What is the one true Church?

[Marvelloustime]

I notice something . The very things the non following GOD jewish leaders did
ROME FOLLOWED THAT PATTERN . Its like it never died but was reborn under a new name .
Rome became the very jerusalem which had fallen . And now she calls for HEALING THE WOUND . rather odd too .
Healing the WOUND is the cry of francis and protestant leaders like copeland and scores of others .
ALL about bringing us back under ROME who is under OLD JERSUALEM . The whore didnt die my friend
she has been busy and at work . SOON she will sit atop all the worlds religions , SOON
she will reign from JERSUALEM . mark those words well . The unficiation of all religions cannot be stopped .
TIS A STRONG DELUSION to unite the world as ONE under a LIE , under the dragon , under its beast
under the whore . Yeah , ponder on that for a while .

 

[amigo de christo]

That's all I need - a BLIND guide . .

Flee her . Let all learn Christ JESUS and all sound doctrine well .

 

[Marvelloustime]

Flee her . Let all learn Christ JESUS and all sound doctrine well .

 

[Jim B]

I notice something . The very things the non following GOD jewish leaders did
ROME FOLLOWED THAT PATTERN . Its like it never died but was reborn under a new name .
Rome became the very jerusalem which had fallen . And now she calls for HEALING THE WOUND . rather odd too .
Healing the WOUND is the cry of francis and protestant leaders like copeland and scores of others .
ALL about bringing us back under ROME who is under OLD JERSUALEM . The whore didnt die my friend
she has been busy and at work . SOON she will sit atop all the worlds religions , SOON
she will reign from JERSUALEM . mark those words well . The unficiation of all religions cannot be stopped .
TIS A STRONG DELUSION to unite the world as ONE under a LIE , under the dragon , under its beast
under the whore . Yeah , ponder on that for a while .

You are out of your mind!!!

 

[Jim B]

Flee her . Let all learn Christ JESUS and all sound doctrine well .

START WITH YOURSELF!!!

 

[BreadOfLife]

That is what i keep trying to tell you . You are following a blind guide . THE RCC is blind my friend . Blind .
You will be prayed for as well . My desire is only good for you . Leave her and learn CHRIST well .

Your ignorance and blind hatred doesn't allow you to see the truth.
Leave His Church and you leave HIM.

Jesus and His Church are ONE . . .
Acts 9:3-4, Eph. 1:22-23

 

[BreadOfLife]

Flee her . Let all learn Christ JESUS and all sound doctrine well .

Why is it that you have NEVER been avle to give me even ONE example of your false accusation that the Catholic Church "contradicts" Scripture?

All you ever respond with are these idiotic platitudes.
Slogans are just an excuse for ignorance . . .

 

[Grailhunter]

Rather odd , stephen never defended himself . Nope . no matter how harsh things got , they followed CHRIST
no matter the cost . And its about to get far worse real fast . dont pick up guns or weapons to defend thyself .
PICK up and strap on the ARMOUR OF GOD . HE is in control . Many will die , many will suffer , but CHRIST shall be with the lambs
through it all . AND IF WE DIE , well only the body dies , IN CHRIST WE WILL LIVE FOREVER .
PREACH JESUS and let us learn HIM WELL .

I believe in inner peace....but carry a big stick. Ex-military.

Pacifistic theology is unique. And I think they believe that total Christian annihilation would be like the second coming of Christ.
It could have happened in the 4th century, because that was the Roman intent.
The United States could surrender to communism.
It is a valid Christian belief but I wonder why they do not move somewhere where they are more likely to die....and make their belief happen.
Instead they live with people that are willing to fight for Christianity and freedom and in the process die protecting them.

 

[BreadOfLife]

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The Blind leading the Blinder . . .

 

[Jim B]

Flee her . Let all learn Christ JESUS and all sound doctrine well .

"For God so loved the world..." John 3:16a

"Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love." 1 John 4:8

"If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

"But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," Matthew 5:44

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’" Matthew 22:36-39

"Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31

“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you" Luke 6:27

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them." Luke 6:32

"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." John 13:34

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12

"I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them." John 17:26

"... and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." Romans 5:5

"love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10

"Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Romans 13:8-9

"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law." Romans 13:10

=> All of 1 Corinthians 13 <=

"Let all that you do be done in love." 1 Corinthians 16:14

"For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love." Galatians 5:6

"For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14

"By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things." Galatians 5:22-23

"I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love." Ephesians 3:16-17

... and many more similar verses. READ YOUR BIBLE!!!

In contrast, all you write is hate-filled garbage. Why do you call yourself a Christian and not love others as yourself?

 

[quietthinker]

WRONG.

The Church doesn’t pat itself on the back for its incredible charitable and godly works.
I was simply pointing to this fact because of the idiotic charge that we “wasted” money on beautiful buildings.

Face it – your attack falls flat on its face because the Church us truly doing the Lord’s work . . .

you only persuade yourself BoL.

 

[BreadOfLife]

you only persuade yourself BoL.

I'm not looking to "persuade" anyine.
I'm just pointing out the truth.

 

[RR144]

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Saint: not ungodly, not a sinner.

