A Protestant Take on Ignatius 

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@@TruthUnites Debunking catholicism I'm more blessed than mary Proof = Luke 11:27-28 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen _________________________ CHRIST alone John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus _________________________ Work of God = John 6:28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” _________________________ 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul. Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop _________________________ Jesus said Matthew 23:9 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father. Sad _________________________ Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God Use this to defeat the argument. Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Matthew 12:46-50 46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”. Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” John 19:26-27 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards). By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26. _________________________ We should not pray to apostles Romans 1:25 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Acts 10:25-26 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” Acts 14:15 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, Revelation 19:10 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 22:8-9 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Colossians 2:18 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, You cannot go to Father through saints nor mary, you can only go to the Father through Lord Jesus Christ= John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles _________________________ There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrew 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrew 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. _________________________ Apostles are allowed to marry, 1 Corinthians 9:1-5 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry? _________________________ The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic). 1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple 2)He sank down while walking on water 3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan 4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times 5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven 6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear 7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles. 8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land), 9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit), 10)King Soloman messed up, 11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11). Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up) 12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up. 13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20 14) Apostle John when receiving Revelation worshiped an angel and the angel said "see you do not do that. Worship GOD" Revelation 22:8-9 If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up. _ Galatians 4:21-26 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Sarah is mother of all, Not mary Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics Changed the 10 commandments by deleting 2nd commandment, and dividing the 10th into 2 commandments. Also changing the real Saturday Sabbath to fake sunday sabbath.

@@mynameis......23 You should read more. All of these so called "objections" have been debunked 100 times over. Just do a basic google search. We even have ChatGPT today, there is no reason to not be this uninformed.

Famous last words before leaving Protestantism

The stupidity you catholics have to promote satanism is unbelievable.

Debunking catholicism I'm more blessed than mary Proof = Luke 11:27-28 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen _________________________ CHRIST alone John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus _________________________ Work of God = John 6:28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” _________________________ 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul. Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop _________________________ Jesus said Matthew 23:9 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father. Sad _________________________ Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God Use this to defeat the argument. Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Matthew 12:46-50 46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”. Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” John 19:26-27 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards). By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26. _________________________ We should not pray to apostles Romans 1:25 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Acts 10:25-26 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” Acts 14:15 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, Revelation 19:10 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 22:8-9 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Colossians 2:18 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, You cannot go to Father through saints nor mary, you can only go to the Father through Lord Jesus Christ= John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles _________________________ There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrew 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrew 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. _________________________ Apostles are allowed to marry, 1 Corinthians 9:1-5 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry? _________________________ The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic). 1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple 2)He sank down while walking on water 3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan 4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times 5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven 6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear 7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles. 8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land), 9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit), 10)King Soloman messed up, 11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11). Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up) 12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up. 13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20 14) Apostle John when receiving Revelation worshiped an angel and the angel said "see you do not do that. Worship GOD" Revelation 22:8-9 If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up. _ Galatians 4:21-26 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Sarah is mother of all, Not mary Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics Changed the 10 commandments by deleting 2nd commandment, and dividing the 10th into 2 commandments. Also changing the real Saturday Sabbath to fake sunday sabbath.

I single handedly debunked you entire demonic catholic cult

@@mynameis......23 Yeah you have not debunked the Catholic Church at all, you have just repeated Protestant misunderstandings. Maybe try reading the Church Fathers and how they interpreted scripture, after all, they knew the Apostles who wrote the NT.

​@mynameis......23 I pray that you realize what Jesus is talking about here (Luke 11: 27-28). He gave focus to the act that gave Mary the gift of being the blessed mother of Christ... listening to the word of God and obeying it instantly... without a doubt: "Be it unto me according to your word." Jesus advises us to obey the word and receive our own blessings instead of focusing on an exclusive blessing to his mother, which is unattainable to anyone else.

thanks!

15:15 probably the most important part, imo

Thank you, friend

thanks for sharing that! Okay, I will do something on this. I currently have a 4:00 clip on the eucharist on my patreon as well, coming out in a week or two

@@TruthUnites incentive then to join patreon ;) lol.

@@Will-wu1gb I really want my channel to be a ministry -- if you really are dying for it, email me. :)

@@Will-wu1gb Hi Will ! As a Catholic convert, I would like to share with you the following about the Eucharist and perhaps watch Scott Hahn's video too ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-67WmIGLPvEM.html 1. The Jews on the night before the Exodus were instructed to eat an unblemished lamb so that their eldest can be spared biological death. It is insufficient to just smear the lambs' blood on the door post. They were then brought across the Red Sea into their Promised Land. Jesus being the unblemished Lamb of God gives us His true presence in the Eucharist so that He can save us from spiritual death. That is why he said in John 6:54 whoever eats my body and drinks my blood shall have everlasting life and be raised up on the last day. That is why he said the Jews' forefathers eat manna but die. However whoever eats Him shall have everlasting life. So like the Jews before Exodus needs to eat the unblemished lamb to be saved biologically, we need to eat the unblemished Lamb of God to be saved spiritually. Thus we have to eat the real presence of the Lamb of God - not symbolic - just as the Jews don't eat a symbolic lamb at the Passover Meal. After consuming the real presence, Jesus gives us eternal life, raise us up on the last day, brings us across the sea of sin into our Promised Land, Heaven. The Eucharist has to be the real presence for the above to work. That is why Jesus says He is the vine and we the branches - we draw from Jesus. That is how we are children of God as Jesus's blood is flowing in us. This is part 1. Part 2 - Believing in the true presence is one thing. How to consecrate the wafer into the true presence is another. Jesus instituted Holy Orders to the Apostles . Jesus is the High Priest and He bestowed the priesthood to the Apostles by asking them to celebrate Mass in memory of Him. Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit into the Apostles and gave them the authority to bind and loose and to teach whatever He taught them. The Apostles ordained bishops send deacons in Acts. Thus the authority and ability to consecrate the host, changing it to the true presence with the help of the Holy Spirit only lies with priests who have apostolic succession - ordained by the Apostles and who apostolically ordained the next successive generation of priests. So if I go and found my church today, I can't consecrate the host and there is no real presence because I am not validly ordained through apostolic succession

