What convinces you that your religious faith, morality and practises are the same as Jesus and his apostles?

Question

Jesus and his apostles indicated that after them would come false Christians, but that some would faithfully adhere to the original Christian teachings... How does your form of Christianity compare? What scriptures do you base your opinion on?

Answer 1

Roman Catholicism is the only form of Christainity to have existed since the time of the aposltes. The apostles passed on the faith to their successors and so on, ever since the bishops have maintained the sacred tradition and teaching of the church through the holy spirit. Christ promised that the gates of hell would never prevail against his church and for 2000 years, the CAtholic FAITH (not clergy) have been FLAWLESS


St. Ignatius (disciple of St. Peter) In his Letter to the Smyrnaeans he wrote: "Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church [A.D. 107]

Answer 2

The original Bible is the basis of Christianity, not the Catholic church.

According to the late Dr. Bruce M Metzger, one of the
translators for RSV and NRSV Bibles, the New Testament is
trustworthy. For instance, the first century Josephus is
considered a trustworthy source for Jewish history. His
widely accepted work The Jewish War has about nine
manuscripts written in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
centuries. There’s one Latin manuscript in the fourth
century. On another example, Homer’s popular work Iliad
has about 650 Greek manuscripts.

The New Testament in contrast, has over 5,000 Greek
manuscripts catalogued. Quite a few predate the Nicene
Council. There are about 8,000 to 10,000 Latin
manuscripts, 8,000 in Ethiopic, Slavic, and Armenian.
All of which combined are about 99.5% pure – more so
than any work in antiquity. His statement about the NT,
“We can have great confidence in the fidelity with which
this material has come down to us, especially compared
with any other ancient literary work.” Dr. Metzger
taught at Princeton University for 46 years and died
February 13, 2007 of natural causes.

Answer 3

While Roman Catholicism is the True Christianity of the Apostles, much of it has been "watered-down," added to, and corrupted by the Vatican II Council. I am Catholic, but the way. The best way to be a true Christian is to adhere to the Bible, the Traditions, and the pre-Vatican II Councils.

Answer 4

we don't have any of the original manuscripts from the bible, the writings weren't canonized until the 4th or 5th century C.E., and the roman catholic church didn't actually come into being until constantine instituted it in the 4th century C.E.

any investigation into the earliest christian church reveals that there was an astonishing amount of diversity of belief and practice. so for any church to claim authority in jesus and his apostles' teachings is an unprovable assertion.

Answer 5

Many important scriptures were burned during early Christianity so I doubt Christianity today is like that which the apostles practiced.