I mean that has the proper authority from God? I see a lot of churches out there that don't seem to have a clue.
2007-04-10 13:22:12 · 19 answers · asked by cclleeoo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
Cheers :-)
2007-04-10 13:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by chekeir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We, as believers, must believe the same on the essentials of the faith, but beyond that there is great latitude in how a Christian should worship, serve, and live his life. This latitude is what causes so many different flavors of Christianity. Diversity is a good thing, but disunity is not. If two churches disagree doctrinally, it is fine that they remain separate. This separation, though, does not lift the responsibility Christians have to love one another (1 John 4:11-12) – and ultimately be united as one in Christ (John 17:21-22).
2007-04-10 16:40:56 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Roman Catholic Church started with Peter as the first Pope and it is still following in the footsteps of Jesus the Christ. Even though man has made mistakes and churches have formed as a result of interpretation, the Catholic Church is alive and well in the 21st century. God does not fail in his one church theology and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The bible was put together by the Catholic theologians and it is the one true bible. The Catholic Church has the Body and Blood of Christ at every Mass and they were given that authority from Jesus. Final answer? Final Answer!
2007-04-10 13:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by hot wheels 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is only 1 true Church. It is the church that believes in the bible, the plan of Salvation, that doesn't cahnge what God has put together for the Bible, That believes that you can only get to God through Jesus, That obeys the 10 commandments in their heart.
This doe not mean in our world today any 1 church is the "true church" because I think that all churches have "true believers" in them,
It Is the devil that wants siunity amongst churches & their faiths, but God has one for each & every person's needs. Find one that answers all you questions without a doubt, & based on biblical truths!
2007-04-10 13:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by ozraikat 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says “and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” Jesus says he came to build HIS church. Also Ephesians 4:4-6 says “There is on body and on Spirit just as you were called in on hope of you calling one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.” How do you get into this one body you may ask? In Acts 2:38 peter is speaking to the people and the Bible says “Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren what shall we do?” Then Peter said to them,” Repent and let everyone of you be Baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
2007-04-10 14:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by Claire D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, The Roman Catholic Church. This is why: It is the one truth church founded by Christ on St. Peter (the first) pope and ever since then, the fiath has been handed down from the apostles to the biships and so on for 2000 years, only the Catholic Church composed the bible around 400 a.d., no other church has the unity of the Catholic faith, because it is protected by the holy spirit. Prostestant churches have split up into tens of the thousands of churches, but the catholic church is ONE> some Church clergy are sinners and corrupt, but the Catholic Church teachings and sacraments are FLAWLESS, because christ promised the gates of hell would never prevail against his church. Corruption hasn't destroyed the catholic chruch, because the holy spirit is protecting it.
Ignatius In his Letter to the Smyrnaeans he wrote: "Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church [A.D. 107]
2007-04-10 13:26:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
I believe that there is no such thing as a true Church. The same goes for any synagogue or mosque.
2007-04-10 13:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is only one true God, but I don't think that any church really has it right.
2007-04-10 13:26:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Once you organize religion---it's all over--so no--there is no one true church
2007-04-10 13:34:17 · answer #9 · answered by huffyb 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I'm a firm believer that everyone must find his/her own path. Because of that I'm not big on groups of any kind since they tend to be dogmatic.
2007-04-10 13:25:33 · answer #10 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not that I'm aware of. If there was, everybody around the world would agree and be a member of it.
2007-04-10 13:29:46 · answer #11 · answered by TarKettle 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