Dr. Peter Kreeft on the Authority of the Catholic Church

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Dr. Peter Kreeft at the Catholic Diocese of Arlington Men's Conference 2013 speaking on the authority of the Church.
Dr. Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. He is the author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God." His intellectual reputation stems from his strengths in debating and summarizing the philosophical arguments of the major Western philosophers. He has debated several academics in issues related to God's existence. He is a regular contributor to several Christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of over 67 books including: Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Christianity for Modern Pagans, and Fundamentals of the Faith.

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@LawWellJ 10 лет назад

God bless you Dr. Kreeft. Keep teaching the truth.

@truthseeker332 9 лет назад

+J Law He hasn't done so yet.

@LawWellJ 9 лет назад

Truth Seeker So says you

@truthseeker332 9 лет назад

J Law Indeed

@mjrooney710 9 лет назад

Love his talks. So rational and uplifting.

@truthseeker332 9 лет назад

+Margaret Rooney Are you sure you were watching Kreeft?

@BradinFMajor 11 лет назад

Dr. Kreeft is one of the few men I look up to, and rightly so. I learned SO much from just this talk!

@adolfomasaba9070 Год назад

@PabloMartinez-zv4gp 8 лет назад

Simply AWESOME!! This is why I love my Catholic Faith & Catholic Church!! :-)

@Prancer1231 7 лет назад

Don't be absolutely stupid. What do you think the Mass is? What do you think the prayers of the Church are? Glory be to the Father, and to the SON and to the Holy Spirit. You're just regurgitating anticatholic nonsense all over the internet and I'm very tired of finding your BS everywhere I go. Please do something intelligent and productive.

@bgammell85 11 лет назад

Dr. Kreeft has such a kind and gentle spirit about him, so much that he has been adored by both Catholics and Protestants, alike. Dr. Kreeft is a long time supporter and participant of Catholics and Evangelicals Together, and is a guest speaker to both Protestant and Catholic circles.

@grandmajoyce2 10 лет назад

Excellent lecture! I especially like Dr. Kreeft's comment: "Christ is the Church".

@tishantjeyamohan6769 4 года назад

Thank you so much Dr.Peter Kreeft😄💓

@triconcert 9 лет назад

What irony in the statement: "it isn't Biblical." Friends, the Catholic Church compiled that Bible! If it weren't for the very bride of Christ you would have no Bible to talk about or measure any argument against. Too much fiction. Observe the arguments Kreeft makes about divorce. Christ does not have more than one bride. Get Real. "To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant!"

@jawojnicki 9 лет назад

This is where the Protestant arguments against Catholic teaching begin and end for me. They are using a book which was (at least the New Testament) written by Catholics (the only denomination of Christianity for the first 1500 years of Christianity) and a Canon which was closed about 400 years after Christ's resurrection , to argue that the Church which wrote the book and closed the Canon teaches things that are debunked by its own book! Oh wait, I forgot that they're usually using the new improved Martin Luther version of the book, because he somehow got divine permission to omit about 7 books from the Bible 1100 yrs after the Canon was closed. Where did he get that authority again? I love how they reject oral tradition as well but forget that there was NO New Testament written tradition for almost 400 years after Christ.

@timspangler8440 9 лет назад

jawojnicki I detest it when you refer to the Word of the Living God as "a book"! What an insult to God. No wonder you reject "God's Testimony" in 1John 5:9-13

@Prancer1231 9 лет назад

+Tim Spangler What do you think the word "bible" means?

@Prancer1231 9 лет назад

+Tim Spangler And you reject God's authority and the Church he established. Catholics do not reject the Bible, you reject the Church that produced it and gave it to you. THE BIBLE IS A PRODUCT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Can you people TRY to comprehend this basic FACT?

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

+mark andre augustus YES!! How True!!

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Before anyone thinks I have to have the last word, I think I will end our discussions. I wish you all the best in your endeavors in bringing souls to Jesus. Glory to the Blood of Jesus, both now and through the Everlasting Ages.

@patrringg 8 лет назад

i'm glad to find a louder audio of dr, kreeft here. thank you!

@ryanshankar4421 10 лет назад

Well said dr Kreeft

@PeterMcKeever-g3j 5 месяцев назад

Great lecture.

