Is the Catholic Church the One True Church?

[@helenrabbitt8780]

Great explanationPatrick and so true

[@delbert372]

Truth! This is so good, this is why I've been moving towards the Catholic Church.

[@dnaak]

May the Lord Jesus Christ send forth His Spirit into your life that you can discern clearly where He is. Mother Mary, we ask you humbly to petition your son to send all the graces necessary for the completion of His work in Delbert's life. May the Lord bless you forever Delbert.

[@dnaak]

This is such a Spirit-filled teaching. Praise and honor to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

[@mikefanofmovies]

Hear the Truth from your Redeemer Himself whom you call Jesus, at the bottom of this comment is more of the Word of the Lord spoken to this generation; "5/14/05 From The Lord, Our God and Savior The Word of The Lord Spoken to Timothy For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Thus says The Lord: Beware, O peoples of the church called mother. For she is a harlot, a false way, a deceitful house filled with both great and subtle deceptions. Be wary, rouse yourselves from this heavy sleep, and look upon the fruit of your doings. For you have been greatly misled, caught up in a faith which is dead; there is no life in it! For as it was written by My servant, so in like manner I now plead with you: Depart from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of the pagan, whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths. Be delivered from the adulterous woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the husband of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house is sinking down to death, and all her paths lead to the dead.[1] Therefore thus says The Lord God, The Holy One of Israel, to all who have ears to hear: This unholy church of men is a harlot! From the beginning she has been a whore! Yet she would have all believe she is a queen, even the true church and mother. Indeed, she has bore many sons and daughters, daughters who yet bear her likeness; and many sons who shall go to perdition, false fathers[2] and priests, who by their own authority take to themselves proselytes, who they then make twice as fit for destruction as themselves![3] Behold, deception is hidden within deception, as she continues to build up her sins toward heaven. For I tell you a mystery filled with corruption, Abuse of power and contemptible ways: This church of men is like the woman who rides the beast; She is clothed with purple and scarlet, enticing the People to commit fornication with her... Yet to her own, she is a queen who sits upon My throne and has taken to herself My authority, Perverting My Word and changing My Commandments As she appoints kings and princes in her own name, Each with names of blasphemy upon their heads, So-called holy fathers who shall go into perdition with her... And yet to those against her, she is the beast. Yet I tell you the truth, all are deceived. For her power and authority come from the beast, which atop she sits. For she has many names of blasphemy, and all her works are an abomination before The Lord. She is indeed a harlot, and her adulteries are many. Behold, she is also like the great whore who sits upon many waters, who has corrupted the earth with her fornications. And like the false prophet she spews perverse and bitter doctrine, leading many into false worship, even to the committing of fornication with the pagan and the heathen by all her filthy traditions! And like the beast, she has shed the blood of My servants throughout her generations, and has not ceased from opening her mouth to speak great things and blasphemies with a practiced and lying tongue, by which she has deceived many. Therefore, I must take My people out of her! Behold, I shall snatch them from her very breast! For she is also like Babylon, adorning herself with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornications.[4] Thus says The Lord to the deceptive harlot, to the mother of all fornications: Woe, I say to you! Even three times, woe! For the atheist shall have it far better than you, when the wrath of the great and dreadful God has come! For when they seek forgiveness, they shall surely find it. Yet woe to you who blaspheme the Spirit; from you forgiveness has fled away![5] Behold, destruction waits for you as you continue to tread the wide path![6] For you believe yourself to be a glorious vine, yet your roots are full of rottenness, a vine of deceit with many tendrils spreading forth abomination! Behold, you see yourself as a sovereign nation, as the mother church, universal, and yet you willingly go into captivity and hold fast in your rebellion! Therefore, I shall make you a desolation and an astonishment, an object of horror and hissing; I shall strip you bare! And behold, you shall become an island, a most desolate place amidst the nations. No more shall anyone draw near to you, nor shall any attempt to pass through. For all shall keep their distance for fear of your punishment. Every traveler shall go roundabout, horrified at the smoke of your burning. For thus says The Lord: I have set you apart for judgment! I have separated you out for death, for sorrow and for famine, until the fire of My wrath consumes you! For you have caused My beloved to depart from Me; you have turned them aside from The Way! You have caused them to trust in fables and to put their hope in lies and false visions, in worthless things![7] The Truth is not in you, and from The Life you are far removed![8] You have pierced My heart with a hot iron! You have battered and bruised Me, and torn My flesh! My sadness fills the heavens like the unending blackness, My tears cover the earth like the oceans, because of you! My anger wells up within Me like a raging fire, on account of all these you have persecuted and murdered throughout your generations! Indeed, the cup of My indignation overflows, on account of all you have done and are about to do, says The Lord. And still I sent to you many in My own name, that you might be saved from yourself. Yet you rejected them all, beating some and killing others, casting them out in your pompous rage. You will not turn, and so The Father has declared your end. WOE TO THE CHURCH CALLED MOTHER! WOE TO YOU AND YOUR APPOINTED LEADERS! WOE TO YOU AND ALL YOUR “HOLY FATHERS”![9]... WOE TO THE CHURCH CALLED ROMAN AND CATHOLIC! WOE TO THE CHURCH FULL OF DEAD MEN’S BONES![10]... For I have prepared a great fire, and behold, it is already kindled, And you, along with all who cleave to you, shall surely be cast into it![11]... SAYS THE LORD." www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Woe_to_the_Church_Called_Roman_and_Catholic

