[NKP_Vet]

Prayer For the Election of Holy and Good Pope: O God eternal Shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your fatherly boundless love, a pastor for your Church who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

[Kaslin]

Bump

[1malumprohibitum]

I’m confused, where is the mark for homosexual clergy & pedophile enabling? Or would that be the mark of the beast? Catholic supremacists need to clean their own house before they elevate themselves by denigrating others.

[Iscool]

The Church Is Holy (Eph. 5:25–27, Rev. 19:7–8, CCC 823–829) By his grace Jesus makes the Church holy, just as he is holy. This doesn’t mean that each member is always holy. Jesus said there would be both good and bad members in the Church (John 6:70), and not all the members would go to heaven (Matt. 7:21–23).

Since the Church is not the members then, what exactly is the Church?

[fwdude]

Serious question in response to the contention that Christ only commissioned one Church. Doesn’t the Catholic Church have various “rites,” its own version of Denominations? And doesn’t the RCC recognize the Orthodox Church as legitimate even though the OC doesn’t recognize the authority of the Pope or the RCC hierarchy?

Seems a little inconsistent to me. One of many inconsistencies.

[count-your-change]

The murders and torture performed against those it deemed “heretics” disqualifies the Catholic church from being the true church.

Jesus gave the identifying mark at John 13:35, his disciples would have among themselves. The Catholic church fails.

[Salvation]

FOUR MARKS OF THE TRUE CHURCH
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Radio Replies Second Volume - Holiness of the Church
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Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Marks of the Church, One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
Four Marks of the Church Four Marks of the Church
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic: The Marks of Christ's Church [Ecumenical]

[BipolarBob]

Jesus can have but one spouse, and his spouse is the Catholic Church.

Nothing in the Bible would indicate this except by the most twisting of Scripture. Jesus was born a Jew, lived like a Jew and died like a Jew. Neither He nor His disciples lived in a Roman Vatican palace. They did not keep Sunday as their holy day even though they preached on that day as well as other days of the week. No disciple was declared Pope nor wore a funny hat and was treated like they were any better than any other person (no ring kissing)(further more no rings). I could go on but you get my drift.

[Salvation]

Prayer for the Election of a New Pope

[steve86]

I also have been reciting a short prayer for the election of the pope — not nearly as elegant as yours — as I assume many Catholics have.

[DungeonMaster]

Most Catholics I know don’t read the bible. What’s up with that?

[bike800]

On historical note, in response to the comment about the next pope condoning contraception...up until the 1930’s...there was no Christian denomination on the planet that didn’t teach that contraception was wrong. The episcipalians caved first...then they all did...and still the Church held its 2000 year old position.

[MeOnTheBeach]

Here's something you should be concerned about:

Luke 13:
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

In other words, many think they are saved. Many think they can get into heaven. But the Lord is going to say to them:

25 ...Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

I don't know you...

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

But Lord we walked with thee...We know thee...We believed in thee...

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

..depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

The shear mountain of evidence that the Catholic Church is NOT the Church of God is insurmountable. How can you possibly try to say it is??

Here's another marker of the true Church of God:
Timothy 3:2
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;



Since the Pope is considered the "Bishop of Rome", I can assume that he will have a wife, correct?

Oh, wait they forbid their priests to marry don't they. 1 Tim 4: 1-3

[Theo]

Man, I really hate papists, who deny the efficacy of Jesus.

May Christ incease and Rome decrease.