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

St. Augustine "To be unwilling to give the primacy to the Roman Church either stems from the utmost impiety or from rash arrogance" (Augustine. De Util. Cred. c.17).

@cynthiax56 10 лет назад

AMEN--I remember when I first learned this truth. It was an amazing revelation. I left the man made prot church cuz it was only founded for the purpose of fighting the Catholic church. Prot churches are fake, flawed and man made

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

The only Organic Church founded by a divine person ... The Catholic Church .... simple truth ... Thank yiu Jesus Christ

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

***** I see where you want this to go .... well since no Churches existed then nor Christians I have to tell you to none since you decide to ask a question like that, what I do know is that Noah built a Ark a prefigurement of the church to come the Old Testame pointing to the New Testament and the New Testament fulfilling the Old Testament .... I'm not sure where you're going with this so if you can add a little more

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

***** the world was saved by a built structure pointing to the NT brother if yiur trying to spin the wheel again like so many out if all the denominations which protestantism is the greatest division in human history and happens to be in a belief where division is rejected then your interpretation is most likely not true .... theres only One Church with One Faith with One Shepard in One Flock the CC

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

***** the reason why I say no Christians IS Because Logical no Christians and Peter Defined JESUS Christ So JESUS Christ Defined Peter Simple Truth plus Read THE Early Church Apostolic Fathers YOUR Protestant Spin IS In Error Brotha Thats Not THE Teaching From JESUS Christ To THE Apostles THEN To the Apostolic Church Fathers if I don't get right back to you it's because I'm a little busy but I will respond to you most definitely

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

***** let me ask you this can you tell me when the Church started the very first Church how it started and why it started .... let's see I know you will need to look this up so I'll wait for you to study it if you find the correct source for the true answer

@Erocakaericg11 9 лет назад

The Church was born on the Cross when Christ died for our sins .... if you say anything my friend you are in error clearly .... there's scholars with videos on you tube but they are in error also this is the ancient teaching and in truth ....

@bgammell85 11 лет назад

I also am fond and sympathetic towards Dr. Kreeft because he has been on both sides of this great issues. Quite so, Dr. Kreeft was a born-again Calvinist for much of his youth. He spent much of his time trying to disprove Catholic teaching, and in the process fell in love with Jesus all over again. Even if Dr. Kreeft or any Catholic, for that matter, is wrong, this sort of seeking and studying, at the very least, cultivates an open mind to invite Jesus, even if He comes to correct.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Redeemed means from sin, of which the wages of sin is the wrath. We feel we know Jesus personally in the Euchrist.

@rjsledz 10 лет назад

Excellent.

@cynthiax56 10 лет назад

Even if I ONLY based what I believed on soley their fruits (behaviour towards others) I could NEVER believe that Protestantism was from GOD. All I ever see is how they mistreat others, bashing, condemming, bickering & names calling.....such incredible hostility would NEVER make me believe they were Godly people.

@mrfrains 10 лет назад

I had some good Protestants in my life. My mom and dad, who not one time talk bad of Catholics. My protestants teachers. But i can say that 90% fear or hate Catholic. Maybe 20% hate Catholic and the ones who fear what they do not understand.

@timspangler8440 8 лет назад

+floyd rains Strange math.

@erningpaguirigan5831 5 лет назад

You are very correct cynthia x. Their acts of mistreating others, bashing condemning, condemning, bickering and name calling are clear and patent evidences of the act of the devil. Simply put, they care showing their horns, and I am very sure that god is not with them.

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

well after my frustrated comments I'm beginning to realize that people's experiences are often key to how they react to well meaning people.

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Smyrnaeans, 8:1, 110 A.D.: Let that Eucharist be held valid which is offered by the bishop or by the one to whom the bishop has committed this charge. Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be; as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the CatholicChurch

@bgammell85 11 лет назад

There is a lot commenting on this video, thus far; however, it seems to have turned into more of a rantfest for both sides. We should always have the three values of Faith, Hope and Love at the core of all of our posts, even if we disagree. I would hope that if Dr. Kreeft had some error or some lack of clarity, that people might ask or even post why they disagree with Dr. Kreeft. Although, as a follower of Dr. Kreeft's talks and publications, I find him incredibly thorough, consistent and clear.