[@FAMA-18]

Beautifully said, there’s only one, The One Holy and Apostolic Church, the Catholic Church..Amen.

[@JosephChavez]

I needed this one today. Thank you Patrick!

[@GrandEdit804]

The those who reject Jesus and the Truth of the one Church, have lost having any authority and foundation. Therefore, they continue to protest and split up throughout their history. GOD BLESS!

[@helenrabbitt8780]

I have to laugh at some people who don’t agree with your explanation Patrick there just don’t know what the Bible says but they think they do

[@peterzinya1]

The bible says not to make and or bow befor images. That is the favorite pastime of these Mary worshipers.

[@Johnny-xh6lr]

Patrick your the best! God bless you.

[@Milanprinco]

Where can I find early church fathers writing in Slovak language

[@nicolemaxey5801]

We are constantly being told not to pray to Mary. Do Catholics pray to Mary?

[@Spiritof76Catholic]

Excellent explanation about the Catholic Church being the church started by Jesus. I notice that nothing any Catholic Christian ever explains is almost always rejected by protestants. And almost always those same people lack charity and therefore reject what Jesus said so often. Catholic Christian’s pray for these lost and angry souls. God bless you.

[@ANNILEEFORBES]

What does the Bible says about the dead

[@Spiritof76Catholic]

@@ANNILEEFORBES Why don’t you tell me since you’re one of the biggest deniers of Jesus Christs deposit of faith handed on to the Apostles and their successors. After all since the Bible mentions nothing about 16th century men and their successors I can’t wait to see what you write

[@kaiserdamasus1978]

Catholic Church is the one true Church, the sole ark of salvation in this world. All are commanded by Christ to enter it.

[@williamsomershoe1119]

Amen!!

[@ANNILEEFORBES]

How can the dead in heaven pray for the living

[@jmdsservantofgod8405]

Did you see the 60 Minutes Report on 2/6/22 about what the RCC did to all those Native American children in Canada!

[@brianbacon5149]

+JMJ I saw the report of the Canadian Government 's commission report of 2024 debunking the false accusations of the 60 Minutes Report.Your point?

[@johnflorio3576]

Yes.

[@jmdsservantofgod8405]

In 1997…. The RCC signed the Joint Declaration on Justification agreeing with all other Christian churches that salvation is by faith in Jesus alone….so the RCC became just another other church

[@DylanGames1000]

That is 100% NOT what the church teaches. Yes Jesus alone saves but you must act on his salvation. You don’t just do nothing but have faith. That’s not shown ANYWHERE in scripture AFTER Christ went back to heaven in converts mentioned in scripture.

