10 reasons I can never be Protestant again
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- I grew up in nominal Protestant home, in a heavily Protestant area of the United States.
We went to church simi regularly at first, then occasionally, then not all.
When I was in my early 20s I wanted to start living life as a Christian. So, I asked God to show me which church he wanted me to join, and he made it clear that it was the Catholic church. I didn't took that to mean Catholicism was absolutely true and all other churches were wrong at the time. Just that God wanted me to be Catholic. I saw it as no different then any other denomination. It was right for me but someone else might need to be baptist or Methodist or whatever.
However, my Protestant friends and family didn't see it that way. They seemed to think any church was ok, except the Catholic church. And they routinely challenged my faith, making all kinds of accusations against the Catholic church. So I decided to do research and see if these accusations were true. I began reading the bible, looking into history, reading the early church fathers, and educating myself on what the Catholic church teaches.
Over time I came to the conclusion that Catholicism is the absolute truth, and Protestantism is in serious error.
If someone in your family is possessed by a demon, you won't run to a Mega-church for help. You'll run to a Catholic Priest.
Apparently there’s a lot of “deliverance” sessions going on. I’ve never seen one in person. I’m curious to check it out. But apparently everyone is casting out demons now? I just don’t buy it. Everything is demonic to them lol
He should run to orthodoxy ☦️🗿
Catholicism and protestism are both defective. Follow Christ and preach his gospel.
I tried this & i didn’t help :/
That’s why i question
@@genesisfebres1338you tried going to a mega-church or to orthodoxy?
Napolean once said to the Pope "I can destroy the Catholic Church if I want to", to which the Pope replied "If we haven't managed to destroy it in 2000 yrs you're not going to be able to". 😂 True.
Many have tried to destroyed the Catholic Church and they all failed.
What?
Nah, that was one of Mother Angelica's jokes.
Fact
1800 years*
Received the Eucharist for the first time last night and it was the most beautiful experience!
Congratulations!!! Alleluia!
May the Lord Bless you and Keep you!
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🌹“Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain Peace in the world…...”
~Our Lady’s Words at Fatima
May 13th, 1917🌹
-As always,
Repent & believe in the Gospel!!
God Bless.!!
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Thank you Jesus for that beautiful gift we have been given . I am in awe every time I receive our Lord's body and blood, soul and divinity in the Holy Eucharist. God bless you and your family.
Thank you! I am a cradle Catholic who left the church and then was saved in 2013. I have spent the past 10 years in Protestantism and now I’m returning to Catholicism praise God! 🎉
Same here! But with 30 + years as a "Protestant" ... the "interpretations", in their "inflationary" abundance, undermines their claim to correctness.... They, Protestant, seem oblivious, and lighthearted, to their irresponsibility of allowing the large number of "interpretations".... Not "The Unity" the Gospel calls for....
Praise God!!
@@NP-vk8de DEMAGOGUERY....
welcome home
Saved in 2013.
If you were a Catholic beforehand you were baptized.
That's saved.
I think Protestant converts are the best Catholics because of their knowledge of the Bible. I was born Catholic, and it is only now in the advent of the internet and UA-cam that I am learning a lot about my religion which I never heard from any priest. It was just pure faith that kept me inside the church when big waves of lies and deceit from the Protestants were rampant during the 90's.
Dont underestimate the strength of your faith. It withstood intense pressure despite lack of knowledge.
@@pemcortes9467 , that’s beautiful!
I luv this!❤
@@voxangeli9205 thank you
Generally, Catholics who attend Sunday Mass regularly have a wider exposure to the Scriptures than 'Protestants' in general - I'm no referring to those who study theology to be pastors - because without a missal that covers all the books and psalms, their pastors on Sundays tend to use their favourite parts. Most of my Protestant friends in general have no idea about other bits of scripture as a result. Another thing is that while Catholics may not quote as well as Protestants, they aren't necessarily schooled in apologetics to defend their beliefs but tend to know what they believe either from the Creeds or from their devotional practices, and sacramental life. 😊
@@TyroneBeiron, cool!
I couldn't agree more.🤟
This is excellent. Cradle Catholic here who was very lazy for too many years but I'm back stronger than ever. I cried at every Mass for two months when I came back...so happy to be there. I was home and here I remain.
With the same logic of purgatory, Explain why the rich man ended up in HELL and Lazarus in HEAVEN.. when the rich man (as a normal man who knew God and could even recognize Abraham) had a chance to pass the purification of after death and end up in heaven? if so he did pass through PURGATORY, then why didn't Jesus complete the story.......? Either jesus is a lier or Catholic idea is lies.
@@k_teenent8181 Revelation 21:27 says nothing unclean shall enter heaven. 1 John 5:16-17 says "if anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin. 17All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.: So how can you get into heaven with non-deadly sin on your soul Deadly sin sends you to hell if you die unrepentant, but non-deadly sin gets you to Purgatory to cleanse your self before going to Heaven. All those in Purgatory go to Heaven
Awesome.
Welcome back!
@@EdwardGraveline So how can you get into heaven with non-deadly sin on your soul
This sounds like you have no idea of what it means to be born again .
Deadly sin sends you to hell if you die unrepentant
ANY sin no matter how trivial sends you to hell if you do not repent .
, but non-deadly sin gets you to Purgatory to cleanse your self before going to Heaven.
Obviously the roman Catholic church has taught you a fales belief as it is Jesus not us who atones for all of our sins. ALL of our sins . 1 Peter 2:14
All those in Purgatory go to Heaven
No one ever gets to the fabricated lie called purgatory . Heaven and hell are mentioned in scripture , the concept of purgatory is not.
@@k_teenent8181your understanding of purgatory is wrong. The purging process is one that should begin in this life and is then completed in the next prior to coming into the full presence of God. Those who go through purgatory are saved individuals who are being sanctified, made pure, so that can truly see God face to face. Nothing unclean will enter Heaven, so we must be made perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect.
As for the rich man, he may have been going through the motions, believing that he was a man of faith, but his actions, or lack there of, proved otherwise.
For him, no purging was necessary , because he had no genuine love for God and his neighbor. He made his choice and now lives eternally with that decision.
Being Catholic makes me feel the heaven are so alive with holy men and women, praying for us and singing glory to God during the mass. It makes me feel united in the body of Christ through the Holy Communion in every parts of the 🌍. Happy feeling.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 30:12
With the same logic of purgatory, Explain why the rich man ended up in HELL and Lazarus in HEAVEN.. when the rich man (as a normal man who knew God and could even recognize Abraham) had a chance to pass the purification of after death and end up in heaven? if so he did pass through PURGATORY, then why didn't Jesus complete the story.......? Either jesus is a lier or Catholic idea is lies.
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their hearts.
They do no wrong but follow his ways.
Psalm 119 1-2
All the more we should look and study the lives of our holy brethrens in heaven, they have laid down their lives for the glory of our heavenly Father, they are continuing to pray for us wicked sinners on earth, to have mercy on our souls lest in the end thereof are the ways of death. God Bless.
Read revelation. Your comment is spot on with what John wrote
Amen. This is the truth. I am former protestant. The protest is over. I genuinely encourage any Protestant Christian to investigate the claims of the Catholic Church and research the history of the faith.
Amen!!!
He admitted he was never Protestant. What a horrible testimony, honestly. Reminds me of converts to Islam. Just terrible.
@@lkae4 what? Come back and at least try to form a complete thought and maybe we can have a discussion.
@@St_Pablo298 He said he grew up in a nominally Protestant home. That's his Protestant testimony. That's a horrible and false testimony. Do you understand that?
@@St_Pablo298 Growing up in a nominally Protestant home has absolutely nothing to do with being Christian. That's like saying he grew up with a red station wagon and then left Protestantism. So dumb. Just really dumb.
One never debates what the Catholic church really teaches but what they think the Catholic Church teaches. So it is a debate on Catholic strawmen.
True!!!!
It certainly seems that way
Bruh, that goes for the whole humanity and for people within all religion. People are lazy and don’t go deep into doctrinal discussions. I’ve heard muslims and atheists putting up the dumbest and most ignorant strawman you could imagine against Christianity. Same goes for a lot of protestants against Catholics and catholics against protestants. Many People are just like that. And this ignorance is of all ages. Thats why Nicea 2 falsely claimed that icon veneration went all the way back to the apostolic age, which is simply not true and acknowledged by Catholic scholars and apologists as well. History is full of that kind of stuff
@@doctorirrefragibilis Bruh, the early Church councils were correct. They were done my men closer to the time Jesus lived. Centuries before any Reformer or modern day scholar. And the veneration of icons is actually in the bible making your point mute actually. 1 Corinthians 1:23 "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;" Christ crucified on a cross. A cross that adorns churches then in antiquity as today. A cross worn around the neck or a finger by Christians then and now. A symbol that by itself speaks volumes more so than hours of preachers going on and on. One cannot separate Christ from the Cross for without that there would be no redemption.
@@juanisaac5172 bruh😂 1 cor 1:23 says nothing about icon veneration. Are you drunk?
Best apologetics. I'm a convert, you have nailed it. I have no regrets and I'm never leaving, when you find the truth you cleave to it.
Amen! My husband and I are converts as well. We were Baptist and then Lutheran. Through God’s mercy, we are now home.
Proud Catholic amen amen thank you for sharing this really encourages us who have been Catholics but every time we are challenged
@@nakintuflorencemwesigye3010 I'm a cradle Catholic, and I do NOT even bother with the issue of, Traditionalist and the Modernist issues. Because of the Vatican II council.
Misguided
Why do you follow a religion that teaches unbiblical doctrine and heresy?
