@@IcyHOTCatholic Yes, but given the VERY SHORT time, still quite fair. If he were really fair he culd have flashed the relevant bible verse for each point.
That was always something they used to teach me, but I had to find out on my own that Catholicism isn’t as black and white. You guys are pretty right. God bless.
According to early bibles you do. Mary was only women mentioned in Quran which was written off the Bible. Orthodox Christian’s also pray to Mary and saints. They also celebrate Christmas on the right day.
@@vrcmf3172 Orthodox Christians do not pray to neither the Theotokos nor the Saints. They ask in prayer for intercession, and for the saints to pray with them. Veneration is not worship, unless you consider it idolatry to own pictures of your mother and father.
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift - not from works, so that no one can boast." James 2:24 "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." I feel like people misunderstand the meaning behind these two passages. Our salvation is only dependent on grace through our faith, and our faith is justified on our works. To have only faith without works is to have a dead faith. But to only do works and have no faith is to be without salvation. Works do not save us, faith does. That's why a man on his death bed can profess his faith with his dying breath and be saved. But faith without works is dead. By having faith, God calls us to do His works. Therefore living a life without answering that call puts our faith into question. Grace through faith saves us, and our works justify our faith.
I like this, but if a man can confess and accept Christ on his deathbed and still be saved then what does it matter if we do works or not? How can our faith be called into question if a man can be saved on his deathbed through faith alone?
@@henryF6 how is faith not enough? John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." God does not save us by our works because He already did the work to save us. Our part is to believe in that work, that sacrifice that Jesus made. To believe that works can save you is to be stuck in an old covenant mindset. We are not the ancient Isrealites who had to work and sacrifice and cleanse themselves daily, monthly, and yearly to attone for their sins. A covenant that was never meant to, nor could ever bring true salvation. We are the Kingdom of God living in the New Covenant that Jesus bled and died for, once and for all so that we wouldn't have to try and fail continuously to redeem ourselves from sin. We don't perform good works to save ourselves, we do good works because the Holy Spirit within us compells us to. As a Christian, works are a result of faith, not the source of it.
@@Mournforthelost96 you are correct but i learned the hard way that if we have no obedience we will not be saved (Obedience doesn't mean we are perfect)
@@Mournforthelost96 faith is enough; I was agreeing with that part of your comment. The part I was addressing was where you said that if we don’t do works our “faith is dead”and is “called into question.” I believe we are saved through faith alone, so does it even matter if we do good works or not?
I am an ex catholic and I would say this is the best explanation of what the church is. Also he did it in a very respectful way and made sure that his facts were right. ( I am a born again Christian now who found Jesus and the power his love has. )
You will always be Catholic. Catholicism is not a congregationalist religion. Membership is not a self-defining proposition. I pray that you return home. God bless you.
@@jasonderosa1137I was a roman catholic. You have to pay a tax and if you want to get out, then you have to go to the magistrate. Btw. what is your opinion on the eucomenical movement?
Honestly I think a lot of that 'you guys worship saints and Mary' stuff comes from people who see Catholics who you would think are atheist if they didn't have a Mary statue somewhere. It's not fair to judge a whole branch of Christianity on some bad apples.
@@reisen9235bad apples? Praying to someone is already an act of worship. Saints are dead, and God calls it sin to practice necromancy, which means communicating with the dead.
@@leonmitas we, as Christians, believe in an afterlife and that the saints are alive and in communion with the Almighty. Paul’s letter to the Hebrews tells us they can observe us and we ask them to pray for us
@@leonmitas Calling saints and Mary dead is to deny the eternal life Christ promised us. This is precisely why many Catholics would call protestants heretics
Catholics also believe that God forgives sins THROUGH the priests. Sins aren’t forgiven by the priests authority alone, but by Gods authority and power through the priest. The priests do have the authority to declare sins forgiven (John 20:23) but they never can forgive sins by their own power, its Gods power that works through the priests.
it's like the miracles too... all of miracle performed the prophets but only because god sent those miracles! so actually you dont need priests but they can show mercy as a human and prctice what jesus teached us! MERCY!
I was going to comment this as well but really that could be said about all of the authority of the church so hopefully protestant viewers don't need that connection spelled out
Jesus says that we are forgiven by his blood (Ephesians 1:7). Our past, present, and future sins are forgiven by Him and Him only. That verse you mentioned is best seen as that the Holy Spirit will work through you to guide people to Jesus and the cross. Also, the more you read the Bible, the more you see some faults in Catholics that do not align with the Word of God.
The church doesn’t forgive sins. You don’t confess your sins to the priest. You confess your sins to God upon another’s ear. Being truly sorry for what you’ve done and praying for the strength not to do it again, that’s a good confession. Also, when two or more gather in Jesus name, there he will be. Upon this rock Jesus built his church. Peter was the rock.
You contradicted yourself with the last sentence. Also, peter comes from the Greek word for "rock" because Jesus named Peter the Aramaic word for "rock". So Peter is the rock upon which the Church was built. "What you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven and what you loose on Earth shall be loosed in Heaven"
Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest? Most Protestants, if not all, believe you should confess your sins straight to God; forget all this nonsense of going through a priest. Well, what does the Bible say? Let’s start in the Old Testament, remembering 2 Tim 3:16 that “all Scripture is profitable for teaching and training in righteousness.” Look at Leviticus, chapter 5, verses 5 and 6: “When a man is guilty in any of these [sins listed in the previous verses], he shall confess the sin he has committed, and he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed...and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.” So, what does this passage from Leviticus teach us? How does it train us in righteousness? First, we see that to be forgiven we have to confess our sins. No problem there. Second, it looks as if there is penance to be performed after our sins are confessed...a “guilt offering” was brought to the Lord. Third, a person could not go straight to God to have his sins forgiven. God set things up so that people had to go to a priest. Why did God do that? But, what if someone says, “Well, that’s the Old Testament, we’re not bound by that anymore.” No, we’re not bound by that anymore, but listen to Hebrews 10:1, “For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities...” The law, the Old Testament practices, were a “shadow” of the “true form” of the good things to come. So, the Old Testament practices should give us a hint or a clue as to the equivalent New Testament practices, since they are a “shadow” of the things to come. What is a shadow? It's an outline of the real thing. In other words, in the Old Covenant, God was, in effect, training us... giving us clues...for what was to come under the New Covenant. So, again, we see confession of sin, penance, and the involvement of the priest in the Old Testament. 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Catholic and Protestant agree. But, does it say that we are to confess our sins to God alone, and not to man? No, it doesn’t. In fact, in James 5:16 it commands us to confess our sins to “one another”. Scripture commands us...God’s Word commands us...to confess our sins to our fellow man. James 5:16, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another...”. Again, this is a command, from Scripture, to confess our sins to one another, not just to God...not just to God. But, do we go around confessing our sins to just anyone? I don’t think so. Should I confess my sins to all of you here in this newsletter? Maybe to a stranger at the mall? To my wife, or to my brothers and sisters? No! Doesn’t it make sense that God would have us confess our sins to those who actually have the power to forgive our sins? Whoa! Wait a minute, John! Are you suggesting that men can forgive sins? Yes I am. This...this is the major stumbling block for non-Catholic Christians regarding Catholic teaching on the Sacrament of Confession - men forgiving sins. When you get into this discussion, you will be told that only God can forgive sins. Which is exactly what Catholics believe; however, we believe that God can and does exercise this power through men. Understand that, please! It is God’s power, but He exercises that power through men. Now, here’s what you do when someone says that only God can forgive sins and therefore Catholics are going against Scripture when they confess their sins to a priest. Turn to Mark 2, verse 7 - this is the story of Jesus healing a paralytic. Mark 2:7 says, “Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Ask whoever you’re talking to if they agree with Scripture regarding that statement that only God can forgive sins. They will undoubtedly say, "Yes." The problem is, that that statement came out of the mouths of the scribes, and in this context it betrays a limited understanding of God’s power, as Jesus goes on to point out to them. So, what you have done is put them on the side of the scribes, and, generally speaking, being on the side of the scribes is not a good thing. Now, turn back a few pages to Matthew chapter 9. This is the exact same story of the healing of the paralytic that we were just looking at in Mark chapter 2. Again, in verse 3 it says the scribes said, “This man is blaspheming.” And what happens? Jesus shows them that their understanding of God’s power is a limited one. In verse 6 Jesus tells them, “But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” And what does Scripture tell us in verse 8? “When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to [a man]”. To a man? No! To “men”. Plural! Scripture tells us that God gave this authority to “men”, not just to “a man”, Jesus Christ. But to men! And what authority did God give to men? The authority on earth to forgive sins! I don’t know how much plainer it can be. Scripture tells us that God gave “men” the authority on earth to forgive sins. And, should you have any doubts, turn to the Gospel of John. John 20:21-23 - “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me...[remember that phrase: “As the Father has sent me”]... As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’” Verse 21: “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” How did the Father send Jesus? We just saw in Matthew 9:6 that “the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”. So, the Father sent Jesus with the authority on earth to forgive sins. Now, Jesus is sending out the Apostles as the Father sent Him. So, what authority must the Apostles have? That’s right, the authority on earth to forgive sins. And, just in case someone didn’t understand Him in verse 21, in verse 23 He can’t get much clearer: “If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven, if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Why give the Apostles the power to forgive or retain sins unless you expect people to confess their sins to them? How can you forgive or retain someone’s sins unless you know what their sins are? Unless they are confessing their sins to you? And, as we saw earlier in James 5:16, we are supposed to confess our sins to men, not to God alone. And in James, it right before it says to confess your sins to one another, it says to call for the elders - the bishops and priests. That is who we are to confess our sins to! Yes, we confess our sins to God, but the system which God has set up for us to receive His forgiveness, involves confessing our sins to men. The Bible is very clear on this. And, as we learned from the Old Testament, the priest is an integral part of how God set up the system for receiving forgiveness of sin. Remember that, this is how God set things up, not man. The Sacraments are all instituted by Jesus Christ Himself, and we have clearly seen that here in Scripture regarding the Sacrament of Confession.
All ministry is Christ's. People are invited to work in Christ's office. We are part of Christ's ministry. Matthew 16:17-19 James 5:16 Matthew 28:16-20
I’m a Catholic convert from The Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. Was raised in a Methodist and Baptist household. Have even attended Pentecostal churches. Attended an Episcopal seminary. Fortunately, my parents did not have any anti-Catholic sentiment. I have noticed, however, three aspects of Catholicism that seem to trouble some who are not Catholic. I once had someone refuse to attend church with me because “Catholic worship statues.” Some people think that Catholics revere Mary more than they do Christ. And there remains a BIG misunderstanding of what papal infallibility means. I would also like to make a correction to what was said here about Transubstantiation. It is not the Church, nor the priest who turns the elements into the body and blood of Christ. It is the power and grace of God that transforms the elements. The priest makes the pronouncement of the words as written in the Scriptures. But the “miracle” is wrought by God Himself. To make the pronouncement and to partake of the miracle, one must be in communion with the Church.
We have the biblical mandate from Christ Himself, who clearly says, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities." [Rev. 18:4-5]. *Soli Deo Gloria*
why would the bread and wine need to physically turn into Christ's body and blood? And couldn't that be disproven my a sick catholic who throws up after communion?
To eat Christ’s flesh and drink his blood is to BELIEVE IN HIM. We consume the elements of Communion in remembrance of what He did for us. There is absolutely nothing special about the bread and wine, aside from what they REPRESENT.
@@NCC2087 But the Antichrist Papacy teaches "transubstantiation" (see who started all this "trans" stuff in modern society?) regarding the Lord's Supper. Scripture does NOT teach the evil, superstitious nonsense of "transubstantiation" in the Lord's Supper like the Papacy does. Even your comments are veering from Papal declarations concerning the Lord's Supper. Hard to find a consistent Papist. *Soli Deo Gloria*
@@kellysoo Read your Bible. You will see many things wrong with this wicked church. On top of that LGBT approving churches have their part in the lake of fire. Repent and turn to Jesus of the Bible.
The thief on the cross was not Catholic, protestant, or whatever. He didnt even get baptized. He didnt even ask Jesus for forgiveness. All he did was put his "FAITH" in Jesus and at that very moment, Jesus said, "today you will be with me in paradise". Put your FAITH and TRUST in the LORD JESUS CHRIST as he is the one who has the key to LIFE and DEATH.
