Why Catholicism is TRUE! (Authority of the Catholic Church) 

Welcome home! Thank you for sharing. You are right, it's not easy. But it is possible with christ. So glad you found the true church and the beauty that comes with it.

God bless u, im jus now seeing the truth, i grew up a protestant, then became an atheist because of protestantism, bc i saw all the confusion with all religion's, but I never even bother to study Catholicism, I just figured it was false because I was always taught that it was false. But now that I came back to the faith, I believed in Protestantism, but I didn't commit myself to a church, because I still saw the confusion, i jus wanted to be like the 1st Christians, so I studied my butt off, but once i saw it that apostolic succession was true, oh it was so hard for me to believe that the RCC was the 1st true church, & i almost became a eastern orthodox Christian, i believed in their arguments, & dogmas, but I told myself I must study Catholicism too just to make sure, so I humbled myself, and I just pray to God, & let the spirit guide me, so I know what you went through, and God bless you, I can't wait to join the family. 🙏🏼💯😇

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy, one-man-church etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

Exactly. It's not a denomination.

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 we Catholic can trace back to the apostles. Can you trace back any apostle? Pentecost establish this .

Check out all the Catholic apologists on utube. As well as Brian there are so many like SCOTT Hahn. Fr Mark Goring, Fr Don Galloway, Fr Chris Alar. May God bless you and open your heart to the truth.🙏

Go to a Catholic Church in your area, talk to the Priest there, then enroll in an RCIA class (Right of Christian Initiation for Adults). You will be amazed. So So much false understanding and teaching in other churches, mostly unintentional because that's what they were taught. I also grew up protestant and just finished RCIA and happy to hear the truth for the first time in my life.

Myles, we will definitely pray for you and your journey. May God bless you and guide you.

If you have any questions, or we can help in any way, please let us know.

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

Did it last year. Welcome!

Came back to catholic church too, I was a stupid lukewarm one who didn't know anything about the Bible, church fathers, the church and our Lady. I am on fire 🔥 as well. Welcome home

Welcome Home 😘🥰❤

Stephen, it's a pleasure. I'm glad we could help you and help guide you along this path. May God be praised forever, for he is good!

@@astutik8909 Step 1. FALSE Step 2. FALSE Step 3. FALSE Step 4. FALSE You are funny. HAHA

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@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

My gay priest said the same thing. 🙏

@@marietav7342 Marietta, Jesus does not lie and what He promises, He fulfills. Let us first look at: MATTHEW 16:15-19 15. He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16. Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17. Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. 18. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” In these passages you see Jesus renaming only Simon, no one else, to the new name of Peter, which in ancient koine Greek means Rock; a name never before used in the Jewish world, telling him that he will become the head of His Church, giving him the keys to the kingdom of heaven, a position of authority, telling him whatever he binds on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever he looses here on earth shall be loosed in heaven and the gates of hell WILL NOT PREVAIL against His Church. Furthermore, Jesus wants total unity of his Church. JOHN 17:21-23 21. so that they MAY ALL BE ONE, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. 22. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may BE ONE, as WE ARE ONE, 23. I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to PERFECTION AS ONE, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. A clear message that there can be no other Church, except the one founded by Christ, who commands it to be led by his chosen leadership with Peter as the head of the other Apostles who, after their death, would be replaced by authorized successors through the method of placing hands on the heads of the chosen ones in Acts. It is very telling how in the Old Covenant it's shown how the key of the Davidic Kingdom is given to a chosen successor: ▪︎ISAIAH 22:20-22 20. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; 21. I will clothe him with your robe, gird him with your sash, CONFER ON HIM YOUR AUTHORITY. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22. I will place THE KEY of the House of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one will shut, what he shuts, no one will open. The first Christians knew the position of Prime Minister implied having power and authority. (Genesis 39, 4). All Apostles received the power to bind and loose (Matthew 18, 18). ONLY PETER RECEIVED THE KEYS. Later, Acts 1:15-26 describes the first Apostolic Succession when Matthias was chosen to take Judas’ place. Verse 26 is especially important. It says, “and he was counted with the 11 Apostles". In other words, Matthias was now equal to the rest of the Apostles, enjoying the same abilities and same powers that Jesus bestowed upon the original Apostles even though he was never one of the originals. Did the Apostles make the right decision in chosing successors? YES! We see it in Matthew 28:16-20 where Jesus proclaims: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Our Lord clearly promises the constant presence of the Holy Spirit, to guide all future successors in His one true Church to the correct decision, as Scripture teaches: ▪︎JOHN 16:13 13. When the SPIRIT of TRUTH comes, He WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL THE TRUTH; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. That is why St. Paul declares: 1TIMOTHY 3:15 15. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is THE CHURCH of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth. In conclusion, there is only one Church with Christ's authority, the one which maintains a continuous Apostolic Succession to the Apostle Peter, as Bishop of Rome and head of the entire universal Church throughout the centuries. May God bless your discernment.