This is a very helpful video. Thank you. I am about to start RCIA. A little scared of transitioning over to the Catholic church but there's no denying God is moving me in this direction.
Thats awsome
I'm in RCIA. I've been in for about two months and attending mass.
Believe me, you've got nothing to be frightened of. Welcome home.
Curious how your conversion is going? Any doubts?
@@cruznature7545 yes for now I decided to go to a small Anglo~catholic church. I’ll admit what drew me to this decision was two things a)Vatican 2 and b) the need for a small community and fellowship. the future is open but right now I am content in this little sacramental church.
@@cruznature7545 Update>> Scratch that. I still am being called to the one Holy Catholic church, onwards we go!
As a former protestant and now a None, I can say that the Catholic Mass is the only Christian service I have ever attended that had a sense of mystery or magic to it. Your liturgical music is engaging.
Orthodoxy.
Orthodox has the most stones.
Try the Orthodox Church if you want a truly mystical liturgical experience!
ua-cam.com/video/OOLZDaTgIaM/v-deo.htmlsi=xEmVzHSW9MfCZoes. I think this short film explains best why you feel the "magic" at a Catholic Mass. Where heaven meets earth, outside of space and time, the last supper made present everywhere and forever until the end of time.
A none? As in none-denominational? They're still protestants.
Goodness, I have so much to say.
As a Protestant (looking to convert) I thank you so much for this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to put up all the resources and Biblical references. I was frantically taking notes throughout this entire video.
I was once approached by some members of the Mormon church, who were eager and well versed in their tactics on converting people. They kept saying they were the one true church. Then, a few months later, I was approached by some Jehovah Witnesses, who, like the Mormons, said the same things. (Of course they had very different views and beliefs.) They also claimed to be the one true church. I ended up telling my best friend about this, who is Baptist, and naturally she said, "Oh no, WE are the one true church." I do not know why it took me three times of hearing that, but I knew that they all three couldn't be correct. And I knew that historically, the first church was the Catholic church. Ever since then, I've been trying to learn more and more about the Catholic church. Fun fact, it's best to ask a Catholic about their beliefs, rather than anyone else. :)
The prosperity gospel is downright blasphemous; not a church at all. Please pray for the victims of this bad theology.
I have many videos on my channel with various topics, glad i could help
@@imisschristendom5293 Looking forward to watching more of them.
Is the Catholic Church Jesus’ original church?
The quotes provided below are historical facts in reference to our early church which existed prior to Romes adoption of Christianity in 313 A.D.
Church:
* "Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is [administered] either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrneans 8 (c. A.D. 110)]
Bishop, Priest & Deacon:
* “Since, then, I have had the privilege of seeing you, through Damas your most worthy bishop, and through your worthy presbyters Bassus and Apollonius, and through my fellow-servant the deacon Sotio, whose friendship may I ever enjoy, because he is subject to the bishop as to the grace of God, and to the presbytery as to the law of Jesus Christ [St. Ignatius of Antioch- Letter to the Magnesians 2 (c. A.D. 110)].
Eucharist:
* “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ, which have come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God... They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Ash that suffered for our sins and that the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes.” [St. Ignatius of Antioch - Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6-7 (c. A.D. 110)].
Scripture:
* “[W]hoever perverts the sayings of the Lord for his own desires, and says that there is neither resurrection nor judgment, is the firstborn of Satan. Let us leave the foolishness and the false teaching of the crowd and turn back to the word that was delivered to us in the beginning.” [St. Polycrap of Smyrna - Letter to the Philippians 7 (c. A.D. 135)].
Sunday:
* “But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Savior on the same day rose from the dead.” [St. Justin Martyr - First Apology 67 (c. A.D. 151)].
Actions/Works:
* “We have learned from the prophets, and we believe it is true, that punishments, and chastisements, and good rewards, are rendered according to the merit of each man's actions. If it is not so, then all things happen by fate, and nothing is in our own power. If it is fated that this man be good, and this other evil, the former is not meritorious nor the latter blameworthy [St. Justin Martyr - First Apology 43 (c. A.D. 151)].
Apostolic Succession:
* “It is within the power of all, in every church, who may wish to see the truth, to contemplate clearly the Tradition of the apostles manifested throughout the whole world; and we are in a position to reckon up those who were instituted bishops in the churches by the apostles, and [to demonstrate] the succession of these men to our own times; those who neither taught nor knew anything these [heretics] rave about.” [St. Irenaeus of Lyons - Against Heresies 3:3:1 (c. A.D. 189)]
Baptism:
* “The children shall be baptized first. All the children who can answer for themselves, let them answer. If there are any children who cannot answer for themselves, let their parents answer for them, or someone else from their family.” [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 21 (c. A.D. 215)].
Confession:
* “After this, one of the bishops present, at the request of all, laying his hand on him who is ordained bishop, shall pray this way: O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. pour forth the power that is from you, of "the princely Spirit' that you delivered to your beloved Child, Jesus Christ, and that he bestowed on your holy apostles, who established the Church that hallows you everywhere, for the endless glory and praise of your name. Father, "who knows the hearts [of all]” grant this servant, who you have chosen for the episcopate, to feed your holy flock and serve as your high priest blamelessly night and day, and unceasingly turn away wrath from your face and offer to you the gifts of the holy Church. And that by the high priestly Spirit he may have authority "to forgive sins" according to your command.” [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 2-3 (c. A.D. 215)].
Confirmation:
* “The bishop will then lay his hand upon them, invoking, "Lord God, you who have made these worthy of the removal of sins through the bath of regeneration, make them worthy to be filled with your Holy Spirit, grant to them your grace, that they might serve you according to your will, for to you is the glory, Father and Son with the Holy Spirit, in the holy Church, now and throughout the ages of the ages. Amen." After this he pours the oil into his hand, and laying his hand on each of their heads, says, "I anoint you with holy oil in God the Father Almighty, and Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit." Then, after sealing each of them on the forehead, he shall give them the kiss of peace and say, "The Lord be with you." And the one who has been baptized shall say, "And with your spirit." So shall he do to each one [St. Hippolytus of Rome - Apostolic Tradition 21-22 (c. A.D. 215).
Peter’s Authority:
* “The Lord says to Peter: "I say to you,' he says, “that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. And to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. [Mt 16:18-19]. On him he builds the Church, and commands him to feed the sheep [Jn 21:17], and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair [cathedra], and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. Indeed the others were also what Peter was [apostles], but a primacy is given to Peter, by which it is made clear that there is one Church and one chair.... If someone does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he think that he holds the faith? If he deserts the chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, can he be confident that he is in the Church?.” [St. Cyprian of Carthage - Unity of the Catholic Church 4; first edition (Treatise 1:4) (A.D. 251)].
These few topics (but a glimpse) were not only discussed but settled BEFORE Rome adopted Christianity (The Catholic Church) and eventually became The Roman Catholic Church as it also adopted its name after 313 A.D.
Is the Catholic Church Jesus’ original church? Yes!
Does this excuse all its mistakes and sins from the record? Of course not! As Christians, we are called to hold the church accountable, not leave it and let evil flourish within it.
This refusal of accountability within every Christian has led to over 40,000 diferente Christian churches and the ignorance which has flourished from it.
“This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” Ephesians 4:13-15
We are called by God to unite! What better church to do it under than the one he started.
Brandi 🙏🙏🙏
Excuzse me is it possible to change first word letter because i dont want you to use Lord name in vain can you please change it with diffrend word?
I was baptized Catholic as an infant but grew up not knowing anything Christian. I gave my life to Jesus for the first time around Feb 2023. I started reading the Bible in a Year w/ Fr. Mike every day and praying the rosary daily too. Around Easter 2023 I attend a Church with a friend for the first time. Other times I've been to church was for a family death.
I attended what I now know was an Anglican Church for several months. But I had to leave b/c of the lack of Sacraments and reverence. I felt unworthy of taking the Body and Blood of Jesus b/c I was in a state of mortal sin. I didn't know about Mortal and venial sins at the time but I do now. It was hard for me to leave this church b/c I was leaving a good community. They were good people but I wasn't there for them I was there for Jesus.
I honestly believe that by praying the Rosary daily given to us by the Blessed Virgin Mary, she led me to my First Confession in Dec 2023. Now I'm in RCIA going to get Confirmed and partake in my First Communion March 19, 2024. I feel much closer to Christ!
Praise God!
Welcome home 😊
Im a proud catholic, i know im a sinner but im not a proud sinner.
Same here
Thanks for this great video.. very timely! Being born Catholic I wandered off to spiritualism, Evangelicalism and now back into Catholicism. And Loving it. Video's like this are very clarifying. It makes me proud to be part of this church. I shared your video on Facebook. Keep it coming.
PRIDE IS WHAT MADE LUCIFER BECAME SATAN... THERES ALSO THIS GAY PRIDE LATELY... DEGENERATES FEELING ENTITLED...😁
Whats in a name, welcome back !
It's an abomination to pray to Mary and the saints, and it doesn't matter if you are "asking" for them to pray for you because that is still contradicting scripture because it doesn't teach to communicate with the dead. In fact, it's an abomination and condemned in the Bible
@@caleburias5596 thats not true. The saints are not dead.
"born Catholic"?................Is there such a thing?
I’m Protestant. I’m not happy with it. It’s like Christianity Lite, the weight watcher’s version with all the creamy richness stripped out of it - especially when it comes to Communion/Eucharist. Jesus said ‘by their fruit you will know them’, well, my prayer life was a grab bag of spiritual popcorn - until I learned to pray the Rosary and got some REAL victory over sins that beset me, and also experienced the most severe pushback from the devil. I am ashamed that Protestants have so little regard for Mary. The blessed mother of God has had me in tears when I pray the Rosary. Moving out of Protestantism soon, just have to see a few commitments through before that…
True, the rosary and most definitely the Eucharist helped me conquer most of my stubborn sins its unbelievable. Looking forward for more vanquished sins...
Your straightforwardness is a blessing, refreshing and inspiring. Thank you.
Thnx God for this wonderful video that enlighten the minds of many... Proud catholic from Philippines...
The good thing about doing Catholic Apologetics is that people have been trying to tear down the Catholic Church based on what they think the Church teaches.
There are many excellent apologists that have answered these questions backwards and forwards.
Ave Maria...
The Roman Empire FELL, Napoleonic France FELL, MANY Empires ROSE and FELL but SINCE the 33 AD. The Catholic Church is still HERE.
Pete
" The good thing about doing Catholic Apologetics is that people have been trying to tear down the Catholic Church based on what they think the Church teaches. "
Matthew 16:18
18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on THIS rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The Catholic Church teaches that Peter is the rock the church will be built on. Is that this verse says, especially in light of Ephesians 2:19-22?
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
As a protestant Christian I got down on my knees and said God if Christianity is true there has to be a true Church because I did not know which one. I searched and searched and searched and searched and the only one which made Christianity a reality for me was the Catholic Church. I can never be anything but Catholic ever again because once the eyes are opened they cannot be shut.
Welcoms home!!!
Welcome. So happy for you
God bless you
Amen!
I’m an RCIA Catholic who faltered along the way, but never again. Once one truly believes in the Eucharist, it’s inconceivable to turn away. I’m so thankful for our Church. Wherever we go, we have our Church and it’s home. I wouldn’t want to live without it.
As a Catholic who left, bounced around, and finally returned to the Church, I will forevermore attest to its legitimacy. For the Holy Spirit to not only return into my life, but to remain with me through the struggle of leaving my hedonist life behind, I rejoice in my salvation. Admittedly, this video has made me nervous about where I truly stand in the eyes of the Lord, which is something I’ve been wondering since my return. But I look to the example of St. Paul, who persecuted Christians and the early Church, who professed his guilt before the masses, and yet rose to become a Saint. If God can forgive that, then indeed, I am in good hands.
Welcome home sweet home.
The Catholic Church is the best kept secret in the world, hidden only because of our pride and worldly desires
I was Protestant for 55 years and loved the friends I made there but I must go where the truth leads me. Which is the Catholic Church.
So glad to hear this. Christ knocked on my heart at 16. First church I went to was Baptist. Got married in a FourSquare. Last church was nondenominational quasi mega church. Stopped going in 2014. Last Aug (2021), after arduous road in life and exploration, was convinced to convert to Catholicism primarily because of the beautiful truth of the holy Eucharist. Have been meeting with priest since September. Protestantism is too impoverished and cosmetic to ever return. Glad God is drawing many of us to the Church.
Love your name lol I'm an artist .was twenty years in the Baptist church and converted to Catholicism 30 years ago .🙏🏴
@@carolinenorman6141 thank you Caroline! So glad someone else knows the play of that name as well as the conversion to the Church😀
12:36. That should be "Sacraments." Pedantry macht frei.
Erronymous Bosh, it is a blessing to have you join the Church which Jesus founded! Welcome!
Godspeed, Brother!
Thank you, Sir for the video. Having been raised in Germany and in the Lutheran church, I was confused by the American version of Lutheranism which flatly denies it's own history. Actually studying the Bible & history, there's only one choice in faith - the Catholic Church. Your brief summary of the major problems within the protestant mindset is absolutely correct. Thank you again, for your efforts. Pax
I love this video. It's so direct and concise. It tell what it is. So amazing!
Very well done, I thoroughly enjoyed all that reinforcement....God Bless You
I was raised in a very strong Catholic family, and believed all of the teachings o the Church. However, in 1972, I met some high school friends who were sincere Baptists. They presented what they had learned about the errors of the Church. Unfortunately, I believed some of their doctrine. I tried for the next seven years to attend various evangelical Protestant churches, received Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and continued to attend the Catholic Church while still going to the various other Christian Communions . However, I knew something was amiss. I began reading all of the New Testament's 27 books, asking the Holy Spirit to open my mind to the Truth. I then went to Confession for the first time in several years. I then dropped all involvement with the Protestant bodies.
It is a blessing to have returned to the Catholic Faith, " Which was once and for all delivered unto the saints".
( Jude 3). I'm moved by the major moves by our Protestant Brethren to join the Catholic Church. May Jesus continue to send His graces to us all, who are Redeemed by His Precious Blood!
I came back after listening to a Protestant pastor have a Bible study aka catholic hate session for 18 weeks. I knew a lot of what he was saying was lie. He even said we are going to hell billions of us Catholics
So many reasons (all the ones you mentioned) led me to the Church, but mainly 1 is why I'll never leave (The Eucharist).
Amen to the real presence of our Lord in this Sacrement of Love and mercy. Amen ❤❤
Just thought you'd like to know that it was this video - and in particular, the closing statement - that was the final straw about 2 months ago. It put the fear of God in me so as to embrace the Catholic faith and now I'm regularly meeting with the local priest so as to be confirmed next year.
Been flirting with returning to my childhood (evangelical) roots for nearly a decade. Catholicism wasn't even a consideration. Then the Catholic apologetics algorithm found me after watching some videos on the Turin shroud. It's all been coming on thick and fast since then.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your videos! They are clear, and you don’t “pull any punches”. They are well produced. You are doing a great job and God will bless you for this. I have shared many of these, and will continue to do that.
Thank you for this, the last part really spoke to me.
God says that when you seek me with all of your heart, you will find me. I too asked God which church to join after I left home and joined the military, and was really confused as to where I should go. Surprisingly, it was back to the Catholic Church. I was baptized Catholic as a baby, but mostly raised Protestant as my parents became Evangelicals. I earnestly asked God which church was the True Church, and He made it clear as day it was the Catholic Church, which I was raised to despise.
Great testimony. As one who almost left the church for evangelicalism in college about 40 years ago, I began a deep dive in Scripture and looking into many of these questions. It was a no brainer to stay Catholic. The topics of this video are great points to consider, especially how the canon developed. Even in this crazy Francis pontificate, these points don’t waver. Thanks for putting this together!!!
I love the clear, simple, obvious approach of these great videos. Easy to understand.
Great 👍
The truth will set you free. God bless you my dear brother in Christ. I'm very proud being a Catholic.
The church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ.
With the same logic of purgatory, Explain why the rich man ended up in HELL and Lazarus in HEAVEN.. when the rich man (as a normal man who knew God and could even recognize Abraham) had a chance to pass the purification of after death and end up in heaven? if so he did pass through PURGATORY, then why didn't Jesus complete the story.......? Either jesus is a lier or Catholic idea is lies.
You’re conflating hell with purgatory. Those two are completely separate things.
Your logic is so pure and excellent.
Mother Mary issued her invitation to me in 2002, and I experienced Conversion. I am so grateful to now be within the arms of the Church, and I am happy every day to be Catholic.
Amen!🎯…great video! Preach it brother!
This is the best video I have watched on the topic of Catholic apologetics! I was Southern Baptist for 40 years before coming to know these truths, that the Catholic Church is the only Church that Christ commissioned through St. Peter. Why would I go anywhere else?
I admire the courage it took to do what you did after 40 years. I "inherited" my faith, so to speak, as a cradle Catholic. I never doubted my faith, but I know that I have been in danger of taking it for granted. I have been a part of the true Church since my baptism. I never had to stretch out of my comfort zone to convert like you did. Stories like yours inspire me.
Tr3kker
" I was Southern Baptist for 40 years before coming to know these truths, that the Catholic Church is the only Church that Christ commissioned through St. Peter. Why would I go anywhere else? "
Why do you believe Jesus Christ's church was founded on Peter and not Christ himself?
Ephesians 2:19-21
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING HE CHIEF CORNERSTONE, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
Didn't it bother you that Rome teaches something different than what the Bible teaches?
@@rickdavis2235 - You wouldn’t have a Bible if it wasn’t for the Council of Rome in 382. So are we just going to forget Matthew 16:16-19?
“Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood* has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
k And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,* and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
l I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.* Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Christ establishes His Church (not churches, or an invisible church) through Peter.
@@KSTrekker
" You wouldn’t have a Bible if it wasn’t for the Council of Rome in 382. So are we just going to forget Matthew 16:16-19? "
You're blindly repeating Catholic talking points and are totally unaware of the truth. The Catholic Church teaches you that they gave us the Bible but that claim doesn't hold up to scrutiny--history denies that claim.
Do we have any hard evidence that the New Testament Gospels are older than the claims of the Roman Catholic church? Yes we do. Very simply, early church writers (fathers) quote the New Testament. They’re doing sermons, they are doing commentaries, they are writing theologies and they’re quoting the New Testament and we know when these guys lived because of Roman records show when they quote something, it fixes a date for that quotation: the thing they are quoting must have existed prior to the quotation. This is simple, coherent logic that apparently escaped Roman Catholic sources or they just don’t want you to know.
