[metmom]

No fear at all,The Holy Spirit guided the Church ,so I don't run off and follow a self serving non historical faith.It was my free decision to leave protestant ism's ever changing beliefs

The job of the Holy Spirit is to indwell BELIEVERS to guide them, not an organization. (John 14:15-26)

It is to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. (John 16:7-15)

And it is to lift up and glorify Jesus. (John 15:26) Not Mary. Not the pope. Not dead "saints". Jesus.

[presently no screen name]

The job of the Holy Spirit is to indwell BELIEVERS to guide them, not an organization. (John 14:15-26)

Exactly!

SFA; I think you owe metmom a thank you for leading you to Scripture for you to unlearn this fallacy... The Holy Spirit guided the Church. Sidenote: The Holy Spirit has nothing to do with man made doctrine.

[stfassisi]

The job of the Holy Spirit is to indwell BELIEVERS to guide them, not an organization. (John 14:15-26)

You should listen to The Holy Spirit than because He would be leading you back to His Church-The Catholic Church

Catechism

"Christ is the Head of this Body"

792 Christ "is the head of the body, the Church."225 He is the principle of creation and redemption. Raised to the Father's glory, "in everything he [is] preeminent,"226 especially in the Church, through whom he extends his reign over all things.

793 Christ unites us with his Passover: all his members must strive to resemble him, "until Christ be formed" in them.227 "For this reason we . . . are taken up into the mysteries of his life, . . . associated with his sufferings as the body with its head, suffering with him, that with him we may be glorified."228

794 Christ provides for our growth: to make us grow toward him, our head,229 he provides in his Body, the Church, the gifts and assistance by which we help one another along the way of salvation.

795 Christ and his Church thus together make up the "whole Christ" (Christus totus). The Church is one with Christ. The saints are acutely aware of this unity: