It’s not the original Christian church, original Catholic Church which is not mentioned in the Holy Bible. Read the WORD of YAHWEH carefully and ask the Spirit of God to transform you.
@@Bethmin7Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church and it is in the Bible and the Catholic Church existed before the Bible and the Catholic Church decided on which books would be in the Bible
Thank you, Father for all you do for the Church and your sheep. I was fortunate enough to grow up among many priests and nuns in the era before the Vietnamese communists took over the country. All the priests and nuns my family knew and came in contact with were holy men and women. They might have been too strict but looking back now I understand it’s because they cared and wanted to mold us into good Catholics. My husband and his entire 7 other siblings were alter boys and was NEVER once abused by any priest. We love and appreciate all the priests out there and will try to remember to pray for all of them. They constantly pray for us so we need to pray for them too🙏 We all know that the evil one is always out to get the holy ones and the priests are the first in line for them to attack. So, please pray for them❤
Thank you, Father for defending Christ's Church although I'm not Eastern Catholic yet but I am still learning about it because on how beautiful the tradition is and the history of it as well and the more I learned about then I know when the time is right. Again Thank you.
One of the things that my Catholic brother & sisters do that just drives me crazy is Addressing a Priest by their first Name. It is disrespectful. Question: Do you address your Paternal Father by his first name? Of course Not. That would be Disrespectful Right? Then why would anyone Disrespect their Spiritual Father that way? Its the same thing. But the Priest are part of the problem nowadays in this modern culture. The Priest should never Introduce themselves using their first name. That would solve the problem of Unintentionally Disrespecting the Priest. In fact when I was a kid, you would address Adults by Mr. or Mrs. So and so. Never using their first name. That would be Disrespectful. Unfortunately we as a Society has lost Respectful Decorum. Just Shameful nowadays. We need to get back to Respectful Conduct towards one another.
I have a question I’ve been wanting to join the Catholic Church for a looooong time I tried the RCIA but not in it’s beginning more like half way and I felt deeply that I wasn’t ready to become Catholic because I felt that I missed out a lot of great teachings and information since I was very late to join in but I’m looking forward to truelly join but this time I would love to join the Byzantine Rites since it’s so pure and traditional Liturgical Church… I was wondering does the Byzantine Church does the same RCIA as well or are they different and when do the Byzantine normally start there classes
I grew up Catholic north of Boston and went to Catholic high school and we never even opened a Bible as far as I can remember. I find the fact that there’s so many different bibles and translations of bibles to be problematic.
@4jgarner, here's an answer from "Catholic Answers", in line with what Father Christopher Zugger said : "So What Did Jesus Mean? Jesus criticized Jewish leaders who love “the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called ‘rabbi’ by men” (Matt. 23:6-7). He was using hyperbole (exaggeration) to show the scribes and Pharisees how sinful and proud they were for not looking humbly to God as the source of all authority and fatherhood and teaching, and instead setting themselves up as the ultimate authorities, father figures, and teachers. Christ used hyperbole often, for example when he declared, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell” (Matt. 5:29, cf. 18:9; Mark 9:47). Christ certainly did not intend this to be applied literally, for otherwise all Christians would be blind amputees! (cf. 1 John 1:8; 1 Tim. 1:15). Jesus is not forbidding us to call men “fathers” who actually are such-either literally or spiritually. He is warning people against inaccurately attributing fatherhood-or a particular kind or degree of fatherhood-to those who do not have it. As the apostolic example shows, some individuals genuinely do have a spiritual fatherhood, meaning that they can be referred to as spiritual fathers. What must not be done is to confuse their form of spiritual paternity with that of God. Ultimately, God is our supreme protector, provider, and instructor. Correspondingly, it is wrong to view any individual other than God as having these roles. Throughout the world, some people have been tempted to look upon religious leaders who are mere mortals as if they were an individual’s supreme source of spiritual instruction, nourishment, and protection. The tendency to turn mere men into “gurus” is worldwide. This was also a temptation in the Jewish world of Jesus’ day, when famous rabbinical leaders, especially those who founded important schools, such as Hillel and Shammai, were highly exalted by their disciples. It is this elevation of an individual man-the formation of a “cult of personality” around him-of which Jesus is speaking when he warns against attributing to someone an undue role as master, father, or teacher. He is not forbidding the perfunctory use of honorifics nor forbidding us to recognize that the person does have a role as a spiritual father and teacher. The example of his own apostles shows us that."
@@PaulaWalkerArt thank you for your response! I appreciate actually being able to get a positive argument on this rather than solely saying what it doesn't mean. And after reading through it, I honestly don't this to be rather satisfactory. So thank you a second time for that!