The Epistle of Barnabas bears the 70-79 A.D., quotes of Matthew and Mark. The Didache quotes Matthew extensively between 70 A.D. and 130 A.D. Luke and John are both quoted in what is known as the Muratorian fragment, again 170 A.D. to 180 A.D. There are external methods of dating too, paleographical analysis, carbon-14, etc. Polycarp’s life dates 69 A.D. to 155 A.D., and was a convert of the Apostle John and quotes the Book of Acts in his own Epistle to the Philippians. The Shepherd of Hermas quotes Acts several times so there we have the date. Romans, an Epistle of Paul, was cited by Clement of Rome a lot 95 A.D. to 97 A.D. First Corinthians is cited in the Didache and the Shepherd of Hermas. So is 2 Corinthians and also by Polycarp. Galatians is cited by Polycarp and Diognesius about 150 A.D. Ephesians and Colossians are cited by Polycarp, Clement of Rome and Ignatius 50 A.D. to 117 A.D. Philippians is again cited by Polycarp 50 A.D. to 117 A.D.
We see a pattern here. Every book in the New Testament is quoted in a source earlier than the claims of the Roman Catholic church; every one of them without exception. To those who are enamored by Catholicism, if you are quoting from “something” then that “something” has to exist prior to the quote. That’s common sense.
THE ROCK:
The problem with Peter being the rock is that the church's position is a philosophical argument (Col. 2:8) that has to ignore every single reference in Scripture to the "rock" being God and never anyone else.
2 Samuel 22:32
“For who is God, besides the Lord?
And WHO IS THE ROCK, BESIDES OUR GOD?
Isaiah 28:16 (Yahweh says Jesus is the rock)
16 therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has LAID AS A FOUNDATION IN ZION, a STONE, a TESTED STONE, a PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE, of a SURE FOUNDATION: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
1 Peter 2:4-7 (Peter says Jesus is the rock)
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 YOU YOURSELVES LIKE LIVING STONES are being built up as A SPIRITUAL HOUSE, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “THE STONE THAT THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE,”
Acts 4:10-12 (Peter says Jesus is the rock)
10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead-by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This JESUS IS THE STONE that was rejected by you, the builders, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
1 Corinthians 10:3-4 (Paul says Christ is the rock)
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: AND THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST.
Not once in the entirety of the writings of the Apostles does the word catholic appear in connection with the Christian church. Christian is the term that derived from Antioch, not Catholic or "universal". The term has no relevance with regard to the Church defined by Christ through the Apostles. It gains relevance only under Theodosius who finally attempts a universal church as a means of holding a collapsing Rome together and stopping fights between pagans and Christians.
We don’t find Catholicism in the writings of the Apostles. The Apostles had but one charge and that was to define, found and build the church so one would imagine that if they had meant Catholicism, we'd be reading it directly from Scripture instead of “picking it out of pepper” or by inference via external tradition, philosophical assumptions, hocus pocus and the likes. The apostles did define the Church. They just didn't define yours.
@@rickdavis2235 - Okay, Mr. Cut-n-paste evangelist. You forget that I was an Evangelical for 40 years. I’ve heard all this stuff from some Bible tract you were given. You’ve been told by your Pastor that Catholics are bad and evil. I would challenge you to go find the early Church and you will see that it is in fact the Catholic Church. I had a good laugh when you said that Catholicism is nowhere in the writings of the Apostles. You also won’t find the word “trinity” or “personal Lord and Savior” or “Sinner’s Prayer”. Go read John 6, if you dare. The entire chapter. Unless you eat of His flesh and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
I know you’re a Sola Scriptura guy, but Paul tells us to hold fast to the traditions handed down, both written and oral. You’re completely forgetting the 2,000 years of Apostolic tradition that was handed down through the Catholic Church. Go cut-n-paste your Bible tracts somewhere else, I don’t have the time to debate you, not when there are souls that are truly lost that need saving. Why don’t you concentrate on the lost instead of Catholics? Because you would rather just argue with someone. I’ve seen your kind all my life, and I used to be a Catholic hater as well. Peace Be With you, Brother.
Excellent video. Lots of juicy information. Keep up the good work in the one and only true faith
With the same logic of purgatory, Explain why the rich man ended up in HELL and Lazarus in HEAVEN.. when the rich man (as a normal man who knew God and could even recognize Abraham) had a chance to pass the purification of after death and end up in heaven? if so he did pass through PURGATORY, then why didn't Jesus complete the story.......? Either jesus is a lier or Catholic idea is lies.
Even Catholics should every now and then be reminded of how blessed they are for being Catholic. This video fills that need. Brilliant, well researched and truly inspired.
Many thanks, from Italy. And BTW, I beg all my brothers and sisters in Christ watching this video to pray for me, as I pray for all of you too.
Amen
That is, by far, one of the most arrogant statements I've ever heard.........seriously.
@@krisgangwer3796 Nobody's perfect
@@Janeka-xj2bv I never said anything about being perfect, did I? Scriptures tell us, "All sin and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). 1 Peter 1:16 says, "“You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Furthermore, when it comes to judging, John 7:24.
@@krisgangwer3796 I kneel before God, stand before anyone
Very excited to come across this video and a chance to hear straight from the horses mouth as the saying goes. This video will greatly help ALL the people of God who are with on and off faith in the Catholic Church which truly the Household of God, Pillar of Truth and Bulkward of Truth. Great and a very inspiring presentation to help many. God bless
Amen. I love this channel!
You explained it so well and simple. You are well appreciated
This is why we are so lucky to have your content on UA-cam.
Thanks for including the Orthodox Churches here.
Loved this video. I've never heard the 2nd Peter 3:16 connection. But I've only been out of Protestantism a year.
Joseph Leppert
" Thanks for including the Orthodox Churches here.
Loved this video. I've never heard the 2nd Peter 3:16 connection. But I've only been out of Protestantism a year. "
2 Peter 3:16
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
The untaught and unstable people Peter is referring to are religions like Catholics that teach false gospels. Catholicism is found nowhere in Scripture. That's why they have the catechism---to explain their different gospel.
You've been deceived into thinking that the Catholic Church is Jesus' church and Catholicism is biblical. The truth is that biblical Christianity existed before Catholicism and Protestantism. Although both have their problems, all Protestant denominations agree on the important part--how are we saved? The Bible teaches salvation by grace through faith--simply by believing. Catholicism teaches works.
@@rickdavis2235 👈👈👈This guy is a great example of 2 Peter 3:16 i.e. "Twisting the scripture for his own benefit", there's no Catholic Church mentioned in that verse and there's no religion mentioned in that verse, who told you or gave you the authority to interpret the scripture?
@@ungas024
You stopped short. There's not Catholic Chuch mentioned in Scripture--PERIOD! That verse is speaking about peoplee who twist Scripure to create different gospels.
Why do you believe that only the Roman Catholic Church has authority to interpret Scripture? Because they said they did but that does NOT line up with Scripture.
My authority comes from God.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
John 16:13
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Catholicism is a death trap that ensnares people ignorant of Scripture.
He doesn’t want to hear the truth. No where in any Catholic teaching I have received is “works “ going to get you into Heaven. Faith and with Faith will come works through obedience.
@@kevinmyers6635
Works don't come through obedience. Works are the result of our salvation. Jesus gave us a new commandment; to love God and to love one another. We are not saved by obedience to the law given only to the Jews.
Thank you my brother in Christ Jesus's love from south Africa cape town ⛪⛪⛪⛪⛪🐑
Keep up the great content!
Protestants believe that they have the authority to determine how they will worship God for Sunday service. They assume that God doesn’t have a preference or worse they don’t care what God’s preference is. There is nowhere in the New Testament stating the priesthood is over and not needed anymore. Jesus instituted the Eucharist. It is the New Covenant. Who is the one who offers the bread and wine for the people? The priest. Excellent presentation. Thank you.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is FULFILLED because of the ETERNAL Priesthood of Melchizedek.
It looks more like a social club not a church
@@Darth_Vader258oh darth vader, maybe you should stick with star wars...woefully ignorant theology you have.
God had always instructed His chosen people on how to worship Him. Otherwise or any deviation, they are struck dead. See the old testament.
In the old Testament, nothing was presented to the king without going through the mother. The mother was always made Queen. Otherwise, with multiple wives, it would be chaos.
I assume that's your justification for calling Mary "queen of heaven"
Crazy
@@gatzu8599 No. That's why God crowned Mary Queen of Heaven.
@@rangers94ism how do you know
@@gatzu8599 Revelation 12:1-5 talks about a woman of Heaven wearing a crown. She gives birth to a son, a male child who will rule all nations with an iron scepter. She is royalty in heaven. That's why she wears a crown. She gives birth to a ruler who is obviously Jesus Christ. Who gives birth to Jesus Christ? The Blessed Mother Mary. That's how we know.
@@rangers94ism that's about israel, who eventually produces the 12 tribes and then Jesus
Doesn't say Mary or anything like that
Mary is not God
A thing about Mary being Queen of Heaven and Earth you didn't mention is that in the Old Testament in the Kingdom of Israel, the king's mother was always the Queen, not the king's wife. So Christ is King and Mary is the Queen.
Cardnale Newman ex Protestant hated the Catholic Church converted and said “to be steep in history is to to know the history is to stop being Protestant “ when you the history you know you can’t be Protestant !
Spot on!!! I was a Protestant for twenty years. It was a fifteen year journey into the Catholic Church and it was the Bible that led me into too it.
wow i love this video! i grew up Southern Baptist converted to the Catholic faith, this video rings so true!
Thank you for sharing. ❤
GOD bless you brother!
thank you so much for this video!! I grew up protestant in a very anti catholic family. right now im planning to convert to catholism and your video helped to so much to finally understand why you guys are praying to mary. it makes so much sense!
You picked a crazy time to become Catholic, if you follow any of the Marian apparitions we are headed for a trying turbulent time, please hold fast to her for she is the true church, do not let your faith be shaken. Pray the Rosary
What does She look like? Theres this wonderful Mother from my childhood or dreams a long time ago, i dont remember where i met Her, but She knows me, She loves me, and this wonderful Lady wants me to serve God and repent of my vile sins.