@@joecastillo8798 Amen. 😊

So glad to hear it! God bless you.

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

@@marietav7342 Speaking of hypocrisy - you say “you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like…” yet you yourself cannot show in the bible where the teaching is of the books of the bible. It was the church that decided for you these books. 🤷🏽‍♂ Now what church was it? If that church is no longer around, then what good is the text from which it came? If the church is around which one is it? Before you answer that there was a canon of scripture by the end of the 1st century, an answer that SOME non-Catholics give, please be prepared to answer the following hard historical questions- 1) why was ALL of the early church fathers list of NT books not in agreement through the 4th century in their writings? 2) not only were they not in agreement but why was these list of would-be “inspired” books GROWING into the hundreds of other books? 3) if there was a canon what was the purpose of the (3) 4th century councils of Hippo, Rome, and Carthage if not for the purpose of the NT canon? Peace!!!

One faith, one hope, one baptism, one set of doctrine. That's what the Bible says. One church. So good questions.

What a skewed take, “separated brethern” “split off” reformations purpose was not to “split off” it was to reform the existing church back to holy standard. This is why even in my own study it’s difficult to even hear your side because there is so much pride even found back in Council of Trent with creating this “us vs them” dichotomy and failing to admit any fault. Obviously Luther and the reformers had actual valid complaints against the church dealing with corruption because the church in response to the reformation actually got rid of things like sale of indulgences.

@@ricoparadiso - at least Catholics refer to Protestants as our separated brethren, because we believe they are saved. Not the case with Protestant’s view of Catholics; they believe we are damned. How do I know this? I was Southern Baptist for 40 years before my conversion, so excuse me if my viewpoint is “skewed” but I’ve seen both sides. If the Protestants were “reformers” why did they eliminate a key tenant of the Christian faith - the Eucharist?

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

@@marietav7342 explain your Mother Mary encounter ? Which Angel came to you to confirm your thinking?

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

Thank you! God bless you.

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

The Bible is the Book of the Catholic Church. However, it is incomplete as a “record” of the early Church. It was never intended to be any “final authority” over Tradition. Scripture, in fact, bears witness to Tradition because it is “tradition” in written form. 2 Thessalonians 2: 15. 😊

Welcome! God bless. Thanks for watching.

Same here. Although I don't agree with the RCC and contraception. Jesus never mentioned it. And it was common even back in his day.

@@nosuchthing8 I guess he was mostly focused on proclaiming the kingdom and showing love and kindness to everyone.

@@nosuchthing8 God said to Adam and Eve, “go out, contracept and abort”?

In Jesus never mentioned abortion, rape, homosexuality, and many other things as well. But they are still against God. Fun fact: every Christian Church unanimously believed that all contraception was evil until 1931. That's right, 1931, almost 2,000 years, all Christians believed it was a grave evil from the devil. It was only the anglicans that made an exception for couples in marriage, but it didn't take the rest of the world long to figure out that if you could postpone babies in marriage then you could do the same thing out of marriage and that has led to the sexual implosion and explosion of immorality that we have today. One by one all of the Protestant churches started compromising, but the Catholic church has upheld the Christian teaching from the apostles that has always been believed. It's even talked about among the earliest christians. If you do want to space out pregnancies for serious reasons, that's what Natural Family Planning is. God's way, not the world's. Hope that helps.

@@OzCrusader he didn't say hoe many children to have, did he? Besides, if you want to go OT, do you want to subscribe to the Jewish dietary laws? So I guess nothing in the NT! COOL

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Long live Jesus Christ the King and His Bride (the Church). :)

Amen!

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Protestant need verses to see

It's literally one of the five offices mentioned in scripture AND this video.

I think this one is from Catholictothemax.com

I think this one came from CatholicToTheMax.com

😊 Yes! Thanks for watching! God bless.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial God bless u to, and ur Ministry

I don't think that's quite accurate, but Pope Clement sid intevene in a situation when the Apostle John was much closer. .

Yes, the 4th Pope Clement wrote his first Authoritative letter to the Corinthians Church to settle an internal dispute at Corinth. Apostle John was still alive and living nearer to Corinth but they consulted Rome for guidance. This example shows that the early Church was Catholic.

@Milo Mask You: Catholics add to their teachings that's not from Jesus Christ. Me: That's your doing not Catholics because you adhere to Bible alone yet you have teachings that cannot be found in the Bible like sola scriptura, faith alone, osas, the Eucharist is symbolic, no church hierarchy etc. The Catholic teachings may not all be found explicitly in the Bible but we don't believe in Bible alone unlike you so you are showing here your hypocrisy.