Ephesians 1:17 “…the father of glory may give to you (father zugger) the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of HIM,…” our Father in heaven… the catholic’s so called fathers are not sincere in proclaiming ‘The Word’ simply because they have no spiritual discernment. They are intellectual. On the other hand many of the American tv evangelicals are an abomination and deceitful. If anyone seeks truth we have the Holy Bible freely available unlike the times when the papacy banned the peasants from reading it and persecuted multitudes which is going to repeat. Today Rome has no control, they are exposed but the work of God is happening, the choice is ours.
@@Bethmin7 can u comprehend the WORD? Oh Lord have mercy - why should an earthly creature like urself living only bout 30-50yrs should be believed over a (2) millennium-old Church (standing till this day, despite satan's numerous attacks throughout the 2000yrs of Christianity to bring Her down) Have faith & reason, dont be deceived by the evil one
First of all CHRISTIANIT AKA CATHOLICISM is not based in the Bible, it is based in Jesus Himself. The Catholic Church is Christianity fir longer than 3000 years. If you know some History, the Bible was prohibited to be read by the peasants to avoid the big mistake of being interpreted the wrong way as Protestants do. Secondarily, centuries ago books were very expensive, so expensive that they were secure by chains, and the majority of the peasants were illiterate. Preaching has been the main form of teaching the Gospel for centuries. Jesus Christ is Present in every Catholic Church . Amen.
Thank you, Father, for your passionate defense of the original Christian church
It’s not the original Christian church, original Catholic Church which is not mentioned in the Holy Bible. Read the WORD of YAHWEH carefully and ask the Spirit of God to transform you.
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@@Bethmin7Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church and it is in the Bible and the Catholic Church existed before the Bible and the Catholic Church decided on which books would be in the Bible
@@Bethmin7 It is in the Bible actually. Catholics wrote it.
Boom! Another excellent video, Father! 🙏🏽
Thank you ☦️❤️
Thank you, Father ❤️☦️
Thank you for watching, Tony ☦️❤️
Thank you Father for this teaching how to defend our faith. And to guide us in how to practice the Faith.
This was fantastic. Thank you Father 🙏
Thank you, Father for all you do for the Church and your sheep. I was fortunate enough to grow up among many priests and nuns in the era before the Vietnamese communists took over the country. All the priests and nuns my family knew and came in contact with were holy men and women. They might have been too strict but looking back now I understand it’s because they cared and wanted to mold us into good Catholics. My husband and his entire 7 other siblings were alter boys and was NEVER once abused by any priest. We love and appreciate all the priests out there and will try to remember to pray for all of them. They constantly pray for us so we need to pray for them too🙏 We all know that the evil one is always out to get the holy ones and the priests are the first in line for them to attack. So, please pray for them❤
Great video, father.
Thank you for watching! ☦️🙏
Finally some historical and academic honesty
Father Chris you and father Tyler are the GOATS (greatest of all time)
Thank you, Father for defending Christ's Church although I'm not Eastern Catholic yet but I am still learning about it because on how beautiful the tradition is and the history of it as well and the more I learned about then I know when the time is right. Again Thank you.
God Bless you Father Thank You 🙏 ✝️🇻🇦⛪️🇺🇸❤️
Great Video Fr Chris God bless 🙏✝️⛪️🇻🇦🇺🇸🦅 Jesus I trust In You
8:40 love this scripture!
One of the things that my Catholic brother & sisters do that just drives me crazy is Addressing a Priest by their first Name. It is disrespectful.
Question: Do you address your Paternal Father by his first name? Of course Not. That would be Disrespectful Right?
Then why would anyone Disrespect their Spiritual Father that way? Its the same thing. But the Priest are part of the problem nowadays in this modern culture. The Priest should never Introduce themselves using their first name. That would solve the problem of Unintentionally Disrespecting the Priest.
In fact when I was a kid, you would address Adults by Mr. or Mrs. So and so. Never using their first name. That would be Disrespectful. Unfortunately we as a Society has lost Respectful Decorum. Just Shameful nowadays. We need to get back to Respectful Conduct towards one another.
Constantine asked permission of the pope before he convened the first council of Nicaea.
The letter still exists.
I have a question I’ve been wanting to join the Catholic Church for a looooong time I tried the RCIA but not in it’s beginning more like half way and I felt deeply that I wasn’t ready to become Catholic because I felt that I missed out a lot of great teachings and information since I was very late to join in but I’m looking forward to truelly join but this time I would love to join the Byzantine Rites since it’s so pure and traditional Liturgical Church…
I was wondering does the Byzantine Church does the same RCIA as well or are they different and when do the Byzantine normally start there classes
I grew up Catholic north of Boston and went to Catholic high school and we never even opened a Bible as far as I can remember. I find the fact that there’s so many different bibles and translations of bibles to be problematic.