[@JJdaymetoo]

Protestantism 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦​@@DylanGames1000

[@mikefanofmovies]

Hear the Truth from your Redeemer Himself whom you call Jesus, at the bottom of this comment is more of the Word of the Lord spoken to this generation; "5/14/05 From The Lord, Our God and Savior The Word of The Lord Spoken to Timothy For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Thus says The Lord: Beware, O peoples of the church called mother. For she is a harlot, a false way, a deceitful house filled with both great and subtle deceptions. Be wary, rouse yourselves from this heavy sleep, and look upon the fruit of your doings. For you have been greatly misled, caught up in a faith which is dead; there is no life in it! For as it was written by My servant, so in like manner I now plead with you: Depart from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of the pagan, whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths. Be delivered from the adulterous woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the husband of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house is sinking down to death, and all her paths lead to the dead.[1] Therefore thus says The Lord God, The Holy One of Israel, to all who have ears to hear: This unholy church of men is a harlot! From the beginning she has been a whore! Yet she would have all believe she is a queen, even the true church and mother. Indeed, she has bore many sons and daughters, daughters who yet bear her likeness; and many sons who shall go to perdition, false fathers[2] and priests, who by their own authority take to themselves proselytes, who they then make twice as fit for destruction as themselves![3] Behold, deception is hidden within deception, as she continues to build up her sins toward heaven. For I tell you a mystery filled with corruption, Abuse of power and contemptible ways: This church of men is like the woman who rides the beast; She is clothed with purple and scarlet, enticing the People to commit fornication with her... Yet to her own, she is a queen who sits upon My throne and has taken to herself My authority, Perverting My Word and changing My Commandments As she appoints kings and princes in her own name, Each with names of blasphemy upon their heads, So-called holy fathers who shall go into perdition with her... And yet to those against her, she is the beast. Yet I tell you the truth, all are deceived. For her power and authority come from the beast, which atop she sits. For she has many names of blasphemy, and all her works are an abomination before The Lord. She is indeed a harlot, and her adulteries are many. Behold, she is also like the great whore who sits upon many waters, who has corrupted the earth with her fornications. And like the false prophet she spews perverse and bitter doctrine, leading many into false worship, even to the committing of fornication with the pagan and the heathen by all her filthy traditions! And like the beast, she has shed the blood of My servants throughout her generations, and has not ceased from opening her mouth to speak great things and blasphemies with a practiced and lying tongue, by which she has deceived many. Therefore, I must take My people out of her! Behold, I shall snatch them from her very breast! For she is also like Babylon, adorning herself with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornications.[4] Thus says The Lord to the deceptive harlot, to the mother of all fornications: Woe, I say to you! Even three times, woe! For the atheist shall have it far better than you, when the wrath of the great and dreadful God has come! For when they seek forgiveness, they shall surely find it. Yet woe to you who blaspheme the Spirit; from you forgiveness has fled away![5] Behold, destruction waits for you as you continue to tread the wide path![6] For you believe yourself to be a glorious vine, yet your roots are full of rottenness, a vine of deceit with many tendrils spreading forth abomination! Behold, you see yourself as a sovereign nation, as the mother church, universal, and yet you willingly go into captivity and hold fast in your rebellion! Therefore, I shall make you a desolation and an astonishment, an object of horror and hissing; I shall strip you bare! And behold, you shall become an island, a most desolate place amidst the nations. No more shall anyone draw near to you, nor shall any attempt to pass through. For all shall keep their distance for fear of your punishment. Every traveler shall go roundabout, horrified at the smoke of your burning. For thus says The Lord: I have set you apart for judgment! I have separated you out for death, for sorrow and for famine, until the fire of My wrath consumes you! For you have caused My beloved to depart from Me; you have turned them aside from The Way! You have caused them to trust in fables and to put their hope in lies and false visions, in worthless things![7] The Truth is not in you, and from The Life you are far removed![8] You have pierced My heart with a hot iron! You have battered and bruised Me, and torn My flesh! My sadness fills the heavens like the unending blackness, My tears cover the earth like the oceans, because of you! My anger wells up within Me like a raging fire, on account of all these you have persecuted and murdered throughout your generations! Indeed, the cup of My indignation overflows, on account of all you have done and are about to do, says The Lord. And still I sent to you many in My own name, that you might be saved from yourself. Yet you rejected them all, beating some and killing others, casting them out in your pompous rage. You will not turn, and so The Father has declared your end. WOE TO THE CHURCH CALLED MOTHER! WOE TO YOU AND YOUR APPOINTED LEADERS! WOE TO YOU AND ALL YOUR “HOLY FATHERS”![9]... WOE TO THE CHURCH CALLED ROMAN AND CATHOLIC! WOE TO THE CHURCH FULL OF DEAD MEN’S BONES![10]... For I have prepared a great fire, and behold, it is already kindled, And you, along with all who cleave to you, shall surely be cast into it![11]... SAYS THE LORD." www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Woe_to_the_Church_Called_Roman_and_Catholic