@WhyCatholicdotCom 11 лет назад

lol, he is one of the most respected philosophers around comments like that crack me up instead of raising an issue with something he said, you bring up style..not very loving. Welcome home, I became born-again years ago after loosing my faith. Through years of reading and study I like many others came home to Christs church, the Catholic Church. Like Chesterton says "To be rich in history is to cease to be protestant." I pray that they be one Jn 17;21. God Bless you on your new journey

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

I pretty much agree with that. The thief on the cross next to Jesus asked to enter Paradise, and Jesus assured him he would. It would probably be best though not to wait until zero hour. Once you are saved, redeemed, etc., then you need to walk the walk so to speak. Prayer, scripture, loving our brothers, and helping others, are the fruits of the Holy Spirit. We all could use a little more of being Christlike. As I talk with you, I realize just how much I fall short.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

I feel I know Jesus personally. I talk to him daily. Church is not a club, but so much more.

@kangaroo3259 11 лет назад

If I might ask, why is it that you do not accuse Catholics of idolatry for Eucharistic Adoration? It is quite clear that we worship Christ in the form of bread, but you do not believe that the bread is Christ.

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

St Ignatius of Antioch "Make certain, therefore, that you all observe one common Eucharist; for there is but one Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, and but one cup of union with his Blood, and one single altar of sacrifice-even as there is also but one bishop, with his clergy and my own fellow servitors, the deacons. This will ensure that all your doings are in full accord with the will of God" (Letter to the Philadelphians 4 [A.D. 110]).

@geoyws 8 лет назад

"You can't beat love" What a mystery to ponder

@kangaroo3259 11 лет назад

What matters is if the way you follow is Biblical. Luke 16:24 ''Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.'' Have you denied yourself and taken up your cross? That is how you follow Jesus. Luke 27 ''For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.'' Are you prepared to have your actions, both good and bad, measured out unto you?

@dustyayer8569 10 лет назад

I very much enjoy listening to Dr. Kreeft, though I must point out an inconsistency with another great Christian lecturer/writer that got me thinking. At around the 10:05 point of this video, Dr. Kreeft says that "You are your body, you don't have a body, you are a body." This wording contradicts with a popular C.S. Lewis quote who, when attempting to convince others that we have souls, said something along the lines of "your right, we don't have souls, we are souls, we have bodies." Anyone have any thoughts on this?

@jamiesoncannata9013 10 лет назад

We are embodied spirits; "In Sacred Scripture the term "soul" often refers to human life or the entire human person.230 But "soul" also refers to the innermost aspect of man, that which is of greatest value in him,231 that by which he is most especially in God's image: "soul" signifies the spiritual principle in man." CCC 356. Remember, the body and soul together constitute the entire human person. Though there are present in Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory the souls whose particular disposition towards The Lord has merited their present condition, the entire human person does not suffer in Hell at present, languish in Purgatory at present, or rejoice in Heaven at present. Only after the Resurrection shall the whole of the human person, and the fullness of his humanity, enter into his eternal reward or eternal destruction. Additionally, I would recommend reading the entirety of Article 1, paragraph 6 in the Catechism. May God bless and keep you.

@BeyondtheChaos1 9 лет назад

Lewis didn't actually say that. It's an incorrect association.

@innerbeauty8280 11 лет назад

The authority of the catholic church? what authority? As far as I know and I bet all Christ believers admit that only God has the authority, the ultimate authority. A church is only an organization of a group of Christ believers. The more 'sophisticated' a theology, the more it brings to theory only, not making people get to know God or come closer to Him and sense His love, power and law.

@atgred 5 лет назад

innerbeauty What authority? The one who has the keys to heaven!! Mt. 16, 18!!! Jesus gave to Simon a new name, Peter, which means rock, and gave him the keys, that is authority!

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

My zealous and loving brother Wayne, the Bible says the church is the body of Christ. He compares the relationship of the church as a marriage, with Christ as the head. If he didn't leave a church behind, then why does the Bible say he did. Maybe you can get to heaven without attending a church if you believe and love the Lord. I certainly hope so. But as for me and my house, I will continue to feast at the Lamb's supper. I do have to admire your tenacity, even if I don't agree with you.