@@marietav7342 Find me where in the Bible says the Eucharist is a symbol ? Where ?

You do ‘blame’ otherwise you would not ‘explain’.

Mary and the saints are not worshiped, period.

Agreed. Period. :) This is a straw man argument based on no research.

@@georgepierson4920 so...what is the rosary prayer? "Hail Mary full of grace"? I have literally seen the Pope bow to the statue of Mary.

@@michaelhinojos8488 Catechism of the Catholic Church Part 1: The Profession of Faith (26 - 1065) Section 2: The Profession of the Christian Faith (185 - 1065) Chapter 3: I Believe in the Holy Spirit (683 - 1065) Article 9: "I believe in the Holy Catholic Church" (748 - 975) Paragraph 6: Mary - Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church (963 - 975) II. DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN ⇡ 1172 2673-2679 (all)971 "All generations will call me blessed": "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship."515 The Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. ... This very special devotion ... differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration."516 The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary.517 515. Lk 1:48; Paul VI, MC 56. 516. LG 66. 517. Cf. Paul VI, MC 42; SC 103. Part 2: The Celebration of the Christian Mystery (1066 - 1690) Section 2: The Seven Sacraments of the Church (1210 - 1690) Chapter 4: Other Liturgical Celebrations (1667 - 1690) Article 1: Sacramentals (1667 - 1679) Popular piety ⇡ 2669 2678 2688 (all)1674 Besides sacramental liturgy and sacramentals, catechesis must take into account the forms of piety and popular devotions among the faithful. The religious sense of the Christian people has always found expression in various forms of piety surrounding the Church's sacramental life, such as the veneration of relics, visits to sanctuaries, pilgrimages, processions, the stations of the cross, religious dances, the rosary, medals,180 etc. 180. Cf. Council of Nicaea II: DS 601; 603; Council of Trent: DS 1822. Part 4: Christian Prayer (2558 - 2865) Section 1: Prayer in the Christian Life (2558 - 2758) Chapter 2: The Tradition of Prayer (2650 - 2696) Article 2: The Way of Prayer (2663 - 2682) In communion with the holy Mother of God ⇡ 1674 971 (all)2678 Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours. In the East, the litany called the Akathistos and the Paraclesis remained closer to the choral office in the Byzantine churches, while the Armenian, Coptic, and Syriac traditions preferred popular hymns and songs to the Mother of God. But in the Ave Maria, the theotokia, the hymns of St. Ephrem or St. Gregory of Narek, the tradition of prayer is basically the same. Chapter 3: The Life of Prayer (2697 - 2758) Article 1: Expressions of Prayer (2700 - 2724) II. MEDITATION ⇡ 2678 516 (all)2708 Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is necessary in order to deepen our convictions of faith, prompt the conversion of our heart, and strengthen our will to follow Christ. Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina or the rosary. This form of prayerful reflection is of great value, but Christian prayer should go further: to the knowledge of the love of the Lord Jesus, to union with him.

@@michaelhinojos8488 Have you ever listened to the words of the most used Marian prayer of all, the Hail Mary? *** "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." *** This is nothing more than the salutation of Gabriel in Luke 1:28. *** "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Jesus)." *** That is Elizabeth's greeting to Mary in Lk 1:42. ***"Holy Mary, mother of GOD." *** She is a saint which makes her holy, and she is the Mother of GOD, because Elizabeth calls her the 'Mother of Our Lord' in Lk 1:43. Also if you take Jn 1:1 "...and the Word was GOD', and add it to Jn 1:14, "...and the Word was made flesh", GOD was made flesh, and who was His mother? Mary! *** "Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen." *** This is nothing more than petitioning Mary to PRAY FOR US, just like in the Bible verses I presented. Do we 'pray to' Mary, or are we only petitioning her to pray for us? Rom 15:30, "...help me by your prayers to GOD for me." Col 1:9, "This is why we too have been praying for you unceasingly." 1Thes 3:10, "Night and day we pray more and more..." 2Thes 1:11, "To this end we pray always for you." 2Thes 3:1, "In conclusion brethren, pray for us..." Jam 5:16, "...and pray for one another that you may be saved." Rev 8:3-4 "...that he may offer it with the prayers of all the saints..." According to Scripture, are the saints in Heaven dead or alive? Now the next question is, 'Yes, but it is repetitious (the Rosary) and that is forbidden by scripture'. (Mt 6:7) OK, look at the entries listed above which have the asterisk (*) in front of them. Are not Col 1:9, "This is why we have been praying for you unceasingly...", 1Thes 3:10, "Night and day we pray more and more...", and 2Thes 1:11, "To this end we pray always for you...", repetitious? Is this one of those so called 'Bible Conflicts' you hear about from time to time? No, not at all. The answer is that the Bible refers to two types of prayer repetition '(V)ain', in the manner of heathens, and '(U)seful', NOT in the manner of heathens. The Rosary is not vain repetition. Here is a list of some in each category that you can check in your Bible. (V) 1King 18:25-29, (U) Isa 6:3, (U) Dan 3:52-90, (V) *Mt 6:7, (U) Mt *26:44, (U) *Lk 6:12, (U) Lk 18:1,9-14,*21:36, (U)*Col 1:9, (U) 1Thes 3:10,5:17, (U) *Jam 5:16, (U) **Rev 4:8 Many non-Catholics have the false belief that praying to "dead" people is useless. This is a mis-interpretation of what Holy Scripture teaches us, for the Blessed Virgin Mary and others who have gone on before us are not dead but live forever.😜😜

Did the twelve apostles preach that you should pray to your pastor?

@@astutik8909 Not sure which translation you used for Micah 5:2. Taken literally and out of context with the rest of the chapter, your rendering of Micah 5:2 could just as well be speaking against gambling in the Temple. Taken in context of verse 1 from the KJV, we see the chapter is speaking about this: "Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand." So, according to your case that Micah 5:2 applies to the Apostles choosing Matthias, it would follow that the Apostles were "devis(ing) iniquity, and work(ing) evil upon their beds..." in choosing Matthias. If that were the case, I don't see how you can make any kind of reasonable argument that the remaining 11 Apostles had any kind of Authority to establish any churches.

@@astutik8909 Interesting.....Here's another 12. Revelation Chapter 12. KJV isn't my preferred translation but as long as we're here........."And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.........And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne." All interesting, but no closer to answering my curiosity. Is the 12th Apostle referred to in the New Testament, after the Gospels, St. Matthias, or is it St. Paul? Does it matter?

@@astutik8909 Scripture is to be taken literally, unless it doesn't fit Protestant theology, then "woman" becomes "true Israel" and "1260 days" becomes "prophetic years". Because the literal meaning of the words gets interpreted to fit Protestant dogma, it is then concluded, "this of course, cannot be Mary." A less convoluted and more likely correct interpretation could be 1260 literal days between the Crucifiction

and the death/assumption of the woman into Heaven. She was given to the care of St. John from the Cross, following which time the early Church experienced persecution...."the symbolic red dragon with 7 heads, 10 horns and 7 crowns." Occams Razor -- The simplest explanation tends to be the correct one.

@@astutik8909 And, all this has what, exactly, to do with answering my question concerning who the 12th Apostle is? Seems to me that you simply want to use this forum as a springboard to spout off your personal religious views that have little to do with either addressing the content of the video or answering my original question.

People will people. 🤷🏽‍♂

@@srich7503 People will people?

@@georgepierson4920 …thats what people do.

Navigate a conversation? You don't. Such people are obviously not Catholic in their thoughts or actions. You did the right thing by ending the conversation. Just offer a prayer for them and leave them to the grace of God.

@@srich7503 People will people because that is what people do. Let's hear it for the people....rah rah rah!

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@@milomask8456 so

Anglicans is a longer story and worth a vid. Lutherans not really. They don't believe in Holy Orders. (Luther rejected holy orders. ) Their Bishops do not have an unbroken line of laying on of hands, officially or not officially. A Priest cannot ordain a Bishop. As neither denomination has Apostolic succession they also do not have valid Bishops and thus valid Priests. Without a priest or bishop there is no consecrated Eucharist. Apostolic succession is much like a relay race. If I don't hand on the Baton then you can't keep running.

@@dave_ecclectic I heard that the Catholic argument against Anglicans claim on possessing apostolic succession is because the Anglicans rejected Holy Orders and also some of them were not "properly ordained" ie ordained without the apostolic line so its invalid. Eventually all the lines of ordination are mixed up and got confused. My own personal belief is that the original bunch of Anglican bishops were excommunicated. This means they have lost the power to ordain and all ordination of priests need to be validated by Rome (?). However one priest told me even after excommunication, a priest is still a priest under canon law so the ordination by excommunicated bishops are still valid according to canon law. I am not sure if this is really the case. If canon law is indeed such then I think its a pretty ridiculous law. When parents break ties from their wayward children, the latter will not have claims to the family name and estate anymore even though genetically they are still related. The same should apply to excommunicated clergy and hence their ordination of any priests subsequently is invalid and illicit.

