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The word "Catholic" is certainly not in the Bible. Neither is the word Trinity and several other things Christians believe. But, there was one Church, and only one, that Jesus founded. Historically, this was the only Church for the first 1000 years of Christianity. Very early on, it was...

Great Scripture quote! Now, let's put it in context! To whom was Jesus telling this? The crowds? The public? No. He was speaking to the Apostles at the Last Supper! The first hierarchy of His Church! Remember, Jesus commanded the Apostles to go forth and teach all that He had taught...

The difference is that the Catholic Church was founded by Christ and is different in nature than every Protestant church. Every Protestant church was founded by some mere man (or woman), based on their personal interpretation of Scripture, with no consideration towards the oral teachings (2...

Well, you're completely entitled to your opinion and the freedom to express it. And, we'll have to (adamantly) agree to disagree. That aside, Merry Christmas!

Robert, all you've done is give me your personal viewpoint, your personal interpretation. When Saul (St. Paul by his Hebrew name) was going around persecuting the first Christians, Jesus knocked him off his horse and said to him (Acts 9:4), He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to...

Jesus broke the Jewish law all the time, healing on Sabbath, etc. Jesus came to fulfill the law and start a new, final covenant with mankind. God established six covenants with man, ending with the one started by Jesus. Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament and began the New. You cannot project...

The Bible was always intended to be read in the context of the whole, in light of Holy Tradition (aka, oral tradition spoken of by St. Paul in 2 Thes. 2:15), and in light of the Magisterium of the Church - the living authority given the Church by Christ. (Easiest way to understand the...

Ignatius wasn't the first one to use the word, but the oldest surviving writing using the word was from him, as far as I can tell. The Catholic Church was the only Church for the first 1000 years of Christianity. Then, in 1054 A.D., the Great Schism happened and the Orthodox splintered off...

Again, you are giving your personal interpretation, filtered through modern world lenses. The Early Church Christians, the first Christians, believed that the Eucharist was really the Body and Blood of Our Savior. Even Protestant historians show that. The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts...

The Bible is more like a library than a single book. Libraries have books in different genres. Some are allegorical, some historical, some poetry, etc. It depends on the intent of the particular biblical author. If he intended what he wrote to be taken literally, then we should take it...

The Bible, to be interpreted correctly, must always be read through the lens of the Church. That means Holy Tradition (aka oral tradition that St. Paul talks about in 2 Thes. 2:15) and the living magisterium of the Church (the Pope and bishops in union with him), who have Christ's authority to...

Cannibalism involves eating dead people. Jesus is alive. The first group of disciples left because of this doctrine. Had Jesus been speaking symbollically, He would have been morally obligated to call them back and explain just that to them. "No, I didn't mean literally eat My Body and drink...

You seem to imply that there was a group called Catholics, separate from the original Church founded by Christ. There is absolutely no historical data to back that up, however. Early Church historian J. N. D. Kelly, a Protestant, writes: “As regards ‘Catholic,’ its original meaning was...

The first group of disciples that left Jesus, left over this very doctrine of His body and blood in the Eucharist. John 6:60 - Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” John 6:66 - As a result of this, many of His disciples returned to their...

[My reply to him was that God did not give us a letter that we could not read. In fact. John tells us that the words are written to us so we may not be decieved.] Context is the most important part you're missing. The Bible is a tool of the Church, not a standalone instrument. It is the...

The two main drivers of human behavior are 1) the need to be loved and 2) the fear of rejection. Humans will do all sorts of strange and dangerous things just in order to be loved and not rejected. Drugs, drinking to drunkenness, smoking, tattoos, strange behavior, etc. Whatever they think...

Trust God. He has seen, for all eternity, your entire life from conception to death. He created you to live in this place and time, and loves you unconditionally. Everything that happens to you, happens either through His providential will or his permissive will, and always for the good...

Peter are you aware of 2 Peter 1:20-21, where St. Peter warns against personal interpretation of Scripture? IF there were any credibility to infallibily interpreting Scripture via personal interpretation, there would be ONE Protestant denomintion, all interpreting the Bible exactly the same...

The whole LGBTQ thing is a tool by the left designed to destroy the morals of this country and society. An immoral people are always much easier to enslave than a moral people. The first thing Communists have historically done when taking over a country is to destroy its morals. It closes or...