@williemetoyer1 11 лет назад

but some do and some don't but that does not mean that you should not because others don't people have fallen nature that is why we have the church

@PInk77W1 4 года назад

The Roman Catholic Church 1. The Church is one 2. The Church is Visible 3. The Church is Forever 4. The Church is Truth 5. The Church is messy 6. The Church is a kingdom 7. The Church is teacher 8. The Church is a mystery 9. The Church is hierarchal 10. The Church is Holy 11. The Church is Apostolic 12. The Church is sacramental 13. The Church is Catholic 14. The Church is dynastic

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

ALL HERESY! God is One! God is Invisible. God alone is eternal. Jesus said that he IS the Truth. God is NOT messy-human beings are because we are SINFUL. It is God's Kingdom, NOT Rome's! As the Truth and the Spirit of Truth, it is God who is the teacher. The Trinity is a mystery, the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church are not. There is no hierarchy with God, as God alone is the Supreme Judge of the World-and no respecter of persons. God alone is Holy. One cannot demonstrate any so-called Apostolic succession-though the Church is free to lie and claim it as truth. One becomes a believer in and follower of Christ, through faith alone. No sacrament is required for salvation, and Christ and the Disciples gave us 2 sacraments: baptism (the believers first act of obedience) and communion-which is done in remembrance today of what Christ accomplished in the past, until he comes in the future. ALL those who come to faith in Christ are "catholic", though the process of learning and sanctification can be messy. As for "dynastic", so the Church is all about power and wealth? Interesting... But it is God alone who is all-powerful while the Scriptures should be mined for their tremendous wealth-and the Scriptures testify of Jesus, not the Roman Catholic Church! (John 5:39)

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

ALL HERESY!

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

God is One! God is Invisible. God alone is eternal. Jesus said that he IS the Truth.

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

God is NOT messy-human beings are because we are SINFUL.

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

It is God's Kingdom, NOT Rome's!

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

You are correct. We are the Body of Christ, and he is the head. I am not sure what green box you are talking about. Never heard of it

@KyleInOklahoma 8 лет назад

Peter is gr8, but i prefer listening to theologians. If any1 interested in the teachings of the Christian Church a great pocket book called " MY WAY OF LIFE, pocket edition of st. Thomas, the summa simplified for everyone. Even the Eucharist is given a gr8 explanation...God Bless ppl

@katiamissnersiegel4457 4 года назад

Holy Bible, Jeremiah 17.5 : The LORD says, " I will condemn those who turn away from me and put their trust in human beings, in the strenght of mortals.

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

oh...btw....nothing against peyer kreeft...he is awesome...I was referring to hostile attacking responders to this video who don't want to even try to understand Catholicism

@timspangler8440 8 лет назад

+Christine Czyryca Why don't Catholics believe God's testimony? 9 We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. Concluding Remarks 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

@chuckHart70 8 лет назад

+Tim Spangler We not only believe God's testimony, we had it before it was written. When it was an oral tradition! "Your" bible came from us. Read the Church Fathers.

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

chuckHart70 llove it! Good answer!

@TheLongSummer 8 лет назад

+chuchHart70 The Bible came from God and the Orthodox church, not the Catholic church. No, the Christians had the Gospels before they were written down. Catholics never had them and will never understand them, since their mind are closed to the Gospels by Catholic dogmas.

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

TheLongSummer exactly....you don't understand.

@WhyCatholicdotCom 11 лет назад

With that said: What I meant by my question was, how do you know what to follow not how you follow. I think if you answered that honestly, you would say you follow the Bible, someone at some point introduced you to it or perhaps you stumbeld on it on your own, either way you follow the Bible. Correct?

@christopherthorkon3997 8 лет назад

Great man. Brilliant.

@TolkienStudy 7 лет назад

One of my heroes. Is this Arlington MA? I used to love there! God bless!

@AmericanBerean 6 лет назад

No, Arlington Virginia.

@Matt_Dalton 2 года назад

So if we encountered non-human intelligent life on the other side of the galaxy, would the church have authority over them?