@@jeremiahong248 I think I heard a talk by Fr. Ripperger, or it might have been Michael Davies. What happened in the Anglican sect is they changed the intention and form of Holy Orders based on a Swiss 'liturgist' they brought in to reform their liturgy. Once a Bishop is ordained it is not possible to revoke his Apostleship or ability to ordain others which is why the Greek Orthodox and Marcel Lefebvre are able to continue to ordain priests and bishops. As long as they continue to use the proper/valid Form and Matter their sacraments remain valid though they may be illicit (not approved by Rome). For awhile shortly after the Anglican split there was efforts to try and re-unite the sect with Rome as a separate rite (like Ukrainian Catholics, etc.) but when the intention and form were changed, Rome determined their sacraments became invalid as did their supposed ordinations. The Anglican sect hasn't had a valid ordination, or sacrament (except baptism) since their last valid Bishop died centuries ago.

@@39knights Thanks for sharing ! Yes I heard that once a Bishop is ordained, his Apostleship and ability to ordain others is still being retained despite the excommunication. This is in my own belief, a most ridiculous canon law. There is no proof to support the cannon law but alas this is what it is at the moment. In my culture, once a person is excommunicated from the family, he or she is no more "family", not entitled to the family inheritance, estate or trust or kinship. Treated as an outcast.

@@jeremiahong248 I'm no expert on this but I think that the authority to ordain a Bishop comes from the Patriarch you serve under. So a Greek Orthodox doesn't have the authority to ordain a Russian Orthodox... or even a Greek Orthodox if the Patriarch did not give permission. In the Patriarchate order of things the Church in England fell under the Western Church. The Bishop of Rome. This is one reason I think the Orthodox claim of "first among equals" is bunk. They have a hierarchy of Bishops. Why would the entire Church not have one? (The Patriarchs?) Any way. In 1896 Pope Leo XIII declared Anglican Orders invalid with his Bull Apostolicae Curae. That alone should be enough. But prior to this and after this every consideration has gone against the Anglican Church. Look up the sacraments believed by Anglicans and is seems pretty clear to me that they don't have Holy Orders as they don't believe in them! Also look at Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. All of them are worth a gander but 36 seems to say that as long as the method is followed it is correct. They don't give the method though, but they do say it isn't "supernatural" I suppose this means 'without the Holy Spirit'? A priest is always a priest is less a law and more what Jesus or maybe better the Holy Spirit has determined. Its not simply an authority given which can then be taken from them. It is more of a change that can not be unchanged.

That is tough and it takes time in quiet prayer and adoration. Also getting advice from trusted spiritual people, priest, etc.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial Okay thank u

If you have doubts, it’s probably not God.

Jesus gave them authority directly and the intern made hands on other people to pass on that authority.

Have her watch some of Suan Sonna's videos about the primacy of Peter. She will see that Jesus left us shepherds. Also, try introducing her to the church fathers like Ignatius of Antioch that Brian quoted here.

Your mother in law is right to try to get you out of the rcc. She loves and has concern for you. The rcc is not the correct way to the Christ. They are going the opposite direction

@@bazzy8376 yeah, she is strictly sola scriptura. We have discussed many of the issues of Peter before. I just would appreciate a video specifically addressing the points she pulls from Hebrews. She has other issues as well, but this seems to be a relevant issue to this current video.

@@wesleysimelane3423 Wesley, Wrong again! Don't you get tired of being wrong? The Catholic Church is the only Church founded by Christ. The evidence is huge!

@@joecastillo8798 Hello again Mr Castello. The "evidence" is by the Catholics, for the Catholics and consumed by Catholics. No true Christians believe in your untruths. Just look at how the catechism is filled with traditions and falsehood and a fake authority

@@astutik8909 Thank you for your feedback, you are absolutely correct regarding the term "Christian" being used once in 1 Peter 4:16 and I commend you that you read your bible; but please read the opening of Peters Epistle to establish the audience he is written to, Peter (the Apostles to the nation of Israel) is addressing Jews living outside of the land of Israel, in the Tribulation (last times). **note that 1 Peter is at the very end of the bible** (1 Peter 1:18-20) "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; {19} But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: {20} Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you," What I was hopping to point out to those who still prove Gods word, is the fact that Gods word clearly associates the label "Christian" (three times) with the Apostle Paul (the Apostle to the Gentiles) and his unique ministry; "the gospel of Jesus Christ" (the Good news), the dispensation of Gods grace to gentiles , salvation by faith. The twelve apostles (including the Apostle Peter) were labeled Nazarenes (different labels) and different ministries, they preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and the bad news that the Jews had killed their messiah (different message because it is a different audience). Every apostle was chosen by the Holy Spirit, what is being attempted here is a power grab. (2 Corinthians 11:12-15) "But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. {13} For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. {14} And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. {15} Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."

