Note : The 1st pope is Peter and down the line to the current pope, each pope can be traced and accounted for.
Without God's power, it wouldn't be able to sustain this long, let alone to remain in unity. Today u can attend any mass, in any part of the world, the missal readings and worship are the same.
On the contrary, the protestant churches disagree among themselves, divide and there is simply no unity among themselves. All vie for glory of God as true gospel carriers.
In the bible its important to note, false preacher come and lead their followers to doom.
2007-12-21 16:52:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
prE4chEr. The average duration of China dynasty is about 300 years.
2007-12-22 02:41:10 · update #1
Where did you hear the Catholic Church is a cult? I've never heard that one. Like where have I been all my life!
If I have been in a cult all my life, that's news to me. I'm smart enough to know the difference. Who congers up all this ridiculous, mindless rubbish?
Must be those false preachers who lead the vulnerable away from their families and ultimate death. Don't think that even comes close to the Catholic Church or any other religion for that matter.
False preachers/cults is out and out murder.
I won't even bring Protestant Churches into this. Protestants deserve better. Everyone has their own beliefs and have the right to attend the Church of their choice.
False preachers/cults are a whole different world apart.
All I can say to you is don't listen to the ridiculous, mindless rubbish that always seems to be floating around out there.
2007-12-21 17:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by Eagles Fly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you consider the year, Jewish religion is the oldest. And if you see the sustaining concept, even Satanic Church is sustaining so long. So we can never say that Satanic church is from God.
How will we know what is true christian church? It should completely abide by the BIBLE truths. If someone like Martin Luther comes to know the truth of the BIBLE, if Catholic church was a true church, it will not try to kill him.
Now also if many catholics come to know the truth of Bible, the priests try to suppress them. Why? Many of the Catholic churches are abandoned now as many of them left the church either because they found the truth or they are unsatisfied.
If you say, they are brain washed, if only one or two persons, we can agree, Can we brain wash these whole lot of people? Aren't they with brains?
2007-12-21 20:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by maranatha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: cult
Pronunciation: \ˈkəlt\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel
Date: 1617
1: formal religious veneration : worship
2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
2007-12-21 16:59:07 · answer #3 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God might, or mightn't have sustained the Catholic Church. Given Church history it seems unlikely the atrocities were perpetrated or supported by any benign deity
2007-12-21 16:58:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jack P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A cult can be defined as "A system or community of religious worship and ritual" so the bringing up of cult in this scenario is irrelevent to your point do to the fact that cult can deffine any religion. (I'm religious, don't get me wrong, cult is just such a generic term)
2007-12-21 16:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church is the worlds oldest institution. It's been beating the odds for almost 2000 years now. You're right, it wouldn't have lasted this long had it not been held by the very hand of Almighty God. It's also the most diverse, as you mentioned, Christian faith in the world.
"And I tell you, thou art Pete,r on on this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18)
2007-12-21 17:06:40 · answer #6 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That is llike saying if God did not approve of what the terrorists did on 9-11, then why did He bless them with huge success. Not just to have the plane hit both buildings but to make both of the buildings collapse. In fact you could call it at miracle since before that, engineers said that to collapse those buildings with a plane crash would be impossible.
2007-12-21 16:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
How did China last for 5000 years without your God? Their religion must be the right one.
See how that works, not so well does it.
2007-12-21 17:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
An old cult is still a cult. And money is the power that sustained the Catholic Church lo these many years.
2007-12-21 16:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 4⤋
I think that the violent repression of other faiths, and even of other interpretations of Christianity, played a part, too.
2007-12-21 16:55:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