@TheMarymicheal 2 года назад

Stupidest question of all

@Matt_Dalton 2 года назад

@@TheMarymicheal why is it a stupid question?

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

@@Matt_Dalton Catholics do tend to emote more than reason... Arun got quiet in a hurry.

@danfalcone5358 11 лет назад

St. Augustine's rhetoric did not always match his rhetoric. He had to correct Pope Zosimus in the Pelagius heresy. Pope Zosimus was in accord with Pelagius, and it took an African council of Augustine, Aurelius, and Alypius to force (with the emperor's help) to recant his support (Let. Postquam a nobis) for Pelagius

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

We have different interpretations of this passage. Yes, Peter, the Apostles, and Paul were all weak, sinful men until filled with the Holy Spirit. We know God could not find a man without sin, so he had to work with what he had to work with I guess.

@kangaroo3259 11 лет назад

"If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell" (Matt. 5:29, cf. 18:9; Mark 9:47). What's to interpret? There is no doubt that you have used your eyes to sin, so why didn't you pluck them out? No statues? Exodus 22:18 ''Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.'' Take it at face value? Peter warned against this in 2 Petert 3:15-16

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Just my own personal little apocalypse, or the Second Coming. Whichever comes first. Please reference the term rapture in Scripture. It sounds as if you have been to Tim Staples you tube on this. I found it quite enlightening. I understand the belief in the rapture has only been around for a couple of centuries. I may be wrong.

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

~ ST Ignatius~ - Bishop of Antioch ~ AD 110 To the Magnesians: "I advise you to always act in godly concord with the Bishop, presiding as the counterpart of God, and the presbyters as the counterpart of the council of the Apostles...As the Lord did nothing without the Father, either by Himself or by means of the Apostles, so you must do nothing without the Bishop and the presbyters."

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(3) years. That is also the church that Protestants say is wrong. Did the Holy Spirit inspire them? I think not! So where do the other so called Christian churches come in - yours included? Martin Luther removed 6 books from the bible and he was about to start on Revelation when his contemporaries told him to leave it as he had already done enough. Where did he get the authority to do that? Not from God that's for sure. Our blessed Lady, the mother of Jesus and the mother of us all, (as He gave

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(1) We Catholics do NOT worship craven images. That is an old Protestant weapon against Catholicism that has become very blunt with time. The things that you regard as craven images as there only to focus the mind on heavenly things and they are most certainly not intended for anything other than that. Did you not know that the bible that you take so literally is a Catholic document. It was the Catholic Church that produced the bible and the Catholic Church is the only institution on earth that

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

It makes no difference of what I think, or what you think. He is the successor to Peter. And upon this rock I will build MY Church. This is from the Lord himself. I had nothing to do with it.

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(2) has God's authority to teach what the scriptures mean. God in the person of Jesus Christ instituted one church and one church only, (no breakaways), with his apostles and he said of that church that it would remain until the end of time and that the gates of hell would never hold out against it. He also gave the church all earthly moral authority and He told them that He would send the Holy Spirit to inspire and to guide them. That is the church that became based in Rome after 3 hundred

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(1) First of all, thank you for your opening comments - quite unexpected given my blistering attack on your theological mindset, but I felt the need to state what I believe is the truth. How in the name of goodness is the CC's mindset geared towards getting rid of non catholics? The days of burnings at the stake are long gone you know! Pope John Paul ll, during his pontificate, decreed that Protestantism IS a path to salvation for its followers, so you are wrong on that. The CC itself will not

@jharekcarnelian 11 лет назад

Your animosity and bile are not the hallmarks of how Christians should talk of other Christians, although by this point in our interactions Wayne I am well aware you do not regard Catholics as Christian. You have as usual for your posts thus far made a sweeping statement and engaged in bigotry in lieu of any constructive or nuanced debate.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

The main reason most Catholics changed to churches like yours if because you allow divorce and remarriage. Regardless of what scripture says. Do you marry divorced people in your church?