@@astutik8909 My point is, Jesus Christ is the head of His church (the body of Christ), the body has many members/parts (churches); the Roman Pope is the head of a religious church, but he is not the head of the body of Christ, that title belongs to Jesus Christ alone. There is a universal church identified in the bible, it is found in Revelation 17, it has existed since the tower of Babel and is present unto this very day, its colors are purple and scarlet, and the head of that church allows himself to be called god (Holy Father =God), it claims authority over all people (Unam Sanctam)

Beware of investment scam. Possibly, they are only one person or if they are different persons, they are conniving. There is a saying, "If it's too good to be true, then, it's not true.

Reject the interpretation of protestants or catholics of Scriptures who go against the Catholic Church teachings and interpretation of God's Word.

@@marietav7342 invest your eternity in heaven!

@@marietav7342 If I could ask the magisterium one question, i would ask the magisterium why haven't all you bishops and cardinals of course the Pope, interpreted all of scripture . They had 2000 years to do it. Marieta how would you have answered that question?

@@OzCrusader Yes, brother! To become a saint and to save souls are my top priorities in life. All the rest is secondary for me. This is why I have studied seriously the lives of catholic saints in their obedience to the Church and fidelity to the Pope whether the Pope is holy or not.

Hey,@@milomask8456, you’re here in this thread, too, and really love to go to Catholic channels and disagree with Catholics, don’t you? Ha ha ha ha, LOL! Hey, man, you haven’t had replied yet to my answer to you about infant baptism and, what’s the other one?.... (LOL....)

@@milomask8456 its hard to accept the truth , and i know you're just being envied that your church was founded by just a mere human.

@@milomask8456 ofcourse , why would i join in other sects founded by mere human.

@@milomask8456 so you mean Christianity ended after Jesus ascended to heaven? You mean there's no Christianity during the late 1st to-14th century because the Catholic is not a Christian during this time and Christianity started only by martin luther the father of protestants in 15th century ? FYI There was Only one Christianity during 1st-15th century and that was the CATHOLIC CHURCH , not the successors of martin luther like the 50k+ denominations including yours. 😁

True!!

Amen

@Robert All of your questions can be answered by studying the bible and comparing it to catholic teachings, tradtions and the man-made catechism

@@wesleysimelane3423 why cant 44,000 different Protestant Churches not agree on sound doctrine by Bible Study Alone? And the Holy Bible is part of Catholic Tradition.. or weren’t you aware of that?

@@Bobby-xr4bo on almost all core doctrines they do agree whilst the rcc will branch off with their made up traditions + it is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error

@@wesleysimelane3423 how can truth divide? Truth is Truth.. Protestantism is united in error

Of course you can talk to God without Him. But the pope was put in charge of the church by jesus, and so yes, you have to listen to his Authority and the authority of the church. Otherwise you reject Christ and God the Father as it says in Scripture. And you do not want to do that.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial If the Catholic Church has had bad leaders and corrupt Popes (your words). What makes you think a Christian should follow their example, or that their word should be considered infallible?

@@mikem3789 I dont want to speak for Bryan but that may depend on your meaning of “infallible”. Is it possible you, like most, conflate it with impeccable? They are not the same. Peace!!!

@@srich7503 You are right. People are quick to attack the doctrine of papal infallibility (strawman arguments) without even knowing what it actually means.

@@CatholicTruthOfficialYou are aware that the first pope didn’t come around until roughly 300 years after Jesus died, Right? Also, that’s a bold statement to say if you reject the authority of a man, such as the pope, that you reject Christ. Yikes.

Jesus should hear this. I’m sure he would love to hear why you think, “I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.”Mat16:18 doesn’t apply today as when he said it 2,000 years ago. I’m also sure Jesus would love to hear your insights about why he didn’t mean, “and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”Mat28:20.

Thank you Catholic Truth, this is probably one of your best videos ever. You should re-release it with a minute or two additional content under a modified title. God bless you.

@@Spiritof76Catholic Jesus Christ builds His church, not an idolatrous church…. And now the Vatican approved the blessings of same sex marriage. Jesus and His Apostles never teach that union of same sex marriage. It is an abomination to God!!!

So you agree to keeping corpses and venerating them, keeping of relics (human flesh, blood and bones) to venerate, praying repetitive prayers, calling a man holy father, idols(statues, medals, rosary, scapulars, holy water, candles etc), purgatory, praying to and for the dead etc Please note that all of the above is cannot be found in scripture

@@wesleysimelane3423 The Catholic Church is the Church founded by Christ. You don't understand the Catholic teachings because you belong to a false church therefore you have no gift of understanding. The Bible alone church is a false and man-made church. There were no bible alone believers prior 12th century. You have no right and no authority to interpret the Scripture for us.