Please do not base your soteriology on the thief on the cross. That was an extreme case, and many times the Bible says Baptism saves. 1 John 3:5 - "Verily, verily I say to you: unless a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." 1 Peter 3:21 - "The like figure whereunto even BAPTISM NOW SAVES US, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. " I could give more examples but I forgot them :(
@jefftaylor2041 yes he does, but nothing is asked in return for the free gift of salvation but to believe in him who was sent. You're referring to the fruits which come from a true faith. It's all in there my friend!
literally had this question pop up in my head and thank you, grew up with catholic parents and participated and all but now im starting to ask questions
You are on the right part, Asking questions is key... Take care GOD Bless. & Once you truly seek out the truth with your Whole Heart; May GOD continue to bless and guide you and your family to the one and only true Catholic Faith. Take care. Jesus I Trust In You. Note: you need to observe how and why the Catholic Faith is continuously being under Attack over and over from inside and outside the True Catholic Faith. I would strongly recommend that you go to a catholic church and find a Catholic Priest or someone who knows and is practicing Catholic faith, and ask them kindly if they can get a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic church book, there you will learn what Catholics practice. I ask you to open your Heart and pray about it everyday, ask GOD the Father ask Lord Jesus who is GOD the Son & ask the Holy Spirit over and over, to lead you and other Souls to the Truth. May GOD Bless you all.
I was raised Catholic. After reading the New Testament for myself, I rejected Catholicism and was baptized by my own will when I was 20. I just consider myself Christian now. I appreciate Catholics but they do some things that are not biblical and put it on the same level as Biblical teachings.
God bless you! Seek and you shall find. The Catholic Church is fullness of Truth. May I suggest you read Dr. Scott Hahn's book 'Rome Sweet Home'. In it he describes his journey to the Catholic Church. Now he is an amazing and world-renowned apologist. He's one of SO many. May God bless you ✝️🙏🏼🕊️
@@PsychologyStudwhat do we do that’s not biblical? Some things are from tradition that dates back to the apostles but it doesn’t contradict scripture. Just genuinely asking as a friend.
Excellent! I encourage you to read your bible. Even if you can listen to the audio bible, get the scriptures in your heart. The holy spirit will reveal ALL truths to you. Its life changing!
Im Catholic myself and I couldn’t have explained it better. One very small point is that we dont think that the Church turns the bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood. We believe that God performs the miracle and the Church has the authority to ask for/ pray for that miracle.
No, catholics believe it is the body and blood of Christ. Your catechism says so. The signs of bread and wine 1333 At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. Faithful to the Lord's command the Church continues to do, in his memory and until his glorious return, what he did on the eve of his Passion: "He took bread. . . ." "He took the cup filled with wine. . . ." The signs of bread and wine become, in a way surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ; they continue also to signify the goodness of creation. Thus in the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread and wine,154 fruit of the "work of human hands," but above all as "fruit of the earth" and "of the vine" - gifts of the Creator. The Church sees in the gesture of the king-priest Melchizedek, who "brought out bread and wine," a prefiguring of her own offering.155
@@ccrow3355 Well I would know wouldn’t I. 😂 We do believe in transubstantiation but we believe that God does the miracle and the Church asks for the miracle. Zoomer said that we believe the Church does the miracle.
Absolutely the number one thing Protestants get wrong about us instantly. They ignore this bible verse so much to justify sitting around and staying in their own communities
@@avimck It's so far from Scripture. This video says the RCC is all about authority, but Jesus said His Church would not operate like the Gentiles who rule by authority and exercise lordship over their subjects, Luke 22:24-30. Moreover, salvation is not found in participating in church sacraments. It's found in belief in Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever *believeth* in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." And Romans 6:23 clearly states that eternal life is a free gift from God. You can't work for a gift or else it wouldn't be a gift. I find it shocking to see so many people praise this. It's not good.
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" Guess who the boasting man is?
James 2 14-16 14 What use is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself.
I really appreciate the accuracy, but with that accuracy also brings to light why as a Christian I don’t necessarily agree with main line Catholicism. It overemphasizes OUR works, it gives humans authority to do what only God can. I do believe God performs miracles through us, tells us to follow and lead by His example, speaks and is alive in us. But we as humans do not have the authority to forgive sins. We also have the Holy Spirit(God Himself) alive in us, so we don’t need any saints to intercede for us since we have mainline access to God
Just to make it clear, Catholicism doesn't overemphasize human works, James 2:22. God the Son gave the apostles authority to forgive sins, John 20:23. Dear brother, if you don't believe in intercession, why do you not tell other Christians like yourself to stop praying for others? The Church was founded by Jesus Himself in Matthew 16:18. This is just an invitation, I am not trying to force you to become catholic, but defending my faith. The peace of Jesus be with you and the love of Mary.
@@MG-hg1sq please read gospel where jesus stressed on helping poor too... "when i was hungry you fed me, when i was in jail you visited me...." matthew 25:35 "we should be the light to the world becoz we are saved, we are his followers, we are sons/daughters of king of kings"
Wow. As a Catholic, that was the most good faith and comprehensive explanation of the faith from a protestant that I've seen yet. Obviously, there's a lot to Catholicism, but this was a breath of fresh air.
@@anettecoetzee3363we believe that Holy Spirit lives in us and that we are Children of God, as the Bible says. We are born again during baptism, which often occurs as a baby.
@@Jacob0170 so why think if you know the Holy Spirit lives in you, saints are closer to God than you? Thr bible also says we are seated in heavenly places. Your already next to God. A saint can't be closer to God than you.
@@anettecoetzee3363 there's a difference between this sinful world and we who keep on sinning, and heaven where is no sin. Sin is insult against God. It's only my opinion so I'm unsure but saints literally directly can see God and enjoy this great joy. Read what Church teaches on this rather than what I say, I can be wrong
@@Jacob0170 Jesus didn't only die for our sins He also paid for our sins. You are redeemed and justified (as if youve never sinned) otherwise the Holy Spirit wouldn't be able to live in you. And you wouldn't be able to enter into the Holy of Holies. when you pray to God the Father you come with boldness because there is no sin.
I’ve been watching your videos for a bit now and I would just like to say that you are incredibly charitable to all of the other denominations that you’re not a member of. I’m a Catholic, and hearing this brief summary of Catholicism done this well and nicely is touching. Thank you for that, God bless you brother.
I do think this is a common issue when it comes to the concept of salvation by faith. I can't speak on the RCC because I'm Orthodox, but I do know a similar argument is often pointed at us. I think the main issue is in the definition of what "Faith" is. There seems to be a view of faith being some combination of a mental and physical act of saying "I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior" and ending it there. Where as in the Orthodoxy at least, the idea of "Faith" is not just our thoughts or things we say, but our faith is our whole lives. If we say we have "Faith" in Christ as our savior, that means that our actions should reflect that. If they don't, one must ask if you DO in fact have faith or if you have merely made a statement and nothing else.
To be fair, even in the Reformed Protestant understanding, a godly life is evidence of saving faith. If you say you believe in Jesus and can affirm all the correct doctrine, but live like an unbeliever, you ought to question: has God in fact done a saving work in me, and do I *really believe at all?
Yeah, thats quite similar for RC in my understanding. And also, unlike many protestants, we believe one can lose his salvation, namely by committing mortal sins
1 john 2:27 kjv "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." I pray catholics learn how to read and even better yet, believe.
@@AA-vl3gu learn how to read and belive?? My brother, the interpretations of the Bible that catholics make comes from the original, not from a traduction that cannot express what's said and written at a 100%. What we belive is based in the tradition and the interpretation of the real texts, not a mere traduction follow from the interpretation of a random guy who likes God.
I’m Christian but Catholics always seemed weird to me. To absolve my sin I need to confess to another human? I just don’t like the power they give to the church, it’s almost like they think the “church” is God. I also once had a Catholic tell me I’m going to hell because I’m not a Catholic, and that is blasphemy right there.
Well you are confessing to God through the priest. The Church isn't God, but a service to God I would say. We prepare the coming of Jesus as other Christians. And that Catholic that spoke to you doesn't know what he is saying.
Nah that guy is kinda right (unless extraordinary circumstances occur). “I don’t like the power” doesn’t matter, sorry. Christ gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven to Peter and the church follows succession of the apostles and the throne of Peter. Christ said you must be baptized in water and spirit, have faith in him, repent of your sins and receive his body and blood, all of which his holy Catholic Church provides. This is what Christ established and what he instructed in scripture, not I or man.
Ya... we didn't give the Church her power. Jesus did. We submit to the Church as a good mother because we submit to Jesus her divine Spouse. Except when we don't, which is when mother Church brings us back to Jesus by the power He Himself gave her. Jesus is super good to us.
As an orthodox, im on the same page as you, i love going 5o the church and stuff, but the stuff i dont like is paying for stuff i do there. Dont get me wrong, i love donating and stuff, but why should i pay to receive Jesus' body? Another thing that bothers me is litraly what you said! I can confess to god in my prayer, and beg him for forgivness, i'm pretty sure i dont need to confess to another human who is gonna tell other ppl and judje me while lying that he dosen't do that.. God loves y'all!
Excellent elevator pitch RZ! I will be receiving the 3rd of the 7 sacraments which is Confirmation this Saturday! Pray for me brothers and sisters as I am very eager!
Ava Maria 🙏 I will also be confirmed this Saturday at the evening mass. Hang in there it's going to be a long one! Also, there are about 30 people in my RCIA class who will be joining the church ⛪️
Catholic theology grad student here (if that counts for anything): most of this is fairly good, especially the part about the saints. But two reservations: you'd be VERY hard pressed to find a Catholic theologian who would say that "salvation is about participating in the Church." It's more approriate to say that salvation is about being transformed by God, plain and simple. This transformation is by our cooperation with His grace, which includes the Sacraments and living within the community established by Christ. Second, we don't really talk about Transubstantiation being a miracle under the *authority* of the Church. It is a miracle wrought by God; the priest is deputized, as having a share in the apostolic ministry by his ordination (laying of hands), to make it present. Some might say these are distinctions without differences, but since people sometimes think that Catholics *worship* the Pope or that priests *make* Christ come down to Communion, I think it makes a huge difference. Any Catholic who knows their faith sees Holy Communion and Confession not as a "special power" of priests and bishops, but of God, who has *chosen* to send out and act through ministers receiving their ministry from the Apostles.
Put it very well! I’m Catholic God bless you! I’ve been baptized Catholic almost converted out found my faith again in the ONE true Church and go to online Mass every Sunday and in person when I can.
I grew up a devout Catholic and have been saved by grace and now am a follower of the Biblical Christ and accept Him as my Lord and Savior. As a Catholic, I reasoned with the Church, but now that I have truly read the WORD, I have realized the true difference between my former and current beliefs is the authority. I used to believe that the Church was the authority over scripture, now I know that it is the opposite. The word should be the authority over the Church, putting God and His word at the top rather than seeing the priesthood as conduits of Gods power. We are all now priests, and Jesus is the ultimate authority over man and the only true way to the father. We are all called to be priests under Jesus, and it is all of us who hold the authority through faith to heal, to bless, to exercise, to deliver people abd to cast out demons, and to forgive sins. We are all called to share in His glory, and it isn’t up to the authority of the church to determine that. It is the authority through God alone that gives all of us the authority. Something I had my eyes open to after I converted out of Catholicism to true faith in Jesus.
Have you also read 1Tm 5:17-22 or you skipped this part? Because it clearly states there is a hierarchy in the early church and there are those who got a special anointing... Also, everybody in the Catholic Church is supposed to spread the Gospel, heal people, cast out demons and do miracles in Jesus' name, because Jesus said that to the 72 when He sent them. But there are parts reserved for those who got a special anointing, and it's pride not to recognise and respect it. Stay blessed!
Well and those in charge used people's general illiteracy for hundreds of years to dictate to them what the Bible said rather than teaching them to know it for themselves.
The church came before the Bible, they’re the ones who told u which books belong in your Bible.. and Jesus is the Word, remember the Word became flesh, if the Bible was the word that means it became flesh
@primeministersinister625 Invalid argument. Satan and the fallen angels can not be saved. They are sealed with the punishment of eternal fire no matter what they do.
@@Christiansstillstruggle and yet they had an infinitely better understanding of God and his plan before they made the decision to reject him, than we will ever have. The idea that faith alone saves is literally addressed in the Bible “ faith if it does not have works is dead”
@primeministersinister625 That's not referring to that dead faith not saving you, lol 😂. That's referring to that faith not baring much fruit therefore it's "dead" because that faith is not helping anyone but yourself but it still saves you.
@@Christiansstillstruggle that is the most disingenuous argument I have ever heard in my life. You *know* that That you are stretching that verse way beyond it’s breaking point
It’s all about power. Every rite, every tradition, every service, all about keeping the congregation in awe and believing that only through them, and giving their life, obedience and, importantly, money, to the church, can you be saved. Just like every denomination of every religion ever.
The Grace of God is a gift. It cant be taken away, given back, earned , or leased. The AUTHORITY rests completely in Christ - NOT THE CHURCH, and NOT A POPE. . . Less any man should boast - *Literally what Christ said about being saved purely by Grace alone* that we are saved by Him. We must be contrite and ask for forgivenesss to be forgiven.
As a Catholic, this was a great explanation. Only correction would be that Baptism is considered the most important and necessary Sacrament, even more so than the Eucharist.