@ Will. The Apostles believed and taught the real presence. So do the Orthodox and even Luther. Thus for 1500 years, Christians believed in the true presence. Francis Chen the Evangelical pastor was amazed to discover this and he accepted and shared this discovery. St Paul taught the true presence of the Eucharist in 1 Cor 11:29 1 Corinthians 11:29, NIV: "For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves." If the Eucharist were mere symbolic, what is the problem with eating bread in a sinful state ? Why eat judgement by merely eating mere bread ? St Ignatius roundly declares that the bread is the flesh of Jesus, the cup his blood. Clearly he intends this realism to be taken strictly, for he makes it the basis of his argument against the Docetists’ denial of the reality of Christ’s body. . . .St Irenaeus teaches that the bread and wine are really the Lord’s body and blood. Here are examples of what early Church Fathers had to say on the subject of the the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist: Ignatius of Antioch “I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ . . . and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible” (Letter to the Romans 7:3 [A.D. 110]). “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has 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, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes” (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2-7:1 [A.D. 110]). Justin Martyr “For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nurtured, is both the flesh and the blood of that incarnated Jesus” (First Apology 66 [A.D. 151]). Irenaeus “If the Lord were from other than the Father, how could he rightly take bread, which is of the same creation as our own, and confess it to be his body and affirm that the mixture in the cup is his blood?” (Against Heresies 4:33-32 [A.D. 189]). “He has declared the cup, a part of creation, to be his own blood, from which he causes our blood to flow; and the bread, a part of creation, he has established as his own body, from which he gives increase unto our bodies. When, therefore, the mixed cup [wine and water] and the baked bread receives the Word of God and becomes the Eucharist, the body of Christ, and from these the substance of our flesh is increased and supported, how can they say that the flesh is not capable of receiving the gift of God, which is eternal life-flesh which is nourished by the body and blood of the Lord, and is in fact a member of him?” (ibid., 5:2). Tertullian “[T]here is not a soul that can at all procure salvation, except it believe whilst it is in the flesh, so true is it that the flesh is the very condition on which salvation hinges. And since the soul is, in consequence of its salvation, chosen to the service of God, it is the flesh which actually renders it capable of such service. The flesh, indeed, is washed [in baptism], in order that the soul may be cleansed . . . the flesh is shadowed with the imposition of hands [in confirmation], that the soul also may be illuminated by the Spirit; the flesh feeds [in the Eucharist] on the body and blood of Christ, that the soul likewise may be filled with God” (The Resurrection of the Dead 8 [A.D. 210]). Hippolytus “‘And she [Wisdom] has furnished her table’ [Prov. 9:2] . . . refers to his [Christ’s] honored and undefiled body and blood, which day by day are administered and offered sacrificially at the spiritual divine table, as a memorial of that first and ever-memorable table of the spiritual divine supper [i.e., the Last Supper]” (Fragment from Commentary on Proverbs [A.D. 217]). Origen “Formerly, in an obscure way, there was manna for food; now, however, in full view, there is the true food, the flesh of the Word of God, as he himself says: ‘My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink’ [John 6:55]” (Homilies on Numbers 7:2 [A.D. 248]). Cyprian of Carthage “He [Paul] threatens, moreover, the stubborn and forward, and denounces them, saying, ‘Whosoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily, is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord’ [1 Cor. 11:27]. All these warnings being scorned and contemned-[lapsed Christians will often take Communion] before their sin is expiated, before confession has been made of their crime, before their conscience has been purged by sacrifice and by the hand of the priest, before the offense of an angry and threatening Lord has been appeased, [and so] violence is done to his body and blood; and they sin now against their Lord more with their hand and mouth than when they denied their Lord” (The Lapsed 15-16 [A.D. 251]). Aphraahat the Persian Sage “After having spoken thus [at the Last Supper], the Lord rose up from the place where he had made the Passover and had given his body as food and his blood as drink, and he went with his disciples to the place where he was to be arrested. But he ate of his own body and drank of his own blood, while he was pondering on the dead. With his own hands the Lord presented his own body to be eaten, and before he was crucified he gave his blood as drink” (Treatises 12:6 [A.D. 340]). Cyril of Jerusalem “The bread and the wine of the Eucharist before the holy invocation of the adorable Trinity were simple bread and wine, but the invocation having been made, the bread becomes the body of Christ and the wine the blood of Christ” (Catechetical Lectures 19:7 [A.D. 350]). “Do not, therefore, regard the bread and wine as simply that; for they are, according to the Master’s declaration, the body and blood of Christ. Even though the senses suggest to you the other, let faith make you firm. Do not judge in this matter by taste, but be fully assured by the faith, not doubting that you have been deemed worthy of the body and blood of Christ. . . . [Since you are] fully convinced that the apparent bread is not bread, even though it is sensible to the taste, but the body of Christ, and that the apparent wine is not wine, even though the taste would have it so, . . . partake of that bread as something spiritual, and put a cheerful face on your soul” (ibid., 22:6, 9). Ambrose of Milan “Perhaps you may be saying, ‘I see something else; how can you assure me that I am receiving the body of Christ?’ It but remains for us to prove it. And how many are the examples we might use! . . . Christ is in that sacrament, because it is the body of Christ” (The Mysteries 9:50, 58 [A.D. 390]). Theodore of Mopsuestia “When [Christ] gave the bread he did not say, ‘This is the symbol of my body,’ but, ‘This is my body.’ In the same way, when he gave the cup of his blood he did not say, ‘This is the symbol of my blood,’ but, ‘This is my blood’; for he wanted us to look upon the [Eucharistic elements] after their reception of grace and the coming of the Holy Spirit not according to their nature, but receive them as they are, the body and blood of our Lord. We ought . . . not regard [the elements] merely as bread and cup, but as the body and blood of the Lord, into which they were transformed by the descent of the Holy Spirit” (Catechetical Homilies 5:1 [A.D. 405]). Augustine “Christ was carried in his own hands when, referring to his own body, he said, ‘This is my body’ [Matt. 26:26]. For he carried that body in his hands” (Explanations of the Psalms 33:1:10 [A.D. 405]). “I promised you [new Christians], who have now been baptized, a sermon in which I would explain the sacrament of the Lord’s Table. . . . That bread which you see on the altar, having been sanctified by the word of God, is the body of Christ. That chalice, or rather, what is in that chalice, having been sanctified by the word of God, is the blood of Christ” (Sermons 227 [A.D. 411]). “What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ” (ibid., 272).

What’s your thoughts on the idol worship and the pope?

@@ShepherdMinistry idol worship is forbidden in the Catholic Church, as per in the Bible, the history of the churches tradition and the catechism, as for the the Papacy, simply looke Matthew 16:18-19, now do I think we have bad Pope's, sure but they still hold the keys given to them by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Also remember the Bible didn't exist in the first century, it was canonized in the 4th century during the council of Rome,under Pope Damasus I,in other words there is no Bible without the church contrary to what most protestants believe, that somehow the it just magically fell out of the sky out of thin air.

@@jesussotelo4775 You don’t think statues and pictures of Jesus are idol worship? They aren’t real pictures of Him. Shouldn’t we not worship a false image? You can’t say it’s not worshipping when it’s impersonating Him. I do disagree with the Matthew verse regarding it implying a pope but that is a highly debated passage. I appreciate your kind response!

@@ShepherdMinistry thanks for at least trying to understand the Catholic position, now to address the first issue, what would you say to someone if you were eating a bowl of spaghetti and they asked you, "why are you eating a bowl of earth worms?" You would probably explain that,you're not eating worms you're eating spaghetti, even though they perceive something different. Christian iconography dates back to the early century they're simply windowsinto heaven, and even in the old Testament God commands the Israelites to build inside the holy of holy the ark of the covenant which depict statue of charabim. If you want the best biblical and historical catholic teaching, I'll direct you to. 1. Early Church fathers 2. Dr Taylor Marshall 3 Trent Horn 4.Dr Scott Hahn. Taylor Marshall and Scott Hahn were both former protestants and the give detailed information on Catholic apologetics if you want scholarly information. Go ahead check these sources out even if you disagree, at least you'll get an intellectually honest response to your questions rather than imisconcepions. God bless.

@@timboslice980 Yes, Protestants tend to view anything that takes glory from God as a form of idolatry. As it becomes a first before God.

To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.

Thanks, glad you are enjoying it!

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@@TruthUnites Thank you very much!

Thanks Joe! Glad it was helpful!

Add pdf to the end of the search and you will usually find their letters

WAIT LOL THIS IS 2 years AGO!?! I hope your strong in your faith then, and God be with you

CCEL.

Glad it was helpful Ruben!

The Catholic Church has a different gospel from traditional Protestant teachings (I.E Luther and Calvin). One of the two is apostate, and seeking to devour the sheep of Christ. The separation is good and necessary.

@@mrnerd5675 potentially an overstatement, one is wrong and misleading, but that doesn't necessarily mean its devouring the sheep of Christ

Jerome, Commentary on Titus 1:7.

I think this would be a stronger argument if it were clear that Titus is a bishop, but of course, that is a point of dispute. Protestants often understand him to be an apostolic delegate, acting on Paul's authority.

Right. That is the Orthodox view of bishops. That's what Ignatius and Ireneaus ment. However one looks at it this is a clear and Biblical president against congregationalism and for clear, orgainzed and universal authority. Also, when you say "protestants" you are being unclear. Protestants do not agree on this issue.

@@fr.davidbibeau621 thanks for following up. I said Protestants "often" take that view. Apostolic delegate is definitely not necessarily the same as bishop. The Orthodox could affirm that language, of course, but it's not what is meant by others who use it. I disagree about the evidence, but thanks for commenting.

A Protestant can affirm that the Eucharist metaphorically represents Christ's sacrifice. But it's not actually another sacrifice. And nothing you've quoted from Ignatius necessitates that view.

@@Jimmy-iy9pl except Ignatius explicitly teaches the bodily presence of Christ. you're absolutely delusional

Masterful explanation. If you read the Epistle to the Smyrnans and can't figure out that Ignatius believed that the Eucharist IS the Flesh of Jesus Christ, you need to go back and take reading comprehension again.

@@Jimmy-iy9pl The Catholic teaching is that the Eucharistic Sacrifice literally Re-presents Christ's sacrifice and that it isn't another sacrifice. It's in fact the same sacrifice that Christ offered on the Cross, except in an unbloody manner instead of a bloody manner. It's difficult to ready Ignatius in any other way than as he actually believed that the Eucharist IS the Sacrificial offering of Christ's flesh. In fact, it's impossible if you're being honest.

This is sure a different twist on the Book of Romans than that most of us have ever read. The early church at Rome, pastored or mentored by Paul, where he taught and they went soul winning through the Romans approach. Romans 3:10, 3:23, 5:8&9, 6:23, 10:9-10, 10:13 is all there and it’s from Rome.

Calvinism is a subset of the Reformed (Zwinglian) position, which differs with Lutheranism only in Sacramentology, as it is stated in the Marburg Articles signed by both of these Protestant Traditions.

thank you for this! I'm waiting on the publisher for a few things, but will do so by end of month, hopefully!

@@TruthUnites Great, thank you.! And please open up opportunities for Zoom calls or dialogues with you. I think we need the beauty of the apologetics concept to be drawn back in the 21st century as it was in the earlier days.

That's your protestantism kicking in. Why would St Ignatius have you (people who don't like bishop) in mind when you didn't exist?