@@milomask8456 I have already given you the explanation of the CC of that but you just have a reading comprehension problem and a malicious mind.

@@milomask8456 I have already answered that. If you don't believe that's your problem not mine.

@@milomask8456 I am not contradicting myself. You just have a habit of putting erroneous interpretation to my words to make me appear wrong and you right because you have a malicious mind.

Catholic truth I want you to answer my Questions and I want no excuses.

I agree with you. Saint Paul would not have accepted it. Saint Paul would have preached to the pagans the true God who is Jesus christ. I can understand wanting to build relationships with other religions so they're open, but to not preach the truth and to accept the lie at the same time it's not from God. I heard that the pope did not know what was going to happen, but the fact that he still allowed it to happen is problematic.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial he did know it was going to happen. It was on the itinerary for his trip. Pope Francis and the rest of his Modernist buddies are just the same if not worse then Protestants and all other heretics for they attack Christ’s Church from the inside. The true Catholic faith lives on though as Christ promised in Matthew 18:16-17. Reject Modernism and embrace tradition

@@CatholicTruthOfficial He didn't know what was going to happen?! Didn't he know what was going to happen when he presided over the Vatican garden worship of pachamanma in 2019?! No wait, he apologized to the pagans for the young man who stole the idols and threw them into the Tiber. Then he wrote a hand written letter praising the work of the homo-heretic Jimmy Martin, S.J. Like Tanya Duffy said, stop with the excuses! We love the Church and pray for the pope but we have to confront these evils with brutal honesty or else we become compromised and even complicit.

True. But we live in evil days. I believe we are in end times. Even many Christian /Catholic leaders will be false and demonic. But it’s the same in Protestantism. Do you think every pastor or Bishop is of God!?? NO! I know of many in Protestantism who aren’t. Most are wolves and fleecing their flocks. And we have some bad priests and bishops too in RCC. We’ve had bad and evil Popes far worse throughout parts of history. I know he means well and has a good heart, but our current Pope is not perfect and is very liberal. We all (or most Catholics) agree. But so what. We pray for him. Even if we get a straight up evil Pope (which we’ve had before) that doesn’t invalidate the RCC. Not sure why everyone keeps thinking this.

@Milo Mask You are good at finding fault in the Catholic teachings but you simply ignore the errors and discrepancies of your man-made doctrines in the Bible. That's great hypocrisy!

@Milo Mask Alam mo, you will misinterpret the Word of God if you interpret It per verse. The Bible must be interpreted in Its entirety and must be interpreted according to the interpretation of the Church through Its leaders and we must abide by the CC interpretation so that we will not be misled even if the interpretation of the Church or CC seems wrong to Its members' personal understanding because there are bible passages which appear to be contradicting other verses like Jesus said call no man father on earth except the Father in heaven (Matthew 23:9) but Stephen called Abraham father (Acts 7:2) because Jesus word in Matthew 23:9 is not literal but you protestants interpret Matthew 23:9 literally. Another example in Matthew 6:1, Jesus advised people not to perform good works before men but in Matthew 5:16, He exhorted people to allow their good works to be seen to glorify the Father. Or in John 14:28 Jesus said His Father is greater than Him but in John 10:30, Jesus said He and His Father are One etc etc etc.

@Milo Mask There are bible passages which have double or multiple meanings. This is why Jesus gave the sole authority to interpet the Scriptures to the Church or the leaders of the CC because there would be chaoses and divisions if everyone is entitled to interpret the Bible personally that is why the Protestant denomination keeps mutiplying because members interpret the Bible personally and when their personal interpretation differs from their pastor's, they will leave their denomination and found their own protestant church where they are now the leaders and sole interpreters of Scriptures. If their members find again discrepancies in their interpretation against the interpretation of their pastors, they also will leave their church and found their own church. But others who left did not found their own church but just decided to have no any affliation with other denominations and decided to be alone in their own church. You are one of these people bcos you said you don't belong to any church and your situation is unbiblical.

@Milo Mask I am not contradicting myself because it's not my explanation but the Catholic Church's. You just have a weak comprehension and malicious mind. No, you don't love God and your neighbor and you don't follow the Word of God because you are not honest, you have a malicious mind, you are bearing false witness against us etc.

@Milo Mask Because we are not bible alone but you adhere to bible alone yet many of your teachings are not found in the Bible or unbiblical. You are contradicting yourself. Lol. That's hypocrisy!

Body of Christ

Like what?

The church was started by Jesus christ, so there's nowhere else to go.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial and was built by His jewish diciples in the beginning.

Except Jesus started our Church. If you don’t think we say Jesus enough, just say a rosary. We repeat His name during that prayer about 60 times, and many of us do it daily.