[@vincentrabbit8497]

JESUS CHIRST IS THE ONLY LIVING GOD... GOD MADE ONLY 1 TRUE CHURCH CALL CATHOLIC CALL SANIT PETER IS THE ROCK OF GOD WORDS CALL BIBLE AMEN PEACE BE WITH YOU HAIL MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

[@peterzinya1]

What has Mary done about her homosexual pedophile priests? Nothing.

[@baseballboy5236]

Unbelievable truly broke down the HOW'S;WHEN'S WHY'S of how the Catholic Church is Native...

[@ANNILEEFORBES]

There is only one mediator The MAN Christ Jesus Creator of Heaven and Earth

[@2FollowHim777]

If you love Me, keep my commandments: Call no man Father. The Bible teaches Creation. Doctrine of grace. You never baptize a baby or young child, see Matthew 6:6 Many more. Also, the Lord is also Lord of the Sabbath. Sunday is Sun worship, day of the sun. Pagan, Roman.

[@JJdaymetoo]

Oh boy 🤦we got a Protestant in the comments section again, doing what they do best..... PROTEST!

[@lupelo8819]

The Roman church has no authority over anything.ALL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN TO JESUS IN HEAVEN AND ON THE EARTH!

[@peterzinya1]

They have authority over all the papist Mary worshipers.

[@JJdaymetoo]

Protestantism 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️

[@jmdsservantofgod8405]

7 churches in Revelation….. Jesus never calls them catholic

[@kevinmc62]

Which denominations are represented in those 7? Let me guess, they were all “non denominational”

[@kevinmc62]

My question to you is are you sure that you’re in the church Christ started and what deductive criteria did you use to come to that conclusion?

[@peterzinya1]

@@kevinmc62 Jesus has 7 churches, (Rev 1-3) and none of them are in Rome.

[@CaptainJess1994]

Claiming that one’s church the “first church” is an argument many different churches use to assert that their church is the “one true church.” In addition to the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church makes this claim, some Protestant denominations make this claim, and even some “Christian” cults make this claim. How do we know which church is correct? The biblical answer is - it doesn’t matter! No visible church or denomination is the true church, because the bride of Christ is not an institution. Instead, it is a spiritual entity made up of those who have, by grace through faith, been brought into a close, intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9). Those people constitute the true church, no matter which building, denomination, or country they happen to be in. The first church-its growth, doctrine, and practices-was recorded for us in the New Testament, especially in the Book of Acts and the Epistles of Paul. The New Testament church is the “original church” and the “one true church.” We can know this because it is described, in great detail, in Scripture. As recorded in the New Testament, the church is God’s pattern and foundation for His church. Let’s examine the Roman Catholic claim that it is the “first church.” Nowhere in the New Testament will you find the “one true church” doing any of the following: praying to Mary, praying to the saints, venerating Mary, submitting to a pope, having a select priesthood, baptizing an infant, observing the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper as sacraments, or passing on apostolic authority to successors of the apostles. All of these are core elements of the Roman Catholic faith. If most of the core elements of the Roman Catholic Church were not practiced by the New Testament Church (the first church and one true church), how then can the Roman Catholic Church be the first church? A study of the New Testament will clearly reveal that the Roman Catholic Church is not the same church as the church that is described in the New Testament. It is easy to get trapped by the idea that a particular denomination within Christianity is “the true church,” but this view is a misunderstanding of Scripture. When choosing a church to attend, it is important to remember that a gathering of believers should be where those who belong to the true church (the spiritual entity) feel at home. That is to say, a good local church will uphold the Word of God, honoring it and preaching faithfully, proclaim the gospel steadfastly, and feed and tend the sheep. A church that teaches heresy or engages in sin will eventually be very low on (or lose) those who belong to the true church-the sheep who hear the voice of the Shepherd and follow Him (John 10:27). The true church is the bride of Christ (Revelation 21:2, 9; 22:17), also known as the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27). It cannot be contained, walled in, or defined by anything other than its love for Christ and its dedication to Him.

