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Utunomiya Sei Yohane Kyokai
(Utsunomiya St.John's Church)
2-3-27 Sakura Utunomiyashi, Tochigi 320-0043
+81-28-622-0335
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2007-03-05 18:04:26
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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Your question is the exact one I asked when looking at Christianity in general. Before my conversion to Catholicism, all I knew was to read the Bible. I knew nothing of the Bible's history or how I was supposed to read. The question that kept nagging me was, "If the whole Christian thing is based on this book, how can we ever know if the Truth wasn't lost somewhere down the line?" You see, Protestant denominations - most of them - hold to a Bible-alone theology, that the Bible is their sole and singular authority. The problem is a myriad of Protestant denominations all claim scripture-only, all claim to have the right teachings, but they each teach and believe different things. Hows does that happen if the Holy Spirit teaches only one Truth? The fact is I Iearned that Jesus preserved the Church with Himself through the Holy Eucharist. He gave authority to the Apostles, naming Peter has the first Supreme Bishop. The Apostles taught and trained others to succeed them, instructing them in the Sacred Traditions they had learned from Jesus, and passed their authority to their disciples. Later, Sacred Scripture was written over a period of about 70 years; it was canonized around 400 AD. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, those three elements - Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magesterium of the Church - formed the Deposit of the Faith. Ultimately, it is the Holy Spirit that holds the whole thing together. So then, to your original question, I could ask the same of Protestants. Martin Luther left the Church around 1500 AD. Soon after, Calvin, Zwingli, and others popped up. Within just a few years of the Reformation's emergence, a myriad of differing beliefs and biblical interpretations rippled everywhere. How do we know that the Protestants didn't lose the message at their beginning or somewhere in the middle? The truth is the Holy Bible was written by and came from the Catholic Church. Her Traditions are sacred and found in Scripture. And, She is guided by the Holy Spirit, Who instructs, nurtures, and guides the Church. God bless.
2016-03-29 00:41:17
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answered by Sheila 3
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Catholicism was spread all over the world and maybe there are catholics residing on that place. You can join them if you want to follow the wrong path.
2007-03-04 22:16:40
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answered by Jesus M 7
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