@@rokvelic2945 No for Catholics the baptism is more important. It's called the Ianua Cæli and that's why Jesus, instituting it made it so accessible. That's why you only need water and the baptism formula. That's why heretics and infidels can baptise validly, which is not the case of the Eucharist. Yet the Eucharist is the most precious sacrament, as Saint Thomas says, since all the others confer grace, the Eucharist, being God, is the source itself of all grace. You can not be saved without baptism but you can be saved without ever going to communion. Yet you can not be saved without the fruit of communion which is (desire of and) union with God
Thanks for stating what we actually believe and not saying that we worship mary and the saints! The rest is just theological arguments! (In which were discussed by many councils back in the 3rd 4th and 5th century)
As a new Catholic, thank you for providing an accurate description of the Church's teachings. We don't often get that courtesy from our Protestant brothers and sisters.
As a former Roman Catholic I truly appreciate that you specified that Catholics do NOT worship the saints but ask them to pray for us humans still on Earth. As a Protestant I know that once a believer dies they're with the Lord and Christ is our only mediator but I've met many Protestants who make the mistake of thinking Catholics worship the saints.
A baptist here i hope that when we all get to heaven our Lord and father will just look at all of us sigh and hold the bridge of his nose like a father and we can all hug and actually act like siblings
it reminds me of that christian meme with the two cats and the man. the man is labelled "Jesus" one cat "chritstians" and the other cat "other christians" and the guy is like "love each otherrrr!" tries to bring them together but the cats fight 😂❤ I view all denominations as brothers and sisters in Christ 🙏🙌 God bless
@@yuunoaboi21 def try to find it if you can't I'll link it 🤣🙌 also I'm a sister in Christ but ofc you can't tell by the name so it's an honest mistake 🤣
Jesus commands us to unity in John 17. This is really a bit of a cop out by Protestants to avoid the fact that their tradition has completely and deliberately failed Jesus' command to be unified. And I say this compassionately as a recent convert from Protestantism. It was something I just kinda ignored, but if you take Church authority and unity seriously, it's very hard to justify the reformed tradition
@@SanctusPaulus1962 then why does it happen so much? Nearly 2,000 children in Illinois were abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers. that's just one state. the church was hiding and defending these monsters your entire religion is sick from the top all the way down to you.
Catholics have literally told me that they pray to Mary and they pray to her statues. What's more they pray to Michael the archangel, whom they have deemed as a saint, to protect them when they travel.
We may pray in front of a statue. We're not praying to the statue. A statue of Mary reminds us of God's great Love in His Incarnation. Mary and the Saints are very much alive, and we pray to them to ask them to pray to God for us. Just as we ask others here to pray for us. Mary is a special creation. She is the ark of the New Covenant. She prays for us.❤✝️🕊️
I lost a little project that I made once, and was so sad. 🙁 So I searched up 'How to pray to God to help me find something that I lost?' and in images, there was 'St.Peter, St.Peter, please come around! We've lost something and it needs to be found!'. It spooked me. 👀
@@Josiahministries It actually sounds fine, both of you said it's not the religion nor the denomination but the people who have the Holy Spirit are able to interpret. So neither the catholics or the mormons can interpret but only the true believers in Christ who have the Holy Spirit can interpret.
@a.syching678 it's a cop out. it's basically saying "we are right because God is leading us", when we know the popes and catholic councils throughout the years have been wicked (and probably went to hell).
True story...... When I was engaged to be married to a Catholic, I informed my southern Baptist pastor of my intention to convert from Baptist to Catholicism. He was enraged and tried to discourage me by telling me, "Rita, they bow down to statues!" I did go through catechism classes and received my confirmation.
I hope you come back to the truth. My knee bows only to the Christ. No image, stone engraving, painting of man will get me worshipping or praying through (veneration- a fancy synonym for praying). Go read up on it :) Be Well!
@_T_T_L The Catholic Church is the Truth. Veneration does not equal worship. Neither does prayer. Neither is bowing. Do you honor your parents? That's veneration. Do you ask your parents for anything? That's prayer. Do you keep pictures of your loved one's at home? Perhaps you occasionally show affectionate gestures, like the action hero who lovingly caresses a picture of his girlfriend before doing something dangerous? If you lived in a monarchy, you might bow to the King other members of the royal family. King Solomon bowed down to his mother. Was he worshipping her? Of course not! If you kneel with a Bible in your hands while praying, are you worshipping it?
This is a very fair explanation. A good friend of mine asked me about some of these things. One thing I cautioned him about was a three-point argument against praying to the saints. 1. God makes it very clear that we are not to attempt to contact the dead. This is an occult practice it is demonic and it is strictly forbidden by God's law. This would apply to anyone whose body is no longer living. (Jesus is not dead) 2. The saints especially Mary could never answer your prayer when there are literally about a billion people praying to her everyday. She is not omniscient she is not God. 3. The scripture does not give any permission to anyone to be praying to anyone other than The father himself. It doesn't even tell you to pray to Jesus. It's specifically tells you to pray to the Father in Jesus name. Praying to anyone else would be against the word of God. The scripture tells you to spend as much time as possible praying to the Father. Anytime you're praying to someone else you are taking away from your prayer time with the Father and that is a demonic deception. Only Satan would try to interrupt your time with the father so that you could pray to someone who can't hear you.
I am all for it. I just came out of 25 years worth of falsely taught Gospel. I am thankful that by the Grace of The Holy Spirit I have been brought into the Holy Catholic Church. The whole Apostle Creed made alive. I am so blessed. The Our Father prayer can be prayed as is. I no longer need to use it as a guide and then asked by pastors to personalised it. Basically, I do not need to reinvent the wheel or wheels of prayer and my prayer life. With the help and true teachings of The Holy Catholic Church I now understood and participating in praying unceasingly. My desire to pray unceasingly is now met. (Without prayer there is no closer to His Holiness) I love you Jesus my Saviour. One and Only Saviour of the cosmos. ❤❤❤❤❤
I’ll pray for you as well friend but there’s no need to insult those that don’t follow catholicism as you do, for it’s only a hop and skip away from paganism, having idols in your houses of saints and going to the length of saying only through MEN that are close to God in the church can you be forgiven. My issue with Catholics has always been the amount of faith you put into flawed humans rather than our lord Christ instead. TOO MANY POPES in the past have been responsible for disgusting acts of depraved sin, why would god give the keys to the kingdom to a lineage of people that at one point in time were Sadists and bordered on mocking god himself. Look into the history of popes and saints, not many of these men were truly living in the path Christ set out for us. So when you say you worshiped the “false gospel before and now you are saved” I am going to fall to my knees and pray that god leads you back from a possible den of serpents.
@@Some_guy_with_gamezconfused when Protestants make unfounded claims all while using the Bible the Catholic Church assembled in the 4th century. Somehow 1100 years later the Church was wrong hence the need for heretical sects?
Not bad. Rare to see a Protestant do a good job describing what Catholics ACTUALLY believe. Usually it goes something like: “Catholics think the Pope is God. Can we even call them Christians?”
@@-SonOfGod-only God can forgive sins. The priest has the authority to sit in representation of Christ. In other words he’s “deputized” to forgive sins as Christ’s representative. The Apostles were granted authority by Christ to forgive sins on his behalf. This is in the bible. As a result of apostolic succession, priests are granted this same authority. It’s really not that hard.
It's not that Catholics think the Pope is God, but they believe he's deputized the power of Christ. Who is also God, the Pope thinks he's God look at his throne. His throne in the Vatican city fits the description of the heavenly throne.
Former Catholic here but not devout, because of the requirements in the seven sacraments. Like for example, you want to be married, but first you must do the first three sacrements (if I'm not mistaken) because the priest won't let you marry unless you do these things. It's too tiring for me attending masses but my life was still a mess; was bullied and outcasted by my so called "friends". Thankfully I met Jesus, and He did not introduce religion, but LOVE and salvation through Him.
Just a footnote to the video, everything he listed about the Catholic church can be found in Scripture. Everything he stated is true, but with the caveat that God gives the authority, not because those he gives authority merit it, but as a means of salvation because we are both body and spirit and God understands that the physical and the spiritual are integral parts of our being. In short, because we need it. He loves us and gives us what we need. ❤️
As someone who is seriously considering Catholicism thank you for being so unbiased and respectful to the Catholic Church, I like a lot of Catholic ideas. I'm learning most of them from @The Counsel of Trent, great guy to learn Catholic theology from
Correct. The big difference is justification. Protestants believe justification is a time event. Catholics believe there is a continued growth in justification. As we become more sanctified in our Christian growth, we become more justified. It is the initial justification (when we give our life to Christ) that we are saved by faith alone. We become habitually justified when we perform the works made by God after we become part of the Body of Christ (Eph 2:10). The Council of Trent explains this, and the Bible mentions 3 separate events of Abraham being justified by God.
I'm amused at the indignation of all their comments.😂 Quite frankly, you only need Jesus, in faith and obedience, to be saved. No other amount of human elevation, routines, chants/mantras, or prostrating on the floor to idols will suffice. Only Christ Jesus is the way to Heaven through a relationship with Him.
its not a hijab in terms of origin and function, but hypothetically a hijab-like headdress could be used as a Christian veil its just practiced out of a sense of modesty, women used to cover their hair
I would encourage you to try veiling if you so wish. I'm a Christian girl who veils at church (still trying to do it more) and I find it to be a great tradition and practice. It's ultimately based in scripture, in 1 Corinthians 11.
@@crabbit. Wait, you mean that it is stated in the Bible that St.Peter is a pope? And the pope is a direct descendant of him too? Can you give me the reference, please?
As a devout Catholic I think that you did a great explanation from a Protestant perspective but, we dont pray to or worship the saints or Mary, only God. We specially ask for their intercession, like asking anyone else to pray for us. In the Catholic Church, it's actually heretical to pray to or worship anyone other than God! Thank you for the content you make, its helped me to understand other denominations in an accessible way!
We.... do pray to Mary. Hail Mary, full of Grace etc and we do pray to the saints as well. We don't worship them but we do pray to them. Concerned over your use of the word devout when you seem not to know this.
@@gipsymelody1268 Yeah, I had a think about it just now while I was driving to the shop. I suppose it's more in the terminology you and I are using but I think we're on the same page. I just spent some time with Google and on the Catholic sites it has this same back and forth you and I are having. I'm going to clear this up with the priest and get back to you. I'm curious now as some Catholics are saying it's doctrinal and biblical and whilst no one is saying it's idolatry, there seems to be a misunderstanding here somewhere.
And they go to hell for not accepting the free gift of Christ who died for Their sins and instead think works will get you to heaven. 🤦♂️works are less then nothing. Believing in your works to save you is idolatry of yourself.
Everyone Catholic I've met has always been the sweetest and clearly a child of God. As protestant, I think they're wrong about some things, but I definitely am too, so we both need the love of God :)
Funny, because every false convert I've ever met or seen in videos is a catholic. Even atheists can appear to be nice outwardly. We are not "children of God". There are no human beings who are special "children of God" and just better than other people. Our father is the devil, we drink iniquity like water, Jesus said it Himself. The Lord is our Creator, but we choose to sin and so we choose the devil. We are hopeless, and that is why Jesus came to us. To save us, yes, but also to bring the sword. There are BILLIONS of people in this world, who despite being outwardly very sweet and well mannered, would not lift a finger to save you from death and damnation. This is all from the scripture.
The Bible says the leader of the church is Christ, not other people. Christ has the last say so, which I’ve always been confused on why people think the pope should have the last word in everything. Also Peter was a married man, and from a passionate catholic friend of mine said “according to popes they cannot marry or they break the rule.” If that were true then explain Peter having a wife, is he not breaking the rule being the first ever pope?
What I am about to say is very possibly inaccurate so take it with a grain of salt. I am still learning The Pope I think is sort of like a prophet. Yes Jesus is the only leader of the church, but there would need to be someone to share God's words and give instructions to the rest of the churches. That's why people call them the leader of the church. Feel free to research and correct me on any of this. I am young and still learning about my religion, and having more perspective will help me learn about and connect with God
I'm in the process of converting to Catholicism, I love the faith. The history, scripture and the experiences I've had have convinced me that Catholicism is the right way.
He gets several key things wrong so you might want to look into it a bit more if you really want to know. For example Catholics don't believe the Church has the power to forgive sins. That belongs to God. Catholics confess sins to priest but the priest doesn't actually have the power to forgive them or not.
Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone. You cannot do anything to earn your way into heaven, nothing. The only reason we may have salvation is Christ, it’s not something the church can provide nor something you can earn.
Correct, we as Catholics believe only through Christ as our mediator can we be saved. You must be baptized, have faith in him and receive his body and blood just as scripture says. His church (Catholic Church) provides that.
