've been around for less than ten minutes.
Very well said, thank you.
What a silly question. Thank you for setting the record straight.
Thanks for this, as an evangelical (I don't like to call myself a protestant, I'm not protesting against anything. That was for the time of Luther).
It's good to clarify these things and I saved this video. For myself, I don't subscribe to "faith alone" as a "ticket that you bought when you prayed the sinners prayer and now you can do anything you like". Many Catholics seem to think that protestants have that mindset but its only a few fringe groups. A true Christian is "working out his salvation with fear and trembling". Not taking the grace of salvation for granted, fighting the battle against sin daily, dying daily to the old self and crying out God for forgiveness. Also doing the good works that we are called to do. That is clear throughout scripture. For us, it's not "earning our salvation", it's "living in newness of life BECAUSE we are saved".
Im happy to see that you didn't moan at protestants for believing the bible alone or say we aren't Christians because the RC is "the one true church". Protestants just don't trust anything else and that's the way I live.
But we are all saved through Christ.
God bless you, man
Awesome. Well done!
Great explanation Michael! 🙏🏽
“Impressive! Every word in that sentence is wrong” -Luke Skywalker
As a Protestant for the last 25 years I was DEFINITELY taught Catholics are not Christian!!! I'm here on this channel as well as The Counsel of Trent channel to understand more and learn.
“Just one calorie, not God enough.” Dying laughing
You go, Gomer. Yes!!
Love this!
Actually we are the real deal! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️
I feel so blessed to be catholic 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
its like asking: "Are medical doctors part of the medical team?"
I see Gomer, I click. 🎉
Who is gomer
@@bweatherman3345 Gomer is Michael Gormley's longstanding nickname.
As a Christian who isn’t a catholic Christian . I loved this so much I like to watch some of the videos on here . I love praying in Catholic church’s on the weekdays. I always knew Catholics were Christian I’m just saddened to see that some people won’t educate themselves. I pray that some reach this video and realize we are one in Jesus eyes ❤️ and that one day we will all be able to praise him together .
Thank you🙏
Thank you.
Ever since the Protestants left the Church Jesus and His Apostles established, they have only become more confused and less and less unified. Why can’t they see they left Christs’ Church and are lost to the doctrines of men? Unfortunate. I’m truly sorry for them and will pay for their souls.
Invert the question: what makes you assume Protestants are Christian, given their centuries-long opposition to the One True Church founded by Jesus Christ upon St. Peter and his successors?
I can give you one Anglican's perspective on the matter. As we all know, the Lord Jesus Christ founded his church on St. Peter. Now a very unique trait of this apostle is that he was by far the most corrected of the apostles, being referred to as Satan by Christ himself, and also being rebuked by St. Paul for two-faced behavior when it came to sharing the table with Gentiles. And of course, he denied the Lord three separate times, yet immediately after repented and corrected himself.
So what is to be taken of this? Well, St. Peter, despite being the foundation of the Church, was obviously not infallible. And neither are his successors. Pope Leo X was obviously erring with the sale of indulgences. Essentially, this was an exchange: A party wishing to commit premeditated sin could do so by helping satisfy the Vatican's desire for money.
This is contrary to the entire summary of how God sees sin. And the Pope cannot establish Tradition against Scripture anymore than a house divided against itself can stand. One of these two had to give way and the Protestants chose to side with Scripture.
In any event, I am very thankful that Anglicanism sought to keep as much as was Scripturally possible from Catholic tradition. And now that the issue of indulgences has been long since settled, it is my sincere desire that the Global Anglican Futures Conference can put away the practice of ordaining women and enter into some form of Communion with Rome. These talks are ongoing, however, I expect the Vatican to reject such a thing while GAFCON still ordains women, and I would question Rome's judgment if they accepted us while we still did this.
Church Fathers would not have considered Protestantism to be Christian.
Not true @@fantasia55
@DeeAnderson-oj2hr Church Fathers said anyone who denied the Eucharist being the Body and Blood of Jesus or was not under the authority of an apostolic succession bishop was not a Christian.
I become sad for American Christianity when I realize that many of them don't acknowledge the primary, main, and foundational denomination as "Christian". It is much like walking up to the foundation of your house, saying, "I don't need this," and taking a jackhammer to it.
Well said.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Imagine telling your mother, "I'm human but you're not." Tragedy & comedy to give Shakespeare stiff competition.😭🤣 Jesus, I trust in You. Your Church will be one again some day.✝️ God bless the Ascension team. 🙏
" Are Catholics Christian?"
Strange how Evangelicals go after Catholics but remain silent about
Mormons
Jehovah Witnesses
Scientology.....
All children of the brick laying people.
Eh, I was raised Evangelical. Catholics were always the giant group over there praying to Mary. But the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses were outright heretics and probably not entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
I was raised reformed evangelical and am Catholic now. I've never believed Mormons, JWs, or Scientologists were Christian.
