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The Catholic Church is the one church that Jesus founded

How can we know that the One church Christ founded is the Catholic Church?

■We can know that the Catholic Church is the one church that Christ founded because it alone has all four marks of the one true church.

That is, that it is that which we who believe and adhere to the Nicene Creed, profess – that the Church is;

■One

■Holy

■Catholic

■Apostolic

The Church is One

“Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.” – 1 Corinthians 10:17

■We can know that there is meant to be only one church because in scripture the Church is referred to as being the bride of Christ…if the Church is not one, then Christ would be a bigamist were we all to be his ‘brides’ and that is a nonsense.

■If we are one, then we profess one belief, one faith, one set of teachings. This is clearly not the case when we look outside the Catholic Church and 33,000 + denominations each have their own ‘man-made’ teachings and beliefs.

■We are to be a Church united under the one visible head of the Church on earth, the Pope. Just as the early church was united under the one visible head of the church, Peter, the first Pope, who alone was given the authority to lead the church.

■The Catholic Church alone has this mark of unity, while all protestant denominations trust in their own judgement, which is by it’s nature, erroneous. Catholics recognize the authority of the Pope, the bishops of the Church and their successors.

The Church is Holy

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that he might present to himself the church in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.” – Ephesians 5:25-27

■The Church is holy because it was founded by Christ who himself is holy.

■The Church is not made holy by its members who make up the Catholic Church but by the Deposit of Faith that was given to the Catholic Church alone. The Church is made holy then because of the grace poured out by God, upon it.

■The Church is holy because of its Sacraments through which we are able to receive an outpouring of the grace of God, and through which we may become holy.

■Through the Churches doctrines, the church is holy.

The Church is Catholic

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” – Mathew 28:19-20

■Churches come and churches go but the Catholic Church will stand forever.

■The church is ‘Catholic’, because it is universal, ie it is open to everyone.

■The Catholic Church fulfils the scripture that disciples should be made of all nations. To this day Catholic missionaries travel the far reaches of the earth to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to know Christ. (over a million africans each year convert to the Catholic faith)

■Christ promised to be with the Church (note, not churches) and its members, until the end of time. Hence, Jesus can now – and always will be – found in the Catholic Church.

The Church is Apostolic

“So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God,built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone” – Ephesians 2:19-20

■Jesus himself appointed the Apostles and gave them the authority to lead the church. Jesus didn’t start something to let it fizzle out, he knew that the Apostles would ordain successors who would in turn ordain successors, thus ensuring an Apostolic lineage that would span nigh on 2,000 years, and for all the years to follow. In the same way, Jesus did not leave his church bereft of a visible leader. He gave St. Peter alone the authority to lead the church and that same authority and power has been passed on to each of St. Peter’s successors.

■Since the Church’s foundation it has believed in Christ’s Resurrection, in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, has celebrated Mass, has forgiven sins via the Sacrament of Reconciliation, has baptised its members, has venerated Mary and has accepted the authority of the Pope and the bishops of the Church etc. To this day, it still does so. This can not be said for any other church.

■There is a wealth of written evidence to support this in the early Christian writings and scripture itself attests to it.

The belief in God is a persoanl relationship with him .

conversation and answering of prayers are a personal thing how can you prove the god made ragan tell gorbicheve to tear down the berlin wall and it set in motiuon the freedom of millions from opression and joined the fam,ilys of hundreds of thousands and united two nations who were at war a cold war and brouth peace on earth for a short a very short time?

Devine Intervention

The Voice of God

The calling into Teaching [priests,pastors,evangelicals]

Its personal

Speritual

You can have proof all you have to do is ask him for it however you will no tbe able to prove god exsist to anyone else and it cannot be self proclaiming

I give this Gift to you personaly

Great question. But what is interesting is that we really do have a lot of evidence. Its just that many people have not looked for themselves and just taken the advice of others. If you really want to find the true religion and have proof that the bible is true, then i sugest you read the book i have posted a link for below. It is entitled "What Does the Bible 'Really' Teach?" Notice the word "really". Many have their own opinion, or feelings, or thoughts about the bible, but sometimes it is best to just shut up and let the bible speak for itself. And thats what the book does. It breaks the bible into simple subjects and shows you what it has to say for itself and lets you be the judge. I know you will enjoy it. It is free too! Take a look...what could it hurt...you might just stumble upon the true religion...or be able to cross one religion off your list.

I take it you don't know what the Bible has prophesied and has come true from them! I don't think you realize the power that the Holy Bible and the effect that true Christianity has had on the world. Oh you can sit back and whine about all the problems your eyes are filled with the problems yet in truth there would be no Earth without the God of the Word. If you knew that then you would know it for the truth. There is more proof that the God of the Bible is the One True God than any other god or any other religion.

religion is mostly based on beliefs , culture, social status and places of origin.

if you believe then you have faith, and faith is the evidence of things yet to be seen.

basically you have to convince your heart to agree with you mind .

listen--if you were told from birth onward that santa claus gave you presents if you were good--but if you didn't believe in him or showed doubt--he would slit your throat while sleeping--and then torment your conciousness for all eternity

I guarantee you--that had all parents in a community told their kids that from birth onwards--adults today would be putting out milk and cookies--and telling the asantaist that santa will punish them mightily.

Messiah Jesus stated that " Blessed are those who believe without seeing " I consider myself blessed beyond words or feelings.... I live such a considerably charmed life thanks to God, Allah, Jehovah, Jesus....... He has given me all that I will ever need....... How bout you ?

it is related to the psychology.

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