This is pretty good explanation- the only piece missing here is the whole purpose of the Catholic faith which is to engage in the process of sanctification through our walk with Christ and the participation in the sacraments. You said it was about authority but that’s not really the point, it’s the earthly body of Christ, so the church has the authority to administer sacraments and provides a structure for the teachings to remain intact throughout the centuries and a place for the people to gather and worship but the goal is sanctification. It is difficult to walk the path without the guides the church provides and without the sacraments. The saints also give us their testimonies and keep us ever moving towards the Lord by their physical examples. That is why we revere them. Everything is working in tandem.
No, no, he did not. Catholics are not Christians. We do not claim them unanimously... Salvation through faith only. You never have to go to church or receive any "sacrament." You cannot pray to Marry or any Saint, they are not God. A priest cannot forgive sins and all of the pope's are buring in hell.
@@catholictruth102the verse literally before that says to 'receive the Holy spirit'. Man cannot forgive sin. Only God can and our belief in the cross.
The tone of voice, in my interpretation, sounds as if the narrator is trying to discredit Catholics by pointing out what they believe. Didn’t do that for me though. I accept their beliefs as having a solid foundation in the Bible. I’m just a Christian and seek to convert to Catholicism
This is pretty accurate however when we say salvation is not on faith alone, it doesn’t exactly mean you have to participate in church, faith alone with out LIVING the faith is what is meant, you can have all the faith in the world that Jesus Christ is the savior, but salvation comes through that faith ALONG with the righteous living that Jesus preached, not so much participation in church more of a personal relationship with Christ in which we SHOW our faith through the way we live and love one another ✝️💟
@@rarescevei8268 “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). The practice of praying to saints can be considered by some as the worship of false gods, a violation of the first commandment. 2. “I am the Lord; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8). So, your claim is they pray to them to pray with you? They are praying to Saints and Mary
@@Michael-gp3vl THEY DONT PRAY TO THE SAINTS. As I said, they are theoretically prayers, however they are more like requests addressed to thrm to pray to God alongside you, it is not worship of these Saints. You are using protestant terminology and applying it to Catholicism.
First off, let me acknowledge that the Catholic Church as a whole is just crazy. However, "salvation by faith alone" usually equates to "Believe in your heart and you're good to go." This is not the case. The book of James tells us that demons believe and tremble. Belief in your heart ALONE is nothing. TRUE faith will always lead to OBEDIENCE to God's Word. And for any Catholics reading this, notice that I didn't say Obedience to the Catholic Church.
People seem to confuse works with the sacraments when really the works Jesus speaks of are repentance, loving your neighbor as yourself, baptism, and loving God with all your heart.
James 2:20-24 New International Version 20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
❤️Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; * in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.❤️ I just wanna speak the name of Jesus. ❤️
Yeah,except that the way Catholicism practices their religion is NOT what is described in the New Testament as the way first century Christians gathered and worshiped. And if Peter WERE pope, then his word would have been law and Paul wouldn't have argued with him (he DID), or been able to convince Paul he was wrong (which ALSO happened). Because if Paul were a pope as Catholics today understand the office, Paul couldn't have been wrong. Catholics believe a pope is God's representative on Earth, and CAN'T be wrong in that official capacity.
Protestants on the other hand go to church and have bellowing pastors screaming at them. You don’t need either. Where every two or more gathered Jesus is there.
Straight to the point… Thank you for this… Some Catholics don’t know the latter part and pray to the saints instead of asking them to pray for them to God…
@@psyche2913 brother, you are quoting out of context firstly, secondly you can’t be a Christian and say you don’t believe in the resurrection… I am assuming you are a Christian… The verse says there’s no further reward for the dead, but that’s not true in your context, because the dead receive God’s reward in the afterlife for how we live our lives… The reward spoken of there are not spiritual but earthly rewards… Let me not delve into the part where we’re not communicating with the dead but praying they pray for us…
@@trickstertrip5962 They hear God. They hear all of Heaven (or Hell, depending on what they chose to believe in their lives on Earth). They no longer hear anything from those living in a corporeal body on Earth. Of course I believe in the resurrection, but that occurs at a later date (Revelation of Jesus Christ, the final book of the Bible). The dead are no longer cognizant of any of us still living physically, therefore it’s pointless to ask them to pray for us. It is much better to simply pray to God. He is the one who deserves all our attention, prayers and praise, after all.
@@psyche2913 you say they aren’t cognizant??? Okay, let’s break down the two points because they are interlinked… 1st the no emotions cross over to the afterlife and 2nd, they are not cognizant of the physical world… During the transfiguration, the birth of Jesus; the repentance of a sinners; the story of the rich man and Lazarus; these shows the interactions on earth with heaven as the heavens clearly interact… Abel and the Saints in revelations help understand after death emotions linger on… The parable of Lazarus shows the dead know what happens on earth as Abraham said, they have the prophets… The parable shows cognizance of the other side to what is happening on earth… But brother, where do we get that they hear God and where do we get what they believe in their lives on earth???
Great short, but we don’t just believe that Peter got all the authority but all the apostles got the same amount of authority, then they give succession to the bishops
This is the Eastern Orthodox and Anglican/Lutheran view (though Lutherans also believe priests have apostolic succession since presbyter and bishop were originally the same office).
Just because Peter was special doesn’t mean anyone else who learned from him is special. We are all one in Christ. The priesthood ended when Christ fulfilled the duties of priests, so priests are no longer biblical. Read Hebrews. No need for apostles to give authority, it wasn’t theirs to give. Bishops are not needed and not biblical
@@timothyvenable3336 incorrect, Jesus ordained the Apostles in His priesthood. Ignatius of Antioch was trained and ordained by John the Beloved, and Peter ordained Clement. Unless you are suggesting the Apostles had no right to train and ordain priests?
As an ex Catholic, for me within the Catholic religion it was rules and regulations vs relationship which came when i left the Catholic faith many years ago and became born again. I've attended a penticostal curch ever since and never looked back.
Most fair explanation of Catholicism from a Protestant I've ever seen.
Was just about to say the same thing.
@@hoid8069 Still kind of iffy.
@@IcyHOTCatholic Yes, but given the VERY SHORT time, still quite fair. If he were really fair he culd have flashed the relevant bible verse for each point.
@@GM-bc8kg Yes. lol
This was garbage. Utter prot garbage.
Thank you for clarifying that we don't worship Mary or the saints even as a protestant. God bless you Redeemed Zoomer
That was always something they used to teach me, but I had to find out on my own that Catholicism isn’t as black and white. You guys are pretty right. God bless.
According to early bibles you do. Mary was only women mentioned in Quran which was written off the Bible. Orthodox Christian’s also pray to Mary and saints. They also celebrate Christmas on the right day.
@@vrcmf3172 Orthodox Christians do not pray to neither the Theotokos nor the Saints. They ask in prayer for intercession, and for the saints to pray with them. Veneration is not worship, unless you consider it idolatry to own pictures of your mother and father.
Intercession for someone who's dead is still a sin. Saul was punished for asking Samuel for help after he had died instead of trusting God
having statues all over the churches and bowing down to them and kissing their feet is worshipping them. Catholics do it all the time.
Ephesians 2:8-9
"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift - not from works, so that no one can boast."
James 2:24
"You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone."
I feel like people misunderstand the meaning behind these two passages. Our salvation is only dependent on grace through our faith, and our faith is justified on our works. To have only faith without works is to have a dead faith. But to only do works and have no faith is to be without salvation.
Works do not save us, faith does. That's why a man on his death bed can profess his faith with his dying breath and be saved.
But faith without works is dead. By having faith, God calls us to do His works. Therefore living a life without answering that call puts our faith into question.
Grace through faith saves us, and our works justify our faith.
I like this, but if a man can confess and accept Christ on his deathbed and still be saved then what does it matter if we do works or not? How can our faith be called into question if a man can be saved on his deathbed through faith alone?
@@henryF6 how is faith not enough? John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." God does not save us by our works because He already did the work to save us. Our part is to believe in that work, that sacrifice that Jesus made.
To believe that works can save you is to be stuck in an old covenant mindset. We are not the ancient Isrealites who had to work and sacrifice and cleanse themselves daily, monthly, and yearly to attone for their sins. A covenant that was never meant to, nor could ever bring true salvation. We are the Kingdom of God living in the New Covenant that Jesus bled and died for, once and for all so that we wouldn't have to try and fail continuously to redeem ourselves from sin. We don't perform good works to save ourselves, we do good works because the Holy Spirit within us compells us to. As a Christian, works are a result of faith, not the source of it.
@@Mournforthelost96 you are correct but i learned the hard way that if we have no obedience we will not be saved
(Obedience doesn't mean we are perfect)
@GamePlays_1230 can you explain what you mean by this?
@@Mournforthelost96 faith is enough; I was agreeing with that part of your comment. The part I was addressing was where you said that if we don’t do works our “faith is dead”and is “called into question.” I believe we are saved through faith alone, so does it even matter if we do good works or not?
Salvation comes to us by Jesus Christ dying on the cross to atone for our sins. He is the way, the truth and life everlasting.
They don’t wanna hear that tho they’ll continue to believe saints
That's... what Catholics believe.
I’m catholic btw … i def don’t follow saints or the pope. They’re just regular people in my book.
@@sweett8214 Same here.
That’s what we believe.
Ngl this might be the most unbiased explanation of Catholicism by a Protestant.
Yes! I'm amused and surprised.
Indeed. No insults or praise, just point blank says what's on the tin.
It was fairly condescending, “they think the church has authority etc”
They do think that though @@ThatcherNelson
@@omegachadrequiem3831 They know it lol
I’m getting confirmed in the Catholic Church this Saturday at Easter Vigil!!!
Congratulations!! We welcome you!! What was your old branch
les get it brother 💪
Easter vigil is always a beautiful experience. God bless brother!
@@Cby_rl we respect you but I’m going to stay Catholic.
Me too and also baptized!! Yay for us
I am an ex catholic and I would say this is the best explanation of what the church is. Also he did it in a very respectful way and made sure that his facts were right. ( I am a born again Christian now who found Jesus and the power his love has. )
God loves you ❤
You will always be Catholic. Catholicism is not a congregationalist religion. Membership is not a self-defining proposition. I pray that you return home. God bless you.
@@jasonderosa1137I was a roman catholic. You have to pay a tax and if you want to get out, then you have to go to the magistrate. Btw. what is your opinion on the eucomenical movement?
@@adrianobattaglia4060 what I am Roman Catholic and I don’t pay any tax nor do parents or any other Catholics that I know of
@@Juve_Fan2601 it's called church tax. Never heard before? Google it. Very interesting.
Salvation is by grace alone through faith so that no one can boast. Scripture is very clear on this.
amen brother, but i gotta say you're sporting the wrong bulldogs
All catholics accept that it is through grace alone.
Yea thats one reason i dont like the Catholic system
@@Sansfinnagan8522 because it is grace alone?
faith without work is a dead faith
we gotta also do the commandments of the Lord
Thank you for clarifying that we do not worship saints! My prayers are with you brother.
Honestly I think a lot of that 'you guys worship saints and Mary' stuff comes from people who see Catholics who you would think are atheist if they didn't have a Mary statue somewhere. It's not fair to judge a whole branch of Christianity on some bad apples.
@@reisen9235bad apples? Praying to someone is already an act of worship. Saints are dead, and God calls it sin to practice necromancy, which means communicating with the dead.
@@leonmitas we, as Christians, believe in an afterlife and that the saints are alive and in communion with the Almighty. Paul’s letter to the Hebrews tells us they can observe us and we ask them to pray for us
@@basilmakedon Paul says nothing like that. Verses please.
@@leonmitas Calling saints and Mary dead is to deny the eternal life Christ promised us. This is precisely why many Catholics would call protestants heretics
Catholics also believe that God forgives sins THROUGH the priests. Sins aren’t forgiven by the priests authority alone, but by Gods authority and power through the priest. The priests do have the authority to declare sins forgiven (John 20:23) but they never can forgive sins by their own power, its Gods power that works through the priests.
Same with all of the Sacraments
it's like the miracles too... all of miracle performed the prophets but only because god sent those miracles!
so actually you dont need priests but they can show mercy as a human and prctice what jesus teached us! MERCY!
The priest is there first and foremost as an authority and a witness. This is the same in Eastern Orthodoxy.
I was going to comment this as well but really that could be said about all of the authority of the church so hopefully protestant viewers don't need that connection spelled out
Jesus says that we are forgiven by his blood (Ephesians 1:7). Our past, present, and future sins are forgiven by Him and Him only. That verse you mentioned is best seen as that the Holy Spirit will work through you to guide people to Jesus and the cross. Also, the more you read the Bible, the more you see some faults in Catholics that do not align with the Word of God.
The church doesn’t forgive sins. You don’t confess your sins to the priest. You confess your sins to God upon another’s ear. Being truly sorry for what you’ve done and praying for the strength not to do it again, that’s a good confession. Also, when two or more gather in Jesus name, there he will be. Upon this rock Jesus built his church. Peter was the rock.