Thank you for such an inspiring video! May God continue to bless you and your ministry of spreading the truth!
I’m 37 and was a Protestant all of my life. I grew up in the Bible Belt and had a hard trial recently where I prayed and prayed. I was anti-catholic And was horrible to Catholics. Suddenly I felt a calling to the Catholic Church through prayer. I had dreams when my Baptist preacher grandfather died. I saw him in purgatory and wasn’t allowed to speak. I didn’t know that during the dream, but when the calling to the Catholic Church came months later, it completely understood it. I didn’t even understand Grace until I understood purgatory is a real place. I feel awful and blessed, but my family is being hit hard by those around us. I still cannot believe this is happening. I have two children and we’re not married, but want to be. The problem is we just don’t know what to do. It’s very frightening. Please pray for us. If you have any advice, please help in any way.
First, Im so glad you came to the Catholic Church..
As far as your grandfather in Purgatory, Christians do not understand, even Catholics, the grave responsibility we have to our loved ones who are Purgatory. I personally believe that since you had that dream, he truly is in Purgatory. God often allows them to reach out to us in dreams
As far as advice I would need a little info.
Who isnt married, and whats holding it back?
First, pray for your grandfather and your ancestors for them to be released from purgatory and to stop generational sins for being protestants. Get and pray the novenas for the dead, sponsor masses for them. 2nd, learn of the Catholic faith. Research thoroughly.3rd, once convinced, be baptised and be real catholics. You have been given a special grace and reprieve. Do not waste it. Dont worry, the entire Catholic Church pray for you- the triumphant, the suffering and the militant.
Take RCIA
Check out Padre Pio’s experience. One night, he woke up to find a man sitting at the foot of his bed. The man said he was in Purgatory and that God allowed him to visit Padre Pio and ask him to say a Mass for his soul. Padre Pio assured him, “Rest assured that tomorrow I will say a Mass for your liberation.”
Go and talk to a Catholic Priest. He will help you with the sacraments.
Fantastic! CATHOLIC FOREVER!!!
Amen!!!
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Wonderful testimony dear brother, God revealed you the truth. God bless you abundantly!!
Ask John Henry Newman said to be steeped in history is to cease to be a protestant. My family we’re all Catholic. I wasn’t raised a Catholic I had a conversion experience when I was 17 I was looking at Islam as the faith and then one day working since I was a lumberman I heard this voice saying you have found the truth in the Catholic church is that is the true church. That was back in 1981 I’ve been a member of the Catholic church for over 40 years now and I’ve come back to the face of my fathers who came to this country which is in Canada 350 years ago I have to say I’m proud of my heritage my language, but especially in my faith, and the love of God and his Blessed mother Mary I also now attend a traditional Latin mass and I see the beauty and the reference is like a beacon. So, with this in mind, your program was exceptional. Very very very, very great more people have to come to know the truth and you only scratch the surface my friend, but to say nonetheless you’ve done great work I will pray for you and one day maybe not in my lifetime, that Protestantism will disappear, and the truth will be there, and those who desire the truth will come to know the truth, and embrace the truth we have to pray for our holy father Francis, who, unfortunately, is undermining the church in a very big way along with other clergy that are under him that he comes around before his death and correct the mistakes that he’s implemented because unfortunately, he sounds like a schismatic and some of his ideas stem almost from Pelagianism that you can get to heaven using your own effort but it’s a cooperation with that grace that we find eternity with our Lord. God bless my friend and I love you.
God bless you Gerard.
@Be Spirit Filled well, it’s interesting you say that first of all I used the Douai bible, published in 1583 much older than king, James, and by the way, the king James, his plagiarized quite a bit from the douai Bible well from what I can see you don’t know very much about the history of your Bible because that’s just where it came from and I have a 1881 king James that says just that that were they couldn’t make a consensus they use from the Catholic version so I don’t really need the king James version much older, and the Catholic faith grew from the very early church because we were part of it like a seed that was planted and became a great tree. Your tree broke off from our tree and group. That’s why even today you get 65,000 variant denominations I know my history I know my Bible to be steeped in history is to cease to be a protestant that was by blessed John Henry Newman, who was a high church, Anglican, and being right with God only God knows that, so there’s no bad news we all come short but I do know that I am in the true church and it’s up to you to find out which church you belong to what creed you belong to what you believe other than a book that you interpret your own way therefore, my friend you get right with God and see the truth and beauty of the Catholic Church God be in your way each day Maranatha.
Excellent video! As former fallen away Catholic and Evangical Protestant, I came to the same conclusion. All of Catholic Dogma and doctrine can be found in scripture! The apostolic tradition is also mentioned in scripture. Every time I defended the Catholic faith to Protestants with scripture, they got angry and left the conversation. The Catholic Church is the only church founded by Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
This is a pathetic video.
@@dave1370Does the Truth offend?
I am a Catholic Evangelist. I have had the Holy Spirit help me bring into the Church 25 people, and one is a Catholic priest today. I love to battle Protestants, and Eucharistic Miracles blow them away. I used the one in Argentina when Pope Francis was there as a Cardinal.
Ed Graveline
" I am a Catholic Evangelist. I have had the Holy Spirit help me bring into the Church 25 people, and one is a Catholic priest today. I love to battle Protestants, and Eucharistic Miracles blow them away. "
You're in an idolatrous church. Why do you believe the Holy Spirit would lead people to an idolatrous church?
@@rickdavis2235 if you obviously don’t know church history then you are a lost soul. Show me in church history in the first 500 years where there are documents saying the Bible only is the sole rule of faith. Or show me that they taught Faith Alone saves you in the first 1000 years of Christianity. You will never do it because there are none. You say we are an idolatrous church. Jesus started the Catholic Church. He gave Peter (changed his name even from Simon) the keys to the Kingdom. He said UNLESS you eat (in Greek that word is TO CHEW) the flesh of the Son of Man you have no life within you. That is YOU. Paul said when you go to the table of the Lord unworthy you Blaspheme the Lord. How can it be a symbol if it Blasphemes the Lord? It can’t. The Blessed Mother (you probably don’t call Jesus mother Blessed- going against Scripture- all generations will call me blessed she said in the Magnificat, 13 times on earth. In 1517 a tilma has her picture on it and in ten years 10 million Aztecs became Catholics. I could go on. The Bible was hand copied by Catholic monks for 1000 years so you could read and misinterpret it today!!!
@@EdwardGraveline
Ed, I do know church history. Who is the ultimate authority? God or the church? You have dilemma.
2 Timothy 3:14-17
14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.
(In the original Greek text there is no break between 2 Timothy 3:17 and 2 Timothy 4:1)
2 Timothy 4:1-5
1 I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction. 3 For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But as for you, use self-restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Paul is telling Timothy to preach the word-to preach the Scripture, not traditions, not church fathers. Jesus NEVER cited apocrypha as Scripture and His only mention of traditions was when He rebuked the Pharisees for teaching the traditions of men as Scripture.
Jude 3
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all time handed down to the saints.
In 2 Timothy, Paul writes to remain faithful to the things they had taught. That’s past tense meaning they had already been taught and not “will be taught” as the Catholic teaches through unbiblical dogmas. He tells us that the Scriptures alone gives us everything we need for salvation and Jude tells us that we have been given everything that was once handed down for all time to the saints (believers) was delivered and completed in the 1st century A.D.
Acts 20:25-32 (Paul in Ephesus)
25 And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,
27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.
32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Paul writes in Acts 20, that he has given us the whole counsel of God; he has shown us everything that God wants us to know. The word of God’s grace is able to build us up to give us the inheritance among those who are sanctified. This inheritance that Paul wrote about is salvation, the kingdom of God, the new heavens and new earth, eternal life-"the riches of the glory of God" (Ephesians 1:18; Romans 8:17). This is what Paul says the Word of grace is able to give the elders at Ephesus (and at Bethlehem!). "I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace which is able to build you up and GIVE YOU THE INHERITANCE."
Faith alone:
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him shall not perish but have eternal life"
John 3:18
Whoever BELIEVES in him is not condemned, but WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through FAITH; and that not of yourselves, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD; NOT AS A RESULT OF WORKS, so that no one may boast.
Galatians 3:2
This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Nothing about works in those verses too have eternal life. I could you more but the point has been made. In order for works to be necessary for salvation, these verses are either lies or you're taking them out of context. No one in the Old or New Testaments was ever saved by works. It's always been by grace through faith---simply by believing the gospel.
Jesus said in John 3:14,
"Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,"
Why did Jesus say that and what did He mean?
@@rickdavis2235 If you know Church history then you must know that Peter, was in Rome, - all historians say he was, and he laid hands on Linus and then he laid hands on Anticletus and then Clement 1. And you Must also know how the Early Church Fathers all said that the Eucharist was really Jesus Body - divine Body and blood . They also said to confess your sins to a priest. Yes, they did say this. They also said the Bishop of Rome was in Charge of the Church. The Bible says that the Church is the pillar and Foundation of Truth. So do you know all this? Frankly, I doubt it otherwise you would be Catholic
@@rickdavis2235 This is why you do not know Church history. Abraham was taking his son Isaac up a mountain to offer him, and his son asked, "Father, the fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
"God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering," Abraham answered him. Genesis 22:7-8
God, Himself will provide the lamb. This also happened in the New Testament. Jesus was called by John the Baptist in John 1:29, "Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." Since Jesus was God's Son, he was also offered as the sacrifice for all mankind.
