Why I’m Not Protestant

Why I’m Catholic
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[@CephasZacharias]

For those asking about Orthodoxy, know that Catholicism takes the cake for history. The Christian East was Catholic before the schism, St. Maximus writes this about the universal jurisdiction of the Pope 400 years before the schism: "Let him hasten before all things to satisfy the Roman See, for if it is satisfied, all will agree in calling him pious and orthodox. For he only speaks in vain who thinks he ought to persuade or entrap persons like myself, and does not satisfy and implore the blessed Pope of the most holy Church of the Romans, that is, the Apostolic See, which from the incarnate Son of God himself, and also by all holy synods, according to the holy canons and definitions, has received universal and supreme dominion, authority, and power of binding and loosing over all the holy churches of God which are in the whole world." - St. Maximus the Confessor, 648 AD St. Maximus says that this universal jurisdiction is given to the Pope by God, and the Orthodox say it was "just made up" around the schism, and cite Pope Gregory I's condemnation of de facto Popes (people claiming to have universal jurisdiction without being granted that authority by God) as evidence. A better question I have for you is why you're not Eastern Catholic, since you have the Orthodox traditions such as Hesychasm, Theosis, married priests, etc., while remaining Catholic. I'm becoming Ruthenian Catholic myself.

[@Weekly_Saints]

Thank you brother for helping me with words!

[@justacrewmate3876]

Wtf? Petrus wasnt the only succesor to Christ. But even if the orthodox were the breakaways (which they arent, its the catholics). After Vatican II, the catholic church sold its tradition for nothing. And whilst the pope said, the blessing of gay couples is okay, the orthodox clergy in Greece. *excommunicated* thoses MPs😮 which voted for gay marriage. I am born catholic but i found christ in the orthdox church. But nontheless, we should stand united.

[@ryan10001]

@@Weekly_Saints Why do you believe in Jesus? I not trying to be rude, I am just curious. Why Jesus? What is your evidence? Why do you believe that god who created the observable universe, trillions of stars, galaxies, planets and possible alien life, come down as a human in a planet in the middle of NOWHERE? I can't sallow that GOD, the one who created you and I, became a human who ate, slept, and went to the toilet and a later died on the hand of his enemies.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@ryan10001 Jesus was born of a virgin. I don’t know many people who are born of a virgin. He did A LOT of miracles. The apostles wrote about them. He also proclaimed he was god, not directly, but he did. He also lived by what he preached. Those are just a few reasons.

[@ryan10001]

@Weekly_Saints But how does doing miracles make you a God? Moses did miracles, and many other prophets did the same. How? Obviously by the will and the permission of God. If this is true for the other prophets, then why is it not for Jesus? Throughout the Bible, Jesus NEVER directly said he was God. But rather, he put the father's will before him. “The Father is greater than I” John 14:28 Jesus prayed to God. Why would God pray? Why would Jesus not just directly say that he is God to solve the confusion? I think Jesus is a prophet of God.

[@LightoZtriker]

I am a Faithful Irish Catholic. God bless 🇮🇪✝️💖. New Subscriber by the way.

[@Weekly_Saints]

Yay! Thank you!

[@LightoZtriker]

@@Weekly_SaintsNo problem my Brother in Christ.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@LightoZtriker thank you!

[@Volt-d7n]

Yooooo God bless you bro Coming from a Filipino Catholic✝

[@irsshill4502]

As a Lutheran, I believe catholics are based. With the exception of sedevacantist.

[@Weekly_Saints]

Sedecacantists aren’t even catholic. They literally don’t believe the pope

[@irsshill4502]

@@Weekly_Saints Yeah, they like trash talking us. When we actually like Pope Francis. We are more Catholics than them at this point.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@irsshill4502 100%

[@nightowl425]

This past month I've been considering reverting to Catholicism. I ordered a rosary a few days ago.

[@Weekly_Saints]

Yay! Catholicism is an amazing faith!

[@Justarandomcatholic]

Im a catholic revert 😀

[@Weekly_Saints]

Yay!

[@CrusaderTube]

W

[@jasonvoorheesv1nce904]

Me too 🇻🇦

[@Justarandomcatholic]

@@jasonvoorheesv1nce904 yay

[@johnflorio3576]

Welcome back!

[@CountCulture27]

Thank you for your channel and this video. I understand your reasons and they make sense. However, I have issues with several Catholic beliefs that run counter to the Bible. Also, just a quick correction, Methodism started in the 1700s….unless you want to claim it’s a new belief based on their recent conference…..then I would probably agree as a formal Methodist. Have a great day!