*_Protestant - Jesus, Jesus, Jesus_* *_Catholic - Catholic, Catholic, Jesus, Mary, etc.. etc..._* This is an interesting analogy. Have you ever been to a Catholic Mass? The reason I ask is because I had to go to a Bible church last weekend and from what I saw it was the exact opposite. The service last an hour and 40 minutes and the pastors covered a total of 4 verses of scripture during that time. When I say 4 verses I mean 4 verses. He didn't read the surrounding verses to help the people see the context of the verses He simple read the 4 verses and went on a 60 minute explanation of how He believed each of the verses applied to what he wanted to teach them. Now when I go to a Catholic Church the Mass lasts about an hour and the typical Catholic Mass references 321 chapters of the Bible and covers about 344 verses of scripture including an entire Old Testament reading, a Psalms, an Epistle reading and a Gospel reading. All of which are related to each other. So basically from my point of view not seeing why the Bible Church, that only covers 4 verses of scripture in their service and is about 90 minutes of fill in opinion of what the pastor believes, considers them selves a "Bible only church" and why that same church thinks the Catholic Church (that covers 344 verses in their Mass and only about 10 minutes of the Priests homily) is unBiblical? Do you see what is confusing to me? Maybe you can help point out what I'm missing here. God Bless

@@bigfootapologetics Key word is "repeat". Meaning in your repetitve blasphemous prayer

@@wesleysimelane3423 If you read your Bible, you’ll note that repeating things is not proscribed; Jesus Himself repeats a prayer times in Gethsemane and commends it in other places. The prohibition is against “vain repetitions” - that’s what the pagans used to do; prattle on and on with empty phrases to appease their gods so that they wouldn’t get mad at them. There’s nothing vain about praying to the true God or meditating on the life of Jesus by praying the rosary! We don’t say it to make sure an angry pagan god who needs praise isn’t mad at us.

@@bigfootapologetics It’s interesting that we tend to define vain by the word repetition instead of the other way around. By doing this we misunderstand what Jesus was saying. The point He was conveying was that the repetition was vain, or empty. Like in your "church", you have many mechanical prayers written for you by other men, the biggest one being the hail mary. Pagans or heathens do not have faith in God, so their prayers are empty or void of faith. It doesn’t matter how long or short you pray; if it’s empty, it’s vain. Repeating such emptiness is pointless. The “vain repetition” Jesus was referring to was faithless prayers.

Why do you need to add the adjective "biblical" to the word "Christianity" ? You make it sound as if there are two kinds of Christianity - BIBLICAL Christianity and UNBIBLICAL Christianity

Catholicism is biblical Christianity. Your Protestant denomination is far removed from biblical Christianity.

Catholicism is far MORE BIBLICAL than any other faith. So if we aren’t. Where does that leave you? 🤨

Our title isn't that the Catholic Church exists but that it's the True Church of Jesus, which it is.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial Don't you think that your so-called "true" church should know when Passover was? Why do you teach the Last Supper as Passover? That is heresy. Easter is a wicket, pagan creation by your so-called "true" church. There was no Good Friday as the sacrifice of Yeshua was on a Wednesday. How can your church be true if it has so many lies?

@@CatholicTruthOfficial Try and justify your 3-drop baptism. Where is it in scripture? Yeshua never taught it. Why does your so-called "True" church teach this huge lie?

The gates of hell can Prevail against the church in more than one way. And one of those ways would be leading into error which is why Jesus said he would send his spirit to guide it into all truth. Since God is a God of truth. It also talks about the church dying out as well which is impossible as you would probably agree.

@@CatholicTruthOfficial Thanks for your reply. In John 16 when Jesus makes the promise that the Spirit will "guide you into all truth", the promise is to every believer who is individually indwelt by the Spirit. This works itself out through the sanctification process with the Spirit continually working through our conscience. I understand that modern Catholics view justification and sanctification as essentially coincident and both accomplished fully at baptism - please correct me where I'm in error on this. Even if we take Jesus' promise in John 16 as a promise directed to the Church rather than to believers, it still wouldn't guarantee that the Church could never fall into error. The promise would be that the Spirit would always be working to guide the Church out of error into truth. There's no reason to think that this wouldn't be a process that takes time, and not some mechanism where error was about to enter the Church, but the Spirit miraculously intervened at every moment to immediately prevent the smallest error. Indeed history demonstrates that error often does enter the Church for a time. Athanasius Contra Mundum, for example. The Church woke up one day and found itself in grave error.

@@stueve no, the promise of the holy Spirt to lead someone into all truth isn’t to everyone that says he is a believer. People are free to follow or not follow and some aren’t actually being lead at all.