The Passover in Exodus chapter 12 was about the final plague on the Egyptians. The Israelites were slaves to the Egyptians for many years. Moses spoke to God as the leader of the Israelites, and God gave Moses ten plagues to give to the Egyptians to make the Egyptians let the Israelites go free.
Exodus starts the story of the final plague, which involves slaughtering lambs to put their blood on the doorposts of the Israelites to tell the "angel of death" to PASSOVER and not kill the firstborn male in those households. They had to be unblemished lambs from either sheep or goats. It goes on to say that the lamb's flesh had to be eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. And they had to eat all of it. Any leftovers had to be burned. Then it says you must commemorate this day as a feast in Yahweh's honor. You must keep it a feast day for all generations; this is a decree for all time.
Exodus 16:4-8 tells us of the bread God gave to the Israelites while wandering in the desert after fleeing Pharaoh. "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not." Bread from Heaven is the term Jesus used to describe Himself.
Later we have people who say to Jesus in John 6, "This is a hard saying," and Jesus doubles down on it and says, "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life within you."
At the beginning of the Bible, they say they don't eat from the Tree of Knowledge, and they do eat from it. (Genesis 3:6) The New Testament says to eat, and you could tell from the tree of Life since Jesus said He is the life, and they don't. (John 6:66) Today, many do not eat as Jesus commanded, and He said if you don't eat, you have no life within you.
In Genesis 14, the mysterious priest Melchizedek, King of Salem - a city later identified as Jerusalem - gave a blessing of bread and wine, foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the priest-king of the heavenly Jerusalem. Jesus offers Himself at the Last Supper under bread and wine. Jesus began as the food for our souls. In the Gospel of Luke, 2:7, "and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and placed him in a manger." Remember that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Micah 5:2 tells us, "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from old, from ancient days." The word "Bethlehem" means "House of Bread." Later Jesus would say, "I am the bread of life."
A manger is a food trough for animals. They ate out of the manger. The manger was where Jesus was put after he was born. John the Baptist, when Jesus came, said in John 1:29, "Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" We learned they ate an unblemished lamb during the Passover.
In John 6:27, Jesus said, "Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him, God the Father has placed His seal of approval."
John 6:32-56
32 - 35 Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, Truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from Heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from Heaven. For the bread of God comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world."
They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always."
"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life, he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.'"
I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread, which comes down from Heaven that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the bread which came down from Heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
"Truly, truly I say to you UNLESS you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life within you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him."
The original New Testament in the Bible was composed in Greek. The Greek word Jesus used for "eat" is "trogo." It means "to gnaw, munch, crunch." That word was always used in the literal sense in Greek. He honestly told us to eat His flesh and drink His blood. That upset the disciples because they knew from the Old Testament that eating flesh and drinking blood was against their faith. The blood of animals was not to be drunk because it was the animal's life. Jesus, too, believed this. Because His blood is His Life, we can drink His Life into us. And we also eat His Flesh into us to become one with Him.
Many will say Jesus said He was the gate, door, or vine and did indeed say those things. However, not a single follower left him for saying he was one of those things. However, they left him when he said his body was true food and blood was true drink. John 6:66 tells us, "Then they went back to their former way of life and walked with him no more."
Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord" (1 Cor. 11:27) . How can you be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord if it is a symbol? You can't.
St. Augustine of Hippo was familiar with the Gnostic movement that human flesh was terrible and that Spirit in humans was good, as he was a member of the Gnostic movement known as Manichaeism. He later became a bishop and a doctor of the Church. He was also a prolific writer and homilist. In Sermon 227, he further explained, "The bread you see on the altar, having been sanctified by the Word of God, is the body of Christ. The chalice, or rather what is in the chalice, sanctified by the Word of God, is the blood of Christ." Augustine said that our eyes see ordinary bread and wine, but when a priest consecrates them, our faith obligates us to believe that they are the actual body and blood of Christ.
One hundred fifty documented times, the host turned into real flesh, the left ventricle of a heart, and the wine turned into real blood - AB Positive, same as the burial cloth of Christ, and a host started to beat like a heart in Mexico on July 24th of this year. They inspected it and found it to be a consecrated host. Nothing more.
Very well done video! I also live in the Bible Belt and was raised protestant (Baptist). I converted to Catholicism years ago and never looked back. When I was doing my research, it was the line in Matthew where Jesus gave authority to Peter that was my epiphany. Why belong to any other church besides the one that Jesus Christ himself founded!
Salvation by organization?lol.
Bob Bridges
" Why belong to any other church besides the one that Jesus Christ himself founded! "
How do you know the Catholic Church is the church Jesus Christ himself founded?
@@rickdavis2235 History with the writings of the Church Fathers and Reason (i.e. Who or what church compiled the bible?), in addition, It is also biblical i.e. Mathew 16:18.
@@ungas024
The Roman Catholic Church had nothing to do with the Bible.
33 A.D. - The Cross
50 - 80 A.D. - New Testament Gospels and Acts. This is not a conservative fundamentalist number. That is a consensus view and there are very few people who would date them before, although some people put Mark in the 40’s, and there are very few people who would go beyond 80 A.D. for any Gospel. The Catholic church claims it gave us the bible in the 4th century AD. That's a real problem because you can't quote books that won't exist for 300 years.
What is the evidence for the dates for the New Testament?
Three non-technical points:
1. The Gospels prophesy the destruction of the Temple (occurred in A.D. 70) but never mention it’s fulfillment. Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 all prophesy the destruction of the Temple, however none of the Gospels mention its fulfillment so the presumption is that they were written prior to the fulfillment of the prophesy. That was a huge deal in Judaism and nobody mentions it.
2. Luke never mentions the death of Paul and Peter in either his Gospel or its sequel, the Book of Acts. We know from external sources that Paul died in the late 60’s (66-67 A.D.) and the Book of Acts ends before his death and Luke was written prior to Acts so there you go. Do the math.
3. Manuscript Evidence - The Rylands Papyrus is the oldest manuscript in any size of the New Testament and contains John 18:31-33. It dates roughly to the 130’s to 140’s A.D. If this manuscript dates to the 130’s, the original logically would have been prior to the 130’s. Why don’t Roman Catholic apologists, or their sources, go into this? They either don’t know it, which isn’t good, or they don’t want you to know, worst case.
Do we have any hard evidence that the New Testament Gospels are older than the claims of the Roman Catholic church? Yes we do. Very simply, early church writers (fathers) quote the New Testament. They’re doing sermons, they are doing commentaries, they are writing theologies and they’re quoting the New Testament and we know when these guys lived because of Roman records so when they quote something, it fixes a date for that quotation: the thing they are quoting must have existed prior to the quotation. This is simple, coherent logic that apparently escaped Roman Catholic sources or they just don’t want you to know.
The Epistle of Barnabas bears the 70-79 A.D., quotes of Matthew and Mark. The Didache quotes Matthew extensively between 70 A.D. and 130 A.D. Luke and John are both quoted in what is known as the Muratorian fragment, again 170 A.D. to 180 A.D. There are external methods of dating too, paleographical analysis, carbon-14, etc. Polycarp’s life dates 69 A.D. to 155 A.D., and was a convert of the Apostle John and quotes the Book of Acts in his own Epistle to the Philippians. The Shepherd of Hermas quotes Acts several times so there we have the date. Romans, an Epistle of Paul, was cited by Clement of Rome a lot 95 A.D. to 97 A.D. First Corinthians is cited in the Didache and the Shepherd of Hermas. So is 2 Corinthians and also by Polycarp. Galatians is cited by Polycarp and Diognesius about 150 A.D. Ephesians and Colossians are cited by Polycarp, Clement of Rome and Ignatius 50 A.D. to 117 A.D. Philippians is again cited by Polycarp 50 A.D. to 117 A.D.
We see a pattern here. Every book in the New Testament is quoted in a source earlier than the claims of the Roman Catholic church; every one of them without exception. To those who are enamored by Catholicism, if you are quoting from “something” then that “something” has to exist prior to the quote. That’s common sense.
@@ungas024
Peter was not the rock in Matthew 16:18. Jesus is the rock and head of the church. If you knew the Bible you would know all of these things that you are tossing out there as proof for the false Catholic Church. You should be ashamed of yourself to be so easily deceived.
Scripture clearly denies that there was no rock but God and that the church was built on all the apostles and prophets, Christ himslf being the chief cornerstone---the rock.
Ephesians 2:19-20
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,
The truth is, Peter was never in Rome so he wasn't martyred there and he's not buried there. That's just something pushed as "fact" by the Roman Catholic church.
First of all, if you read Galatians 2:7 it clearly states Peter was commissioned to go to the Hebrews (the circumcized), and Paul was commissioned to go to the Gentiles (the uncircumcised). Based on that alone it doesn't make any sense for Peter to go to Rome, a city of gentiles.
Second, Paul wrote six books while he was IN ROME. Nowhere in any of them does he mention Peter being with him. Even in Romans chapter 16 where he is acknowledging those who have helped him he doesn't mention Peter. Why would he leave out the prince of the apostles if Peter was in fact in Rome? This would be a serious disrespect.
In Acts 15, Mark is with Paul and Barnabas. Paul and Barnabas have a disagreement and split up, so Barnabas takes Mark with him and Paul takes Silas with him.
In Colossians 4:10 (written by Paul in Rome) Mark is with Paul here. So, they are both in Rome at this point.
In 2 Timothy 4:11-13 Paul is in Rome, but Mark isn't with him as he is asking to have Mark brought to him.
In 1 Peter 5:13 Mark is with PETER in "Babylon."