@@koppite9600 It was about power and control, and his writings was modified under Constantine. Who wanted to centralize the church around him and Rome. I am making videos on this right now. Christians did not use altars at the time of Ignatias btw. That did not come in, until around Constantine’s time. Obvious modification to the writings.

@@soteriology400 sounds like a rabbit hole for conspiracies to follow

@@koppite9600 Nope, plenty of evidence. I am not blinded by labels, such as “church fathers”. Some have used the name of an apostle to legitimize their church, others have used the name of an apostle to climb the corporate ladder within the church. I am not naive when reading. If you don’t want to study this in depth, no one is twisting your arm. This all removes specks from the eye and was very helpful.

I highly doubt that Ignatius would have approved of a corrupt or heretical bishop. The entire point of a bishop was to safeguard orthodoxy from corruption and heresy. In his mind, I'm sure he meant to qualify his views on bishops as those who were properly ordained and who taught the orthodox faith.

Yes let's trust modern Protestants over people who were direct students of the Apostles. Why do you choose to elevate Gavin and Protestant reformers over Church Fathers? Which one has the higher chance of being wrong? Hmmm idk

@@ThomasG_Nikolaj So you can't read to well, huh? The NT churches were "direct students of the Apostles" and that didn't stop them from believing heresies.

@@georgechristiansen6785 Those heresies have nothing to do with Orthodoxy lol, most of them were Judaizing, which is not Orthodoxy. Protestantism didn't exist for 1500 years pal, you believe in a false gospel created by unholy men

@@georgechristiansen6785 Imagine unironically believing that the first 1500 years of Christianity had it all wrong and the Reformers came and got it all right 😂

@@ThomasG_Nikolaj Yup. You genuinely suck at reading. Get that sorted and you might learn some things. Imagine not having read any of the reformers and thus not knowing they quoted the church "fathers" at least as much as scripture.

Hi Daniel! Thanks for the interaction. In my opinion, the tricky thing with saying that the monarchical episcopate could be a 2nd century development yet still have jure divino is: what other developments have that? Calling presbyters priests? Priestly celibacy? I think the apostolic era must be our benchmark for what has jure divino. I think you are right that my videos have Catholicism in view more than Orthodoxy, probably. I will think of how to engage Orthodoxy a bit more. Thanks for the feedback.

Daniel, thank you for your reply to Gavin. I have difficulty expressing myself coherently and you have done what I cannot do. Although I like the scholarship of Gavin's videos and they track my knowledge little though it is with the early church. In fact he confirms my own interpretation of the early centuries in that the church was in development and did not spring out of whole cloth. I believe that development was led by the Holy Spirit and is therefore valid. That which was not of the Holy Spirit has not stood the test of time. I was raised a Southern Baptist became Roman Catholic in college and eventually was led to Orthodoxy, specifically the Orthodox Church in America. While I am fervently orthodox because I believe I can hear God's voice more clearly and I can worship Him more fervently through Orthodox piety. But it is not for everyone. I speak freely to other Christians of my Orthodox faith but I do not try to convince Christians who have a church home be it Evangelical, mainline Protestant, or any other Trinitarian expression of Christianity. What I find disturbing about Gavin's videos that in some but not all of them he appears to be reaching out to evangelicals who are considering Roman Catholicism or Orthodoxy and trying to convince them that there is a brand of Protestantism that may satisfy their yearnings for something that they may see in Roman Catholicism or Orthodoxy. I do agree with him though that one should make such a move only after much prayer in consideration. After all it took me several years to go from Southern Baptist to Roman Catholic and then once I begin my final journey to Orthodoxy I attended services actively for many years before I made the final move. So my question is what is the main purpose of these videos? Scholarly discussion that are firmly grounded on facts - and from what I can see everything is factual - or is this a way to steer Evangelicals back to the fold?

@@philmattox8500 switching religions should indeed be considered very carefully. If you claim that you don't care what branch of Christianity someone joins, then what does it matter if someone like Gavin steers Protestants back toward Protestantism by stating accurate facts? What he says is accurate: if you like Protestantism but what more pomp, circumstance, ritual, and incense; there are other options besides affirming the Papacy.

It’s like, choose your poison. What’s worse, to be unsaved and outside of redemption, or outside of the Church, and outside of faith to others?

That's not even what a pope Is bro. He's essentially the high priest of Christianity.

Also If you regulary answer your questions with fringe (meaning you only hold this particular view) Biblical typologies, then you're kinda leading yourself down a path of error. God Bless

@@vasilias2230 There is only one high priest, and hes not the pope of Rome.

@@Alex-ph2pw My point to you Is don't know what a pope Is. whether or not Christ established a pastoral priesthood with a high priest Is a different discussion

@@vasilias2230 Im well aware of the imposter known as Pontifex Maximus, Vicar of Rome, Papa, holy Roman Emperor. He seeks dominion to rule over the earth.

Of course he believed in infant baptism, there wasn’t any other way before he schismed out of the church. It was a given

@juanluiscarbonepicard-ami5379 , I wonder how many faith alone adherents are aware of Luther's understanding of faith alone.

Not to mention how far removed they are from the early reformers. Calvin and Luther both believed and used Scripture to defend Mary's perpetual virginity

Thanks! I have enjoyed watching some of Jordan's videos.

Thanks Mike!

I don't see anything about Peter as bishop of Rome in I Peter 5:13, or even in Irenaeus. Also, a problem with Irenaeus' list is that it contradicts Tertullian's. I address that more fully here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eP2U_bC-oUI.html

@@TruthUnites is it that you don’t see him in Rome or that he was bishop? I wasn’t aware of Tertullian’s list, but that there are discrepancies in the order not surprising, especially between Cletus and Clement. What is universally believed however is that there were bishops in Rome since Peter. My proof for this isn’t very fancy, just search the web and see. Unless you claim access to some esoteric source That labels them differently, but then, what is the authority of that source?

@@mikelopez8564 its that I don't see him as the bishop. Discrepancies call the accuracy into question. Especially because its not just in order, but more more fundamental discrepancies (e.g., Irenaeus has no conception of Peter as the first bishop). Once the monarchical episcopate develops, of course people will claim its continuity with the past. But all the early evidence (e.g., Heb. 13, Shepherd 1.2.4) indicates a plurality of leaders at Rome early on. I think evidence from the time in question must be given due weight. I go into this more in the video I linked to. God bless.

Because Protestantism didnt exist back then???

He was a contemporary Catholic according to the beliefs of the time, but not a Roman Catholic who today believes and does many things that were not taught by the Apostles.

I think Ignatius would be so concerned to know that one day people would pray to him

I think that it's much better to say that he is happy people will ask for his prayers. I feel like this is a misunderstanding in the definition of intercession

Might save me a few years haha.. would love to hear about your conversion, particularly your thoughts/experience after converting? Any disappointments?

I don't want to take away from your diligent research. I'm a lifelong Christian myself and spent the last few years looking into Catholicism, and church history as well. You've left out the parts where the Roman church settled matter of doctrinal dispute by burning dissenters at the stake, or other a worse form of torture before they did. I think that's an important part of church history as well, which lends more to explaining how the Roman Catholic church became the central authority. Not so much because they were right, but might was right and dissent wasn't allowed.

Great exposition on why we can only know if a doctrine is true by having a ultimate authority, which is the Pope.

@@saintejeannedarc9460 No, the Church didn't do that.

@@felipeneves9571 The Albigensians, Waldensians, Hussites, Huguenots, and several early Reformers were put to death either by order of, or without any protest from, Roman bishops. Let's not forget the persecution of Jews who refused to convert. So yes, the church did indeed do that.

But you’re more inclined to follow a random man from the 1600s who thought he had the authority to remove books from the Bible? You don’t realize that Martin Luther is the fulfillment of Paul’s prophecy? My friend you’re stuck in a twisted evil and demonic delusion.

Kiday -that’s interesting. If I may ask, what was it that led you to swim the Tiber, and what was it that led you to swim back?

Bersules -I know that straw man is convenient to erect for polemical purposes, but it’s not even close to accurately capturing the ethos and self-understanding of the reformed Church in England, a certain king’s sinful proclivities notwithstanding.

As a former Baptist now Anglican, I agree. I think the issue is most people see ELCA and TEC when they see Lutheranism and Anglicanism (which they're bigger than the actually orthodox counterparts so makes sense).

@@wesmorgan7729 -yes, you may be right

Anglican and Lutheran lines are null and void…

Thats an interesting point, I never considered that. I confess I have not taken the time to thoroughly study any of this, but I have heard it said repeatedly all of my life that the earliest christians believed that Christ would return within their lifetime.

RCC didn't exist in Ignatius's time, but of course "Catholics" teach that it started with Peter...smh.

@@joycegreer9391 St. Ignatius of Antioch (110AD) who was the disciple of St. John the evangelist for nearly 20 years. “You must follow the bishop as Jesus Christ follows the Father, and the presbytery as you would the Apostles. Let no one do anything of concern to the Church without the bishop. Let that be considered a valid Eucharist which is celebrated by the bishop, or by one whom he appoints. Wherever the bishop appears, let the people be there, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”

@@jamesrey3221 So? The word catholic means universal, not any specific church. The Gospel is universal. All churches have leadership, bishops or elders etc.

@@joycegreer9391 St. Ignatius is bishop of Antioch, St. Augustine is a bishop of Hippo, St. Cyril is a bishop of Jerusalem. These church fathers all predate the "reformation" in 1517. The Catholic church has bishops, celebrates mass and the Eucharist. Catholic is universal in the sense that it is a church for all people of all culture and ethnicity, the church prays and speaks in all languages and its more than 200,000 parishes is all over the world. "Go and baptize all nations....." St. Augustine: 397AD: "I would not believe in the Gospel myself if the authority of the Catholic Church did not influence me to do so." St. Augustine: "This Church is Holy, the One Church, the True Church, the Catholic Church, fighting as she does against all heresies. She can fight, but she cannot be beaten. All heresies are expelled from her, She remains fixed in her root, in her vine, in her love. The gates of hell shall not conquer her." St. Cyril of Jerusalem 350AD: “And if you are sojourning in cities, inquire not simply where the Lord’s house is nor merely where the church is, but where the Catholic Church is. For this is the peculiar name of this holy Church, the mother of us all, the spouse of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God.”

protestants don't have any bishops besides the anglicans, they don't have the eucharist and they don't have rome, he believed in catholicism@@joycegreer9391

Friend, I don't have a "mostly symbolic view of the Eucharist," and my final comment about becoming Lutheran or Anglican don't summarize the earlier portions of the video.

​@@TruthUnites : I do recall you saying in an interview with Mr. Suggs that you hold to a higher view of the eucharist. What I was pointing out was in a Protestant world dominated by Baptists and Evangelicals, the purely symbolic view is very common, if not a majority view. What are they to do with Ignatius? Are you saying that they are on shaky ground and need to make some changes? Apostolic succession is a different matter. While it is true that a person desiring a higher view of the Eucharist has a breadth of options, a person who becomes convinced of Apostolic succession from the Biblical and historical evidence has a far more limited menu of potential homes. Is your primary argument against Apostolic succession that it was a matter of practicality which is not binding on the Church universally?

@@actsapologist1991 Thanks for clarifying. I'm not sure how the average evangelical would respond to Ignatius; I was trying to give my own Protestant take. I'd say the purely symbolic view of the Eucharist has problems, even apart from Ignatius. As for apostolic succession, that is really beyond the purview of this video, which was focused on the monarchical episcopate (these are not the same thing -- for example, Ignatius links the apostles with the presbyters, not bishops). I'll have to do a video on apostolic succession sometime.

@@TruthUnites Ahh, very good. I look foreword to that!

@@TruthUnites touch on the argument that it was always monarchial but that the phraseology changed.

😏 You noticed that as well? 😁

I agree, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I've felt similarly hearing stories of barely thought-out, reactionary conversions to Catholicism or Orthodoxy based on the most superficial readings of the church fathers. Catholic apologists, unlike Catholic scholars, can be extremely disingenuous in their selective usage of patristic writings.

In 2022, 522K Germans left the Catholic Church. Wouldn’t you want to tell them to maybe read a bit further and discern more? I guess not because that would make seem like a call centre operator…

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.

There is plenty of evidence that there was plenty of debate as to whether communion was meant literally, or as a memorial. That's even among those early Christians we would consider the early RC church. Same w/ whether Peter was made head of the church, or equal w/ other apostles. Some of these disputes are laid out in Mike Winger's videos. He spent many months reading the catechism and the various RC councils and their recorded books. Now outside the early RC church, there was much more disagreement, but these early Christian churches were cruelly crushed and pogroms issued to route out dissenters. There were many more attempts at church reform before Luther. He was just the first to actually survive it.

Debunking catholicism I'm more blessed than mary Proof = Luke 11:27-28 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen _________________________ CHRIST alone John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus _________________________ Work of God = John 6:28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” _________________________ 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul. Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop _________________________ Jesus said Matthew 23:9 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father. Sad _________________________ Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God Use this to defeat the argument. Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Matthew 12:46-50 46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”. Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” John 19:26-27 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards). By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26. _________________________ We should not pray to apostles Romans 1:25 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Acts 10:25-26 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” Acts 14:15 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, Revelation 19:10 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 22:8-9 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Colossians 2:18 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, You cannot go to Father through saints nor mary, you can only go to the Father through Lord Jesus Christ= John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles _________________________ There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrew 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrew 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. _________________________ Apostles are allowed to marry, 1 Corinthians 9:1-5 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry? _________________________ The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic). 1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple 2)He sank down while walking on water 3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan 4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times 5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven 6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear 7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles. 8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land), 9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit), 10)King Soloman messed up, 11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11). Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up) 12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up. 13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20 14) Apostle John when receiving Revelation worshiped an angel and the angel said "see you do not do that. Worship GOD" Revelation 22:8-9 If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up. _ Galatians 4:21-26 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Sarah is mother of all, Not mary Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics Changed the 10 commandments by deleting 2nd commandment, and dividing the 10th into 2 commandments. Also changing the real Saturday Sabbath to fake sunday sabbath.

You have to be dishonest person to be a catholic.

@@saintejeannedarc9460 Debunking catholicism I'm more blessed than mary Proof = Luke 11:27-28 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen _________________________ CHRIST alone John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus _________________________ Work of God = John 6:28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” _________________________ 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul. Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop _________________________ Jesus said Matthew 23:9 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father. Sad _________________________ Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God Use this to defeat the argument. Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Matthew 12:46-50 46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”. Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” John 19:26-27 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards). By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26. _________________________ We should not pray to apostles Romans 1:25 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Acts 10:25-26 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” Acts 14:15 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, Revelation 19:10 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 22:8-9 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Colossians 2:18 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, You cannot go to Father through saints nor mary, you can only go to the Father through Lord Jesus Christ= John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles _________________________ There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Hebrew 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Hebrew 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. _________________________ Apostles are allowed to marry, 1 Corinthians 9:1-5 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry? _________________________ The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic). 1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple 2)He sank down while walking on water 3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan 4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times 5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven 6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear 7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles. 8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land), 9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit), 10)King Soloman messed up, 11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11). Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up) 12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up. 13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20 14) Apostle John when receiving Revelation worshiped an angel and the angel said "see you do not do that. Worship GOD" Revelation 22:8-9 If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up. _ Galatians 4:21-26 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Sarah is mother of all, Not mary Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics Changed the 10 commandments by deleting 2nd commandment, and dividing the 10th into 2 commandments. Also changing the real Saturday Sabbath to fake sunday sabbath.

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Along with the Reformers, we’re “protesting” against a church no longer following orthodox beliefs and practices being called an orthodox church. The so-called “Catholic” church was no longer catholic. To be truly unified, one has to be unified around a specific group of beliefs. We could be interpersonally warm and huggy-huggy with people we have nothing in common with. You could construct a “church” of nominal Christians, atheists, and Satan worshipers where everyone gave everyone else the handshake of fellowship! Biblical “unity” implies agreement on biblical issues. Otherwise, it’s just a word.

@@HannahClapham yeah it's really evident post-reformation lmao, protestants can't even agree on fundamentals.

If by Protestant you mean ANYONE in the West splitting off from Rome after 1517, then yes, these churches are far flung and disparate. But then, by the same token, you will have to accept ANYONE in the West before that point. Let’s see, we have Albigensians, Catharis, Waldensians, Arians, Sabellians, Monarchians, Montanists, Novatianists, Donatists, Bogomils, Paulicians, Marcionists, Apollinarists, Docetists, Patripassians, Adoptianists, Collyridians, Nestorians, and Monophysites. And I guess we’d need to give you the Lollards and the Hussites, too. Quite the list! You’ll probably say these are all heretics. Ah, but they lived during an era when Rome was the only game in town (i.e., the only recognized church). They were bad, sure. But they were bad Catholics. I share your depiction of Protestantism as “all over the place.” But here’s the thing: the huge majority of them are bad Protestants. Mainstream (liberal) Protestants, for the most part, aren’t even Christian, let alone Protestant. The largest portion of “Evangelicals” believe in the Prosperity Gospel or they’re semi-Pelagians or Modalists or practitioners of Openness Theology or a hundred other modern heresies. I don’t see how I’m responsible for them, any more than you’re responsible for Socinians and Jansenists and Lefebvrists and other sedevacantists. Catholicism has its share of RadTrads to the far right and Liberation Theologians to the far left. Something like 80% of American Catholics don’t abide by the Church’s teaching on contraceptives. Thomas Howard, a Catholic apologist, estimates that nine out of ten American parishes don’t catechise properly and are to the left of the Vatican. (Well, maybe not so much anymore since the ascendency of Francis.) Most Catholics will point to the CCC as official teaching, but then Francis can just up and change it on a whim. C.S. Lewis chose not to join the Catholic Church partly because, in his eyes, its belief systems were too unstable. Anti-modernist vows give way to a very modernist Vatican II Council. And the leaders of Nouvelle Théologie are left to hold the line. John Paul II, thus, gets fashioned as a “conservative.” Less liberal than the other liberals, I guess. So yes, Evangelicalism is in a bad state of affairs. Almost a death spiral, if you ask me, but even so...people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Catholicism is in shreds. Will it even be here in a generation or two? It’s hemorrhaging members like crazy. The second largest religious group in the U.S. is former Catholics! And, by the way, magisterial Protestants, those who still follow the Reformers, those who still believe in the Solas, those still constrained by Augsburg and Heidelberg and Westminster and Dordt and the 39 Articles, do agree on the fundamentals, along with pretty much everything else. Today’s Charismatics might act as if they have eaten the Holy Ghost, feathers and all, as Luther once remarked. But today’s conservative Lutherans and Anglicans and Presbyterians have pretty much stuck to the Gospel “once delivered to the saints.” Remember, if we’re responsible for the errors of every last sect that splits off from us, then you’re responsible for the errors of...Protestantism!

@@HannahClapham Brother I appreciate your comment, it will help me understand church history better. I'm not a Catholic either...I think all these churches are a joke and compromised. It all boils down to our walk with Christ, that's all I care about nowadays. I think because Christian history is so rich we can use examples from all of the denominations, besides the obvious heresies. God bless

uyg7oftf- Walking with Christ is certainly more important than coming under the authority of one flawed church or another. But walking with Christ includes fellowship with his children. We are not in this alone, but part of a flock. A flock with but one shepherd. The Good Shepherd. Though there is much corruption out there, there are a lot of stalwart, genuine lovers of Christ, as well. Seek out the faithful churches. Seek out the faithful followers. Become a part of the unity of faithfulness.

Which Catholic Church? Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church, Union of Utrecht Catholic Church, Union of Catholic Apostolic Churches, Genuine Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church, Russian Old-Orthodox Church, Pomeranian Old-Orthodox Church, Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia, Old Calendar Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Syrian Church of the East, Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East?

Irenaeus said churches "should" agree with the church of Rome, given that it is one of the most ancient and was founded by the 2 most reverenced Apostles, but He didn't say these churches "must" submit to Rome's authority as some sort of God's commandment. Iraeneus advice has more to do with trusting in the well known virtuous reputation and heritage of the Church of Rome at that time, than asserting some sort of divine right to govern all the other churches.

@@haroldgamarra7175 why does he have to say the language you want him to say. It says as a matter of necessity, every church should agree with this church. And calls it “preeminent authority “ and lists the succession, translated to English. It sounds clear to me. Sounds like the Bishop of Rome today.

@@JJ-cw3nf He says that Rome has preeminent authority in regards to its traditions yet read on and he says in that same chapter verse 3 that Rome sent a letter to the Corinthians explaining what those traditions are and in short it's basically the Oneness of God and the gospel ect. None of the Marian Dogmas or papal infallibility that you have now.

@@johnno. Ireneaus couldn’t be any clear of the role of Bishop of Rome and office established by Jesus. If I were writing about the Pope I’d write something similar.. The Marian dogma of the “immaculate conception” was declared infallible way later, and four years later in “Our lady of Lourdes” Mary appeared identifying herself as “I am the immaculate conception”, thus confirming Papal infallibility

@@JJ-cw3nf mate actually read irenaus and don't read into him he isn't even talking about the bishop and if a supposed sighting of Mary equals infallibility then surely The Hindus who saw statues of Vishnu drinking milk are also infallibility. Do not look for things that tickle ears

Not true at all.

He did because it is compelling

They have no explanation for these, it’s a major issue for them.

Lutheran presbyter-bishops are bishops. Anglicans and Moravians have Episcopal bishops. "The writings of the Apostle do not agree entirely with the hierarchy which is now in the Church, because they were written at the very beginning. He even calls Timothy, whom he himself made a presbyter, the bishop, because first presbyters were being called bishops becuase when a bishop passed away, a presbyter succeeded him. In Egypt, presbyters even do confirm if the bishop is absent." --Ambrosiaster commenting on Ephesians 4:11-12 St. Willehad the presbyter built churches and ordained presbyters in Lower Saxony starting in 781. He was not made bishop until 787. Nobody thought he was acting wrongly or reconsecrated his presbyters. Paphnutius the presbyter ordained his own successor, Daniel, according to Cassian. There's also the famous Letter 146 of Jerome. The Assyrian Church of the East did not change from a presbyterial to an episcopal structure until the 300s. These examples have led several Papist scholars to conclude that Presbyterial ordination is not entirely invalid. Fr. George Tavard concluded that presbyterial successions are a matter of history, and said: "I would be prepared to go further, and to admit that episcopal succession is not absolutely required for valid ordination…. The main problem, in our ecumenical context, does not lie in evaluating historical lines of succession, but in appreciating the catholicity of Protestantism today." Fr. Harry McSorley concluded, after a thorough study of the Council of Trent: "We can say without qualification that there is nothing whatever in the Tridentine doctrine on sacrament of order concerning the reality of the eucharist celebrated by Christians of the Reformation churches. Catholic theologians who have maintained that there is no sacrament of the body and blood of Christ in Protestant churches because Protestant ministers are radically incapable of consecrating the eucharist are incorrect if they think this opinion is necessitated by the teaching of Trent." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--0w1TtfTIlU.html

@@Mygoalwogel thanks I appreciate that. That was my whole point, to show that it is biblical 💯to have Bishops in the churches as leaders, to pass down their teaching just like tradition, &goes to Deacon's ,priests teaching the church. Not pastors as u see in Protestant churches 2day. Luther and Anglican churches took this teaching because they know it was biblical, As they took the sacraments as well. something Luther couldn't not let go, he knew bread and wine has the blood& body of Christ was biblical, but we don't see this in Protestant churches. so basically it's really hard for me now after my studies as an ex-protestant now, on how can such knowledgeable men who study so many Christian theologians be so intelligent to not see the true history of the holy Apostolic Catholic orthodox church, they still do not believe its the true church. R early church's were not Protestants @ all. So Catholics r right to say they r not in the body of Christ. So people that dont believe in the spiritual world & evil powers , all u have to do is look @ educated men like this YT, who study and still can't see the truth blinded by the devil. I pray he wakes up one day God bless u 🙏🏼💯☦

I think that is agreed upon by all sides.

"look he said something nice about Rome!".....

It’s not just Protestants. I grew up in Catholic schools and went to the Baptist Church on Sundays growing up. Most Christians are “Casual Christians” and don’t care to do their own research and get in their Bibles. I’ve been guilty of it most of my life, but now that I’m older I find I can’t read the Bible enough.

Orthodoxy is where it’s at ☦️ God bless

When Calvin read Ignatius’ letters he believed they were forgeries because of how Catholic they were. So it seems that it’s not just low information Protestants who think the early Church Fathers like Ignatius sound Catholic.

Contemporary Catholicism? Do you have any idea how old the Catholic Mass is? It’s remained mostly the same for over two thousand years. Classical Protestantism? What year was the Reformation? Ignatius was a disciple of the Apostle John. Ignatius was a bishop in the early Church with direct ties to the New Testament. Ignatius also used the word Catholic when referring to The Church. ACCORDING TO GOD, WORSHIP INVOLVES THESE THREE THINGS: 1. SACRIFICE 2. AN ALTAR 3. AN ORDAINED PRIEST SINCE THE VERY FIRST MASS AT THE LAST SUPPER, WHEN JESUS OFFERED TO GOD HIS BODY, BLOOD, SOUL, AND DIVINITY, EVERY CATHOLIC MASS HAS BEEN A SACRIFICE, ON AN ALTAR, OFFERED BY AN ORDAINED PRIEST. LISTENING TO A PREACHER READ FROM THE BIBLE, AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT HE/SHE THINKS IT ALL MEANS ISN'T WORSHIP. IT'S A BIBLE STUDY. LISTENING TO A BAND PLAY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ISN'T WORSHIP. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Ignatius was a Catholic priest.

Thanks, I'm glad the videos have been helpful! I have heard some Lutherans disavow the term consubstantiation. That is interesting -- I wonder how widespread that is? It's a pretty typical term for the Lutheran tradition. Either way, I think the more general point that Lutherans believe in a high account of real presence remains.

Isn't Consubstantiation mentioned explicitly in The (39) Articles of Religion in the (Church of England) Book of Common Prayer (1662)?