Awesome ❤
I am newly born again. I consider myself non-denominational Protestant for now. I just finished reading the New Testament on my own. I really don't understand how anyone can read the bible and conclude that Catholics are NOT Christians?
I'm a former atheist and former protestant. By God's Grace I entered the Catholic Church about two years ago, and I have to say it really is the fullness of the faith and the church that Christ established. Protestantism for it to be true requires the Catholic faith to be wrong, but I discovered for myself that protestantism doesn't withstand scrutiny the way Catholicism does. The way Catholicism fulfills the old testament and the actual history of the church with the early church fathers. How the new testament was written and formed, and how diving into the Bible actually brought me to the Catholic Church. Context is key, and the proper context of the Bible and Christianity is found in the Catholic Church. I discovered many protestant dilemmas and I even found Protestants reasoning like atheists to justify their denial of the Catholic faith. I've been truly set free by Christ through his Church. There's nothing like it in this world. I encourage you to look into the Catholic Church. Also, the work by Dr. Scott Hahn was very helpful in my personal investigation. He's written and talked a lot on addressing the issues that protestants have with the Catholic Church.
Also, The Catholic Church put together The Bible 2000 years ago
I showed the picture of Mary and Jesus (the one with the Immaculate heart and Sacred heart) to the Protestant teacher and asked why they do not have images of Jesus or Mary. He said the images showed Jesus and Mary is on the same level. But it is not. So it is wrong to put Mary in the same place as Jesus. Then I said something about Mary receiving the crown of heaven, but then he said it is in the bible but he is not convinced that it is Mary..
I did not know what to say..
The acceptance of Mary appears to be the major mystery. Protestants who feel nothing for the virgin will never come back to the true church.
Pray for them
It's almost like "code." You're truly reborn after you understand Mary and her powerful place I salvation history.
Like I've had people show disgust at her name and image just I. General terms..
Vicious Baptist denominations and others who say she is a girl dead in the ground never gonna be more...
Really? GOD BECOMING FLESH
IN HER WOMB...
The culmination of all revelation and God's ultimate plan to unite mankind back into the tree...
Brining the gentiles along ... showing he is mercy and love above all ...
Just keep praying 🙏 Lord knows what he is doing.
The real question is are new age Protestants Christian?
Amen
Mama Birding It Gomer 👍 great vid.
We don't ask if Protestants are Christian. Not that we should. But we don't.
Perhaps we should. Perhaps we should start with those who reject the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
Amen!!!!! 🤩👍🙏🙏🙏
I think an issue every major religion, be it catholic, orthodox, LDS, JW or others can't skirt around is how christian their organizations and cultures are. Don't think Christ knows how men can use doctrine, narrative, and procedure as a smokescreen? I give credit to the Catholic church for tolerating mystics (with the exception of Michael Molinos) because it is the mystics of every religion that ultimately get it right.
💙 Amen 💙
Catholic is Christian, Christian is Catholic. They are interchangeable. Acts 11:26 says "At Antioch they were first called Christians". Protestants stole the term 1500 years later.
Not true
Let them believe and love their lies
@@lindaallen8800True
We Catholics have the Eucharist no other Christian religion has that
Except the Orthodox.
And Lutherans
And Anglicans.
While BORN AGAIN BELIVERS HAVE THE HOLY GHOST and the word of GOD
NO they are NOT CHRISTIAN
and we don't go.around saying TRINITY
WE BELIEVE God
NO GOD THE FATHER
GOD THE SON
GOD THE HOLY GHOST
ONE GOD. NO. TRINITY
@@TriciaPerry-mz7tc First, your is rather broken, I think. Second, you're a heretic.
We are not saved BY good works. We are saved to DO good works. Our faith saves us--but certainly not to live for ourselves--as we are to love and serve God and others. I agree: Our faith should spur us on to obey God and do good. I was raised Catholic, yet I attend non denominational church. That said, when people think Catholics aren't Christians that is offensive.
yup
What is the meaning of Christianity?
Catholics are the only Christians because they follow what a Christian does The name "Christian" refers to all of those who have been anointed through the gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism, therefore, followers of Christ and members of the Church established by Christ in 33 AD.
Can you name me another Church that started in 33 AD.?
@OHCA-p5c Ortuhodox did not start in 33 AD
Are people seriously asking such question?
All the time
Yep, Protestants constantly try to evangelize Catholics. It's infuriating.
I am Anglican and one of my non-denominational friends seemed to see Catholics and Christians as two different groups.
@@WilliamSwartzendruber Very odd. I'm Anglican and it never crossed my mind that Roman Catholics are somehow less Christian. It is actually rather offensive. Perhaps the confusion only exists in the United States.
@@noahbrock349 I would imagine it's predominately an American thing.