I guess that leaves EVERYBODY out

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

 

[Brakelite]

Some of this is apples and oranges.
The Church is never named in the Bible. Which is one of the reason that people have room to insert arbitrary names.
Christ teaching produced The Way and the term Christian. We could definitely call these the first church or congregations. But even in the biblical era....Gospels and Acts....could we call them one church or one belief? No we cannot. Because there were two district groups Jewish-Christians and Gentile Christians, and their beliefs were different....which is a complicated topic, and they practiced Christianity different.
The Coptic Church formed within the biblical time period.
The Catholic Church a few centuries later.

Then you have theologians and historians that try to track the activities of the various churches in various regions. And then Pella has it own history.

Now you mentioned Asian Churches....as in early....would you like to expand upon that?

Well, first there is the well known Thomas Christians of Goa, India. Sadly, they were the victims of later inquisitions by Jesuits. I would imagine that being established by the apostle Thomas means they were fairly early. But that wasn't what I was originally referring to, I was thinking of Asia minor, those established by John and Paul, Apollos, etc, the churches of Ephesus, Thessalonica, Thyatira, Sardis etc. From there the gospel spread very rapidly along the trade routes east and west. Along the ancient silk road through Afghanistan, Persia, and by the 8th century or thereabouts, Mongolia and China. And west from Galatia which was populated by people who were of Celtic backgrounds, through like communities in Italy and France. All these communities had organized churches for the sake of missionary work, having their own metropolitan, but were not under authority of the Roman pontiff, who possibly didn't even know about them until their priests discovered them while traveling to establish catholicism.

 

[Brakelite]

WRONG.

The Church doesn’t pat itself on the back for its incredible charitable and godly works.
I was simply pointing to this fact because of the idiotic charge that we “wasted” money on beautiful buildings.

Face it – your attack falls flat on its face because the Church us truly doing the Lord’s work . . .

But not the only one. What it does do is commendable, and needful. But other denominations have their own systems of social work and helping others. And on a per member basis, possibly doing more than the Catholic Church.

 

[Brakelite]

Leave His Church and you leave HIM.

Nonsense.

 

[Grailhunter]

Well, first there is the well known Thomas Christians of Goa, India. Sadly, they were the victims of later inquisitions by Jesuits. I would imagine that being established by the apostle Thomas means they were fairly early. But that wasn't what I was originally referring to, I was thinking of Asia minor, those established by John and Paul, Apollos, etc, the churches of Ephesus, Thessalonica, Thyatira, Sardis etc. From there the gospel spread very rapidly along the trade routes east and west. Along the ancient silk road through Afghanistan, Persia, and by the 8th century or thereabouts, Mongolia and China. And west from Galatia which was populated by people who were of Celtic backgrounds, through like communities in Italy and France. All these communities had organized churches for the sake of missionary work, having their own metropolitan, but were not under authority of the Roman pontiff, who possibly didn't even know about them until their priests discovered them while traveling to establish catholicism.

OK

 

[Illuminator]

Well, first there is the well known Thomas Christians of Goa, India. Sadly, they were the victims of later inquisitions by Jesuits. I would imagine that being established by the apostle Thomas means they were fairly early.

The Apostle Thomas established a church in India, a Catholic Church, that is still there to this day.

KOCHI, India—More than 100,000 Catholics, including nearly 100 bishops and 1,500 priests, marked the 1,950 years of Christianity in India since the arrival of St. Thomas the Apostle...
...The massive celebration was organized by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India and the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council to commemorate the arrival of St. Thomas in Kerala in the year 52 and of St. Francis Xavier 1,500 years later.

The Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier... preached the Gospel across India before he set out for China, where he died in 1552.

Indian Church Founded by St. Thomas Marks 1,950 Years of Christianity
Brokelite, your demonizing the historic Church is despicable.

 

[Illuminator]

But not the only one. What it does do is commendable, and needful. But other denominations have their own systems of social work and helping others. And on a per member basis, possibly doing more than the Catholic Church.

There you go again, pitting Protestants against Catholics. You talk as if there were a competition. It's 2023, not 1517.

After 25 years, ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together’ still matters - ABC Religion & Ethics

Although conceived in a North American context by the Catholic intellectual, Richard John Neuhaus, and the prominent Southern Baptist Evangelical, Chuck Colson, the 1994 agreement Evangelicals and Catholics Together remains eminently relevant to nations such as Australia.

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You're a slave to 16th century politics.

 

[quietthinker]

There you go again, pitting Protestants against Catholics. You talk as if there were a competition. It's 2023, not 1517.

After 25 years, ‘Evangelicals and Catholics Together’ still matters - ABC Religion & Ethics

Although conceived in a North American context by the Catholic intellectual, Richard John Neuhaus, and the prominent Southern Baptist Evangelical, Chuck Colson, the 1994 agreement Evangelicals and Catholics Together remains eminently relevant to nations such as Australia.

www.abc.net.au

You're a slave to 16th century politics.

It's clear to me you do not understand the point of the prophecies in the book of Revelation. The struggle between light and darkness and how darkness and its attempts to usurp light have history we can verify.

You call it 16th century politics as if the same principle is not operative today.