Posted on 10/25/2020 11:30:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
No, the Catholic Church beat me to that many centuries ago. The Apostles were born Jews, lived as Jews and died as (Messianic) Jews. Jesus kept the Sabbath all His Life (and even in death). None of them would step foot in a Catholic Church.
[I often fail but i still try]
Right there with ya. See my FR homepage.
Obviously, you are wrong and deny Christ’s Catholic Church and His revealed truths.
Many Jews have accepted the Catholic Faith as the New Covenant the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament.
May God have Mercy on you and lead you to Heaven.
Many Jews have accepted the Catholic Faith
So what? Many Jews vote for Joe Biden though he shows signs of anti-Semitism. Others join cults. And still others are agnostic.
I certainly haven’t received any truthful or wise advice from you. Just your personal false opinions (that are not historically correct) about God’s Truth and His Catholic Church that he founded and that continues to preach His Word and provide the Sacraments for the faithful to reach eternal life with Jesus and His Blessed Mother.
Perhaps it is you that does not comprehend the Bible. It is hard to present God’s Truth when one doesn’t listen. Perhaps you could mediate of Proverbs 12:1 and 22. 13:1
It would be hard for the early Christian (Jewish) Bishops and Priests and others that guided and accepted the Catholic Faith to vote for Joe Biden.
“the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.” 1Tim 3:15 That is the Catholic Church that you deny.
Laughable. Peter is never referred to as such.
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I’m not seeing anything funny to laugh at. Christ definitely did extablish His Church with Peter, the Senior Apostle where the buck stopped on earth. Peter was given Priesthood. All the Apostles were given the same priesthood that Christ held and they in turn ordained others, Bishops, Priests Evangelists, Deacons and Teachers. When the Apostles died off there was no longer anyone to ordain Bishops. When the Bishops died off there was no longer anyone to ordain Priests. When the Priests died off there was no longer anyone to ordain any other office.
Each congregation eventually made their own rules and took it upon themselve to ordain others to offices they had no authority to ordain them to. After some 200 years of this Constantine decided to fix the problem. Constantine was not a christian, he had no understanding of Christanity but made decisions affecting the next 1600 years of Christian faithful. Peter never had the chance to ordain a replacement even if it were something that would be ok to do. Since Christ ordained him I’m not sure he could ordain his replacement but I’m willing to think perhaps it would have been ok. I would rather think that perhaps if all the apostles got together they could in unity ordain Peters replacement. But the persecuted apostles never had a chance to do that and they died without heirs so to speak.
I revere the Catholic churches, there are several, they maintained what we have left of holy scripture and what we have of the Gospel. If the linage of the popes was not broken perhaps I could even be convinced that they had the authority to ordain priests and other offices but it can’t. There is much study trying to prove linage of the popes but it simply can’t be done. The pope can’t call himself pope because of popularity or need any more than Luther had authority after being excomunicated to do the same.
I admire all followers of Christ, they are all doing their best to do what they think is right but until The Savior brings back the priesthood and valid leaders I’m afraid all Christians are in the same boat doing the best they can relying on the scriptures we still have. I’m reluctant to call one church better than another.
the current pope is making a mockery of Christian teachings for the last two thousand years, I assume he just doesn’t know any better or is evil. I am reluctant to believe any person trying to be Christian is evil so I assume he simply has no guidance from the Holy Spirit.
Those Churches that ordain women and gay people I assume are just as ignorant, they do it because they think since they think that is only fair that it is also right but in reality it is repugnant.
So who has the keys now that Peter was given? When we find the answer to that question we will find truth. Many believe those keys are found in the Catholic Pope. I don’t, I wish I could.
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