Worship-wise, the Catholic Church continues to celebrate the same sacraments that were celebrated in the first century. Fundamentalism uses a type of worship, depending on the branch, developed sometime between 1650 and 1920.
2007-12-02 21:57:00 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The True Church consists of all Christians in times past, the present, and in the future-- otherwise known as the Church Universal (or the Universal Church). This makes up the Bride of Christ. And that's all.
For the record, the word "catholic" not capitalized actually means "universal". The designation of "Catholic" with a capital C refers to a denomination. In any case, no single denomination is the only "True Church" as much as many of them would like to think so.
2007-12-02 22:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by Vixen 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I personally don't see why there is so much division when they are all meant to be Christians so surely they should agree on how to worship. However the more I think about the more I feel that it is varying interpretations of the Bible and it's importance which leads people to disagree on it's application. Perhaps there is no "true church" as some denominations are so different from each other that it hardly seems like Christianity at all. I do not agree with those saying that Catholics are not Christians, as I see not why Protestant think that they have the right to say this. Christians are meant to follow Christ as Catholics do. However it I suppose again it boils down to differing interpretations of the Bible. I think that the Bible is hard to understand and I think it takes a lot of study to fully grasp it's meaning as it is not always that obvious what it means.
2007-12-02 22:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by A-chan 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A confused lot these protestant heretics they think they know The Catholic Churches history which by the way is their history they continually Claim the Church was started by Constantine I guess they never herd of Evodius was the first Bishop of Antioch,Ordained By Peter, and he is credited with being the first person to call the followers of Christ, "Christians", as shown in Acts 11:26. See Eusebius, book 3, chapter 22.
Saint Ignatius (35-107), the second Bishop of Antioch wrote a letter to the Smyrneans in 107 A.D..
In this letter is recorded the first known use of the words "Catholic Church"... Just a little before Constantine. They dam the church and the bible they believe in with this attempt to discredit the church.Not realizing the bible was put together by Jerome and the Church During the time of Constantine In which according to them the Church turned pagan so they believe that pagans put their bible together how ridiculous> They have no Idea of Christian History or of their short history which was founded by a drunken sexual deviant monk martin Luther . I find It funny that when you confront them with some of the reformers teachings such as inTable Talk they will not believe it or they say that is before he came to the Gospel. Hypocrite and heretics they are without a clue.
2007-12-02 22:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by Benny 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church, East and West, is the only Church that Jesus Christ, through his Apostles, founded. Through 2000 years of history it has remained the Rock and the gates of hell have given it one heck of a hard time, but have never, ever prevailed against it.
2007-12-03 19:41:51 · answer #4 · answered by hossteacher 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Church Jesus built is called by protestants the Invisible Church. They know Jesus established a Church they deny it to be the Catholic Church so in order to justify their existence they will call it anything but.
2007-12-03 08:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by Orita 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The church is not a physical body but a spiritual body. There is the local church, which is a physical expression of the Body of Christ where a group of Christians meet in a physical location. It may be a house, a particular building designated for meeting, a cave or whatever. The people are the church, not the physical structure. This is a local assembly of believers who have received His Word, been born again and are baptized. They come together for studying doctrine, prayer, breaking of bread and fellowship. Acts 2:41-42.
Second, there is the “Church” which is universal and is made up of all born again believers on planet earth along with those who are in Heaven. If you are saved today, you are a member of this Church. Some have called it the “Invisible Church.”
The catholics have changed there doctrines many times and they have never been the true Church and the Church has always been in existence and during the dark ages many true Christians lost their lives for their faith in Jesus Christ by being persecuted and killed by the catholics.
2007-12-02 22:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by Wally 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Is this a question or is it a statement of belief in the Catholic church?
The Bible states that the followers of Christ became known as Christians by divine provision. Paul chastised the Corinthians for sects and divisions and for creating 'denominations' that followed such Peter, Pauls, etcs.
I believe that being Christian is following the Biblical dogma as stated. Stated not by various denominations but by the NT and backed up by the OT.
Thus we need to study the Bible's teachings not the Catholics, the Baptists, the Watchtower's, the Mormons, etc.
2007-12-02 22:38:44 · answer #7 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It is the gathering of Christian to worship God in one mind and heart. I would like to define it that way of a Church. Whether you are Catholic, protestant or any sect that worship God in Jesus Name in a group with the same idealogy or belief it to be as the correct way, in the same roof to meet for that purpose, it is than called a Church. There is no true or False Church.
2007-12-02 22:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by Kingdomchild07 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, there is a true church. Jesus said, "You are Peter and upon this rock, I will build my church." So Jesus really intended that there be a church, and just one church. He did not say "churches", so that rules out multiple churches. As far as I recall, he really did not categorically define what a church is. But Jesus stressed unity, mission, love and brotherhood, authority ("He who hears you hears me.", "Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. . .") in that body of believers. In other words, there should be only one church, one authority, one doctrine, one faith.
The evidence invariably shows the Catholic Church to be the one true Church established by Christ, with undisputed historical antecedents back to St. Peter. Unlike Protestant churches, who point to a founder (Luther, Calvin, Cranmer/Henry VIII, etc.), the Catholic Church has no founder but Christ. Although it is not a perfect institution - due to the weakness and limitations of its people and leaders - only it can claim that distinction of being the one church founded by Christ.
Protestants and fundamentalists dismiss it as a degenerate type of Christianity - but this is nothing more than labeling and plain prejudice.
2007-12-02 22:13:19 · answer #9 · answered by Rommel 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church...duh, every one that came after just changed things because they didnt want to follow the rules...slackers
Jews are pretty cool too
2007-12-03 07:44:20 · answer #10 · answered by MNgirl@thebeach 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