You contradicted yourself with the last sentence. Also, peter comes from the Greek word for "rock" because Jesus named Peter the Aramaic word for "rock". So Peter is the rock upon which the Church was built. "What you bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven and what you loose on Earth shall be loosed in Heaven"
You contradicted yourself
Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest?
Most Protestants, if not all, believe you should confess your sins straight to God; forget all this nonsense of going through a priest. Well, what does the Bible say?
Let’s start in the Old Testament, remembering 2 Tim 3:16 that “all Scripture is profitable for teaching and training in righteousness.” Look at Leviticus, chapter 5, verses 5 and 6: “When a man is guilty in any of these [sins listed in the previous verses], he shall confess the sin he has committed, and he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed...and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.”
So, what does this passage from Leviticus teach us? How does it train us in righteousness? First, we see that to be forgiven we have to confess our sins. No problem there. Second, it looks as if there is penance to be performed after our sins are confessed...a “guilt offering” was brought to the Lord. Third, a person could not go straight to God to have his sins forgiven. God set things up so that people had to go to a priest. Why did God do that?
But, what if someone says, “Well, that’s the Old Testament, we’re not bound by that anymore.” No, we’re not bound by that anymore, but listen to Hebrews 10:1, “For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities...” The law, the Old Testament practices, were a “shadow” of the “true form” of the good things to come. So, the Old Testament practices should give us a hint or a clue as to the equivalent New Testament practices, since they are a “shadow” of the things to come. What is a shadow? It's an outline of the real thing. In other words, in the Old Covenant, God was, in effect, training us... giving us clues...for what was to come under the New Covenant.
So, again, we see confession of sin, penance, and the involvement of the priest in the Old Testament. 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Catholic and Protestant agree. But, does it say that we are to confess our sins to God alone, and not to man? No, it doesn’t. In fact, in James 5:16 it commands us to confess our sins to “one another”. Scripture commands us...God’s Word commands us...to confess our sins to our fellow man. James 5:16, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another...”. Again, this is a command, from Scripture, to confess our sins to one another, not just to God...not just to God.
But, do we go around confessing our sins to just anyone? I don’t think so. Should I confess my sins to all of you here in this newsletter? Maybe to a stranger at the mall? To my wife, or to my brothers and sisters? No! Doesn’t it make sense that God would have us confess our sins to those who actually have the power to forgive our sins?
Whoa! Wait a minute, John! Are you suggesting that men can forgive sins? Yes I am. This...this is the major stumbling block for non-Catholic Christians regarding Catholic teaching on the Sacrament of Confession - men forgiving sins. When you get into this discussion, you will be told that only God can forgive sins. Which is exactly what Catholics believe; however, we believe that God can and does exercise this power through men. Understand that, please! It is God’s power, but He exercises that power through men.
Now, here’s what you do when someone says that only God can forgive sins and therefore Catholics are going against Scripture when they confess their sins to a priest. Turn to Mark 2, verse 7 - this is the story of Jesus healing a paralytic. Mark 2:7 says, “Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Ask whoever you’re talking to if they agree with Scripture regarding that statement that only God can forgive sins. They will undoubtedly say, "Yes." The problem is, that that statement came out of the mouths of the scribes, and in this context it betrays a limited understanding of God’s power, as Jesus goes on to point out to them. So, what you have done is put them on the side of the scribes, and, generally speaking, being on the side of the scribes is not a good thing.
Now, turn back a few pages to Matthew chapter 9. This is the exact same story of the healing of the paralytic that we were just looking at in Mark chapter 2. Again, in verse 3 it says the scribes said, “This man is blaspheming.” And what happens? Jesus shows them that their understanding of God’s power is a limited one. In verse 6 Jesus tells them, “But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” And what does Scripture tell us in verse 8? “When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to [a man]”. To a man? No! To “men”. Plural! Scripture tells us that God gave this authority to “men”, not just to “a man”, Jesus Christ. But to men! And what authority did God give to men? The authority on earth to forgive sins! I don’t know how much plainer it can be. Scripture tells us that God gave “men” the authority on earth to forgive sins.
And, should you have any doubts, turn to the Gospel of John. John 20:21-23 - “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me...[remember that phrase: “As the Father has sent me”]... As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’” Verse 21: “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” How did the Father send Jesus? We just saw in Matthew 9:6 that “the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”. So, the Father sent Jesus with the authority on earth to forgive sins. Now, Jesus is sending out the Apostles as the Father sent Him. So, what authority must the Apostles have? That’s right, the authority on earth to forgive sins. And, just in case someone didn’t understand Him in verse 21, in verse 23 He can’t get much clearer: “If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven, if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Why give the Apostles the power to forgive or retain sins unless you expect people to confess their sins to them? How can you forgive or retain someone’s sins unless you know what their sins are? Unless they are confessing their sins to you? And, as we saw earlier in James 5:16, we are supposed to confess our sins to men, not to God alone. And in James, it right before it says to confess your sins to one another, it says to call for the elders - the bishops and priests. That is who we are to confess our sins to!
Yes, we confess our sins to God, but the system which God has set up for us to receive His forgiveness, involves confessing our sins to men. The Bible is very clear on this. And, as we learned from the Old Testament, the priest is an integral part of how God set up the system for receiving forgiveness of sin. Remember that, this is how God set things up, not man. The Sacraments are all instituted by Jesus Christ Himself, and we have clearly seen that here in Scripture regarding the Sacrament of Confession.
@@jefftaylor2041well said brother. Thank God for your wisdom.
All ministry is Christ's. People are invited to work in Christ's office. We are part of Christ's ministry.
Matthew 16:17-19
James 5:16
Matthew 28:16-20
I’m a Catholic convert from The Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. Was raised in a Methodist and Baptist household. Have even attended Pentecostal churches. Attended an Episcopal seminary. Fortunately, my parents did not have any anti-Catholic sentiment. I have noticed, however, three aspects of Catholicism that seem to trouble some who are not Catholic. I once had someone refuse to attend church with me because “Catholic worship statues.” Some people think that Catholics revere Mary more than they do Christ. And there remains a BIG misunderstanding of what papal infallibility means. I would also like to make a correction to what was said here about Transubstantiation. It is not the Church, nor the priest who turns the elements into the body and blood of Christ. It is the power and grace of God that transforms the elements. The priest makes the pronouncement of the words as written in the Scriptures. But the “miracle” is wrought by God Himself. To make the pronouncement and to partake of the miracle, one must be in communion with the Church.
You are right About statues , they don't misunderstand if they accept it their whole undertanding of the Church would change .
We have the biblical mandate from Christ Himself, who clearly says,
"Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for her sins are heaped high as heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities."
[Rev. 18:4-5].
*Soli Deo Gloria*
why would the bread and wine need to physically turn into Christ's body and blood? And couldn't that be disproven my a sick catholic who throws up after communion?
To eat Christ’s flesh and drink his blood is to BELIEVE IN HIM. We consume the elements of Communion in remembrance of what He did for us. There is absolutely nothing special about the bread and wine, aside from what they REPRESENT.
@@NCC2087 But the Antichrist Papacy teaches "transubstantiation" (see who started all this "trans" stuff in modern society?) regarding the Lord's Supper. Scripture does NOT teach the evil, superstitious nonsense of "transubstantiation" in the Lord's Supper like the Papacy does.
Even your comments are veering from Papal declarations concerning the Lord's Supper.
Hard to find a consistent Papist.
*Soli Deo Gloria*
I was expecting, slander, but I got an accurate description of Catholics
Ya and thats the problem. Read your Bible
Thank God, Mr. Biden is part of the true church.
What is the problem? Or problems?
@@kellysoo Read your Bible. You will see many things wrong with this wicked church. On top of that LGBT approving churches have their part in the lake of fire. Repent and turn to Jesus of the Bible.
So you clicked the video because you wanted to argue? Sounds like a Catholic.
Love my Catholic brothers in Christ from a Methodist
Me too
We love you guys, too! ✝️
Methodists are kind of chill
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@xxrandmlinksxxbruh2419 Not all methodist believe in and affirm the rainbow culture. There is a schism there.
The thief on the cross was not Catholic, protestant, or whatever. He didnt even get baptized. He didnt even ask Jesus for forgiveness. All he did was put his "FAITH" in Jesus and at that very moment, Jesus said, "today you will be with me in paradise". Put your FAITH and TRUST in the LORD JESUS CHRIST as he is the one who has the key to LIFE and DEATH.
Please do not base your soteriology on the thief on the cross. That was an extreme case, and many times the Bible says Baptism saves. 1 John 3:5 - "Verily, verily I say to you: unless a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven."
1 Peter 3:21 - "The like figure whereunto even BAPTISM NOW SAVES US, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. "
I could give more examples but I forgot them :(
@@louannebvb baptism of the spirit through the holy spirit is what saves us!
Please read your bible Jesus asks many more things from believers
@jefftaylor2041 yes he does, but nothing is asked in return for the free gift of salvation but to believe in him who was sent. You're referring to the fruits which come from a true faith. It's all in there my friend!
literally had this question pop up in my head and thank you, grew up with catholic parents and participated and all but now im starting to ask questions
You are on the right part,
Asking questions is key...
Take care GOD Bless.
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Once you truly seek out the truth with your Whole Heart;
May GOD continue to bless and guide you and your family to the one and only true Catholic Faith.
Take care.
Jesus I Trust In You.
Note: you need to observe how and why the Catholic Faith is continuously being under Attack over and over from inside and outside the True Catholic Faith.
I would strongly recommend that you go to a catholic church and find a Catholic Priest or someone who knows and is practicing Catholic faith, and ask them kindly if they can get a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic church book, there you will learn what Catholics practice.
I ask you to open your Heart and pray about it everyday, ask GOD the Father ask Lord Jesus who is GOD the Son & ask the Holy Spirit over and over, to lead you and other Souls to the Truth.
May GOD Bless you all.
I was raised Catholic. After reading the New Testament for myself, I rejected Catholicism and was baptized by my own will when I was 20. I just consider myself Christian now. I appreciate Catholics but they do some things that are not biblical and put it on the same level as Biblical teachings.
God bless you! Seek and you shall find. The Catholic Church is fullness of Truth. May I suggest you read Dr. Scott Hahn's book 'Rome Sweet Home'. In it he describes his journey to the Catholic Church. Now he is an amazing and world-renowned apologist. He's one of SO many. May God bless you ✝️🙏🏼🕊️
@@PsychologyStudwhat do we do that’s not biblical? Some things are from tradition that dates back to the apostles but it doesn’t contradict scripture. Just genuinely asking as a friend.
Excellent! I encourage you to read your bible. Even if you can listen to the audio bible, get the scriptures in your heart. The holy spirit will reveal ALL truths to you. Its life changing!
Im Catholic myself and I couldn’t have explained it better. One very small point is that we dont think that the Church turns the bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood. We believe that God performs the miracle and the Church has the authority to ask for/ pray for that miracle.
No, catholics believe it is the body and blood of Christ. Your catechism says so.
The signs of bread and wine
1333 At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. Faithful to the Lord's command the Church continues to do, in his memory and until his glorious return, what he did on the eve of his Passion: "He took bread. . . ." "He took the cup filled with wine. . . ." The signs of bread and wine become, in a way surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ; they continue also to signify the goodness of creation. Thus in the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread and wine,154 fruit of the "work of human hands," but above all as "fruit of the earth" and "of the vine" - gifts of the Creator. The Church sees in the gesture of the king-priest Melchizedek, who "brought out bread and wine," a prefiguring of her own offering.155
@ccrow3355
Go back & read his comment. He said God performs the miracle of turning the bread & wine into the body & blood of Jesus.
@@ccrow3355 Well I would know wouldn’t I. 😂 We do believe in transubstantiation but we believe that God does the miracle and the Church asks for the miracle. Zoomer said that we believe the Church does the miracle.
Good distinction, thank you for reminder.
If I can ask, how does a church get to forgive you for sins?
Faith without works is dead
Absolutely the number one thing Protestants get wrong about us instantly. They ignore this bible verse so much to justify sitting around and staying in their own communities
Your pfp is Kanye praising Hitler your not putting in to many good works with that
Yes but works are not how you obtain salvation, they are a result of your salvation.
@@danielparham5232Precisely, just as scripture explains
So, Is like the sacraments? The faith represent the divine part of christ and the works represent the human part?
Me reading endless comments of Catholics praising the video for being an accurate description while I was horrified. 😬
Horrified? I feel like that's a bit of an over reaction.
@@RikksRunnmaybe they’re afraid of having to put in actual work to be saved.
I mean it's not a perfect depiction but it's pretty good, why was it horrifying?
@@avimck It's so far from Scripture. This video says the RCC is all about authority, but Jesus said His Church would not operate like the Gentiles who rule by authority and exercise lordship over their subjects, Luke 22:24-30. Moreover, salvation is not found in participating in church sacraments. It's found in belief in Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever *believeth* in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." And Romans 6:23 clearly states that eternal life is a free gift from God. You can't work for a gift or else it wouldn't be a gift. I find it shocking to see so many people praise this. It's not good.