Read the bible certainly.
Interpreting it is a matter for the magisterium.
If it quakes like a duck, it looks like a duck and swims like a duck. It is likely a duck.
Just wanted to let you know that the cross in the thumbnail is orthodox Christian
We are a Byzantine Catholic Church and we use the three bar cross as part of our Eastern tradition ☦️🙏
@@OurLadyofPerpetualHelpNM interesting, thanks
So what then DID Jesus mean when He said to call no man father?
St. Paul “broke” that rule a lot! 😆
@@johnflorio3576 could be. But I'd love an alternate interpretation of that passage if that's not what it means.
@4jgarner, here's an answer from "Catholic Answers", in line with what Father Christopher Zugger said :
"So What Did Jesus Mean?
Jesus criticized Jewish leaders who love “the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called ‘rabbi’ by men” (Matt. 23:6-7). He was using hyperbole (exaggeration) to show the scribes and Pharisees how sinful and proud they were for not looking humbly to God as the source of all authority and fatherhood and teaching, and instead setting themselves up as the ultimate authorities, father figures, and teachers.
Christ used hyperbole often, for example when he declared, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell” (Matt. 5:29, cf. 18:9; Mark 9:47). Christ certainly did not intend this to be applied literally, for otherwise all Christians would be blind amputees! (cf. 1 John 1:8; 1 Tim. 1:15).
Jesus is not forbidding us to call men “fathers” who actually are such-either literally or spiritually. He is warning people against inaccurately attributing fatherhood-or a particular kind or degree of fatherhood-to those who do not have it.
As the apostolic example shows, some individuals genuinely do have a spiritual fatherhood, meaning that they can be referred to as spiritual fathers. What must not be done is to confuse their form of spiritual paternity with that of God. Ultimately, God is our supreme protector, provider, and instructor. Correspondingly, it is wrong to view any individual other than God as having these roles.
Throughout the world, some people have been tempted to look upon religious leaders who are mere mortals as if they were an individual’s supreme source of spiritual instruction, nourishment, and protection. The tendency to turn mere men into “gurus” is worldwide.
This was also a temptation in the Jewish world of Jesus’ day, when famous rabbinical leaders, especially those who founded important schools, such as Hillel and Shammai, were highly exalted by their disciples. It is this elevation of an individual man-the formation of a “cult of personality” around him-of which Jesus is speaking when he warns against attributing to someone an undue role as master, father, or teacher.
He is not forbidding the perfunctory use of honorifics nor forbidding us to recognize that the person does have a role as a spiritual father and teacher. The example of his own apostles shows us that."
@@PaulaWalkerArt thank you for your response! I appreciate actually being able to get a positive argument on this rather than solely saying what it doesn't mean.
And after reading through it, I honestly don't this to be rather satisfactory. So thank you a second time for that!
Conveniently overlooking the elephant in the room.
Which is ?
@@StreetLampStudios🦗🦗🦗
Ephesians 1:17 “…the father of glory may give to you (father zugger) the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of HIM,…” our Father in heaven… the catholic’s so called fathers are not sincere in proclaiming ‘The Word’ simply because they have no spiritual discernment. They are intellectual. On the other hand many of the American tv evangelicals are an abomination and deceitful. If anyone seeks truth we have the Holy Bible freely available unlike the times when the papacy banned the peasants from reading it and persecuted multitudes which is going to repeat. Today Rome has no control, they are exposed but the work of God is happening, the choice is ours.
Not weary yet of the same old tired PROTEST-ant vomit?
@@Jerry-er6lq yes !!
@@essafats5728 you have been fooled by the Protestants and catholics. I’m a Christian. Read the WORD and ask help of the Holy Spirit.
@@Bethmin7 can u comprehend the WORD? Oh Lord have mercy - why should an earthly creature like urself living only bout 30-50yrs should be believed over a (2)
millennium-old Church (standing till this day, despite satan's numerous attacks throughout the 2000yrs of Christianity to bring Her down)
Have faith & reason, dont be deceived by the evil one
First of all CHRISTIANIT AKA CATHOLICISM is not based in the Bible, it is based in Jesus Himself. The Catholic Church is Christianity fir longer than 3000 years.
If you know some History, the Bible was prohibited to be read by the peasants to avoid the big mistake of being interpreted the wrong way as Protestants do. Secondarily, centuries ago books were very expensive, so expensive that they were secure by chains, and the majority of the peasants were illiterate.
Preaching has been the main form of teaching the Gospel for centuries. Jesus Christ is Present in every Catholic Church . Amen.