Catholicism is the true religion.
I don’t like how it is commercialized.
Catholicism or Protestantism? That second one is commercialized to no utter end.
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Are the founding fathers American?
There's one thing most bible readers fail to note in the scripture where the word "Christian' was mentioned. The verse states "...in Antioch..they were called Christians.."
Notice, they did not call themselves "Christians" , but rather 'they were called' as such.
That was the time when they were persecuted, and the persecutors coined the term for them which had a negative implication. Much like when a certain group is categorized as terrorist today. In those days, crimes were leveled against the early followers of Christ, the most notable is the burning of Rome. Fast forward to the future, Christ's followers just accepted what has been tagged on them and the term Christians' become their identity.
So the bottom line, did the apostles and their successors called themselves 'Christians"?
Yes
For approximately 1500 years we Catholics were the ONLY Christians.
“Three persons in one God”
To be a Christian you have to believe that?
Even though that is nowhere in scripture?
Thank you for this video and speaking the truth, Michael!
Great man
What next??
" Are Atheists Agnostic??"
That Would be a silly question!!
No we're not,for example, southern belt Christians, just an example. There are huge differences. The trinity for example is not something that Christians believe in, Catholics yes. Going to confession, and the transfiguration of the bread and wine is not something that American Christians believe in either, only Catholics
The original Christian's
It's the Protestant Revolution. 😉
I caught heck for posting this video. Person even made the argument that us saying we are THE Catholic church is like saying all Jews are Christians because Jesus was a Jew. He'll just have to get over it I suppose.
Gomer is the best!!!
Know God and know Jesus individually:
Jesus and the Father are one, but how exactly are they one? They are one in spirit and in truth, and we are to become one even as they are one (John 17:21-23). In order to have salvation, we must know the Father for who he is personally; the same is true of the Son. *_Knowing Jesus without knowing the Father is not salvation._* We must know God [the Father] by having a relationship with Him: through meeting, talking, praying, and spending time with Him and understanding who He truly is. We must do the same to Jesus: through honoring and abiding in the words he has told us and the actions he has shown us from God. The word *know* has a lot of meaning; Jesus said to his Father “and this is life eternal that they might *KNOW* you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” We must know that the only true God is the Father _alone;_ only then can we become His family. God will not accept strangers (Matthew 7:21-23).
@OHCA-p5c I do not know what this means.
@OHCA-p5c The Holy Spirit is sent by the Father in the name of Jesus Christ to teach us all things and bring to our remembrance what has already been written in our hearts (John 14:26).
The Holy Spirit is the one who searches for the answers of the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:10). Again, the Holy Spirit is not God Himself, but he is the one sent to us to tell us the truth of the gospel as evidenced through Christ.
Erick Erickson ( @ewerickson ) says Catholics are Christians.
"They worship the same Jesus as you and me they just do it different" - Erick (Ecumenical) Erickson (11/12/24)
Really, Erick?
"[They] just do it different..." He must be referring to the "Worship of the Eucharist" in "the CULT of adoration." Catechism 1378) That's called idolatry, Erick! Jesus is in Heaven. The "flesh profits nothing."(John 6:61-63)
So, are Mormons Christians, too? The answer is a resounding NO!
Unfortunately, Erickson has been peddling the Ecumenical angle for a long time. I am surprised that he hasn't already made that great leap to Rome.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says water Baptism is "necessary for salvation" yet it "delivers no one." (980&978)
"Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature" - i.e. sin.(978)
That is a cheap, man-made grace because it doesn't deliver anyone from their sins. Moreover, you cannot be "reborn" by it.(980) Only "those believing in [Jesus]...receive...the Holy Spirit," the "living water."(John 7:37-39) Are Catholics Christians if they place their faith in the Sacraments? The "first and chief sacrament of forgiveness of sins" (Catechism 977) can "never take away sins."(Hebrews 10:11-14)
However, according to the Catholic Church, the "Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation"; water Baptism is "necessary for salvation," and Penance to a sinner (a priest) is "necessary for salvation."(Catechism 846&980)
None of the above is true! Are Catholics Christians, Erick Erickson? Answer: A resounding NO!
"Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."(Acts 4:12)
The Catholic Church is "not of God."(John 8:47)
By the way, in 2011, the so-called "sole Church of Christ" (Catechism 816) called for "global Government." Yes, it's true! The Vatican released an official Vatican document outlining the need for it, a "World Authority" to foster "global social justice" and a "fair distribution of world wealth."
The "mission" according to the Catholic Church's Social Doctrine is "restoring and bearing witness to the unity lost at Babel."(431) We're well on the way to just that, and it's people like Erick Erickson who speak lies on the airwaves to a lost, gullible, and ill-informed generation.
What are your thoughts about the recent statement of the Pope about all religions lead to God?