[@Weekly_Saints]

Thank you for being polite! And yes, I was going based off when the modern Protestant denominations started (for example, the PCUSA for Presbyterians)

[@CountCulture27]

@@Weekly_SaintsThat makes a lot of sense. While I am not as familiar with some of the Protestant church’s history as I am with Methodism, the last ten years has seen a major shift in what the Bible says about a lot of issues. There are churches holding the line, but the deceptions are gaining ground in a lot of, what I call Laodicean churches. For instance, my former faith split into two with the UMC becoming Woke and un-Biblical, while the Global Methodist Church has become more conservative in nature than the old UMC was. So, in that case those churches began in 2024 for the UMC (Rainbow Coalition) and 2023 for the Gobal.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@CountCulture27 That’s another thing I like about Catholicism. It doesn’t have a lot of “Sub-denominations” like a lot of Protestant denominations do. (I mean, it does, but in comparison to the Roman Catholic Church, they barely exist)

[@CountCulture27]

@@Weekly_SaintsNo doubt. Of the objections I have to some RCC doctrine, I do like the “mostly” unified front they have.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@CountCulture27 Yeah lol! The real only “split” you have is on small theological differences that realistically don’t matter all that much

[@RandomContent452]

Byzantine Catholic or Latin Catholic?

[@kujhawks35]

Thank God I’m Catholic! All these other Christians are just a branch from the Roman Catholic Church anyways. The truth is that the founders were jealous not being the pope. Luther was one of them. Granted the church will always have problems for this. GOD knowledge this, it’s GOOD vs evil. We are the only religion that worship the holy trinity which is one of two sins GOD will never forgive if one blasphemy against!

[@Weekly_Saints]

That’s true!

[@way2tehdawn]

Don’t be Protestant then, I don’t know what to tell you dude.

[@Weekly_Saints]

I’m not! This video is just to explain why I’m not

[@darksythe9974]

U gain one more subscriber mate❤

[@Weekly_Saints]

Yay!

[@radoslawboklak]

Becouse everything else is heresy. Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux, Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux.

[@BasiliscBaz]

Well yes but actualy no

[@SUDMONEYBAGS]

Why not Orthodox?

[@Weekly_Saints]

I might make that video in the future! Here’s a few reasons! -Catholic Church is the true church -there’s no Orthodox Churches near me -My dad (the only Christian in my direct family) is catholic -I like the Catholic Church more

[@michelduarte5283]

I'm Catholic and I'm often torn between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, but the reason I, in particular, am not Orthodox is actually quite simple: for me, the Orthodox claim to be the Church is unconvincing. When I watch Catholic and Orthodox apologists debate, the Catholic argument often seems much more fact-based than the Orthodox. Don't get me wrong: in most cases, either side would absolutely destroy me in a debate, Orthodox apologists are good scholars, but when they are debating their Catholic counterpart, their counterarguments are simply not convincing.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@michelduarte5283 THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[@rubracz6844]

​@@michelduarte5283 only for me is the contrary?

[@michelduarte5283]

@@rubracz6844 , that's ok, there will always be some degree of subjectivism in that debate. Let's pray for unity and consensus, if possible, in Nicaea 2025 - which, to me, is far more important than"win" the debate itself.

[@degolaskoma8607]

Next do why i am not hindu

[@Weekly_Saints]

I could do that, I don’t know enough about Hinduism to do that tho

[@Biblereader919]

How many years of teaching did paul have? Colossians 2:8 English Standard Version 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits Matthew 4:8 1 Timothy 2:5 English Standard Version 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

[@Weekly_Saints]

You’re saying that the 12 apostles didn’t get years of experience in theology from Jesus himself?

[@Biblereader919]

@@Weekly_Saints I asked about paul

[@icxc777]

@@Biblereader919 He was trained to be a Pharisee since boyhood.

[@peterzinya1]

@@Weekly_Saints Jesus didnt teach theology, he taught about himself. The unsaved want theology and not Jesus.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@peterzinya1 Theology is Jesus. Theology is what Jesus preached

[@mlauntube]

Why I’m a Protestant: #1 The Priesthood. Jesus is our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. There is but one mediator between God and man, and it isn’t a Catholic Priest, it’s Jesus. #2 Tradition. Matthew 15:1-9 #3 Veneration of Saints. EVERY Christian is a saint (set apart for God). But taking the glory and honor away from God and putting it on men is an offense to God. John 3:30 We all have a weakness for pride, such as the apostles when they were bickering on the road about who was going to be greatest. We shouldn’t seek to be venerated, nor give veneration to saints, except for possibly Peter for his skills in ear chopping. Speaking of Peter, remember when the apostles were trying to figure out who should replace Judas, and when they were figuring out what to require from the Gentile believers, and they said “Let’s see what Peter tells us to do since he is in charge”? You don’t? Because it didn’t happen. Peter was never the head of the Church, Jesus is the head of the Church. And that's why I'm a Protestant.

[@absolutepixels3812]

Amen!

