MythBusting the Crusades

[@_meh_whatever]

Happy New Year! The new intro is really smooth, Hugh. Thank you for another informative video

[@alstar70]

The main difference between Catholics and Protestants is Protestants believe in Salvation by Grace through faith, whereas RC teaches Salvation through faith in the Sacramental system, one places the church as the centre of everything - baptism, marriage, communion, etc and whereas the other places the individual's relationship with Jesus at the centre of faith - one appears more personal, the other appears more collective. During a recent visit to Europe the protestant churches whilst nice - going for a more quiet reverence, they didn't have the splendour of the RC churches - Saint Peters shouldn't even be called a church - its more of a temple, so much Gold, art, alters, statutes, amazing place to visit.

[@catholicskeptic]

@alstar70 Well, respectfully, what you described is a matter of exterior observation. The Catholic Church teaches that we are indeed saved by grace, through faith. But that grace is transmitted to us by the Sacraments Christ instituted. Thus the Bible says "by grace are you saved, through faith"( Ephesians 2::8)!and also says "baptism doth now save us"( 1 Peter 3:21). The Word says the blood of Christ washes away our sins,( Revelation 1:5) and it says baptism washes away our sins ( Acts 22:16). Jesus commissioned the Apostles to go and teach all Nations, baptizing them. ( Matthew 28:18-20) Peter in response to the question of what we must do to be saved, said repent and be baptized for the remission of sins.( Acts 2:38). Jesus gave the Apostles the direct power to forgive or retain mens sins. ( John 20:21-23). These are just a few examples of such things in the Bible. Most of my Protestant friends respond by explaining how they believe Peter preached a different gospel, or some complicated explanation of why these verses don't mean what they say. As for the appearance of churches, clearly in the Bible, the same God Who forbade graven images to be made to worship ( Exodus 20) , just 5 chapters later, ordered the making of a box of shiitim wood , overlaid with pure gold, statues of Cherubim on top, where God's presence would manifest to the children of Israel. ( Exodus 25) Later on He gave elaborate instructions on the building of the Tabernacle; vestments for the OT priests,and incredibly beautiful and ornate decor. Gos is into beauty, look at His own creation. "and God saw all He had made, and BEHOLD, It was very good. ( Genesis 1:31) Since God "changeth not"( Malachi 3:6), it makes sense that worshipping Him can and should engage all of our senes. Now when I was an Evangelical Pastor I use to, myself, rail against all the perceived "idolatry " I supposed was in the Catholic Church. You put it more kindly, by describing St Peter's as a museum. I had used far more raw terms. But I was wrong, and so much in the Bible bore that out. Not to mention my realization that the Church itself collected and codified and gave us the New Testament part of the Bible. You are correct in that there is a "collective " element to our understanding of Salvation. We believe that being a member of Christ is being a member of His Church; and that the Church is something visible, and established by Christ from the beginning. ( Matthew 16:13-19, Ephesians 1:22-23) We believe grace is not a static, a one time experience, but rather something kinetic, and fluid, and the Sacraments are the means God uses to communicate to us that amazing grace, throughout our lives. Anyway, thanks for watching the video, and for commenting.

[@catholicskeptic]

Once again, Dispensational divisions of scripture, Sorry there is One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism, and it was not started by a 19th Century fellow named John Nelson Darby!!! To believe the truth of God's Word was hidden away for 1800 years, and magically rediscovered by Darby is utter madness.