@williemetoyer1 11 лет назад

I think you don't undersatand what the church teaches

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(3) continue to do so as our Divine Saviour said. Protestants, especially where I live, are always ranting about the errors of Rome. Protestantism is full or errors the most important one of which is that it denies the authority of the church, an authority that Christ/God gave to it when He said, "What you bind on earth will be bound also in heaven...." and I'm sure you know the rest. You should remember that the church is Satan's number 1 target as was Christ Himself when Satan tempted Him 3

@farsight001 11 лет назад

Did you get that from wikipedia too? Lol.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Do a little research. Jesus left a church he did not send the apostles out with a copy of the new testament to pass out and let everyone interpret it to their own individual situation . He told them to go forth and BAPTIZE all nations in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit, for the redemption of their sins. You like to preach Jesus as a savior to certain individuals, who say they are saved. He REDEEMED the WHOLE WORLD, and to those who would accept it, they became SON"S" of GOD.

@farsight001 11 лет назад

What name? IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH. You have been given this information at least a dozen times now, and all you can do in response is vainly repeat yourself like a broken record.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

What about the serpent God told Moses to make.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

I will let it go.....

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Well, as Jesus said to Thomas the Apostle. You believe because you have seen. Blessed are they who have not seen, but believe. I am happy if you have seen Jesus, and you are very blessed. I just don't think I have to have a vision to know Jesus personally. Every Christian needs a personal and public relationship with Our Lord. Private, personal prayer and meditation, and public worship. Please do not assume I am not going to heaven because I am Catholic.

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(4) times, so how much more likely is he to try his damnedest to lead people in the church astray? Finally, I don't mean to cause you any offence but as I stated initially I feel the need to state the truth.

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

Please, someone define "Protestantism" and explain how it is heretical. Anyone?

@geoffjs 9 месяцев назад

Protestantism was a movement started by Luther to reform the Catholic Church which was in need of reform. However, Luther over reacted & lost the plot. It is heretical because, contrary to the Bible, it is based on faith alone, Sola scriptura, once saved always saved myth, does not regard baptism as essential for salvation, rejects the Holy Mass, the authority of the Church & of the Pope Matt 16:18 etc

@jessebryant9233 9 месяцев назад

@@geoffjs Luther had no intention of starting a movement. Things changed when the Church failed to reform and continued in heresy. Now, how is "Protestantism" contrary to the Bible? You're not backing up a word of what you assert with... the Bible. Peter was a stone-(a tool used by God, just like Mary was used by God)-all throughout the Bible, the Rock is God. You're Church has lied to you.

@slanusgreenstreet5316 6 лет назад

The narrative of the Catholic Church contrasts strikingly with the Truth Jesus taught.....!

@LetreJete 11 лет назад

Yeah, so your point is?

@billy1132 6 лет назад

Thank GOD i read the bible on my own in 1996 n was astounded that the 💒 of rome doctrines, esp its sacraments, were not bible n I Came out with many many many bros n Came Home to CHRIST n JESUS Alone in Protestant Holy Bible Based Churches👏👏👏👏👏

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

The rapture is not biblical, and there is no rapture as people being taken up and some left behind. There is only the Second Coming of Christ. Read what Tim Staples has to say about the rapture. Former Assembly of God minister.....now redeemed and called to the Lord's supper.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

Ditto

@williemetoyer1 11 лет назад

may be you are wrong

@farsight001 11 лет назад

Yes, I have read your post that you copy and paste everywhere several times now. But it is patently false, and I provided proof of that, which you have yet to acknowledge. I, obviously unlike you, actually studied history in college, so I know for a fact that history does not prove that Constantine founded the Catholic Church, but rather quite the opposite. I even provided the name of an ancient writer whose documents prove that I'm right. All you do is vainly repeat yourself and ignore me.

@JanakaSuranga-we4qm 3 месяца назад

Chalana gana ghandrva murthiya samaga apaa pulaa sambandhaya vanuvan api idam nindha gam panathaa daavala nindha gam panathaa idam vala himi karuvo unama chana ghandarva murthiya mata kathaa karanna patan gaththaa murthi vala arudha athma murthiyan aliyata avith mata kathaa karanna patan gaththaa

