Dmitry, Christ started a church and promised that He would send the Holy Spirit to guide it forever and that the gates of Hell would not prevail against it. He breathed on the apostles and gave them special gifts and authority. They set up a church that practiced the Mass and had a hierarchy and sacraments. The Catholic Church is the only church that traces its line of leadership, Mass, traditions, sacraments, and beliefs directly back to that church started by Christ and the apostles. The Church called itself Catholic long before Martin Luther broke away from it. Like it or not, the Catholic Church is the only one that shares the complete history of Christ’s Church.
My previous post outlines the places in scripture where Mary is named as significant. If you know the customs of the people of Galilee, you know that calling someone “Woman” was not unusual or derogatory. It was a form of address commonly used. Mary never had other children; in Christ’s day, cousins were also called brothers. Christ had cousins. Christ’s birth was a virgin, miraculous birth.
If you do some historical research using the earliest versions of the Gospels, you will find most of your objections are overcome.
Like it or not, the Catholic Church is the only one that shares the complete history of Christ’s Church.
Wrong again, if it was only the “Catholic Cult” that Christ recognized why the need to send out Paul in a different ministry? Or John? or any of the other disciples? Shouldn’t they all have been following Peter around? You know the guy that denied Christ but, supposedly, founded the Catholic Church? You can claim anything you want and I am sure there are “documents” that the “Catholic Church” holds that states this but I am going to call it what it is “lies”.
As for the claims of the Roman Catholic Church that its history can be traced back to Jesus Christ, Peter, or the other apostles, such claims lack both historical and Scriptural support. The true Church of Jesus Christ was not founded upon Peter, but upon Peter’s confession of Christ’s deity as recorded in Matthew 16:16: “.. Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. “ Peter was not the first pope nor is there any Scriptural justification whatever for such an office. Peter’s own inspired testimony as to his position and ministry is given in I Peter 5:1-4. He further identifies himself in 2 Peter 1:1 as “a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ....’ History confirms the fact that there were no popes in the early church nor even in the Roman Catholic Church during the first centuries of its existence.
Roman Catholicism makes salvation a long, complicated process with no assurance of eternal life and forgiveness of all sin; to faith in Jesus Christ is added Baptism, the Mass, Confession, prayers to Mary and the Saints, good works, and purgatory. By contrast the Bible teaches salvation by faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by sacraments, prayers or works. Eph. 2:8, 9; Titus 2:13. Bible salvation is God’s free gift to any sinner who believes with the heart that Christ died for his sins and rose again for his justification. I Coy. 15:1-4; Rom. 10:9-13. Bible salvation gives immediate assurance of eternal life. I John 5:10-13. Carefully read and believe John 1: 12; 3:1618; 3:36; 5:24; 14:1-6; 20:30, 31. No church ever saved anyone, but Christ can and will save everyone who will come and trust Him as their Saviour. Acts 4:12; John 6:37; 10:27-30. Trust Christ today and be saved for all eternity!