[@catholicskeptic]

@@G-ew9hv Jesus established a Church, 2000 years ago, He gave Peter the Keys of the Kingdom; that Church has been here ever since, proclaiming the The Gospel. ( Matthew 16:23-19, Ephesians 1:22-23, 1 Timothy 3:15)The fact that you choose to believe a private interpretation of scripture ( forbidden in scripture, 2 Peter 1:20), an interpretation less than 200 years old, is sad thing. If Jesus is Lord, which we both believe He is, then He certainly is not going to merely toss us a book, and then some man 1800 years later will get the right interpretation of it. God does things decently and in order; He not the author of confusion, ( 1Corinthians 14:33, 40 ) and He most certainly is not entrusting His precious Truth to few generations this late in the game. Thinking that Peter preached a different gospel than Paul is a ludicrous view. Which came first, the Church or the Bible? The Church did, there was no complete canon of the New Testament documents until 382,AD. The 27 books that make the New Testament were chosen, compiled,and collected by Pope Damasus and the Bishops of the Catholic Church for the first time , then. Later re-affirmed by the Councils of Hippo and Carthage in 393 and 398. Hmmm, how did Christians know anything before then, the Christians who suffered intense persecution, and went to their deaths in unwavering faith? The answer is they followed the teachings of the Bishops who were the successors to the Apostles. There was bo printing press and wouldn't be until the 1400s. There was a 90 % illiteracy rate for all those early centuries. Do you really believe the "gospel " was lost all those centuries? Until the Protestant rebels 1500 years decided to overthrow and change everything? And then some guy named Darby and his later disciple C. I. Scofield came up with this Dispensational jibber jabber in the 1800s and early 1900s. And you treat this utterly man made theological view as if it was absolute truth. You all babble the same nonsense. I have a whole bunch of videos explaining what the gospel is, and grace and a all kinds of related subjects. Yet you choose a video on events in history, the Crusades, and your comment has nothing whatsoever to do with the topic? I suspect it's because you didn't even watch it, and waste space arguing you dispensationalist nonsense. But the good thing is , every time you write your unrelated to the video comments, you still help grow the channel, and spread the Truth of the One True Church founded by Christ , so thanks for that,and be assured of my prayers for you, that you will someday realize your errors and come home to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.

[@catholicskeptic]

@@G-ew9hv You're asking me to speak for Peter's words? So you do not believe the whole New Testament is the inspired word of God? Fascinating. I have always harbored a suspicion that perhaps Dispensationalism is perhaps a cult, but knowing personally Dispensationalist Christians who are truly wonderful people who clearly love Jesus, I can't believe that it is a cult. But for any Protestant, who believes in the doctrine of Sola Scriptura , to ask a question like that, sorry it's just a ridiculous question . The very foundation of Protestant Christianity is the Bible alone is your sole rule of faith, yet you reject the very preaching of Peter in Acts, I am both laughing and so sad for you.

[@catholicskeptic]

@@G-ew9hv 1 Corinthians 15:1-5.

[@grandpahand7410]

Thank you Hugh for defending the truth. It’s not a popular endeavor in today’s socially charged environment.

[@catholicskeptic]

@grandpahand7410 Thanks for your words of encouragement. Pray for me, God Bless.

[@toddstevens9667]

I think you’d be surprised how many Protestants have rethought the Crusades and have decided that it wasn’t so bad. I saw one Protestant, post-millennial ministry actually do an entire hour on why the Crusades should be the Christian model. So … and this might be terrifying to you 😜 … you seem to be right in step with some cutting-edge Protestant ministries.

[@catholicskeptic]

@toddstevens9667 😂😅🤣😆, you mean Protestants are admitting the truth finally! 😎

[@toddstevens9667]

😁🤪

[@alstar70]

on the crusades, they brought about the renaissance to Europe, opened up new trade, ideas, goods - like apricots and carpets and much more.

[@vinb2707]

Last night at one of the men’s groups that I attend, a professor of science (organic chemistry) was speaking to us about how the whole Galileo situation is often blown out of proportion by secularist. The story is often reported in a way that makes the church look corrupt and out of touch, but that is not true. One needs to be fair when studying history

[@catholicskeptic]

@vinb2707 In my video ," exposing Protestant lies of History, I go in detail on Galileo, his case has been highly distorted.

[@parsanasehi1703]

Hahaha Hollywood shows crusaders like medieval stupid fanatics because of who they were in reality. Unfortunately for you today you’re not right my brother. Much love to all Christians. PS Muslim expansionists were also on the wrong side. Long live peace. ☮️