[@jzak5723]

YOU: Instead, it is a spiritual entity made up of those who have, by grace through faith, been brought into a close, intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9). Those people constitute the true church, no matter which building, denomination, or country they happen to be in. ME: Not possible that people in every denomination are in the one true church, since you cannot have different teachings in the one true church. Just believing that Jesus is the Son of God isn't good enough to be saved. Even the demons believe, yet they are not saved, are they?

[@lupelo8819]

Ephesians5:23-25...Even as Christ is the HEAD of the church, and he is the SAVIOUR of the BODY. Therefore as the CHURCH is SUBJECT unto Christ (NOT TO THE POPE).Even as Christ also loved the CHURCH and gave himself for it.Jesus Christ is the Rock on whom he built his Church. As a born again believer in Jesus Christ, I am Jesus Church.The catholic church( structure) is built on the popes.Two distinct churches.Jesus' church is spiritual. Catholic church is earthly not christianity.

[@peterzinya1]

@@bluegriffin9453 That pedophile ridden catholic church of the graveen image is not the church of christ. If you love it, thats you right to believe as you like.

[@MrLarsson92]

For me it's quite funny how most of your explanation is just common sense - that the Catholic church is older than the protestant (which everyone knows unless someone has been living under a rock their whole life), but then the logic starts falling apart in your explanation: Ofcourse people wouldn't have asked when the 'Catholic Church' was first mentioned: "What do you mean with the 'Catholic Church'"? If I mentioned today the church as "the global church", noone would say to me: "What do you mean, what denomination is that? We have never heard about a church called 'the Global Church'". Ofcourse everyone would understand that I'm describing the Church as being global. The word Catholic means Universal in greek. It is not a name originally. So that guy in the 2nd century basically reffered to "The Universal Church", the one church which is the same through the whole universe, with other words: A Church not built by human hands, but which consist of living stones - everyone who in their hearts believe and follow Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. What is the name of this church? Well, it can be described as 'the Universal Church', but it's not it's name. We find it's name in the Bible: It is called "The Church", "The Body of Christ", "The Bride of Christ", "The Church of God", "Congregation of saints", "The Temple of the Living God", "The Flock of God", "The Family in heaven and earth". And btw. according to the Bible every believer is a royal priesthood. Priest in the new covenant is not someone who serves in a holy building. This belongs to the old covenant. The priests in the new testament ARE the holy building, and it includes every believer because now we all have connection with the Holy Spirit, the same holy one which the High Priest could only enter into his Holies of Holy presence once per year in the old covenant. Yes, now we can read in the Bible about the fact that we have leaders, whom we should follow and honor and we have some leaders appointed as Pastors (meaning shepheards), Apostles, Teachers, Prophets and Evangelists. But priests are not mentioned as a position/calling, because we are all called to this service before God and also between God and the people who doesn't know Him. Especially the Bible gives no instructions about a Pope system, where the Pope should have the title/name "Father". Jesus warns specifically against this since only God is our Father.

[@saveriobaleikanacea7864]

You can't qualify and justify that everyone believes in Jesus Christ. What Madrid is clearly explaining that historically alone it confirms that the Catholic Church is the only Church established by our Lord Jesus Christ and he passed it on to Saint Peter as the rock and first Pope, and the Apostles.

[@loganbothwell543]

The church actually means believers in Christ. There is no one true church only Christianity.

[@jzak5723]

Nope. ONE TRUE CHURCH and that's it. There can only be one church which teaches all truth and no false teachings. One false teaching eliminates a church from being the true church. If the Holy Spirit was sent to guide the church into all truth, then that means ALL TRUTH.