Thanks so much Gavin! Same here, really seeking through history. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@@jessedutch3086 so glad it was useful for you!

Thank you, Dr. Gavlin. Consubstantiation really took hold during the Oxford Movement among the high anglicans in particular. After researching a bit more, it seems like a common belief rather than one that only a fringe group of anglicans believe. I tried to send you a link to a Lutheran statement that rejects the doctrine but it didn't work. Will see if I can try again later!

Luke 1:4 Scripture is what gives certainty of doctrine. John 5:39 We have eternal life from the Scriptures only because they bear witness about Christ. John 10:35 Scripture cannot be broken or invalidated. John 15:20 No one may contradict or neglect the Apostles and be a Christian. John 17:20 The word of the Apostles is the source of true faith. John 20:31 The Gospel of John alone is enough to tell us what to believe so that we can have life in Jesus' name. John 22:24 The Gospel of John is a true testimony. No authority may contradict it. Acts 17:11 We are to examine the Scriptures daily to see if anything taught as doctrine is true. Acts 24:14 We are to believe everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets. Romans 15:4 Scripture was written for our instruction to encourage us and give us hope. 1 Corinthians 12:28 All other teachers and servants in the Church come after the Apostles in priority. 1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he must acknowledge that the things Paul wrote to us are a command of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 1:13 Paul did not write anything other than what lay people of Corinth and Achaia could read and understand. Some partially understand; some fully understand. Paul will boast of all on the day of the Lord. Galatians 1:8 No one may contradict what the Apostles preached. Galatians 1:20 Paul did not lie in what he wrote. Galatians 3:22 The Scripture imprisoned everything else under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Eph 2:20 The Apostles and Prophets are the foundation of the Church and the faith with Christ as cornerstone. All other authorities must build on that foundation and no other. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 We are to firmly hold to the teachings of the Apostles. They are the only true standard by which other teachers and doctrines are to be judged. I challenge anyone to identify an oral Apostolic teaching that is not written in the New Testament. 1 Timothy 3:14-15 This letter tells us who may and may not become overseers and deacons, and how the Church is to be godly. This godliness is unchanging. 1 Timothy 4:13 We are to devote ourselves to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 2 Timothy 3:15 The scriptures are able to make us wise for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 3:16 Scripture is profitable for correction in righteousness. No doctrine that isn't supportable by scripture may correct scripture or render it unprofitable. Scripture is the only true standard by which all teachers and doctrines are to be judged. 2 Timothy 3:17 Scripture makes preachers (men of God) complete. Scripture fully equips preachers for every good work. 1 Peter 5:12 This letter is the true grace of God. We must stand firm in it. 2 Peter 3:2 We are to obey the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through his apostles. 2 Peter 3:16 The ignorant and unstable who twist the scriptures do so to their own destruction. Paul's Epistles are Scripture. 1 John 1:3-4 The eye-wittness writings of the Apostles are what give us fellowship with the Apostles, with the Father, and with His Son. 1 John 4:6 The Apostles are from God. Whoever knows God listens to the words of the Apostles; whoever is not from God does not believe the Apostles. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. James 2:8 Love of neighbor as taught by scripture is enough to keep us busy for the rest of our lives.

The Pope's church actually contradicts Scripture (and therefore the Apostles) shamelessly: Lateran Council 1 Canon 21: We absolutely forbid priests, deacons, subdeacons, and monks to have concubines or to contract marriage. Lateran Council 2 Canon 6: For since they should be and be called the temple of God, the vessel of the Lord, the abode of the Holy Spirit, it is *unbecoming* that they *indulge in marriage* and in *impurities.* 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and *teachings of demons,* through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who *forbid marriage* 1 Corinthians 9:5 *Do we not have the right* to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Canon 21 continued: We decree in accordance with the definitions of the sacred canons, that *marriages already contracted by such persons must be dissolved,* and that the persons be condemned to do penance. Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. Innocent III, 1204 "We destine specially to this, that the material sword may be sanctioned to supply the defect of the spiritual sword, and you, besides the temporal glory which you will attain from so pious and praiseworthy a work, may obtain that pardon for sins, which we grant as an indulgence for the remission of their sins, since we want those who faithfully shall have laboured against the heretics to rejoice in the same indulgence as we grant as an indulgence for those crossing the sea for the aid of the Holy Land." Lateran Council 4 Canon 3: Secular authorities, whatever office they may hold, shall be admonished and induced and if necessary compelled by ecclesiastical censure, that as they wish to be esteemed and numbered among the faithful, so for the defense of the faith they ought publicly to take an oath that they will strive in good faith and to the best of their ability to *exterminate* in the territories subject to their jurisdiction all heretics pointed out by the Church. _Ad extirpanda_ of Pope Innocent IV: We decree that the head of state [...] shall observe, both what is written herein, and other regulations and laws both ecclesiastical and civil, that are published against heretical wickedness. [...] No heretical man or woman may dwell, sojourn, or maintain a bare subsistence in the country, or any kind of jurisdiction or district belonging to it, whoever shall find the heretical man or woman shall boldly seize, with impunity, all his or their goods, and freely carry them off. [...] The head of state, or whatever ruler stands foremost in the public esteem, must cause the heretics who have been arrested in this manner to be taken to whatever jurisdiction the Diocesan, or his surrogate, is in, or whatever district, or city, or place the Diocesan bishop wishes to take them to. [...] *The head of state or ruler **_must force_** all the heretics whom he has in custody, provided he does so without killing them or breaking their arms or legs* to confess their errors and accuse other heretics whom they know.

It may be hard to agree on anything within Christendom but I hope that at least our Catholic and Orthodox friends love the Word of God. At least they believe in the Word. Now some ‘Protestant’ denominations reject it or don’t believe in all of it anymore.

Honestly, Roman Catholicism is doing the same thing. As well, there are plenty of Anglican groups that are opposed to the liberalism we see in, for instance, the Episcopal Church (in fact, the majority of Anglicanism worldwide is opposed to gay "marriage" and women "Bishops"). German Roman Catholics are, today, literally allowing for gay "blessings".

@@barelyprotestant5365 that's a great point and I'm watching closely.. But the OFFICIAL stance of RCC on social issues still holds the line. , some comments by the pope not withstanding 🙂but you are very right that there are very liberal Catholics. Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I'm still learning!

@@barelyprotestant5365 just looked at your profile and saw you are Anglican so forgive me if I've misrepresented. CS Lewis was very instrumental in my return to the faith 10 years ago after a long hiatus, so Anglicans hold a special place in my heart!

@@dennischanay7781 Even in a Province as liberal as the Episcopal Church, they still aren't "officially pro-gay marriage". They haven't changed the Prayer Book. But yes: the stench of liberalism is everywhere in Christendom!

@@barelyprotestant5365 another good point. I'll follow you and hopefully learn more! This Christian life is difficult!! I'm always open to learn more so share whatever you want!!hope you and your family are well.

Yeah, but a first century wild duck looks nothing like a plump, selectively bred, factory farmed duck clucking about a 21st century farmyard, and pretending it does wouldn't be honest... (I'll be honest, my analogy works better with geese or turkey, but we play with the cards dealt...)

So then, based on this logic, Iggy was a Baptist?