The point is, if Mark is in "Babylon" with Peter, yet we know for sure Paul is in Rome yet he's asking for Mark, it seems pretty clear that they are in completely different cities. Also, Babylon did not become a code for Rome until John used it in Revelation long after Peter was dead. If you want to make the claim that Babylon is Rome, Babylon didn't become a code word for Rome until John used it in Revelation about 35 years after Peter's death.
There isn't even good evidence that Peter is buried in Rome. Read about the archaeological excavations that turned up nothing. All the Roman Catholic church has are desperate attempts to make some link between Rome and Peter, but there aren't any.
Some people (Roman Catholics) also try to use Eusebius as proof of Peter in Rome, but this is also flawed and would take some time to get into. But, if you're looking to get closer to the truth you can read about the additions and translations and how they're problematic.
There is no serious proof that he was the bishop or local ecclesiastical officer of the Roman church, a claim not made until the 3rd century. No proof that he was the original missionary to bring Christianity to Rome, and therefore not the founder of the church of Rome.
In Acts 14, we read that the apostles are traveling and establishing chuches and appointing elders, plural not singular, in every church, not THE CHURCH.
Acts 14:21-28
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.” 23 SO WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH, , and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
The church we read about in the Bible was organized in a very simple way. A general pattern was to have 2 or more qualified men overseeing each local congregation or church. These men could be referred to as the "eldership". Each man must meet several high qualifications which the Bible lists in two passages. Elders are the spiritual leaders of a congregation. They also watch out for the souls of the members like a shepherd.
1. Christ is the head of every local church. There is no human head of the church.
2. The Bible is the only written creed for each local church, rather than a man-made written creed.
3. Each local church is autonomous and self-governing. No outside interference from others.
4. No organizational tie between local churches.
5. No organization larger than local churches.
6. The Bible uses Elder, Presbyter, Overseer, Bishop, Shepherd, Pastor interchangeably and they all refer to a single office in the church.
7. Local churches appoint their own plurality of elders using 1 Timothy 3, and Titus 1 as guidelines for the qualifications.
8. Elders have authority only over the members of the local church, not members from outside congregations.
You don't know any of this because you don't read the Bible. You've placed your salvation in the hands of men instead of God and when we look at the Catholic Church, we don't find it in Scripture.
I still remember around the time I began to realise that Protestants didn't believe in The Real Presence...and that that was what made them "Protestant". Up until that point, I thought everyone in Christiandom believed in Christ's true Presence in The Eucharist. I was quite taken aback. I have never gotten over that one actually.
There are many, many things that are pretty much black and white in Sacred Scripture that Protestants (especially Evangelical Christians) simply blatantly reject! Or seem to twist. Just, very odd.
For many years I used to think it didn't matter which church one went to. Even if there were differences, it didn't really matter. When I started getting stronger in my Catholic Faith, I started having doubts. Then one day I saw a Catholic priest talking about the absurdity of this. He called up 2 Catholics and said, "He believes in the Holy Trinity, he denies it---He believes Jesus founded a Church, he doesn't-----He honors and venerates Our Blessed Mother, he insults and mocks her-----He believes Jesus is God, he doesn't, .......". Then the priest goes, "but a lot of you think it's the same and doesn't matter". I took that as a sign from God. How can it be the same when it isn't the same? I realize how wrong it was to go to any church and think it didn't matter.
@@marcihf217 Evangelical "Christians" are actually not Christians, from Heaven's Perspective. That's how stark the contrast is. A great Renewal is coming.
@@thekingslady1 True 🤗❤
@@michaelg377 God exists outside of Time and Space, so yes, His disciples were eating His actual Flesh and drinking His actual blood.
The bread/wine that Christ was holding on Holy Thursday (night of The Last Supper) was His actual self on The Cross the very next day of Good Friday. Think of it as a time-meld of both days into one; again, understanding that God can do this because Time and Space doesn't exist from His Perspective!
This is what The Mass is...there is only One Mass. God allows Catholics who attend Mass to join Jesus on that Thursday AND Friday every single time they attend Mass. Don't let any of this confuse you.
Also, keep in mind that Jesus is The Great High Priest on Holy Thursday, as well as The Sacrificial Lamb on Good Friday. With this time-meld, it becomes One Singular Event with The Great High Priest holding Himself on the cross (which was once bread....so imagine it as a super-tiny version of Jesus on The Cross if that helps you), and presenting Himself as The Perfect Sacrifice to The Eternal Father.
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Check out the latest video on my channel as well as the description of the playlist titled "The Feast of The Mass and The New Evangelicals".
In regards to the prohibition of the drinking of blood:- the same God who made that prohibition also said that if I do not drink His Blood, I will have no part with Him. Something I have always picked up about Catholicism is that we DO NOT EVER argue with God. Yes, we can seek for clarity, etc. but we do not backtalk Him! So keep that in mind. He gave The Old Law of which blood-drinking was forbidden and now He gives The New Law which demands drinking His blood. My duty as His creature is to submit and obey, even if I do not understand.
Jesus Christ wasn't talking about His own flesh when He said "...the flesh is good for nothing..." And this is why I believe that the Protestant mind is utterly invaded, pervaded and blocked by the demonic...sorry if that offends you but it is true and it just shocks me sometimes. He just finished arguing with the crowd, insisting that they must eat His own flesh or else they would not have Eternal Life..... OBVIOUSLY He means something else by "....the flesh is good for nothing..." because He just spent a few minutes doubling, tripling and quadrupling-down that His flesh is required (hence good) for Eternal Life!!!!!! Hopefully this helps :- www[dot]catholic[dot]com/magazine/print-edition/what-catholics-believe-about-john-6
The denial of the Eucharist is the clearest sign you could ask for that Protestantism is wrong.
Thank you and God bless. Happy you are home🙏
Protestants say Catholics are not christians and even say its a pagan cult. But Catholics are pondering. Mary had appeared to catholics seers, every time she appear she is holding a rosary, 200 catholic have their bodies found incorrupt, The rosary had brought victory as in Lepanto and Venice, There are more than 180 eucharistic miracles
Well, then who is actually the pagan cult?
A lifelong Catholic. Am reading Scott and Kimberly Hahn's book from Rome to Home. I am learning a lot about my Catholic faith through this book.
Anna Budyn
" A lifelong Catholic. Am reading Scott and Kimberly Hahn's book from Rome to Home. I am learning a lot about my Catholic faith through this book. "
Have you studied the Bible? I mean really study it.
@@rickdavis2235 we gave you the Bible. Study what we gave you troll
@@lois2997
LOIS WROTE:
" Rick Davis we gave you the Bible. Study what we gave you troll "
Why do you believe the Catholic Church gave us the Bible. Oh yeah... because they said they did. Unfortunately, Lois, history tells a different story.
33 A.D. - The Cross
50 - 80 A.D. - New Testament Gospels and Acts. This is not a conservative fundamentalist number. That is a consensus view and there are very few people who would date them before, although some people put Mark in the 40’s, and there are very few people who would go beyond 80 A.D. for any Gospel. The Catholic church claims it gave us the bible in the 4th century AD. That's a real problem because you can't quote books that won't exist for 300 years.
What is the evidence for the dates for the New Testament?
Three non-technical points:
1. The Gospels prophesy the destruction of the Temple (occurred in A.D. 70) but never mention it’s fulfillment. Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 all prophesy the destruction of the Temple, however none of the Gospels mention its fulfillment so the presumption is that they were written prior to the fulfillment of the prophesy. That was a huge deal in Judaism and nobody mentions it.
2. Luke never mentions the death of Paul and Peter in either his Gospel or its sequel, the Book of Acts. We know from external sources that Paul died in the late 60’s (66-67 A.D.) and the Book of Acts ends before his death and Luke was written prior to Acts so there you go. Do the math.
3. Manuscript Evidence - The Rylands Papyrus is the oldest manuscript in any size of the New Testament and contains John 18:31-33. It dates roughly to the 130’s to 140’s A.D. If this manuscript dates to the 130’s, the original logically would have been prior to the 130’s. Why don’t Roman Catholic apologists, or their sources, go into this? They either don’t know it, which isn’t good, or they don’t want you to know, worst case.
Do we have any hard evidence that the New Testament Gospels are older than the claims of the Roman Catholic church? Yes we do. Very simply, early church writers (fathers) quote the New Testament. They’re doing sermons, they are doing commentaries, they are writing theologies and they’re quoting the New Testament and we know when these guys lived because of Roman records so when they quote something, it fixes a date for that quotation: the thing they are quoting must have existed prior to the quotation. This is simple, coherent logic that apparently escaped Roman Catholic sources or they just don’t want you to know.
The Epistle of Barnabas bears the 70-79 A.D., quotes of Matthew and Mark. The Didache quotes Matthew extensively between 70 A.D. and 130 A.D. Luke and John are both quoted in what is known as the Muratorian fragment, again 170 A.D. to 180 A.D. There are external methods of dating too, paleographical analysis, carbon-14, etc. Polycarp’s life dates 69 A.D. to 155 A.D., and was a convert of the Apostle John and quotes the Book of Acts in his own Epistle to the Philippians. The Shepherd of Hermas quotes Acts several times so there we have the date. Romans, an Epistle of Paul, was cited by Clement of Rome a lot 95 A.D. to 97 A.D. First Corinthians is cited in the Didache and the Shepherd of Hermas. So is 2 Corinthians and also by Polycarp. Galatians is cited by Polycarp and Diognesius about 150 A.D. Ephesians and Colossians are cited by Polycarp, Clement of Rome and Ignatius 50 A.D. to 117 A.D. Philippians is again cited by Polycarp 50 A.D. to 117 A.D.