[@Weekly_Saints]

#1 Jesus gave the apostles the right to forgive sin. Also, apostolic succession. If you don’t know what that is, look it up. #2 Protestants have tradition too. Don’t act like they don’t. Most of which come from catholic traditions. #3 Saints are people who did good for the faith. People that have died in honor of god, people who changed the perspective on how we look at god. They are people in the church who are closer to god because of the life they lived. I agree that anybody that uses saints to detract from the glory of god is a heretic. But that’s not what’s happening.

[@mlauntube]

@@Weekly_Saints Dear Weekly Saints, I haven’t seen many of your videos but your responses here and your conclusion of “Why I’m not Orthodox” give the impression that you hold to the Roman Catholic Church because you are a fan. I would hope that your devotion to God is above your devotion to the church. I consider Catholics brothers and sisters just as I would Baptists or those from the Church of Christ or most any other denomination. I don’t know who is a genuine Christian and who is not, but you don’t become born again from having all the right doctrine, you become born again when you have been given the right to be called a child of God after receiving Jesus as your King (John 1). I appreciate your taking time to address those who don’t agree with you, but a better response would be to include some scriptural receipts and compelling arguments from them. These debates between Christians can be helpful in finding truth and thereby being more fruitful as we do good works for the Kingdom of God. If you just point out what we know the Catholic church holds a dogma (that most people already know), it becomes “yes it is”, “no it’s not”. I would recommend you watch some presentations by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen for some inspiration and a good example of what a Catholic can present: www.youtube.com/@fultonj.sheen-thecatholich2885 If you would be willing to have an open and honest dialog about the things that you claim, let’s give it a try. Not in order of importance, but the first claim you made is “Jesus gave the apostles the right to forgive sin. Also, apostolic succession.” I would like to know: what do you mean, and how do you know? For example, I would presume you mean that the 12 Apostles, and only the 12 Apostles and those bishops they consecrated, and the succession of those who were subsequently made bishops by those bishops, were given the right to forgive sins. Does that mean that some or all sins are not forgiven through the sacrifice of Jesus unless an Apostle or bishop forgives them? And so, how do you know each of your responses. I did want to leave behind the other points, but because you may answer “how do you know” with a church tradition, I must say that your answer of “Protestants have tradition too” does not make it right. I don’t think protestants should use church tradition as a source or authority of truth as many do. As an example of tradition by “God’s people” in the Talmud, see this portion (read down a page or two if you can): www.sefaria.org/Niddah.45a.2?lang=bi It is not a good argument to say it is right for Catholics to use tradition as an authority just because Protestants do too. I guess I should also clarify that I don’t object to tradition, only the using of tradition as an authority and I believe that is also what Jesus was pointing to.

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@mlauntube I appreciate the grace that you show towards me, not a lot of the people in this comment section aren’t being so nice. Trust me, I am very devoted to the faith. As previously said, thank you for being so nice

[@kujhawks35]

@mlauntube On the wrong bus get off the next bus stop and start your holy trinity!

[@austinedmund1031]

I grew up as a catholic due to my family being catholic but today I am Protestant. Mainly because the Pope having power. No one in God’s world should have power except God/Jesus because we are all sinners and imperfect. Catholicism also has a dark history with past Popes.

[@Weekly_Saints]

I think, because of it’s dark history, that it’s a miracle it’s still around. Also, papal infallibility only applies when he’s on the ex cathedra, which was a promise to saint peter

[@peterzinya1]

@@Weekly_Saints So its murderous history is proof its the true church of Christ. Thats about all catholics can come up with. Yes, it really must be the true church...look at the monumental evil it does to little children in modern times.

[@user-xe7in9oz1n]

​​@@Weekly_SaintsPeople only leave the church because of the other's and their own assumptions. I don't like to blame 'em or anything, since I believed on the same kind of lies when I was a protestant.

[@peterzinya1]

@@Weekly_Saints" papal infallibility only applies when he’s on the ex cathedra, " So a tree can produce evil fruit and good fruit? That must be catholic teaching.

[@kujhawks35]

@peterzinya1 You are on the wrong bus and you need to get off it before it’s too late…Start practicing your holy trinity like you should!

[@JasonJacksonJames]

I converted to Jehovah's Witnesses. Ask me anything

[@Weekly_Saints]

Why do you want to convert to a heretic group?

[@JasonJacksonJames]

@Weekly_Saints Why do you think my beliefs are heretical?

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@JasonJacksonJames You don’t believe the trinity

[@JasonJacksonJames]

@Weekly_Saints What verse says that God is one essence shared by three co-equal and co-eternal persons?