Protestants who dare to read about early Christianity are stunned by how Catholic it was.
I like the cut of your jib sir
what an inane question
Christian doesn't exclusively mean Protestant or Evangelical or Non Denominational...
The question Should be is Anyone who broke away from the Ancient, Original Church, Faith Really A Christian?
I'm convinced the ancient faith is Orthodoxy.
You can ask the Same question about Any branch or sect of Christianity....
Lutheran
Anglican
Presbyterian
Methodist
Adventist
Baptist
There are Many " branches" claiming to be Christian...
Look buddy...you're very wrong, you see, throughout the Bible and specially the Old Testament we see where "WORSHIPING IDOLS, other than just worshiping God" is completely and utterly frowned upon and condemned by God Himself...however, the Catholic Chirch chooses to ignore these Bible verses just like the Jews totally ignore "Isaiah 53"...🤷♂️🤔😃
How does the church ignore this?
@@JamesMathison98well, if you go to any catholic church, you will see lots of statues, people bow down in front of them, statue of Mary is in every single catholic church...they are worshiping creations instead of Creator. That is idolatry. Jesus never mentioned prayer and Mary in the same verse. Jesus said: pray to the Father in my name.
@@patriciaw4270 i kneel with my family every day on our bed to pray. Am I worshipping the bed? Of course not! Similarly, Catholics kneel to pray in front of statues to pray, not to the statue, but to our lord. Additionally, kneeling or bowing itself is not nessecarily a form of worship. When I proposed to my wife, I kneeled. I was not worshipping her. Similarly when I kneel in front of statues or icons, I am not worshipping them, but praying on my knees before God, using the image as an aid in prayer.
Lastly, when I ask my family and friends to pray for me, I am praying to them, in the purest sense of the word. To pray means to ask, and prayer itself isn’t nessecarily worship. Why should we stop asking people to pray for us who are in the body of Christ after they die? They are more alive than any of us
@@JamesMathison98 "God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth." Ever heard that? You don't need pictures or statues or any kind of images to worship God. You said you use "image as an aid". Why? Are you not capable to pray with closed eyes and opened heart? What did God say about graven images?
😂I always laugh at the wilful ignorance of humans when I hear absurd questions like that.
Do people like that live under a rock ? 😅
PETER
Saints and idols ans esting swine are against the 3 branches of the abrahmic faith
P s ,the Catholic church ,would have even more members ,if they practiced open communion or open eucharist,or let visitors speak to priest before desiring to participate in communion or Eucharist ,that s what s done in some Lutheran churches !😉
"Open communion" is an oxymoron. To receive the Eucharist--to participate in *communion*--is to say that you are *in communion* with the Catholic Church and *all* of her teachings and that you are sharing these beliefs with the *community* with which one is *communing*. By it's very nature, Holy Communion is exclusive.
To allow non-Catholics to receive the Eucharist is not only to allow these people to openly and publicly profess lies with their actions--that they believe and affirm everything the Catholic Church teaches--but is also to allow them to eat and drink judgement upon themselves as described in 1 Corinthians 11:29. We do a favor to those who are not Catholic by preventing them from doing things that would actively harm themselves.
What's more, allowing "open communion" wouldn't mean more people becoming Catholic; it would mean *fewer* people becoming Catholic. Why bother converting if you can just remain an atheist, cultist, schismatic, etc. and still (unworthily) take the Eucharist?
So we should go against our liturgy to make our church more popular? No...
DISCLAIMER: I am Anglican.
I feel that there should be some understanding of what is happening when taking the elements. It may be completely arrogant and wrong of me to be like this, but I would actually feel wrong about sharing the Eucharist with someone who saw it as only symbolic. That's not what's going on here at all...
So for the Vatican to maintain closed Communion...I totally get it.
NO!!!!!!!!!!
Why?
No, they aren't, they don't obey Sola Scriptura. :)
Sola Scriptura is unbiblical.
NO, they are Maryists!
Why?
Please don’t be ignorant.
Many Catholics aren’t Christian.
Catholicism is just vibes aka if it feels Christian then it is.
You do realize there are protestants who don’t think Christ is divine. That don’t believe in the trinity. That think Jesus being divine didn’t even suffer on the cross or even die. Plus all the other weird beliefs that make up tens of thousands of denominations that don’t agree on big doctrine … and that’s even the same “denomination” where baptists can disagree within the same city depending on which church you visit so why they are still called baptists is weird
A confirmed Catholic is and will always be a Christian. Now with regard to what happens to each one on the day of judgment...that is up to the Lord Jesus Christ.
@OHCA-p5c what does Islam have to do with this?
Is the pope ,Catholic ?🤔 yes ,in their way ,they are Christian ! Speaking as a ,baptised and confirmed elca lutheran!!
Yes ,of course pope is Catholic ! Go Martin Luther !🤗