@jenniebugs1 6 лет назад

The early Christians were not Roman Catholics, they called themselves Followers of The Way (Christ, who is the only way, only truth and only life). Christianity only became officially ‘catholic’ under the Emperor Constantine, as a means of uniting all of the Empire under one religion. Unfortunately, much of Roman paganism got inserted into this ‘religion’ as a means of placating those pagans who didn’t want to give up their gods and goddesses. Solution? Make Mary into a quasi goddess, create ‘saints’ to pray to for favours, and especially, introduce the pagan practise of Mithraism, which was to sacrifice and offer up a sacred bull and then eat its flesh and drink its blood, in order to partake and infuse its divinity. Since then, relics, graven images, eating and drinking Jesus’s flesh and blood, indulgences, Purgatory, the Perpetual Virgin and make her sinless like Christ etc... ergo Catholicism is nothing but paganism wrapped up in a type of Christianity. Furthermore, it was the Jews who gave us the Old Testament, and it was the apostles who gave us the New. Both were inspired by God, and not by man.

@bingroxas4700 5 лет назад

READ THE WRITINGS OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHER ...THEY ARE CATHOLIC..

@bingroxas4700 5 лет назад

THE ONLY CHRISTIANS IN THE FIRST 1,500 YEARS ARE ONLY CATHOLIC..

@dipitydog1 11 лет назад

(4) her to be our mother as He hung dying on the cross), is God's messenger into the world. She appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes, France, in 1858 and a number of other locations as well the most spectacular of which was Fatima in 1917. Do yourself a favour and read up on these 2 apparitions and stop your anti-catholic rantings. You do not have God's authority to interpret the scriptures - you are only fooling yourself.

@havenofear7033 6 лет назад

"The church is a sexy thing?" I protest your mysticism. I protest denigrating Christ to a lower position than Elohim- the Godhead. I protest the use of humanistic philosophy to suppress the knowledge of God. You have tossed out the Bible and replaced it with folly. You cant love God without believing and obeying His Word. Jesus is the Word of God. Read Him for yourself.

@farsight001 11 лет назад

Jesus instituted the office of the papacy, and gave it to us for earthly guidance and leadership. To refuse to follow the pope is, by extension, to refuse to obey God. And you seem to have some serious misunderstandings about the instructions in Exodus and about what Catholics do regarding statues.

@yeetingt 11 лет назад

Innerbeauty, Your definition of the Church is incomplete and non-biblical. The Bible says that the Church is the Body of Christ and Christians are members of Christ's Body. So since the Church is Christ Himself, and Christ Himself is the Head, it is non-biblical and heretical to say that the Church does not have any authority.

@RKcousins625 10 лет назад

I'm not quite sure, are you trying to insult the Catholic Church? Because if you are, you need to think this through again.

@Shindler39 6 лет назад

Protestantism was founded in 1517. The fact that Catholicism have been around longer doesn't mean anything, having said that Professor Kreeft is an outstanding theologian.

@davidkprice 6 лет назад

Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) is unscriptural, non-historical, untenable. It is itself non-biblical.

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

35:00 - What? Who is he talking about? Protestants claim what? Unless I missed something, I think this guy is a... liar.

@JamesRichardWiley Год назад

The Catholic Church is an authority as long as you accept it as an authority.

@Spiritof76Catholic Год назад

You said, “The Catholic Church is an authority as long as you accept it as an authority.” I need more information about why you posted this opinion on a Catholic channel. Please tell me what do you mean?

@farsight001 11 лет назад

Wikipedia is your source? lolz. What a joke.

@JesusProtects 7 лет назад

Answer, the have non. Vicarious Cristi equals 666 in gematria. Surprise, the Antichrist is the papacy, the woman (Catholic Church) riding the beast (the Vatican) from the city of the seven hills (Rome), all nations committing fornication with her, appearing as holy but denying the power thereof, the whore of Babylon (the woman riding the beast, the spirit of Babylon, present in all Catholic symbology) being drunk with the blood of the saints (real believers in Jesus killed in times of persecution like the Inquisition period). We have been fooled by preterism and futurism, historicism is the answer and the reformers knew it. That's why the Catholic Church always do the opposite to what's in the Bible and the papacy always try to minimize the image of Jesus and elevate the image of Mary instead. Also the catholic church created Islam as a front just to kill the real Jesus believers, that's why nowadays there are almost no Christians on any Islamic country and why evangelism is forbidden.

@andrewmango2102 6 лет назад

He makes reference to John Paul II. Well JP II is in fact not only an Anti Pope but the Anti Christ.