We see a pattern here. Every book in the New Testament is quoted in a source earlier than the claims of the Roman Catholic church; every one of them without exception. To those who are enamored by Catholicism, if you are quoting from “something” then that “something” has to exist prior to the quote. That’s common sense.
@@rickdavis2235have you? If you have then you'd belong to the only Church that Jesus built upon Cephas (Aramaic means Rock and translated into English is Peter). The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church whom has the authority and keys to the kingdom of heaven with the successors of Peter.
@@rickdavis2235your reinvention of the history of the bible is mendacious.
In 33 AD the only Scriptures were the Septuagint which Jesus and His Apostles used and quoted from (46 books). There were no written books of the NT yet. There Gospel was taught by proclamation ONLY just as Jesus commanded, and nothing was written until St. Paul first wrote to correct heresies and then while imprisoned to also encourage Christians. That began around 55 AD and the letters continued from the authors of the NT until 96 AD (The Apocalypse by St. John, whom lived to 100 AD). Not only that, but there were other letters written and read to the various churches in the dioceses by the martyred Popes, like St. Clement 1 (he is mentioned by name in the NT) which were considered for a time to be part of the NT.
It is The Church (Catholic) whom decided in the official canon of the bible, the Koine Greek Septuagint as the only official OT (46 books) and the 27 books of the NT for a total of 73 books in the Holy Bible. The Protestants changed the bible, discarding the Septuagint and adopting the altered 66 book Masorectic text (rendered by Jewish Scribes in the 6th century AD and completed in the 10th century AD). They obviously were not Christians and didn't believe in Jesus. So for Protestants to discard the Holy OT Septuagint that Jesus used and prefer the altered Masorectic text is not from God. Who is the father of lies and divisiveness? Well you know whom.
As for the NT, well once again the Protestants discarded the authorized official NT, and replaced it with the corrupted Textus Receptus which is rife with thousands of errors and mistranslations. The KJV bible used these altered and butchered versions of the OT and originally in 1611 and 1619 had 80 books (with Satanic images and sketches made by Freemasons) and later reduced the number of books in 1666 to 66. (All those 6's!)
All other subsequent non-Catholic bibles used the Freemmasons KJV for their own versions of their bibles.
To this day the Freemasons use the 1611 KJV bible in their meetings.
Only the Catholic Church has the authorized true Word of God, the complete canon of sacred Scripture. She gifted the world through the guidance of the Holy Spirit with the Bible (73 books) and has the fullness of truth of Jesus's teachings.
1 Timothy 3:15
The Church is the pillar and bulwark of truth
Singular: _The_ Church. One Church not a plurality of "churches" with over 40,000 different separated denominations that don't even agree on their own different doctrines.
Awesome video. Thank you.
Great video. I am a Catholic Revert from Protestantism. I share many of the same reasons for abandoning Protestantism.
The highest authority about purgatory is Jesus Himself. Read the story of the 3 servants. He clearly mention the 3 possibilities: 1 goes to hell, 1 goes to heaven and the other gets a beating before going to heaven. It's that clear.
Great video!!
Thanks for sharing this, Bro.
Great video
Thanks for sharing
My dear brother ~ thank you so much for this beautiful truth ~ ❤️🙏🏻🌹
Loving Brother, may God bless you and to your dear companions too. This your interpretetion is the greatest way of give the truest way to the path of witness of Christ, like St, Stephen's first myrtar of the Church, giving witness of God.
Amen.. Praise be to God!! Catholic Church is the fullness of truth. Which most of our protestant brothers and sisters our missing…
God bless you. Keep telling the truth
Just found this. Love it; it summarizes the essence of Catholicism.
Thank you for succinctly summing up Catholic teaching and history..👍🏼🙏🏽
loved this video💌💕💕💕
Thank you very much, More videos about My Catholic faith 🙏
I finished RCIA and my first Holy Communion was on Easter Vigil, 2024. I now truly know the Lord. Leaving the Catholic Church would be leaving Jesus. I am happy and proud to be Catholic. It is as you said in the video, "Catholicism is the absolute truth".
Welcome home
Glory to God! Peace to men of Good Will… you are one of these men, Sir… thank you! May your tribe increase & may many more Protestant brethren go the way you have tread--go back Home, the Catholic Church, the only Church our Lord Jesus Christ founded. The Lord & Mama Mary bless & keep you & all other converts throughout the world abundantly throughout your Life!
24:48 through 25:36 is rather profound and an excellent point. I actually had to listen to that part over a couple or so extra times just to experience that again and have it properly sink in.
Priests in the Catholic Church actually have to take a vow of poverty.
Not the ones in a diocese. They do not take the vow or poverty. The monastic priests do as they share everything.
I think it best to say “they choose to” take the vow.
Depends what order they belong to
Amen. This is the truth. Thank you. God bless you
Well said 🙏🏼
Brilliant video Brother! Thank you for reinforcing our faith with facts that no Protestant, who does their homework, can deny.
Even Luther and Calvin bemoaned the repercussions of sola Scriptura.
Protestants to me are like the prodigal son, they will return home when they regret. And the Catholic Church won't keep them out, but embrace & welcome them, just like the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son!
I’ll never pray to Mary or anyone other than God in Jesus’ name. I’ll ask living people to pray for me directly to God in Jesus’ name, but I will NEVER pray to Mary.
@@darkma1ice why not ?
@@darkma1ice you’ve been lied to by heretical Protestantism
@@darkma1ice ah, you have issues with your mother?
Growing up in a predominantly Muslim country, it always baffles me that there are more than two protestant churches standing close to each other in the same area. There are even four different churches I found in the same place in other areas. Even my Muslim friends have a hard time differentiating each and every Protestant church. You can imagine the sound of worship coming from each church every Sunday here.
If you worship the same God, why do you have a different place of worship?
Ha ha. No different than Muslims accept Prots don't kill each other. Shia v Suni. And how many more? America allows you to be stupid and wrong as long as you don't hurt PPL. So false churches can stand side by side. You burn them down, steal them, and refuse their upkeep. Real tolerant. You are the same as the Prots listening only to your teachers and questioning nothing. God gave Moses the 10 commandments. I have never met a Muslim who knew them. You say you are Abrahamic. I say poo you are. "Though shalt not MURDER." Your false god tells you to murder. God doesn't change. If you were Abrahamic, you would refuse this order knowing the faith. Even God in Genesis didn't let PPL kill Cain for killing his brother. God is the judge, and he gives PPL all the time of their life to repent and correct themselves. For the Christians you kill they will gain heaven, but for those who go to hell they will be your just tormenters.
@@terirudnick3197 Aih...
I pity you for quickly assuming that i am a Muslim based on the way i commented
Shame on you bro....
@@hatedphrase7937 Calling me "bro" is a dead give away. Teri is a female spelling. I was right. Muslim dumb shit.
@@terirudnick3197 First, you are a stupid person for not reading my comments carefully and i already stated that i am not a Muslim. Second, you are not a Catholic i assumed. Coz if you are a Catholic, you must be familiar that there's Fransiscan Friar that literally used the word "Mary" in their name.
Third, there's an American actor that goes with the name "Terry Crews", so i'm not completely wrong
Forth, shame on you once again.
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Fifth, shame on you for deleting your comment
@@hatedphrase7937 You can't spell. Teri and Terry 1 is a girl and the other a boy name. Father (Mary) whatever-Father is a giveaway. I didn't delete maybe moderator.
Thank you for this. TRUTH!
Thank you for this. I'm a former convert and now "re-convert" to the official Catholic Church, as of a little over three weeks ago. This time, I want to stay forever. Please pray for me and other converts that we will stand our ground and remain in the Fold.
I also had to grow up in a heavily-Protestant area, though at least where I live now is actually just outside the seat of a diocese, and the place I first converted was near the seats of both a diocese and another archdiocese across the river. So that helps somewhat against backlash and ridicule. You make great points about authority, the rampant division and confusion within Protestantism, how the Bible was never decided and finalized on until well into the 4th Century, about history, and how people come up with various and even widely-different interpretations and understandings.
Glad you came back home
@@imisschristendom5293 thank you. Fortunately where I grew up is still the same place where I live that has the diocesan seat, and that counters the heavily-Protestant population. I also have a tad of Roman Catholicism in my background, as I had greatx5 through x9 or whatever grandparents of English and Welsh ancestry who immigrated to Maryland, and they or their descendants eventually further west. It's been a long time coming (nearly 9 and a half years, and my more seriously considering it within the past two to four years), but I believed and realized it was time to come home, with not only my gut instinct and internal feelings, but even signs that I was given.
Good job. Former protestant myself. 5 yrs ago the Blessed Mother brought me to her Son and into the Kingdom of God.
So would you say that Mary is the salvivic agent that brought you to salvation?
@@stephenwagner2688 have you ever had a person who invited you to church? Or a particular author, or book, or inspiring person you read that prompted you to go? Don’t put words in his mouth. Of course she is the main inspiration to being a follower of her Son for us christians
@@stephenwagner2688 Mary *MAGNIFIES* Jesus. If you KNOW Mary, you will KNOW Jesus.
@@MB-zn9vg
" have you ever had a person who invited you to church? Or a particular author, or book, or inspiring person you read that prompted you to go? Don’t put words in his mouth. Of course she is the main inspiration to being a follower of her Son for us christians "
Not any dead friends.
@@Darth_Vader258
" Mary MAGNIFIES Jesus. If you KNOW Mary, you will KNOW Jesus. "
Can you show me that in Scritpure?
Quasi-protestant here. I love your video, good, straightforward points. I would love to see some of your arguments hold up in a fair debate.
Trent Horn, a former Protestant, holds great debates.
Excellent video, God bless!