In his second letter to Timothy, St. Paul writes, “For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come” (2 Timothy 4:6; cf. Philippians 2:7). Generally, the term used for sacrifice in Greek is “thusia;” however, St. Paul uses the first person singular passive verb “spendomai,” which translated means “to pour out,” as in a libation or drink-offering. This expression is an allusion to the Jewish ritual of pouring wine into the altar after the sacrificial animal had been burnt (cf. Numbers 28:7). St. Paul employs this metaphor to cast his own martyrdom in a liturgical light. Thus, his death becomes a public act of worship, whereby he offers himself both bodily and spiritually to God, much in the same way that Christ offered himself on the cross. The Eucharistic overtones of the Greek verb are more clearly seen in the writings of St. Ignatius of Antioch, who in his letter to the Romans, writes, “Do not seek to confer any greater favor upon me than that I be sacrificed to God while the altar is still prepared.”[1] Here, St. Ignatius picks up on the apostle’s metaphor, even employing the same Greek verb (spendomai). However, he expands on the sacrificial metaphor by referring to himself as the bread and wheat of Christ in the same letter. He writes, Allow me to become food for the wild beasts, through whose instrumentality it will be granted me to attain to God. I am the wheat of God, and let me be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ. Rather entice the wild beasts, that they may become my tomb, and may leave nothing of my body; so that when I have fallen asleep, I may be no trouble to any one. Then shall I truly be a disciple of Christ, when the world shall not see so much as my body.[2] (emphasis mine) The Letter to the Romans contains three essential elements of the Mass: an altar, an allusion to wine, and two explicit references to the Eucharist. St. Ignatius not only identifies himself with the Eucharist, but also parallels his martyrdom which the Eucharistic sacrifice, which is offered upon the altar of God. We also find Eucharistic allusions in three of Ignatius’ other letters.[3] Here, I will only cite his letters to the Philadelphians and Smyrnaeans. In his Letter to the Philadelphians, St. Ignatius compares the bread and wine to the flesh and blood of Christ which he says are offered upon the altar. He writes, Take heed, then, to have but one Eucharist. For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup to [show forth ] the unity of His blood; one altar; as there is one bishop, along with the presbytery and deacons, my fellow-servants: that so, whatsoever you do, you may do it according to [the will of] God.[4] …. I flee to the Gospel as to the flesh of Jesus, and to the apostles as to the presbytery of the Church.[5] However, the most explicit statement in support of Eucharistic realism is found in his Letter to the Smyrnaeans. Ignatius writes, They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again.[6] St. Ignatius says that the Eucharist is the self-same flesh of Christ which suffered and which the Father, of his goodness, raised up again. The article in Greek is neuter, so it's not merely that Jesus was raised, but that his flesh was raised. The flesh *which* suffered, and the flesh *which* was raised for our salvation. In essence, by emphasizing the literalism of the bodily resurrection, he is also emphasizing a particular view of the Eucharist, namely, the Real Presence (as opposed to a purely symbolic or pneumatological understanding of the Eucharist). The Real Presence of the Eucharist is also reaffirmed by the sufferings of the martyrs. St. Ignatius writes in the same letter, But if these things were done by our Lord only in appearance, then am I also only in appearance bound? And why have I also surrendered myself to death, to fire, to the sword, to the wild beasts? But he who is near to the sword is near to God; he that is among the wild beasts is in company with God; provided only he be so in the name of Jesus Christ. I undergo all these things that I may suffer together with Him, He who became a perfect man inwardly strengthening me.[7] Here, Ignatius is writing in opposition to the Docetists (a Gnostic sect). The Docetists rejected the bodily sufferings of Christ because they denied he possessed a physical body. However, Ignatius argues that the physical sufferings of the martyrs would be rendered meaningless if Christ did not suffer bodily also. He incorporates the Eucharist into his argument in chapter 7 by suggesting that their refusal to participate in the Eucharist reflects their disbelief in the bodily sufferings and resurrection of Christ. By connecting the Eucharist to the bodily sufferings of Christ, Ignatius is not only emphasizing Eucharistic realism, but also the sacrificial nature of the Mass itself. The martyrs, through their sufferings and death, are not only united to Christ on the cross, but also the Eucharistic sacrifice itself, as Ignatius implies in his letter to the Romans. As Catholic theologian, Servais Pinckaers, writes Just as Christ truly suffered in his body, so Ignatius suffers in his own body to the point of shedding blood, and it is also the body and blood of Jesus that Christians receive in the Eucharist, as fortifying nourishment. It is for this reason that the Docetists, denying the reality of the Passion, did not participate in the celebration of the Eucharist and rendered the sufferings of the martyrs pointless.[8]

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Eucharist and Mission: A Preliminary Consideration, trans. by Vincent Twomey, S.V.D., Irish Theological Quarterly 65 (2000), 257-259. III. Martyrdom, Christian Life, and Apostolic Ministry as the Actual Fulfilment of the Eucharist After considering in broad outline the specific sacramental level of eucharistic theology in the New Testament, specifically in the First Letter to the Corinthians, we must look, however briefly, at the third level. This level I should like to call the ’existential’ level, so as to draw some conclusions for the theme of Eucharist and mission. Here I will discuss three texts: Phil 2:17 (to which 2 Tim 4:6 once again briefly alludes); in addition : Rom 12:1 and 15:16 1. Martyrdom as the Christian becoming Eucharist ’ In the Letter to the Philippians, Paul, in prison and awaiting trial, speaks about the possibility of martyrdom, and he does so, astonishingly, in liturgical language: ’Even if I am to be poured as a libation on the sacrificial offering of your faith.’ The Apostle’s martyrdom is of a liturgical character, it is a pouring out of life as a sacrifice, allowing oneself to be poured out for humanity, What happens here is a becoming one with the self-gift of Jesus Christ, with his great act of love, which itself is the true adoration of God. The martyrdom of the apostle participates in the mystery of the Christ’s Cross and in its theological dignity. It becomes lived liturgy, which is recognised as such in faith and is itself a service for the faith. Because it is true liturgy, it also brings about what all liturgy aims at: joy, that joy which can only arise from the encounter between man and God, from the abolition of the limits of earthly existence. What Paul hints at here in one single, short sentence, is fully developed in the account of the martyrdom of Saint Polycarp. The entire martyrdom is depicted as liturgy, indeed, as the becoming Eucharist of the martyr, who enters into full communion with the Pasch of Jesus Christ and thus becomes Eucharist with him. To begin with, it is recounted how the great bishop is chained and his hands bound to his back. Thus he appears ’like a noble ram (lamb!), who is led to God from the great herd, a sacrifice pleasing to God and prepared for him.’ The martyr, who in the meantime has been placed on the pyre and tied up there, now utters a kind of Eucharistic Prayer: he gives thanks for the knowledge of God, which has been granted to him though his beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He praises God, because he has been found worthy to receive a share in the chalice of Jesus with a view to the resurrection. Finally, he prays with words taken from the Book of Daniel, which in all probability had at an earlier stage been taken up into the Christian liturgy: ’to be accepted before you today as a pleasing and rich offering ...’ The text ends in a great doxology, as liturgical Eucharistic Prayers do. After Polycarp had spoken the Amen, the slaves light the pyre, and now a threefold miracle is reported, in which once again the liturgical character of the occurrence is portrayed in its diverse significance. The fire first of all takes on the form of a sail enclosing the saint on all sides. The burning pyre appears like a ship with billowing sails that transports the martyr across the boundaries of the earth into the hands of God. However, his burnt body, it is said, appears not like burnt flesh but rather like baked bread. And finally, there is no smell of burnt flesh; what those present inhale is a sweet scent ’like that of incense or precious aromas’. The pleasant odour is, in the Old as in the New Testament, a constitutive ingredient of the theology of sacrifice. In Paul, it is an expression of a life become pure, no longer exuding the stench of the lie and corruption, the decaying smell of death, but rather the refreshing air of life and love, the atmosphere suited to God and healing to man. Thus the image of the pleasant aroma and that of becoming bread belong together: the martyr has become like Christ; his life has become an offering. Not from him the poison of the decomposition of the living caused by the power of death; from him radiates the power of life, he nurtures life, as good bread lets us live. Surrender into the body of Christ has triumphed over the power of death: the martyr lives and gives life, precisely through his death, and so he himself has entered into the eucharistic mystery. Martyrdom is a source of faith.

But you can't just make a new Church in the 16th century or later and claim to have a valid Eucharist, even if you view it highly. There is ONE Eucharist, ONE Church because Christ has ONE body. I can't just go start my own Church, claim to believe in baptismal regeneration and the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and have it be so. No.. those "sacraments" that I perform will not have the grace that the True Church, Orthodoxy, has. Only one Church can have the sacraments, not thousands of different sects all claiming to have them whilst simultaneously believing different doctrines.

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I mean it should just be common sense lol. As if Christ would want 1000's of different institutions, when all the Early Church Fathers were in the same ONE Church and condemned people who were outside of that, such as the gnostics sects who all claimed to follow Jesus too. St. Ignatius says in his epistles that if someone leaves the Church and joins a schismatic sect, they will not inherit the Kingdom of God. How Protestants reconcile this, I have no idea

I would ask that you may rethink on considering theological differences as opinions instead of essentials to the faith. The scripture is God’s wisdom and message to his people. We need to address all matters with awe and reverence. The scripture does distinguish critical and less critical, but never essentials and non-essentials like you would with opinions. Another thing to consider is that the current generation who can safely practice religious freedoms forget that this benefit was free to us, but it was at the cost of millions of lives of our ancestors. They didn’t just think about their souls, but souls of their descendants. Jesus didn’t say to religious leaders “you have your opinions and I have mine”. He was willing to die on the cross and his disciples died for the truth as well, so future generations may know God and be saved from eternal hell. It’s easy to say why they didn’t just talk cordially. That’s like asking why didn’t people just surrender to Nazis and avoid the war where so many have died. Once false teachings take root in the church, Satan does not just leave it at that, his desire is to wipe out all true followers of Christ. Just quick facts. I am not trying to belittle Roman Catholics, but to point out how important faiths were to our ancestors. 500 years ago when Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, and Tyndale protested against the Church abuses, they protested with the understanding that the Inquisition would catch up to them and they may be burnt at the stake. Zwingli was killed by the invading Catholic army in Zurich and Tyndale was burnt at the stake for translating the bible into English. Remember that the Church Inquisition didn't end till the19th century. The separation of church and state is Calvin’s contribution that was exported to the English Reformation, then shipped over to America. We enjoy religious freedoms because of Calvin’s Swiss Reformation. Before that the church and state were tightly entangled where religious deviation was punishable by death in many cases. One third of Germanic territory men and boys died in the Thirty Years’ War. In England, two Civil Wars were fought even between Protestants. Back then, if you are not part of the Church of England, you can be put in jail or burnt at the stake. Even among Protestants, it was brutal. One side just won’t leave the other side alone till it has been wiped out. When Roman Catholics spoke out against South American natives slavery, it cost them great influences to kings and nobles.