@@koquin2040 Actual work? Every denomination requires 'actual work'.
The fairness with which you explain the Catholic faith is a testament to the integrity of this channel.
Thank you, bro! Love the content!
Hearing a protestant talking about Catholics without any lie is a nice thing❤
How do you know he’s a Protestant?
What are some of the lies exactly?
someone deleted my comment??? How do you know the narrator is a protestant?
@@eudaimonia359you just have to watch videos on his channel. Idr which denomination he is, but he is Protestant.
@@eudaimonia359 He's a famous protestant youtuber.....
Love to my Catholic brothers from a Lutheran ✝️
We love you guys, too!
Right back at you, Lutherans are pretty chill
We love you guys. ❤
We love you too brothers in Christ ❤🙏
Hey Lutheran! Davy and Goliath was the bomb!
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast"
Guess who the boasting man is?
James 2 14-16
14 What use is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself.
I really appreciate the accuracy, but with that accuracy also brings to light why as a Christian I don’t necessarily agree with main line Catholicism. It overemphasizes OUR works, it gives humans authority to do what only God can. I do believe God performs miracles through us, tells us to follow and lead by His example, speaks and is alive in us. But we as humans do not have the authority to forgive sins. We also have the Holy Spirit(God Himself) alive in us, so we don’t need any saints to intercede for us since we have mainline access to God
Just to make it clear, Catholicism doesn't overemphasize human works, James 2:22. God the Son gave the apostles authority to forgive sins, John 20:23. Dear brother, if you don't believe in intercession, why do you not tell other Christians like yourself to stop praying for others? The Church was founded by Jesus Himself in Matthew 16:18. This is just an invitation, I am not trying to force you to become catholic, but defending my faith. The peace of Jesus be with you and the love of Mary.
None may come to the Father but through Jesus Christ
as a catholic, we believe the same
@@shine2678wrong.
@@shine2678 But not, that if it means jeuss along, only jesus & not jesus + works(you)
@@MG-hg1sq please read gospel where jesus stressed on helping poor too...
"when i was hungry you fed me, when i was in jail you visited me...." matthew 25:35
"we should be the light to the world becoz we are saved, we are his followers, we are sons/daughters of king of kings"
@@MG-hg1sq please watch "i miss christendom" im tried to typing bro
"They think St Peter was given the keys to Heaven" - my guy, he was explicitly given the keys to Heaven in the Gospel of Matthew
He doesnt think so.
To Peter in ch 16 and to all the disciples in ch 18
yeah the bible never had anything contradictory or just something straight up false
@@crispminer then he is simply wrong and ignored Mt 16
@@nathanprice6189 where?
Wow. As a Catholic, that was the most good faith and comprehensive explanation of the faith from a protestant that I've seen yet. Obviously, there's a lot to Catholicism, but this was a breath of fresh air.
Do you guys believe that the Holy Spirit lives in us? And do you believe you need to be born again to go to heaven
@@anettecoetzee3363we believe that Holy Spirit lives in us and that we are Children of God, as the Bible says.
We are born again during baptism, which often occurs as a baby.
@@Jacob0170 so why think if you know the Holy Spirit lives in you, saints are closer to God than you? Thr bible also says we are seated in heavenly places. Your already next to God. A saint can't be closer to God than you.
@@anettecoetzee3363 there's a difference between this sinful world and we who keep on sinning, and heaven where is no sin. Sin is insult against God. It's only my opinion so I'm unsure but saints literally directly can see God and enjoy this great joy. Read what Church teaches on this rather than what I say, I can be wrong
@@Jacob0170 Jesus didn't only die for our sins He also paid for our sins. You are redeemed and justified (as if youve never sinned) otherwise the Holy Spirit wouldn't be able to live in you. And you wouldn't be able to enter into the Holy of Holies. when you pray to God the Father you come with boldness because there is no sin.
I’ve been watching your videos for a bit now and I would just like to say that you are incredibly charitable to all of the other denominations that you’re not a member of. I’m a Catholic, and hearing this brief summary of Catholicism done this well and nicely is touching. Thank you for that, God bless you brother.
As a protestant, I LOVE the unbiased view of this. Just plan and simple and true
But we still believe that a person can be saved, if said (dying) person repents and accepts Jesus as his/her Lord and Saviour.
@@Tom_Corvus5 but where do the priest touching children coming in? Do they think that's also salvation?
@@nathanprice6189 no? Stop mixing apples with pears, buddy.
@@Tom_Corvus5 I never said you didn't? What?
@@Tom_Corvus5 your religion has systems in place to protect priest who abuse children get a better religion freak.
I do think this is a common issue when it comes to the concept of salvation by faith. I can't speak on the RCC because I'm Orthodox, but I do know a similar argument is often pointed at us.
I think the main issue is in the definition of what "Faith" is.
There seems to be a view of faith being some combination of a mental and physical act of saying "I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior" and ending it there. Where as in the Orthodoxy at least, the idea of "Faith" is not just our thoughts or things we say, but our faith is our whole lives.
If we say we have "Faith" in Christ as our savior, that means that our actions should reflect that. If they don't, one must ask if you DO in fact have faith or if you have merely made a statement and nothing else.
To be fair, even in the Reformed Protestant understanding, a godly life is evidence of saving faith. If you say you believe in Jesus and can affirm all the correct doctrine, but live like an unbeliever, you ought to question: has God in fact done a saving work in me, and do I *really believe at all?
See James; Show me your faith in acts, though he also defines the acts.
Same as Catholics
I'm not orthodox but completely agree with this thought.
Yeah, thats quite similar for RC in my understanding. And also, unlike many protestants, we believe one can lose his salvation, namely by committing mortal sins
Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Yes, my friend, we should pray for the souls of the reformers and today's pastors
1 john 2:27 kjv
"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him."
I pray catholics learn how to read and even better yet, believe.
@@AA-vl3gu learn how to read and belive?? My brother, the interpretations of the Bible that catholics make comes from the original, not from a traduction that cannot express what's said and written at a 100%. What we belive is based in the tradition and the interpretation of the real texts, not a mere traduction follow from the interpretation of a random guy who likes God.
Ya, that’s why I left Protestantism and burned my 66 book bibles
@@AA-vl3gudoing just fine, thanks
I’m Christian but Catholics always seemed weird to me. To absolve my sin I need to confess to another human? I just don’t like the power they give to the church, it’s almost like they think the “church” is God. I also once had a Catholic tell me I’m going to hell because I’m not a Catholic, and that is blasphemy right there.
Well you are confessing to God through the priest. The Church isn't God, but a service to God I would say. We prepare the coming of Jesus as other Christians.
And that Catholic that spoke to you doesn't know what he is saying.
We confess our sins to a priest because Jesus gave the Apostles the authority to “forgive or retain sins.” John 20:22-23
Nah that guy is kinda right (unless extraordinary circumstances occur). “I don’t like the power” doesn’t matter, sorry. Christ gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven to Peter and the church follows succession of the apostles and the throne of Peter. Christ said you must be baptized in water and spirit, have faith in him, repent of your sins and receive his body and blood, all of which his holy Catholic Church provides. This is what Christ established and what he instructed in scripture, not I or man.
Ya... we didn't give the Church her power. Jesus did. We submit to the Church as a good mother because we submit to Jesus her divine Spouse. Except when we don't, which is when mother Church brings us back to Jesus by the power He Himself gave her. Jesus is super good to us.
As an orthodox, im on the same page as you, i love going 5o the church and stuff, but the stuff i dont like is paying for stuff i do there. Dont get me wrong, i love donating and stuff, but why should i pay to receive Jesus' body?
Another thing that bothers me is litraly what you said! I can confess to god in my prayer, and beg him for forgivness, i'm pretty sure i dont need to confess to another human who is gonna tell other ppl and judje me while lying that he dosen't do that..
God loves y'all!
Excellent elevator pitch RZ!
I will be receiving the 3rd of the 7 sacraments which is Confirmation this Saturday! Pray for me brothers and sisters as I am very eager!
Congratulations!!!
Any specific prayer requests?
Same! I can't wait to recieve the sacraments! God bless!
Nice, I will receive confirmation this year too!
Ava Maria 🙏
I will also be confirmed this Saturday at the evening mass. Hang in there it's going to be a long one! Also, there are about 30 people in my RCIA class who will be joining the church ⛪️
Catholic theology grad student here (if that counts for anything): most of this is fairly good, especially the part about the saints.
But two reservations: you'd be VERY hard pressed to find a Catholic theologian who would say that "salvation is about participating in the Church." It's more approriate to say that salvation is about being transformed by God, plain and simple. This transformation is by our cooperation with His grace, which includes the Sacraments and living within the community established by Christ.
Second, we don't really talk about Transubstantiation being a miracle under the *authority* of the Church. It is a miracle wrought by God; the priest is deputized, as having a share in the apostolic ministry by his ordination (laying of hands), to make it present.
Some might say these are distinctions without differences, but since people sometimes think that Catholics *worship* the Pope or that priests *make* Christ come down to Communion, I think it makes a huge difference. Any Catholic who knows their faith sees Holy Communion and Confession not as a "special power" of priests and bishops, but of God, who has *chosen* to send out and act through ministers receiving their ministry from the Apostles.
Great clarification. The phrasing in the video felt a little off there, and rubbed me the wrong way. You put it well, I think.
@@timothybasil same for me
Thank you, I didn't understand the authority thing and this explanation makes more sense
Thank you! I was just about to comment something similar
Put it very well! I’m Catholic God bless you! I’ve been baptized Catholic almost converted out found my faith again in the ONE true Church and go to online Mass every Sunday and in person when I can.
I grew up a devout Catholic and have been saved by grace and now am a follower of the Biblical Christ and accept Him as my Lord and Savior. As a Catholic, I reasoned with the Church, but now that I have truly read the WORD, I have realized the true difference between my former and current beliefs is the authority. I used to believe that the Church was the authority over scripture, now I know that it is the opposite. The word should be the authority over the Church, putting God and His word at the top rather than seeing the priesthood as conduits of Gods power. We are all now priests, and Jesus is the ultimate authority over man and the only true way to the father. We are all called to be priests under Jesus, and it is all of us who hold the authority through faith to heal, to bless, to exercise, to deliver people abd to cast out demons, and to forgive sins. We are all called to share in His glory, and it isn’t up to the authority of the church to determine that. It is the authority through God alone that gives all of us the authority. Something I had my eyes open to after I converted out of Catholicism to true faith in Jesus.
Who did you argue with before leaving the Church? They clearly didn't do a good job saying everything.
Have you also read 1Tm 5:17-22 or you skipped this part? Because it clearly states there is a hierarchy in the early church and there are those who got a special anointing...
Also, everybody in the Catholic Church is supposed to spread the Gospel, heal people, cast out demons and do miracles in Jesus' name, because Jesus said that to the 72 when He sent them. But there are parts reserved for those who got a special anointing, and it's pride not to recognise and respect it. Stay blessed!
Amen, Jesus is the only way!
Well and those in charge used people's general illiteracy for hundreds of years to dictate to them what the Bible said rather than teaching them to know it for themselves.
The church came before the Bible, they’re the ones who told u which books belong in your Bible.. and Jesus is the Word, remember the Word became flesh, if the Bible was the word that means it became flesh
We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ, our savior ALONE.
Satan has more faith in God that any human could possibly achieve in 100 lifetimes. He wasn’t saved.
@primeministersinister625 Invalid argument. Satan and the fallen angels can not be saved. They are sealed with the punishment of eternal fire no matter what they do.
@@Christiansstillstruggle and yet they had an infinitely better understanding of God and his plan before they made the decision to reject him, than we will ever have.
The idea that faith alone saves is literally addressed in the Bible “ faith if it does not have works is dead”
@primeministersinister625 That's not referring to that dead faith not saving you, lol 😂. That's referring to that faith not baring much fruit therefore it's "dead" because that faith is not helping anyone but yourself but it still saves you.
@@Christiansstillstruggle that is the most disingenuous argument I have ever heard in my life. You *know* that That you are stretching that verse way beyond it’s breaking point
If only religion was explained this easily to all of us. Thanks, Redeemed Zoomer
You mean your denomination? Catholicism isn’t a religion.
@@SirAxel. yes, sorry, but I meant religion in general as a topic
As a catholic I’m actually grateful for your explanation. That was very fair and a solid summary for only 1 minute!
It’s all about power. Every rite, every tradition, every service, all about keeping the congregation in awe and believing that only through them, and giving their life, obedience and, importantly, money, to the church, can you be saved.
Just like every denomination of every religion ever.
