Yes yes I do. I agree with St. Augustine...If it were not for the Catholic Church I would not believe in Christ and would find the whole thing quite ridiculous. It is very disheartening to see Catholic and former Catholics deny the Bride of Christ. At least they could have said "that is the Catholic faith". It makes me very sad and I shall pray for them that God would forgive them.
BTW, Dominus Iesus is my favorite writing that has come out of the Vatican during the last 20 years.
2006-07-07 17:43:55
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answered by Liet Kynes 5
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Yes, I do feel that and I agree with it 100%. The Catholic Church IS the only true church found by Christ and the Apostles.
2006-07-07 03:42:47
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answered by Candice H 4
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Catholics believe that theirs is the one true Church of Jesus Christ, firstly, because theirs is the only Christian Church that goes back in history to the time of Christ; secondly, because theirs is the only Christian Church which possesses the invincible unity, the intrinsic holiness, the continual universality and the indisputable apostolicity which Christ said would distinguish His true Church; and thirdly, because the Apostles and primitive Church Fathers, who certainly were members of Christ's true Church, all professed membership in this same Catholic Church (See Apostles' Creed and the Primitive Christian letters). Wrote Ignatius of Antioch, illustrious Church Father of the first century: ``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church.'' Our Lord said: ``There shall be one fold and one shepherd, yet it is well known that the various Christian denominations cannot agree on what Christ actually taught. Since Christ roundly condemned interdenominationalism (``And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.'' Mark 3:25), Catholics cannot believe that He would ever sanction it in His Church.
2006-07-07 05:09:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Christianity was founded by Christ. The Catholic church got far away from Christ's teachings a long time ago.
2006-07-07 03:40:20
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answered by MamaMia 4
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Christ never founded a church, least of all the Catholic Church.
2006-07-07 03:32:09
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answered by P P 5
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Well being Catholic, no, I don't. I do believe it was founded by Jesus's apostles James and Peter, but in that sense so was the Orthodox church. And it would be the foundation for every other church in the world.
Jesus the Messiah founded no churches. He only touched hearts.
2006-07-07 03:33:12
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answered by Kats 5
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The Catholic Church is crooked
2006-07-07 03:32:07
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answered by Darthritus 3
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It is the FIRST church that was founded by Jesus Christ... and the teachings have NOT changed. Catholicism is the first christian denomination. It was so for hundreds of years until Martin Luther. And he was not happy with the Catholic faith, thus there were Lutherans... the first of the protestants.
2006-07-07 04:32:51
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answered by ChitChatBrat 3
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No, I do not -- and I'm an ex-Catholic.
If you read the Book of Acts, never do you see: confession to a "priest" instead of directly to God; communion wafers; infant baptism; prayer to Mary or the "saints" in Heaven; that Jesus must die on the cross anew each time a church service is held; purgatory; etc etc etc
I believe a local Church was in its truest form when there was direct oversight by at least one Apostle. After that, there was the propensity to drift into following "doctrines of men."
2006-07-07 03:37:10
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answered by Suzanne: YPA 7
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Jesus didn't found the the Catholic Church. He left Peter to head up his teachings and Paul founded christianity.
2006-07-07 03:32:20
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answered by Anonymous
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1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas "; still another, "I follow Christ...
1 Corinthians 12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Jesus disliked disunity. It would be wrong to say one denomination was the one true church b/c that's just not accurate at all. Jesus said that if you are truly his disciple you would hold true to his teachings and then you would know the truth and the truth would set you free. If you're not holding to his teachings then it doesn't matter what church you go to, it's still a bad deal for you.
2006-07-07 03:37:42
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answered by Crazy Church Girl 2
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