@Mzf3625 Год назад

By what authority do you say this? Your own? Ha!

@fritula6200 6 лет назад

God planned one Church... not many.. The Church belongs to Christ. One body of Christ.

@stonenelson8974 8 лет назад

John 20:30 "Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name"

@st.jerome384 10 лет назад

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 the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes. -Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 6

@KyleInOklahoma 7 лет назад

Dr Kreeft has worked 55 yrs now in Boston collage. I too worked there. As a painter & decorator in 99/00..lol...We Irish, since the 70's had a tradition of taking a year off to spend working in America. I loved Southie so much i wanted to stay on there. I worked with a gr8 crew of Irish ppl, some there 20 years, like my boss and some new. I worked in BC and had a contract with the government buildings, we built a beautiful gym in the Tip o Neil, and painted the whole of the McCormick building....Gr8 times in Boston

@christineczyryca5820 8 лет назад

I love Peter Kreeft!! He came to our church as a guest speaker at a conference. I would love to have taken a course at Boston College by him!

@WhyCatholicdotCom 11 лет назад

Yes I went from born-again to non denominational and kept coming up with differences often times subtle but differences nonetheless. "The bible alone" as many taught doesnt make sense. Then I heard Ravi Zacharias(no catholic) say, dont look "at" Jesus but look through the eyes of Jesus and see the world as Jesus sees it. When you look at his life and mission, the apostles their apostles and the early Church. It is Catholic (one) Then when you learn what the Church actually teaches DONE

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

What came first.... the church or the bible. The bible is a product of the Catholic Church.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

He called Simon Peter "Cephas" which means rock. Saying upon this rock I will build my church. Peter was not the rock of salvation, rock of ages, etc. He was called to be the first leader of the church, so I guess that is why Jesus called him rock.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

I am glad you have met Jesus personally. I can't claim to have met him personally, but I have had many, many miraculous answers to my prayers, including a cure for terminal cancer. I know Jesus loves me, and I know he loves you. You need to tone down the animosity, and not come across as so belligerent. When he ascended into heaven he left a church. Salvation is for the whole world, and not just for individuals. His salvation of mankind has been ongoing for 2000 yrs. Let us trust in him.

@PInk77W1 4 года назад

“Concerning the Church and Jesus I just know they are one.” St. Joan of Arc

@jessebryant9233 2 года назад

She was wrong.

@signlanguage7624 3 года назад

Splendid! Bravo 👏🏻 Mr. kreeft

@rjsledz 11 лет назад

A very good exegetical on the Visible and Spiritual need for The Nature of The Church.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

He didn't say not too. Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. As the Ark of the Covenant carried the manna, the tablets, etc. Mary carried the New Covenant, Jesus, in her womb. The angel Gabriel said to Mary, Henceforth, all generations shall call you blessed. We do He who loves the Mother, loves the Son, and who loves the Son, loves the Mother.

@johnstondr1 11 лет назад

You are saved. I am REDEEMED. Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb, and am called to his supper as are those with whom I gather. Worthy is the Lamb that is slain. Worthy to receive, glory, and honor and power.

@WhyCatholicdotCom 11 лет назад

Thats exactly how I got started, we are all sinners and therefore the worst examples. I forget who said "If you find the perfect church once you enter it it wont be perfect anymore. I quite agree. when you are ready and one day you will be like i was I would still encourage you read,especially the Church Fathers if you want to learn more about who you follow. Your knowledge of the Catholic church is full of elementary mistakes often repeated by people, I used to make Good luck on your journey

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

St Ignatius...to the church also which holds the presidency, in the location of the country of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honor, worthy of blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy of sanctification, and, because you hold the presidency in love, named after Christ and named after the Father" (Letter to the Romans 1:1 [A.D. 110]).

@upsty6499 2 года назад

It always does well 2 see it and hear it here.

@RyanMichael777 11 лет назад

Tertullian "[T]his is the way in which the apostolic churches transmit their lists: like the church of the Smyrneans, which records that Polycarp was placed there by John, like the church of the Romans, where Clement was ordained by Peter" (Demurrer Against the Heretics 32:2 [A.D. 200]).