[@Weekly_Saints]

@@JasonJacksonJames 1 John 5:7

[@xinosaj]

The priesthood is an unbiblical concept. Presbyter simply means elder - not shaman. You can grab any Greek interlinear and see that "presbyter" is not the word used for shamanic priests of either pagan religions or Okd Testament Judaism. And many ministers have as much education as Catholic priests, or more. Doctorates are not uncommon. MDivs are usually the minimum requirement. And please, can Catholics get over this "tradition" thing. Nobody says your church or any church doesn't have documents, music, policies, bylaws, etc. that aren't "authoritative" in a practical administrative sense. Even a church of 30 people founded a year ago has these things. But your tradition isn't a body of knowledge passed on orally for 2,000 years from Christ until now, with Purgatory, Marian gunk, and all the other stuff that's not in Scripture.

[@Weekly_Saints]

Sola Scriptora is not biblical

[@xinosaj]

@@Weekly_Saints It is, actually. Your idea of it isn't. Catholic Apologists don't grok basic Protestant concepts and invent straw-men. No general Christian (which is a more correct term than "Protestant" at this point) denies the existence or importance of bylaws, creeds, music, prayers or whatever else you deem "Tradition." Every church has those things, and they have a certain authority. Violate the bylaws, get fired. The Bible is the only authority of its type, however. All the rest are mere artifacts of trying to implement the Bible's teachings. In many cases, these things change as society changes. Sometimes they are wrong - and we fix them because they are no longer in harmony with the Bible. In your own church, "Limbo" was certainly a tradition, as was the idea that baptism was necessary for salvation. But you retracted Limbo and came up with exception clauses like Baptism of Desire or Blood to ensure that no one goes to Hell simply for being unbaptized.

[@franknwogu4911]

@@xinosaj Where in the bible is sola scriptura prescribed?

[@xinosaj]

@@franknwogu4911 You presumably mean that "Holy Tradition" contains truths not explicitly stated in the Bible. For "Sacred Tradition" to even be a thing, it has to be a preserved body of knowledge that exists in a standardized form that we can reference. Can you send a priest to my house to recite such a "tradition?" Can you tell me two words of Jesus that you know solely from Tradition? Can you tell me the authoritative, preserved verbal formulation of the doctrine of Transubstantiation that's been passed on to you unaltered from Antiquity, parallel to the Bible? You pose "tradition" like it's a preserved oral tradition like those we see in cultures without a written language. You imply such a tradition exists alongside the Bible. But when we examine it, we find no such tradition - we see an evolving set of theological ideas, which are often rewritten and given new emphases depending on who is talking about them and when these discussions occur. So we have "Sola Scriptura" simply because its supposed supplement, Holy Tradition, doesn't truly exist. (Mormons can make the "Bible is not enough" argument far more strongly than Catholics, because they can produce their "Holy Tradition" - the Book of Mormon and other writings of Smith. Catholics can't produce anything.) Now, the sort of "tradition" that you really have isn't evil or wrong in itself. Every church has bylaws, musical standards, events, etc. There are even theological terms that are useful to refer to core concepts. Those are all well and good, and churches shouldn't try to run without them. They have a practical authority - a Southern Baptist Church won't hire a gay pastor because its bylaws say those who don't abide by Christian sexual ethics can't be pastors. The bylaws stop some clever revisionist from trying to argue that he can be pastor because he has a clever deconstruction of the Bible. It saves time and argument. We all have "tradition" like that. However, Sola Scriptura means that we can't just pull these things out of thin air - their authority comes from the Bible. If you do a deep dive, there is a ton of scripture behind all these things. So before we see what the Bible says about Sola Scriptura, we first see that a) there isn't anything else to even juxtapose against scripture for sake of argument, and b) the "tradition" that's often proposed as an augmentation of scripture isn't logically the same category of authority, so it can neither augment the Bible nor compete with it. It can, however, be judged and reformed as needed by the Bible. But the Bible certainly seems to weigh heavily towards the concept of Sola Scriptura in its own pages. Here are some passages from the Jerusalem Bible to that effect: 2 Timothy 3:16-17 :"All scripture is inspired by God and useful for refuting error, for guiding people's lives and teaching them to be upright. This is how someone who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work." This says Scripture is enough to be "fully equipped." One might object that portions of the NT weren't written yet - however, "tradition" is said to be something separate from scripture, so that argument doesn't help. Acts 17:11:"Here the Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they welcomed the message with great enthusiasm. Each day they studied the scriptures to see whether these things were so." Their eagerness to judge the apostles' message by scripture is held up as praiseworthy. “Although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints” (Jude 1:3). The faith was considered to be completely communicated by the time of Jude. What else besides the Bible do we have from that time? We've already demonstrated that there is nothing else preserved.

[@franknwogu4911]

@@xinosaj Did you know that sola scriptura means "only scripture is infallible"? No verse you quoted states that. In 2 Thessalonians 2:15, St. Paul holds oral traditions in equal fashion as written scripture. "Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold to the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle." - 2 Thessalonians 2:15