The Grace of God is a gift. It cant be taken away, given back, earned , or leased. The AUTHORITY rests completely in Christ - NOT THE CHURCH, and NOT A POPE. . . Less any man should boast - *Literally what Christ said about being saved purely by Grace alone* that we are saved by Him. We must be contrite and ask for forgivenesss to be forgiven.
As a Catholic, this was a great explanation. Only correction would be that Baptism is considered the most important and necessary Sacrament, even more so than the Eucharist.
Eucharist is actually more important.
@@rokvelic2945 Not in Catholic theology
@@rokvelic2945 Baptism is necessary for salvation, and one cannot partake in the Eucharist without it.
@@rokvelic2945 No for Catholics the baptism is more important. It's called the Ianua Cæli and that's why Jesus, instituting it made it so accessible. That's why you only need water and the baptism formula. That's why heretics and infidels can baptise validly, which is not the case of the Eucharist.
Yet the Eucharist is the most precious sacrament, as Saint Thomas says, since all the others confer grace, the Eucharist, being God, is the source itself of all grace.
You can not be saved without baptism but you can be saved without ever going to communion. Yet you can not be saved without the fruit of communion which is (desire of and) union with God
Reconciliation is extremely high on the list as well
Thanks for stating what we actually believe and not saying that we worship mary and the saints! The rest is just theological arguments! (In which were discussed by many councils back in the 3rd 4th and 5th century)
So glad to be Catholic. God bless you all.
My mom always says she's a recovering catholic.
As a new Catholic, thank you for providing an accurate description of the Church's teachings. We don't often get that courtesy from our Protestant brothers and sisters.
Yes, you do get that courtesy. Maybe you’re just not looking in the right places? May the Lord guide all of us on our walk with Him!
As a former Roman Catholic I truly appreciate that you specified that Catholics do NOT worship the saints but ask them to pray for us humans still on Earth. As a Protestant I know that once a believer dies they're with the Lord and Christ is our only mediator but I've met many Protestants who make the mistake of thinking Catholics worship the saints.
That's because many Catholics do worship Mary and the saints.
@@arcguardianHow so?
@@sivad1025they pray to them
@@christinepeterson8097prayer doesn’t mean worship.
You need to return to the church because I can prove and the church can prove all Protestant doctrines wrong
As an Orthodox Christian, I’ll leave the Protestants of my native English country to squabble with the Catholics 😂😂😂
We should rever or pray to no one, but to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Precious, Might and Holy Name of Christ Jesus alone! ✝️
Amen
A baptist here i hope that when we all get to heaven our Lord and father will just look at all of us sigh and hold the bridge of his nose like a father and we can all hug and actually act like siblings
it reminds me of that christian meme with the two cats and the man. the man is labelled "Jesus" one cat "chritstians" and the other cat "other christians" and the guy is like "love each otherrrr!" tries to bring them together but the cats fight 😂❤ I view all denominations as brothers and sisters in Christ 🙏🙌 God bless
@heidehho6191 God bless indeed my brother!! And lmao aint that the truth
@@yuunoaboi21 def try to find it if you can't I'll link it 🤣🙌
also I'm a sister in Christ but ofc you can't tell by the name so it's an honest mistake 🤣
Jesus commands us to unity in John 17. This is really a bit of a cop out by Protestants to avoid the fact that their tradition has completely and deliberately failed Jesus' command to be unified. And I say this compassionately as a recent convert from Protestantism. It was something I just kinda ignored, but if you take Church authority and unity seriously, it's very hard to justify the reformed tradition
As a catholic, I 100000% agree
As a catholic saying this, you did an amazing job zoomer. May God bless you, man your one of my favorite Protestants
Nonreligious person here quick question he never answered where do the priest touching children coming in? Do they think that's also salvation?
@@nathanprice6189 Your comment is obviously a troll, but no - pedophilia is not a doctrine of the Church. It's considered a sin.
@@nathanprice6189Ok atheist troll
Start with Matthew 18: 6
@@SanctusPaulus1962 then why does it happen so much? Nearly 2,000 children in Illinois were abused by 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers. that's just one state. the church was hiding and defending these monsters your entire religion is sick from the top all the way down to you.
Jesus lives forever to make intercession for me. Jesus is enough. ❤
Catholics have literally told me that they pray to Mary and they pray to her statues. What's more they pray to Michael the archangel, whom they have deemed as a saint, to protect them when they travel.
We may pray in front of a statue. We're not praying to the statue. A statue of Mary reminds us of God's great Love in His Incarnation. Mary and the Saints are very much alive, and we pray to them to ask them to pray to God for us. Just as we ask others here to pray for us. Mary is a special creation. She is the ark of the New Covenant. She prays for us.❤✝️🕊️
So you base your knowledge of Catholics on a few people?
This was a good rundown of Catholic doctrone
I pray that all Christians find peace with one another. We are all brothers and sisters.
No we are not! Catholics teach the doctrine of demons
Amen
Basically the church is the embassy for the kingdom of heaven.
I lost a little project that I made once, and was so sad. 🙁 So I searched up 'How to pray to God to help me find something that I lost?' and in images, there was 'St.Peter, St.Peter, please come around! We've lost something and it needs to be found!'. It spooked me. 👀
Oh I thought St Anthony was the patron saint of finding lost things?
@@louannebvb I don't know.
The Catholic Church doesn’t interpret scripture, the Holy Spirit guides the standing council to what the interpretation
the Mormon church doesn't interpret scripture, the holy spirit guides the standing council to what the interpretation. see how stupid that sounds?
@@Josiahministrieshere’s the thing, your analogy is flawed because Mormons are heretics :P they are tritheisfs
@@Josiahministries It actually sounds fine, both of you said it's not the religion nor the denomination but the people who have the Holy Spirit are able to interpret. So neither the catholics or the mormons can interpret but only the true believers in Christ who have the Holy Spirit can interpret.
@a.syching678 it's a cop out. it's basically saying "we are right because God is leading us", when we know the popes and catholic councils throughout the years have been wicked (and probably went to hell).
@@Josiahministriesok, wicked. What about how the Church saved ~700,000 Jews from the Holocaust
True story......
When I was engaged to be married to a Catholic, I informed my southern Baptist pastor of my intention to convert from Baptist to Catholicism. He was enraged and tried to discourage me by telling me, "Rita, they bow down to statues!"
I did go through catechism classes and received my confirmation.
Do you bow down to statues?
Whenever??? Did you make being engaged to a Catholic as a preamble to marriage a nifty and regular lifestyle choice? Nifty coolness...^^
I hope you come back to the truth. My knee bows only to the Christ. No image, stone engraving, painting of man will get me worshipping or praying through (veneration- a fancy synonym for praying).
Go read up on it :)
Be Well!
@@_T_T_L what do you think goes through a Christian’s mind when they are looking at a painting or statue of a saint for example?
@_T_T_L
The Catholic Church is the Truth.
Veneration does not equal worship.
Neither does prayer.
Neither is bowing.
Do you honor your parents? That's veneration.
Do you ask your parents for anything? That's prayer.
Do you keep pictures of your loved one's at home? Perhaps you occasionally show affectionate gestures, like the action hero who lovingly caresses a picture of his girlfriend before doing something dangerous?
If you lived in a monarchy, you might bow to the King other members of the royal family. King Solomon bowed down to his mother. Was he worshipping her? Of course not! If you kneel with a Bible in your hands while praying, are you worshipping it?
This is a very fair explanation. A good friend of mine asked me about some of these things. One thing I cautioned him about was a three-point argument against praying to the saints. 1. God makes it very clear that we are not to attempt to contact the dead. This is an occult practice it is demonic and it is strictly forbidden by God's law. This would apply to anyone whose body is no longer living. (Jesus is not dead) 2. The saints especially Mary could never answer your prayer when there are literally about a billion people praying to her everyday. She is not omniscient she is not God. 3. The scripture does not give any permission to anyone to be praying to anyone other than The father himself. It doesn't even tell you to pray to Jesus. It's specifically tells you to pray to the Father in Jesus name. Praying to anyone else would be against the word of God. The scripture tells you to spend as much time as possible praying to the Father. Anytime you're praying to someone else you are taking away from your prayer time with the Father and that is a demonic deception. Only Satan would try to interrupt your time with the father so that you could pray to someone who can't hear you.
Why would the keys to the kingdom be in saint peter if Jesus said I am the Way the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me?
I am all for it. I just came out of 25 years worth of falsely taught Gospel. I am thankful that by the Grace of The Holy Spirit I have been brought into the Holy Catholic Church. The whole Apostle Creed made alive. I am so blessed. The Our Father prayer can be prayed as is. I no longer need to use it as a guide and then asked by pastors to personalised it. Basically, I do not need to reinvent the wheel or wheels of prayer and my prayer life. With the help and true teachings of The Holy Catholic Church I now understood and participating in praying unceasingly. My desire to pray unceasingly is now met. (Without prayer there is no closer to His Holiness) I love you Jesus my Saviour. One and Only Saviour of the cosmos. ❤❤❤❤❤
What was the 'false gospel" you were taught?
Amen, my brother or sister in Christ.
I’ll pray for you as well friend but there’s no need to insult those that don’t follow catholicism as you do, for it’s only a hop and skip away from paganism, having idols in your houses of saints and going to the length of saying only through MEN that are close to God in the church can you be forgiven. My issue with Catholics has always been the amount of faith you put into flawed humans rather than our lord Christ instead. TOO MANY POPES in the past have been responsible for disgusting acts of depraved sin, why would god give the keys to the kingdom to a lineage of people that at one point in time were Sadists and bordered on mocking god himself. Look into the history of popes and saints, not many of these men were truly living in the path Christ set out for us. So when you say you worshiped the “false gospel before and now you are saved” I am going to fall to my knees and pray that god leads you back from a possible den of serpents.
@@Some_guy_with_gamezconfused when Protestants make unfounded claims all while using the Bible the Catholic Church assembled in the 4th century. Somehow 1100 years later the Church was wrong hence the need for heretical sects?
Not bad. Rare to see a Protestant do a good job describing what Catholics ACTUALLY believe. Usually it goes something like: “Catholics think the Pope is God. Can we even call them Christians?”
Idk considering they think they can “ forgive “ “ sins”. 🤦♂️🤣🤣
@@-SonOfGod- it's based in John 20:21-23
@@-SonOfGod-only God can forgive sins. The priest has the authority to sit in representation of Christ. In other words he’s “deputized” to forgive sins as Christ’s representative. The Apostles were granted authority by Christ to forgive sins on his behalf. This is in the bible. As a result of apostolic succession, priests are granted this same authority. It’s really not that hard.
@@amysill3815 How do you explain The Roman Catholic Church killing 50 million people?
It's not that Catholics think the Pope is God, but they believe he's deputized the power of Christ. Who is also God, the Pope thinks he's God look at his throne. His throne in the Vatican city fits the description of the heavenly throne.
Former Catholic here but not devout, because of the requirements in the seven sacraments. Like for example, you want to be married, but first you must do the first three sacrements (if I'm not mistaken) because the priest won't let you marry unless you do these things. It's too tiring for me attending masses but my life was still a mess; was bullied and outcasted by my so called "friends". Thankfully I met Jesus, and He did not introduce religion, but LOVE and salvation through Him.
Just a footnote to the video, everything he listed about the Catholic church can be found in Scripture. Everything he stated is true, but with the caveat that God gives the authority, not because those he gives authority merit it, but as a means of salvation because we are both body and spirit and God understands that the physical and the spiritual are integral parts of our being. In short, because we need it. He loves us and gives us what we need. ❤️
As someone who is seriously considering Catholicism thank you for being so unbiased and respectful to the Catholic Church, I like a lot of Catholic ideas. I'm learning most of them from @The Counsel of Trent, great guy to learn Catholic theology from
We are waiting you, brother ❤
Don’t do it! It’s a trap! Lol
Trent horn is super awesome though! Even if he is wrong
@@timothyvenable3336 read some things ignatius of antioch said. He doesn't sound protestant to me.
Based, join us
@louanneblochmusic council of trent, father Simon says, shameless popery, and if you like long podcasts, pints with Aquinas
Thanks RZ! Blessings from a Catholic from South Africa 🇿🇦 🙏
Aweh I'm also SA Catholic 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
@@louannebvb Aweh dis goed bru!
Catholics CAN affirm saved by "Faith Alone" if we all understand faith correctly!
Correct. The big difference is justification. Protestants believe justification is a time event. Catholics believe there is a continued growth in justification. As we become more sanctified in our Christian growth, we become more justified.
It is the initial justification (when we give our life to Christ) that we are saved by faith alone. We become habitually justified when we perform the works made by God after we become part of the Body of Christ (Eph 2:10).
The Council of Trent explains this, and the Bible mentions 3 separate events of Abraham being justified by God.