@@thomasc9036 I didn't mean ALL doctrinal differences were just opinions (although technically even correct and incorrect arguments are opinions) but just that an awful lot of different descriptions that split denominations appear to be equally valid even though people act as if they're contradictory. I would include justification/salvation through faith/works in this, after listening carefully to Protestant and Catholics describe the Biblical basis for their positions, for example. Catholics do agree (officially according to their catechism) that only faith is enough for the initial moment of justification/salvation and Protestants do heed James stating that faith is empty without the fruit of works to actually continue sanctification. Catholics simply see this process as salvation and Protestants focus on a moment. It's very much akin to observing light as a wave or a particle. Both are valid but depend on each observer's point of view. There are other examples such as the presence of God in the eucharist but as far as I can see unity is there in God's eyes regardless if we want to panic and argue and disagree as we always have done since the fall.

@@colmwhateveryoulike3240 I think I may not have made my point clear. This will be a bit long, so please forgive me. It is sad that Protestants have developed disdain for the church tradition and history, but correct understanding of the Five Solas is necessary from historical perspective. The best explanation of the Protestant Five Solas was from a theologian who used an example of Michelangelo’s Pieta. If you ever see Pieta, you will notice immediately that Mary is gigantic compared to Jesus. Her body is unnaturally proportioned compared to Jesus. If you view the statue from the ground level, she is the focus and center. Pieta was originally housed in Old St. Peter’s Basilica where as people enter, they will immediately take stairs and go up. Pieta being housed on the ground, people viewing from the second level will see the sunshine illuminating Jesus with Mary’s face shrouded in shadow bowing her head in sorrow holding her Lord. The original intent by Michelangelo was to have Jesus the focus, not Mary. Both Jesus and Jews read the Old Testament, but they understood and focused differently just like two different angles of Pieta. Jesus says in John 5:46 “For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me”. Jesus says the Old Testament is about him while Jewish leaders read as the Old Testament’s focus is about Israel. For example, the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac has twofold messages. The primary message was never about Abraham’s faith, but God showing Abraham who repeatedly violated the offspring covenant by selling Sarah twice and having a son with Hagar, the true significance of the offspring covenant is about the Offspring who will bless the world. If you actually read the story carefully, there are really odd moments like 3 days travel to Mt. Moria, God provided a ram instead of a lamb, Isaac who was an adult willingly get tied and be put on the altar, and at the end Abraham says “on the mount of the LORD it shall be provided” as in the sacrifice of Isaac was just a foreshadowing, but the true sacrifice will actually be provided by the LORD/YAHWEH himself. The secondary message was Abraham having violated God’s offspring covenant repeatedly realizing that it was never about him, but finally having the faith in the mysterious future offspring that came from his seed. Jewish religious leaders saw the Messiah to establish the Kingdom of Jews like Abraham before the sacrifice. Jesus saw himself as an instrument to do the will of the Father who made the covenant to redeem the whole creation, not just Jews. He was fulfilling prophecies as the true sacrifice of God’s covenant he made with Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, and David that the Messiah will crush Satan and save the world. It was never about glorifying Jewish Kingdom, but the top view of fulfilling the will of the Father (throughout his ministry, Jesus says “I came to do the will of my Father). The Protestant Five Solas is derived from the top view like Pieta and Jesus. For example, one the much debated Sola Scriptura, Reformers saw the scripture was the only authoritative revelation from God because it came from the “top”. They did not say the tradition is bad or not needed (like the current corrupted Protestants), but it must submit to the scripture when there are conflicts like in Pieta where Mary bows her head to her Lord from the top view. Protestantism’s Sola Scriptura was never about the church tradition being absolutely corrupted, but it must submit to the scripture like the Son submits himself to the Father in perfect love and harmony where there is a conflict. Four other Solas are like that. Regarding opinions, we all develop frontal views of Pieta where Mary, a human, is the focus and center, but we must never let that continue. Apostle Paul addresses that in Romans 14:1 “as for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions”. There was an in-fighting in the church of Rome between Jewish and Gentile Christians over traditions of the Old Testament like kosher food, sabbath, and circumcisions. However this context was never about just letting both be taught, but bear in love and peace till weak brothers can become strong in the faith. Otherwise, we will still have the teaching that the circumcision is necessary for the salvation in the church. It can still be practiced still as a personal decision, but never be part of the gospel of Christ. Still Pauls says that this decision is for “weak brothers” because Jesus Christ fulfilled all requirements of the law. It’s a bit longer than I expected, but trying to say that Reformers saw Five Solas as the top view where God is sovereign in all things and desired the church tradition to submit to the scripture just as Jewish leaders who emphasized the Jewish tradition to submit to the word of God which is Jesus himself. I hope I didn't confuse further.

@@thomasc9036 No you make very good points and I agree. I'm not criticising Protestantism but in investigating Catholicism I have heard many agree with you that scripture trumps tradition. I would tend to disagree that tradition should ever be held as rigid because it risks reducing God's diverse humanity when there are many ways to follow Him. But I would make that point without suggesting that the Catholic tradition is wrong either. The major wrong I see is when anyone from any denomination makes their tradition dogmatic as if Jesus did not say "where two or three gather in my name, there I am in their midst."

@@colmwhateveryoulike3240 Gavin made another video how sometimes errors or tradition just stay for a long time and becomes dogmatic. There are specific things I disagree on because I am a Presbyterian and he is a Baptist, but really informative. For example, one of the most misunderstood bible verse is "where two or three gather in my name, there I am in their midst" (Matt 18:20) and somehow became the standard understanding. What if there is only one person? Does that mean it is not legitimate? The context of that verse is not about when two or three gathers in the name of Jesus, it is legitimized as church. The context of that verse is about the church discipline that Jesus commands to do in the same chapter... that the majority of churches fail to do. It refers to whenever the church discipline is to take place, it must be done with witnesses and follow the method he gave in Matt. 18:15-19. If elders obeyed his exact commands , it is as binding in heaven as it is on earth and Jesus is there to confirm it. Elders who disciplined is free of responsibility of ex-communicating someone if necessary because they have obeyed his guideline in the church discipline. That's what the verse means... it really has nothing to do with the establishment of church, but somehow people use out of context quite a bit. He doesn't cover this specific one, but he goes into others quite a bit. I recommend that video.

Thanks for the thought! I have no control over ads, youtube determines them based on the viewer.

‘Gavin bad’ arguments are so boring. He says history is complex and encourages you to do the reading.

Sounds Luke u lost to his arguments.

Sounds like some think only Catholics can understand history, you are NOT the gatekeeper! “So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭7‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The other thing is that Anglicanism and Lutheranism have become corrupted by having female priests and also blessing same sex unions. In this area, they’ve (again) had more accretions than the Catholic Church. 🤷🏼‍♂️

As Chesterton notes, "There are ten thousand reasons (why he is a Catholic) all amounting to one reason." The letters of St. Ignatius are but one of the reasons I converted after 32 years of being a protestant. I maintain that there is not, and cannot be, a criterion in protestantism. This was a massive problem for me. There is ultimately nothing that prevents me from discarding any ancient teaching. For example, it is generally agreed that the Fathers unanimously understood the water in John 3:5 to be a reference to baptism. John Calvin, in his commentary on John 3 admits this, then states the implications of this interpretation (baptism is the cause of salvation), but ultimately rejects the Father's understanding. He writes, "I cannot bring myself to believe that Christ speaks of baptism; for it would have been inappropriate." The weight of this argument is seldom felt by protestants. Can I be a monothelite? Can a reject that the Blessed Mother is the Mother of God? Can I believe that the water in John 3:5 is amniotic fluid? As a Catholic, I am not left to my own private interpretation on this matters. While I recognize the fair criticisms of certain Catholic dogmas, I usually find that these have more weight than what I recognized at first blush. Ultimately, I'm Catholic because I believe one needs to be in communion with the Successor of St. Peter, i.e., The Bishop of Rome. And this seems to me to have ample support among the patristics, and is undeniable as we move along in Church history. Whether I like him or not, the current Holy Father is that successor. Thank you for the honesty and charity that fill your remarks. May the Lord Jesus Christ light your path.