I'm amused at the indignation of all their comments.😂 Quite frankly, you only need Jesus, in faith and obedience, to be saved. No other amount of human elevation, routines, chants/mantras, or prostrating on the floor to idols will suffice. Only Christ Jesus is the way to Heaven through a relationship with Him.
really love to hear what you have to say about Christian veiling, how it's _NOT_ a hijab and why it's practiced. I've almost considered going for it.
it's just modesty, old Christian tradition
its not a hijab in terms of origin and function, but hypothetically a hijab-like headdress could be used as a Christian veil
its just practiced out of a sense of modesty, women used to cover their hair
Go for it😊
I would encourage you to try veiling if you so wish. I'm a Christian girl who veils at church (still trying to do it more) and I find it to be a great tradition and practice. It's ultimately based in scripture, in 1 Corinthians 11.
“Catholics think that St Peter….”
Wouldn’t it be wild if this was explicitly stated in the Bible 🤔
Sola scriptura is a Protestant heresy.
@@leoyuri8938 Right, you don't even need scripture to find Christ, but to be properly fitted and complete.
@@leoyuri8938you’re missing the sarcasm I think. OP is stating that it is explicitly stated in the Bible. Which, it is.
@@leoyuri8938Indeed it is, and only stupid would believe in that doctrine.
@@crabbit. Wait, you mean that it is stated in the Bible that St.Peter is a pope? And the pope is a direct descendant of him too? Can you give me the reference, please?
we are the church for ye are save by grace through faith it is the gift of God not of yourself lest any man should boast
The Pharisees had authority until they didn't.. remember that.
As a devout Catholic I think that you did a great explanation from a Protestant perspective but, we dont pray to or worship the saints or Mary, only God. We specially ask for their intercession, like asking anyone else to pray for us. In the Catholic Church, it's actually heretical to pray to or worship anyone other than God!
Thank you for the content you make, its helped me to understand other denominations in an accessible way!
So does Mary hears you?
@@-SonOfGod- it is in the bible the peoples in heaven can hear you...
We.... do pray to Mary. Hail Mary, full of Grace etc and we do pray to the saints as well. We don't worship them but we do pray to them. Concerned over your use of the word devout when you seem not to know this.
@@lorenasummers867 it is not a pray as a worship but a respectable verse about her
@@gipsymelody1268 Yeah, I had a think about it just now while I was driving to the shop. I suppose it's more in the terminology you and I are using but I think we're on the same page. I just spent some time with Google and on the Catholic sites it has this same back and forth you and I are having. I'm going to clear this up with the priest and get back to you. I'm curious now as some Catholics are saying it's doctrinal and biblical and whilst no one is saying it's idolatry, there seems to be a misunderstanding here somewhere.
Please do one on anabaptist/mennonite
I love Jesus and my Catholic faith
And they go to hell for not accepting the free gift of Christ who died for Their sins and instead think works will get you to heaven. 🤦♂️works are less then nothing. Believing in your works to save you is idolatry of yourself.
Very true!
Catholics believe Jesus Christ died for their sins. They don’t believe that doing good works ALONE will earn their way into heaven.
The amount of times people on reddit told me that catholics worshop saints and Mary is crazy!
Many do.
@@arcguardian If someone is trying to not be heretic it's chatolics lol
Everyone Catholic I've met has always been the sweetest and clearly a child of God. As protestant, I think they're wrong about some things, but I definitely am too, so we both need the love of God :)
Funny, because every false convert I've ever met or seen in videos is a catholic. Even atheists can appear to be nice outwardly. We are not "children of God". There are no human beings who are special "children of God" and just better than other people. Our father is the devil, we drink iniquity like water, Jesus said it Himself. The Lord is our Creator, but we choose to sin and so we choose the devil. We are hopeless, and that is why Jesus came to us. To save us, yes, but also to bring the sword. There are BILLIONS of people in this world, who despite being outwardly very sweet and well mannered, would not lift a finger to save you from death and damnation. This is all from the scripture.
Come home to Christs holy Catholic Church ✝️❤️
@Ceelows no thanks!
The Bible says the leader of the church is Christ, not other people. Christ has the last say so, which I’ve always been confused on why people think the pope should have the last word in everything. Also Peter was a married man, and from a passionate catholic friend of mine said “according to popes they cannot marry or they break the rule.” If that were true then explain Peter having a wife, is he not breaking the rule being the first ever pope?
What I am about to say is very possibly inaccurate so take it with a grain of salt. I am still learning
The Pope I think is sort of like a prophet. Yes Jesus is the only leader of the church, but there would need to be someone to share God's words and give instructions to the rest of the churches. That's why people call them the leader of the church.
Feel free to research and correct me on any of this. I am young and still learning about my religion, and having more perspective will help me learn about and connect with God
I'm in the process of converting to Catholicism, I love the faith. The history, scripture and the experiences I've had have convinced me that Catholicism is the right way.
Have you considered all of the ways Catholicism goes against the Bible? Something to look into
@@surprisetr He stated he studied the history and scriptures so I imagine he already refuted those arguments.
It's not a literal transformation but a Substantial one. The Accident remains unchanged
Im not catholic but glad to now this information and your explanation is very good
He gets several key things wrong so you might want to look into it a bit more if you really want to know.
For example Catholics don't believe the Church has the power to forgive sins. That belongs to God. Catholics confess sins to priest but the priest doesn't actually have the power to forgive them or not.
@@LizThomas-dp7sr oh in that case thanks
Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone. You cannot do anything to earn your way into heaven, nothing. The only reason we may have salvation is Christ, it’s not something the church can provide nor something you can earn.
Correct, we as Catholics believe only through Christ as our mediator can we be saved. You must be baptized, have faith in him and receive his body and blood just as scripture says. His church (Catholic Church) provides that.
This is pretty good explanation- the only piece missing here is the whole purpose of the Catholic faith which is to engage in the process of sanctification through our walk with Christ and the participation in the sacraments. You said it was about authority but that’s not really the point, it’s the earthly body of Christ, so the church has the authority to administer sacraments and provides a structure for the teachings to remain intact throughout the centuries and a place for the people to gather and worship but the goal is sanctification. It is difficult to walk the path without the guides the church provides and without the sacraments. The saints also give us their testimonies and keep us ever moving towards the Lord by their physical examples. That is why we revere them. Everything is working in tandem.
Basically he just said that Catholics believe exactly what the Bible teaches.
That’s not what I heard …where in the Bible can imperfect man forgive sins ?
@@-SonOfGod-John 20:23.
No, no, he did not. Catholics are not Christians. We do not claim them unanimously... Salvation through faith only. You never have to go to church or receive any "sacrament." You cannot pray to Marry or any Saint, they are not God. A priest cannot forgive sins and all of the pope's are buring in hell.
Except they dont…
@@catholictruth102the verse literally before that says to 'receive the Holy spirit'. Man cannot forgive sin. Only God can and our belief in the cross.
The tone of voice, in my interpretation, sounds as if the narrator is trying to discredit Catholics by pointing out what they believe. Didn’t do that for me though. I accept their beliefs as having a solid foundation in the Bible. I’m just a Christian and seek to convert to Catholicism
Catholics are Christians--the original Christians before the schisms
The Wheat and the Tares will grow together until harvest. Unless you are born again, you will not see the kingdom of God.
This is pretty accurate however when we say salvation is not on faith alone, it doesn’t exactly mean you have to participate in church, faith alone with out LIVING the faith is what is meant, you can have all the faith in the world that Jesus Christ is the savior, but salvation comes through that faith ALONG with the righteous living that Jesus preached, not so much participation in church more of a personal relationship with Christ in which we SHOW our faith through the way we live and love one another ✝️💟
They don't pray TO the saints, they pray WITH the saints!
Wrong. They pray directly to Saints and Mary.
@@Michael-gp3vlNo they dont. These prayers are more like requests for them to pray with you.
@@rarescevei8268
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). The practice of praying to saints can be considered by some as the worship of false gods, a violation of the first commandment. 2. “I am the Lord; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8).
So, your claim is they pray to them to pray with you?
They are praying to Saints and Mary
Asking for prayers because the saints are alive with Christ not dead
@@Michael-gp3vl THEY DONT PRAY TO THE SAINTS. As I said, they are theoretically prayers, however they are more like requests addressed to thrm to pray to God alongside you, it is not worship of these Saints. You are using protestant terminology and applying it to Catholicism.
You can hear the skepticism dripping from his voice 😂 nonetheless pretty good job
I mean, he's not a Catholic himself, so...
You do understand that understanding and accepting are two different things, right?
Former Catholic... now Christian & grateful for this explanation ✝️ may Yahweh bless you in Jesus' name 🙏
Catholics are Christians....?
First off, let me acknowledge that the Catholic Church as a whole is just crazy. However, "salvation by faith alone" usually equates to "Believe in your heart and you're good to go."
This is not the case. The book of James tells us that demons believe and tremble. Belief in your heart ALONE is nothing. TRUE faith will always lead to OBEDIENCE to God's Word.
And for any Catholics reading this, notice that I didn't say Obedience to the Catholic Church.
People seem to confuse works with the sacraments when really the works Jesus speaks of are repentance, loving your neighbor as yourself, baptism, and loving God with all your heart.
AMEN!
If you're not experiencing the Sacraments, you're really missing out on experiencing God more deeply here on Earth through his physical manifestations
Works can't save...
@@susanemberton9404you don't need any of that when you have a personal relationship with god. Talk with him everyday, he loves you dearly!!!
James 2:20-24
New International Version
20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
❤️Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
* in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths
straight.❤️ I just wanna speak the name of Jesus. ❤️
Yeah,except that the way Catholicism practices their religion is NOT what is described in the New Testament as the way first century Christians gathered and worshiped. And if Peter WERE pope, then his word would have been law and Paul wouldn't have argued with him (he DID), or been able to convince Paul he was wrong (which ALSO happened). Because if Paul were a pope as Catholics today understand the office, Paul couldn't have been wrong. Catholics believe a pope is God's representative on Earth, and CAN'T be wrong in that official capacity.
Protestants on the other hand go to church and have bellowing pastors screaming at them. You don’t need either. Where every two or more gathered Jesus is there.
Straight to the point… Thank you for this… Some Catholics don’t know the latter part and pray to the saints instead of asking them to pray for them to God…
CCC 846
Anybody who’s dead can’t hear you. Read Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.
@@psyche2913 brother, you are quoting out of context firstly, secondly you can’t be a Christian and say you don’t believe in the resurrection… I am assuming you are a Christian…
The verse says there’s no further reward for the dead, but that’s not true in your context, because the dead receive God’s reward in the afterlife for how we live our lives… The reward spoken of there are not spiritual but earthly rewards… Let me not delve into the part where we’re not communicating with the dead but praying they pray for us…
@@trickstertrip5962 They hear God. They hear all of Heaven (or Hell, depending on what they chose to believe in their lives on Earth). They no longer hear anything from those living in a corporeal body on Earth. Of course I believe in the resurrection, but that occurs at a later date (Revelation of Jesus Christ, the final book of the Bible). The dead are no longer cognizant of any of us still living physically, therefore it’s pointless to ask them to pray for us. It is much better to simply pray to God. He is the one who deserves all our attention, prayers and praise, after all.
@@psyche2913 you say they aren’t cognizant??? Okay, let’s break down the two points because they are interlinked…
1st the no emotions cross over to the afterlife and 2nd, they are not cognizant of the physical world…
During the transfiguration, the birth of Jesus; the repentance of a sinners; the story of the rich man and Lazarus; these shows the interactions on earth with heaven as the heavens clearly interact…
Abel and the Saints in revelations help understand after death emotions linger on… The parable of Lazarus shows the dead know what happens on earth as Abraham said, they have the prophets… The parable shows cognizance of the other side to what is happening on earth… But brother, where do we get that they hear God and where do we get what they believe in their lives on earth???
Great short, but we don’t just believe that Peter got all the authority but all the apostles got the same amount of authority, then they give succession to the bishops
How do you reconcile that with Matthew 16.18; John 21.15-17 and most of the Acts tho? Because Peter very clearly had a special place
This is the Eastern Orthodox and Anglican/Lutheran view (though Lutherans also believe priests have apostolic succession since presbyter and bishop were originally the same office).
Just because Peter was special doesn’t mean anyone else who learned from him is special. We are all one in Christ.
The priesthood ended when Christ fulfilled the duties of priests, so priests are no longer biblical. Read Hebrews.
No need for apostles to give authority, it wasn’t theirs to give. Bishops are not needed and not biblical
@@timothyvenable3336 incorrect, Jesus ordained the Apostles in His priesthood. Ignatius of Antioch was trained and ordained by John the Beloved, and Peter ordained Clement. Unless you are suggesting the Apostles had no right to train and ordain priests?
@@rebn8346 that’s exactly what I’m saying. The priesthood was abolished with Jesus. Hebrews covers that topic in detail
Yes we ask Mary to intercede for us
As an ex Catholic, for me within the Catholic religion it was rules and regulations vs relationship which came when i left the Catholic faith many years ago and became born again. I've attended a penticostal curch ever since and never looked back.